Nas- Pray (ft The Bravehearts)

[@bummydavis6530]

One of the illest beats in the history of hip hop..... especially the last :40 seconds when you can really hear those violins smh...just sick..... salute to Ez Elpee

[@TERIQUEHALL1]

so true this beat got my mind wondering ....sample of earth wind and fire ......I miss this type of hip-hop

[@shaunhorus9339]

Yeen lying

[@TERIQUEHALL1]

+Shaun Horus right

[@GeeBoogie78]

Dope✊🏾from the violins to when the snares & drums kick back in🤯🤯🤯

[@mariadeleon6883]

True!!!

[@HSVIRK]

nas shoulda dropped a verse on this.

[@KingK00P]

I’m here in 2024 still listening to this everyone did their thing up on this joint

[@jp-ul9ry]

The first verse was the best & most realistic & relatable out of all 3 verses. It's a glimpse into an all too common reality, from co-defendants screwing you over to your wifey skipping town with your bail money. All while being far away from home & gar away from anyone that really cares about you. Scary.

[@tamarawilkins7584]

Jungle verse is the best out of all the bravehearts

[@jayhova3132009]

yes

[@edsco9951]

yup Jung went in...

[@edsco9951]

Yup he writes alot of Nas raps on the low.

[@richyharris2046]

Edsco yeah right jungle is no where on nas level if that's the case why Jungle never. blew

[@yvesamani7660]

Best verse on « Quiet niggas » song too!

[@jerryalexander8803]

this and Nature Shines was on the cassette of I Am, Nas used to do that alot back in the day he would put songs on the tape but not the CD, he did the same thing with Silent Murder on It Was Written.. This is probably my favorite Braveheart song..

[@NeoNitty]

Record companies actually did that as an incentive to those who bought the tape and those who bought the CD. A lot of our favorite albums of the day had hidden/different tracks and n the CD and tape. Lol, memories…

[@jerryalexander8803]

@ yea except most of the bonus tracks used to be on the CDs back in the day, Nas used to put his bonus tracks on the cassettes, I always thought that was cool because I couldn’t afford to buy the CD 😂

[@NeoNitty]

@@jerryalexander8803 at the time, I was anti-CD 😂😂😂 For sure though…I had so many albums that had the hidden’s…I used to love that ish lol Bro I still have my tapes and CD’s…the official CD albums though…all the burned CD’s, oxygen got to them over the years and destroyed them…the official album ones? They’re still intact.

[@jasonroberts557]

I know I'm crazy late makin' this comment, but here it goes: This is one of the reasons Nas is my favorite artist of all time. No other rapper would have made a track like this and preach a sermon on a song like this, maybe DMX, but besides him I can't think of anyone else. This track is real as fuck. If Nas wasn't a hip hop artist he could have been easily one of the greatest motivational speakers and even a pastor or reverend. Truthfully I think that was his true calling or God just laid this on his heart.

[@killadjango6995]

1000% Facts bro!💪🏾💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@jasonroberts557]

@@killadjango6995 Thanks for the reply, sorry I'm late responding...Peace to You and Yours.

[@australium7374]

The lessons nas teaches are by far some of the best to keep

[@MadCheddaz]

jay exists

[@appiahenefordjour816]

Nas is too knowledgeable and very deep. He makes conscious rap that educates the soul.

[@vaughnsalaam9018]

Nas was preaching some real shit in the beginning. I love it

[@markg336]

Also at the end as well

[@rahsaanhill5781]

Man. I used to be so drunk off of this. This was my joint right here.

[@nathanialmartin92]

I have been looking for this song since my man's funeral holy shit damn man I miss Wiley peace young lord

[@big973e]

imagine this being placed in the middle of that QB section of Nastradamus with Last Words, Quiet Niggas, and Family

[@ralphnyc3420]

I'm still pissed this wasn't on the CD version. Why do that???? lol. I love this song.

[@Gl6619]

Ralph NYC same. I was looking all over iTunes for it. Going to see if there's a download somewhere on the internet

[@adamgordon2572]

G L66 * Its on KZbin fam i found it yesterday, just type in Nas “ I am “ bootleg version

[@PhntmStudios]

it is it was the different version of the album

[@reubenholliman1444]

I just rediscovered that the Same thing happened to silent murder

[@geraldshort2893]

Ive been tryin to find this track for nearly 20 years

[@randomshit757]

greatest braveheart song ever

[@MiguelsVibe23]

Man if Nas would’ve dropped a verse on this it would’ve made this even better than it already is still 🔥 tho

[@reginaldbrown998]

Horses verse made me cry man😢 Shit real‼️

[@osheakerr9166]

Best verse on the track! 🔥💯

[@sidneyatkins6678]

Horse is the real deal I'm surprised you didn't have his own album late 90s early 2000s are some of these artists they s*** the bed big time

[@davesylvindeckerii4528]

Man brave hearts bodied this from 3 perspectives of living that life

[@romelo7216]

I ain't runnin ain't hiddin I'm ridin!😠✊🏾👊🏾

[@sidneyatkins6678]

Randy Harris He Bodied Dat Verse

[@adamgordon2572]

Jungle went in 🔥🔥

[@juicebarz5779]

I be gunning yall be duckin n divin

[@poetuvdapeople]

Thanks a million for this post....a lost but important track.....Nas and Bravehearts shine on this jewel!!!!!

[@BIG-WhoShotYa]

NAS IS KING!

[@robertmorton3000]

Yooooo i forgot about this... CLASSIC!!!!!!!! Top Beats of all time!!!!!... was only on cassette version of “I Am”

[@thelankytank]

this song fits way better in the i am double album bootleg. for those that don't know, I Am was supposed to be an autobiographical 30 track double album and nastradamus wasnt supposed to exist, but a lot of the songs found their way on the bootleg. nas scrapped it but u can get the tracklist online and build it in itunes yourself. this is one of my favorites off the whole thing

[@sinematic06]

There’s still some songs out there that never leaked. The Source talked about a song with Method Man and another with D’Angelo. The full version of The Curse has never been leaked either. A shame. I would love to hear what Nas actually intended with this album. And the fact that the late great Nipsey was going to do a documentary on the album intrigues me even more

[@australium7374]

@@sinematic06 some suspect the album could’ve been longer than 30 tracks, when nas in his hidden interviews he said it was going to detail a lot. He may have had 40 tracks. There’s so many we never figured out, I want nas to release them. The autobiography one that some made up is such a good album to listen to

[@sinematic06]

@@australium7374 I don’t doubt it at all! 16/17 tracks per disc easily could’ve had between 30 & 40 songs. Smh. This is one project I hope he still owns unlike the songs he deleted permanently before God’s Son came out

[@adamgordon2572]

Damn... Forgot about this track 🔥🔥🔥

[@theflyone6948]

Music like this represents a particular world, where the young men that live in it, are by circumstance and condition faced with the gravity of an uncertain outcome in day to day life. This is struggle music.. stories of young men who exist in a reality that is difficult to comprehend. & for The Brave Hearts to bring this to the surface and give it life creatively says something about their character.. their depth.. and their truth. Big ups to Queensbridge Housing Projects. & long live the spirit of hip hop.

[@sonoftheallfather4215]

One of my most favorite tracks of all time

[@gtperformah]

Nas is the preacher on this song? I used to listen to this song all the time and just realized that.

[@iangrant8009]

This track was on nas's I am album Bonus track on the cassette tape. something that is now alien this day and time. I owned It

[@lifestraight]

Same! I had this on cassette

[@satishrobertson8771]

Same here

[@fuckmldw]

@@satishrobertson8771 was it actually track 13?

[@satishrobertson8771]

@@fuckmldw it wasn’t at the end of the album, it was right after Big Things and just before K-I-S-S-I-N-G on side 2 of the cassette

[@fuckmldw]

@@satishrobertson8771 do you mean between big things and nas is like bro?

[@Jenniferbereal]

Classic!!!

[@TERIQUEHALL1]

Glad you to see some ppl listen to classic and it makes me even happier this was on my birthday

[@milesjohnson323]

Wiz & Jungle went off !! CLASSIC

[@adamgordon2572]

miles johnson : They killed it 🔥🔥

[@tha1calldgeorgiep]

that track should've been on the cd

[@joelnegron5013]

Yup .... it was only on tape

[@satishrobertson8771]

@@adamgordon2572 it was never released on the CD only the tape. And I was around when the bootlegging went down, this song wasn’t even part of the bootleg. I only see one person on KZbin who uploaded the authentic bootleg, everyone else got some fan made track lists.

[@TheMuffet69]

Thanks. I haven't heard this in 14 yrs. My favorite song on album would be a hidden track lol

[@donjonestv]

TheMuffet69 nas always doing that lol

[@GeeBoogie78]

Blew so much good green to this back in 99. Glad I bought the tape & not the cd✌🏾✊🏾

[@satishrobertson8771]

I had the tape too and this was my favorite cut off side B alongside “Nas Is Like”. I much preferred the tape over the CD version, I remember there was a snippet of a Nature song on there too.

[@Thinkingabouturmom]

Sweetest beat ever

[@NastyAssNoble190]

Da Track is tuff! Member this back in da 90's

[@jermainepatterson792]

I listen to this all the time cause it reminds me when I was locked up and all I did was pray this is my favorite song word life

[@j2323j]

i bout the tape first cuz thats all i use to buy and when i started getting cds this track wasent on there i was like what? i still have the tape cool video

[@ronniejohnson8530]

love this song

[@Jenniferbereal]

I been looking for this song!!! Classic!!! It was on the tape I had, but I need it NOW!!!! How can I get it?????!!!!!!

[@big973e]

download library of a legend, it has basically all of his unreleased and hidden tracks on it

[@TERIQUEHALL1]

+big973e how do you download that ? and from where? please let a nigga know

[@lifestraight]

@@big973e Yeah how u download the shit

[@9gsJota]

Nas need to add this exclusive one on I Am... or at least Lost Tapes (2002), 20 years in September, something like he did with It Was Written adding "Silent Murder" a song exclusive for casette for the Extended Version 🐐

[@shadejahcarr8666]

This real talk right here we all got to pray and always remember to keep god first over everything yal and shout out to my bravehearts all around the world it's that time we all link up for real and put a stop to this all this evil well at least slow it down and keep it to a low minimum that's right bravehearted forever man I'm out yo 100.

[@1080GotIt]

Back in the day, this was only on tape, not the official CD. Big FUCK UP!

[@simmsationcannon6270]

No it wasn't it was marketing. Wanted to have people still buy cassettes because everything was on CD. Heard them say it back in the 90's and also cause the original I AM was leaked.

[@OmarScruggs]

I had this on the tape but it wasnt on the CD. Its not on Apple neither. Nas preaching is classic

[@groundupradio]

When this came out, I was goin through it! So this track is special to me. Good post!

[@ROCCSTARRAYO]

I been lookin for this Tracc since like 2000 I just couldnt find it... Feels good to hear it again!!!!

[@MAVENdeNYC]

Wanted this song and searched it. I had it on tape from another "I am" tape I dubbed back in the day. I got the CD a few years later but found out it wasn't on there. On all my searches the song was not mentioned and wondered why. I knew it was a bonus on the tape. ANyway, thanks for the upload. I needed it in digital format.

[@swizzbeatz0]

Nice...been lookn for this

[@RodnGo09]

Man thanks very much i been looking for this song for years i thought it didn't exist thanks very much

[@Baldheadslick53]

My lil bro 8 yrs younger than me stole this tape from me that's how thorough he is now!

[@slimmhustle]

This was my jam on the cassette tape whattttttt?!!!!

[@OmarScruggs]

yooo! I thought I was like the only person who knew this from the cassette cus its not on the cd. classic underground record

[@slimmhustle]

Amen my dude....#preach

[@Thinkingabouturmom]

Waab it is tho

[@slimmhustle]

What it dit dit do

[@lifestraight]

+Omar Scruggs Same here man. I had this on my cassette tape. 1999.

[@kenmac1013]

we aint 2 tough pray!!!11

[@TMSJ2011]

One of the greatest!

[@kingsonn1100]

I use 2 bump dis in my car back in da days when it first came out...da memories...

[@shonha1]

DAMN, Nastalgic I thought I heard all of Nas old shit, u got me wit this one, thanks 4 this homie.

[@ViolentHP]

This actually was on my original Nastradamus cd. Back then sometimes cd's had a bonus song the tape didn't, and vice-versa.

[@Intellectually_Ignorant]

classic joint........humble your self and pray

[@Lukeydontv]

Top 5 nas tracks this was a bonus limited edition off the (i am album)🔥

[@TMSJ2011]

PRAYER is all POWER, people please pray for all things! TOMMY...

[@alexstafonis1763]

Crazy how this joint and Blaze A 50 were only bonus tracks on certain CD's and tapes but not on the actual album. I AM is already the shit, imagine what it could've been.

[@RodnGo09]

@Nastalgic99 ah man i been looking for this song for about 10 years i started thinking this song didn't exist thank u very much

[@JamaicaQueens1984]

A man told me that while he was in jail, all he did was pray. All he did was stay in his jail cell and pray to God..." WRITTEN APRIL 6, 2011

[@lifestraight]

10 years later. Jan 2022 and I just left Jamaica Queens lol.

[@OmarScruggs]

Loooove this song 20+ years

[@SithLordNefaar022]

"Hoes yelling watch ya back, but be4 I could turn around, before I could react, BOW BOW BOW, would you look at me now?!?" DAMN, I missed this track been looking for this since high school!!! :D

[@canibusnj]

With the help of Ez Elpee on the boards, YES!!!!!!!!

[@Battlered713]

I’ve been lookin for this shit for years!!!!

[@richamiller1240]

THIS IS MY JOINT!WE SHOULD ALL PRAY!

[@tonyjohnson5047]

And that hook is the realist

[@nutso3574]

Yahawaha ba sham yawahashi gon save the elect

[@OmarScruggs]

I remember this was on the tape. But then wasnt when it came out on cd

[@jerryalexander8803]

Lol right, this and nature shines was on the tape but neither was on the CD.. Nas used to do that alot I remember silent murder was on it was written tape but not on the CD

[@randomshit757]

Classic

[@osheakerr9166]

Big Man Horse! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯

[@ronniejohnson8530]

song a beast

[@JamaicaQueens1984]

PRAY "You've got to pray, huh! I mean pray, pray, and when you pray, you got to look up to the lord, huh! You got to look up and you got to pray for your children, huh! You got to pray for that man in front of the liquor store, huh! You got to pray for that man on the corner! He know he doing wrong, but somebody gotta pray for him, huh! You know we doing wrong, but we gotta pray for ourselves! You know we are heading to this brand new year, goddamnit!

[@rwalton0917]

Yo my mouth was moving but it was nothing I was saying only if they knew deep in my mind I was praying AMEN

[@mosaicblue121]

Speaking in tongues.

[@lifestraight]

​@mosaicblue121 Nah gaspin' for air after being shot

[@FinessedAnalyzer]

Classic...

[@nubuk310]

Jungle is the realist hardest verse ever

[@r0ckstarr0nr0e]

I thank god everyday for my granny and my mothers prayers I’d probably be dead if it wasn’t for their prayers

[@MG28000]

This was when Hip-Hop was at its best!

[@mitchmaxw3118]

Horse was a force on this one

[@1trl2]

i'm still surprised that this is not on the CD version or these online stores like Google play & iTunes

[@MrReekoBeezo]

Classic track, The Bravehearts felled onthe track. This song was a good look

[@thecheesburgler]

I'm on my own now. V8, far away from home now.

[@lifestraight]

thecheesburgler VA*

[@jeremyharris4100]

I PRAY myself to Jesus Christ but like this song

[@OmarScruggs]

Such an unknown dope song

[@CRAZOLA3]

THIS SONG NEW YORK STATE OF MIND 2 AND ITS A SMALL WORLD IS MY FAVORITE JOINTS ON THIS CD

[@TheAndre396]

this is raw i used to play the fuk out of this shyt yo word up nas brother jungle was ill as fuck on this shyt yo he had the sickest ryhme

[@acmggs]

PRAY!!!

[@kcutta85]

dats why i fucks wit nas. he always looked out 4 niggaz dat was too broke to get da cd. a lil bonus trk fo ya. dis a forgoteen gem rite here.

[@casmartin1314]

I need this beat, fella!

[@deeteezee1977]

that's crazy cuz I had the tape as well this was my favorite track....lol

[@deeteezee1977]

Man im glad i found this track took too long

[@peaceofmindstrength.5343]

🙏my life🙏

[@tha1calldgeorgiep]

@DrDmoney82 The song was never put on CD, but yet available on cassette.

[@zclark]

Real true facts 💯💪 Amen

[@gij123]

horse was in biggie form when he ryhmed

[@ivanbarros4683]

Timeless

[@gunhawk7183]

I wish I could find the instrumental of the beat

[@ronniejohnson8530]

nice

[@nutso3574]

I'm not perfect but I love you yahawah ba sham yahawashi....

[@TopShotta10904]

that dude Horse killt this shit, fnck that he went in....

[@Trevy_Is_Famous]

wow! this joint is so hard to find!

[@njjones638]

Classic jungle went in