N.i.*.*.e.r. Lyrics - Untitled - Nas

They say we N I double G E R 

We are much more, still we choose to ignore the obvious 

Man, this history don't acknowledge us 

We were scholars long before colleges 

They say we N I double G E R 

We are much more, but still we choose to ignore the obvious 

We are the slave and the master 

What you lookin for? You the question and the answer 

We trust no black leaders, use the stove to heat us 

Powdered eggs and government cheeses 

The calendars with Martin, JFK and Jesus 

Gotta be fresh to go to school with fly sneakers 

Schools with outdated books, we are the forgotten 

Summers, coolin off by the fire hydrant 

Yeah, I'm from the ghetto 

Where old black women talk about their sugar level 

Related 

Songs That Will Make You Cry Uncontrollably 

LATEST SONG: Fat Joe, Dre, Lil Wayne - 'Pullin' - LYRICS 

NEW SONG: Machine Gun Kelly - 'Candy' Lyrics feat. Trippie Redd 

Its not unusual to see photos of dead homie's funerals 

Aluminum foil on TV antennas 

Little TV sit on top the big TV, eatin TV dinners 

Girls dye their hair with Kool-Aid 

They gave us lemons, we made lemonade 

But this nigger's paid, ancestral slaves 

Descendant of kings, it's necessary I bling 

Put rims on everythin, wear tims on every scene 

They say we N I double G E R 

We are much more, still we choose to ignore the obvious 

Man, this history don't acknowledge us 

We were scholars long before colleges 

They say we N I double G E R 

We are much more, but still we choose to ignore the obvious 

We are the slave and the master 

What you lookin for? You the question and the answer 

Photos 

Do I mean it like a slave master, nigger? 

No, I'm gangsta, gotta eat rappers 

My abbreviation was young when I caught the cases 

That should mean the court could see my changes 

Take off the bracelets 

Savers went broke, smokes, our diesel, need no Bowflex 

My chest still cut up like a bag of dope 

Thought patterns consist of boss matters 

Spit Moses' lost commandments like a gross sandwich out my mouth 

Toast to government cameras peepin us, every week 

I must have my cars, homes and phones squeaked for bugs 

But this is what I was dreamin of 

Between cuttin hard coke with new razors slicin my fingers up 

They used to string us up, we wanted everythin 

But the one bringin us cake be the snakes like the 

Like the New Jack City wedding scene 

No time for mistake, tryna get it like metering 

They say we N I double G E R 

We are much more, still we choose to ignore the obvious 

Man, this history don't acknowledge us 

We were scholars long before colleges 

They say we N I double G E R 

We are much more, but still we choose to ignore the obvious 

We are the slave and the master 

What you lookin for? You the question and the answer 

(My nig', what up my nig'? Yep) 

People afraid of criticism 

But I always put myself in a sacrificial position 

They been know I ain't just rappin for fame 

I got my old homie hassles to father, askin for change 

Yep, I get it cash up, this paper don't matter 

They see me from skinny to fatter, when I rap about war 

They got a tendency to scatter, they ain't my backup no more 

So now my enemies are at my front door 

Cause anytime we mention our condition 

Our history or existence, they callin it reverse racism 

Still to this day the streets torn, my brother Jung' 

I'll always have a seat for him, not behind me, beside me 

You'll always know where to find me 

They say the close ones will hurt you 

So let's keep a small circle 

On the road to riches and diamond rings 

In the land of the blind, the man with one eye is the king 

They say we N I double G E R 

We are much more, still we choose to ignore the obvious 

Man, this history don't acknowledge us 

We were scholars long before colleges 

They say we N I double G E R 

We are much more, but still we choose to ignore the obvious 

We are the slave and the master 

What you lookin for? You the question and the answer