2nd Children-Nas & Common

[00:09.03]"cause when i flow the for [00:10.10]the street.." - ".. who else could it be" [00:11.53]"nas.." [00:11.78]yo [00:13.76]explode, my thoughts were [00:14.38]drunken from quarts of beers [00:15.51]was years back, before nasir [00:16.57]would explore a career in rap [00:18.32]as a music dude, [00:19.56]i mastered this rubik's cube [00:21.25]godzilla, fought gargantua, [00:22.44]eyes glued to the tube [00:24.37]was a, long time ago, john boy ice [00:27.80]geronimo po-lice jumpin out chryslers, [00:29.92]easywider paper [00:31.30]pops puffin his sess, [00:32.98]punchin his chest like a gorilla [00:34.66]outside was psychoes, killers [00:36.72]saw divine, goon and chungo, [00:38.60]lil' turkey [00:40.03]r.i.p. tyrone, 'member [00:41.66]no cursin front of ms. vercey [00:43.47]big percy, crazy paul, the sledge sisters [00:45.77]my building was 40-16, [00:47.08]once in the blue, hallways was clean [00:49.20]i knew, all that i'd seen had meant somethin [00:51.45]learned early, to fear [00:53.07]none little nas was huntin [00:54.76]livin carefree laughin, [00:56.13]got jokes on the daily [00:57.82]y'all actin like some [00:59.38]old folks y'all don't hear me [01:00.81]yo i'm in my second childhood [01:02.25]"cause when i flow the fo [01:03.81]the street.." - ".. who else could it be" [01:05.37]"n-a-s" - "nas.." [01:05.93]"resurrect, through the birth of [01:09.05]my seed.." - "queensbridge" [01:11.23]"make everything right.." - "get yours, nigga" [01:14.35]"cause when i flow the for [01:16.72]the street.." - ".. who else could it be" [01:18.47]"n-a-s" - "nas.." [01:19.91]"resurrect, through the birth of [01:21.03]my seed.." - "queensbridge" [01:22.53]"make everything right.." - " [01:24.71]get yours, nigga" [01:25.65]yo, dude is 31, livin in his moms crib [01:27.96]ex-convict, was paroled [01:29.45]there after his long bid [01:31.26]cornrows in his hair, still slingin, got a crew [01:35.32]they break his moms furniture, [01:36.44]watchin comicview [01:37.38]got babies by different ladies [01:39.50]high smokin l's [01:40.81]in the same spot he stood since, [01:42.87]eighty-five well [01:43.87]when his stash slow, he be crazy [01:46.93]say he by his moms, [01:48.49]hit her on her payday [01:49.98]junior high school dropout, [01:51.36]teachers never cared [01:52.98]they was paid just to show up [01:55.16]and leave, no one succeeds [01:57.03]so he moves with his peers, [01:58.91]different blocks, different years [01:59.97]sittin on, different benches [02:00.78]like it's musical chairs [02:01.84]all his peoples moved on in life, [02:03.59]he's on the corners at night [02:05.21]with young dudes it's them [02:06.58]he wanna be like [02:07.95]it's sad but it's fun to him right? [02:09.95]he never grew up [02:11.07]31 and can't give his youth, [02:12.82]he's in his second childhood [02:14.01]"cause when i flow the for [02:16.02]the street.." - ".. who else could it be" [02:17.83]"n-a-s" - "nas.." [02:18.65]"resurrect, through the birth of [02:20.45]my seed.." - "queensbridge" [02:21.70]"make everything right.." - " [02:23.89]get yours, nigga" [02:24.94]"cause when i flow the for [02:26.94]the street.." - ".. who else could it be" [02:29.13]"n-a-s" - "nas.." [02:30.12]"resurrect, through the birth of [02:31.87]my seed.." - "queensbridge" [02:33.68]"make everything right.." - " [02:35.31]get yours, nigga" [02:36.55]baby girl she's always talkin [02:38.18]name droppin hangin late [02:39.67]drinkin smokin hates [02:41.11]her baby daddy, craves shoppin [02:42.86]e poppin e*****y takin, [02:43.98]won't finish her education [02:45.10]best friend she keeps changin, [02:46.72]stuck with limitations [02:47.60]lustin men, many hotels, fendi chanel [02:50.53]with nothin in her bank [02:52.09]account frontin she do well [02:54.15]her kid suffers he don't [02:55.21]get that love he deserve [02:58.02]he the sun, she the earth, [03:00.89]single mom, even worse [03:02.38]no job never stay workin, mad purty [03:05.01]shorty they call her the brain surgeon [03:07.44]time flyin she the same person, [03:09.00]never matures [03:10.00]all her friends married doin well [03:11.74]she's in the streets yakkety [03:13.80]yakkin like she was 12 [03:15.55]honey is twenty-seven, argues fights [03:17.61]selfish in her own right, polite, [03:19.62]guess she's in her second childhood [03:21.68]"cause when i flow the for [03:23.31]the street.." - ".. who else could it be" [03:24.99]"n-a-s" - "nas.." [03:25.61]"resurrect, through the birth of [03:27.55]my seed.." - "queensbridge" [03:29.11]"make everything right.." - "get yours, nigga" [03:31.10]"cause when i flow the for [03:34.54]the street.." - ".. who else could it be" [03:36.66]"n-a-s" - "nas.." [03:37.34]"resurrect, through the birth of [03:39.90]my seed.." - "queensbridge" [03:41.65]"make everything right.." - "get yours, nigga" [03:45.71]"who else could it be.." - "n-a-s" - "nas.."