Nas - N.Y. State of Mind (Lyrics)

[@downtothemj]

"I dont know how to start this shit"

[@freedomgoddess]

brother knew how to end it

[@xshaddd]

​@@freedomgoddess it ain't hard to tell

[@Tmtc117]

Merci Pete rock 🤙

[@THECHRONKIC]

and then he procede to rhyme the hardest shit in all hip hop story

[@abdallahelibrahimi557]

@@Tmtc117 DJ Premier sir

[@fdfc78]

The first 2 bars set it up for success. Pure Rap gold.

[@makavelinair8756]

Flow - 100 Cadence -100 Lyrics - 100 Storytelling-100 Beat -100

[@wasted4908]

Sleep - 0

[@LD_Productionz.0]

@@wasted4908it’s the cousin of death 🤷

[@D4N4RR4N4D]

​@@wasted4908 It took me a second to understand

[@macsynister]

He's so fking smooth dude, like butter

[@justinpole3160]

Lies - 1 he did infact know how to start it even if he didn't know it 😂

[@esconyc0101]

This was a kid that spit this poetry! Hasn't been matched since.....the goat!

[@tonyclark4336]

Insane right

[@thehumblegent]

Jesus Nas’s flow is beautiful. Smooth as melted chocolate. Forget how vital to the history of real Hip Hop this tune is. Peace and Love

[@DestinyAwaits19]

Fuck flow. Immortal Technique has no flow and still kills it on the mic, because his message is what matters. His forceful delivery.

[@RaoulRamsaran]

Meh. He's good but there's way better. Like jay and biggie

[@rohand.-bd7qc]

​@@RaoulRamsaran I don't want to argue about this but I'll simply state that that is highly debatable

[@imrhannephew1892]

​@@RaoulRamsaranNOT Jay-Z!

[@cron9756]

@@RaoulRamsaran LOL

[@urbaanidze]

English is my second language and i’ve just discovered Nas at 34. Cannot stop listening, it’s unparalleled and I don’t even understand most of the lyrics

[@leiptr4244]

27 and same

[@ImperialDecayNYC]

Native New Yorker here. I am 34years old. Feel free to ask me any slang or words you can’t easily find meanings for.

[@IELTSwithJamoliddin]

​@@ImperialDecayNYC what does "base-head" mean?,could you tell me that?

[@imrhannephew1892]

​@@ImperialDecayNYCIndeed.

[@lokeshanhjeriti]

​@@IELTSwithJamoliddindrug addict

[@Java_dsa_hope]

Flow, inner rhyme scheme,deep lyrics, story telling,punch lines-NAS

[@MB-yc8dg]

46yrs old still listening to this Also in my car playlist.

[@mi76ke]

whats up brothner...............

[@MrThegamesh]

Beyond the wall of intelligence life is defined. One of the deepest lines ever written!

[@imrhannephew1892]

Indeed.

[@IMINTHEMOMENTRU]

deepest lines ever written ! REALITY is unbelievably unbelievable, SO unbelievable THAT RELIGION IS EASIER 2 ACCEPT AS THE TRUTH ??? U ARE THE UNIVERSE AND ATOMS FROM YOUR RIGHT AND LEFT HAND WERE FROM 2 DIFF STARS ...

[@churchofsatanalbania1468]

​@@IMINTHEMOMENTRUWhat you are saying partly true,however reality doesnt exist outside of our minds.

[@alexkim1560]

@@churchofsatanalbania1468 i think therefore i am type shit

[@jad-chess]

"idk how to start this" *godly level lyrics and flow*

[@TonyGosu]

thirty years and it still bangs hard af

[@prodigymxc]

"Idk how to start this shit" proceeds to absolutely spit🤣🔥

[@Terence.McKenna]

Lyricism unprecedented

[@tyhairston5397]

Nas one of greatest lyrical hip hop artists in music history !!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Albalam]

“I ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassin” yo that’s hard

[@76Ruijorge]

one of the best RAP ive ever listen

[@glowinggames1561]

In my opinion Nas is the best at singing stories ever.

[@quaddamage7765]

I was absolutely stunned first time i hear it. This song is so much quality i cannot believe it

[@yasinneysari]

The flow is butter

[@rip_menze7811]

The most underrated song ever

[@mlodylube]

Everyone knows it who knows old school rap, but Illmatic is widely regarded as the greatest album of all time. I agree with that

[@glowinggames1561]

How is this song underrated it's Nas's most popular song and Nas is the third most famous New York rapper ever.

[@BankaiFever]

No it’s fuckin not any millennial or age above knows this very well

[@SULEEKHA-m7f]

​@@glowinggames1561 whos first and second at least in your op

[@jakehope6811]

Absolutely fantastic record 🎤🔥Illmatic just has to be in the top 3 rap albums 💿 this and the Chronic have to be in their for sure ? But my favourite list always changes lol

[@patrickjordan9421]

Real hiphop 💎

[@henrywheeler8500]

I still believe best rap song ever!

[@GodsPower71]

Masterpiece.

[@atif45602]

In This album, the flow,the beat, the lyrics and the storytelling is a 10/10 . Especially the flow ,as if the beat adjusted itself to nas's lyrics

[@ZxYu444lPq]

the story telling is on top

[@patdeschamps646]

NAs is insane 😮

[@riari666]

greatest rapper of all time. nyc finest

[@Jimmyjamsays....]

this is a perfect example of why I'll always love East coast hip-hop more then weat coast

[@Alexmealexmealexmefly]

But west coast has Eazy e and pac

[@joseocciano1939]

The Greatest Rapper of All Time.

[@BankaiFever]

He ain’t no Lil RT

[@falaffle]

@@BankaiFeverLil RT and Mabu’s new song might just be the greatest Gangsta Rap record ever produced

[@BankaiFever]

@@falaffle lmao fax 📠

[@smallw2003]

​@@falaffle Lil Pump clears 🔥

[@n4cho38thegreat]

@@BankaiFevercan’t tell is this is a joke or not lmao. Ppl really believe in this lol

[@lezmez-qk2bb]

I can’t believe this song is already 30 years old

[@RichieRich-oz6ps]

Haven’t heard him in awhile.. 👍

[@tacatacamacarena7287]

welcome back 🙏🏽

[@mattsmith4077]

This is the definition right here

[@orggehhh]

goat of rap

[@Keanstar02]

Saints row 2 babyyy🔥🔥

[@skyelord6229]

Queens in the house!

[@SuJanPandey-k3h]

When the beat drops he nailed it🐐■Nasty nas

[@zarabi6879]

This song with a scarface edit is cold

[@SancheSMF]

NAS is real gangsta. Respect from Russia.

[@bobtheninja8000]

ILLMATIC was sick then and ill now. Nasty is always nasty.

[@teufelswerk1271]

best ever

[@eduardolarenas6200]

Heavy shittt 4 ever

[@funckyuncle]

realize Premier said: "yo-now!" 0:21

[@MaryamMaryram]

Good

[@BurtonAbnathya]

I don't know how to start this, then proceeds to spit a classic😂😂in

[@mjolninja9358]

Shut yo ahh up

[@Jah06100]

Why does it seem that he isn’t as vivid with his lyrics from old songs in his new ones today ?

[@antonioo316]

I never. Sleep. Cause Sleep...your tha cousin of Death.

[@orca4037]

This Guy is one of the reasons for the creation of BTS. THE GOAT

[@Dingatronus]

What are the chances of two of the greatest rap songs ever both being called New York State of Mind

[@ahmadkurd1190]

Bro nas is just him

[@EyadEzz-ln6jl]

i love youuu

[@woobiez_]

Back when pianos were gangsta shit

[@IMINTHEMOMENTRU]

@04:52😁 "GREATEST RAP SONG OF ALL TIME" don't think so, your wrong? MM STILL THE GOAT ...

[@marzrichforever7500]

🐐

[@miguelcocunubo5366]

what is MAC? im no native, thanks

[@Exvicity009]

A gun

[@esconyc0101]

Mac 11, it's a type of sub machine gun

[@AzamatKumekbayev1990]

uzi

[@Mace907]

I always heard it as "bullet holes left in my peoples"

[@Ghoosedad]

I think it might be a double entendre

[@blecor]

same

[@tysongotaids]

damnn

[@Kalebtowne94]

I definitely dont want to buy an amp from this guy😂

[@yasinneysari]

Why

[@OliverOliveOil-wz4qb]

"I don't sleep cuz sleep is the cousin of death" ( my excuse )

[@RaymondHouston-gu4de]

This is what Luciano would pull up playing

[@alexkim1560]

What if Nas wasn't from New York but from Alabama, would this shit still hit?

[@Orphanactvist]

Saints row 2 boys where u at

[@Smittydeuce]

8 mile played wtf 😂

[@lezmez-qk2bb]

Bro is Kendrick Lamar if he was from New York 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@alfredschnozzenstein1657]

@TypeBeatzzzreal shit. I don’t know what he’s been smoking.

[@brandonwillis1211]

Yoh that's dense

[@Dongadonga-y4d]

Hlo😅

[@Dongadonga-y4d]

Uet

[@dylanbruhhh4208]

Wait did nas just mention Jeffery Epsteins island? 3:02 - 3:08

[@semiconductor5]

Some of the part of New York is Island so he is referring his hood as Island where black people are trapped and force to sell coke

[@pauloyuri6129]

And people came to me do speak that jay-z os best rapper in USA what f##ck,

[@ryanpinto4613]

Disgusting track

[@ItsLencii]

Best ever