Nothing To Lose (Explicit)-K'naan/Nas

[ti:Nothing To Lose] [ar:K'naan] [al:Country, God Or The Girl] [by:] [offset:0] [00:07.18]Someone called the cops on him [00:09.93]Someone told his pops on him [00:12.04]He was talkin' crooked [00:12.98]And he had some rocks on him [00:14.98]Tucked tucked in his socks's corner [00:17.35]Chucks chucks and the Charlotte Hornet [00:19.85]Cap when he 'flow [00:21.28]Then they all surprised on him [00:22.78]Yes he's a fugee [00:24.03]But he go all Nas on 'em [00:25.84]Well can't go pras on 'em [00:28.46]And he got that crossover [00:31.20]But he from the streets [00:32.88]You don't cross over [00:34.26]Hut hut to the block soldiers [00:36.96]Buck buck to the cop vultures [00:39.60]Nope no I don't know pilots [00:42.96]Uh ni**a I know pirates [00:44.77]Violence the islands [00:45.84]Shout out to my idrens [00:47.27]Put your hands up [00:48.46]Like it's a motherf**kin' siren [00:50.20]Well I paid all my dues [00:53.07]Yeah yeah yeah yeah [00:55.25]Shone a million shoes [00:58.38]Yeah yeah yeah yeah [01:00.75]'Cause when you got nothing left [01:03.99]Yeah yeah yeah yeah [01:06.61]You got nothing to lose [01:09.29]Yeah yeah yeah yeah [01:13.22]I used to stand on Vernon and 10 [01:14.73]Burnin' a spliff burner on hip [01:15.92]Wishing to flip a bird [01:16.79]Yac burning my chest [01:17.79]Black certainly I'm dressed [01:18.84]Strictly that army sh*t [01:20.03]Finish my shift [01:21.16]Pack gone before the dawn hit [01:23.03]Anything I could earn on the strip [01:24.84]Turn it and flip [01:25.71]Watching my back [01:26.40]Cooking that pot [01:27.52]Making it stretch [01:28.33]Discussing with my cliq [01:29.52]Should we duct tape the connect [01:30.83]It's rough and K'naan knows [01:33.01]He had the same woes [01:34.13]I'm voicing my opinions [01:35.63]I forgot y'all was there [01:36.78]I ain't know y'all was still listenin' [01:39.04]Be honest I ain't care [01:40.22]Y'all don't get my innuendos my interests [01:42.09]Y'all on some simple sh*t [01:43.73]Thinking I'm preachy [01:44.67]Yeah my church is the world [01:45.66]Christians sip a cup of this holy water [01:47.03]Stuck at this phony border [01:47.85]It's custom to enter the main stream [01:49.41]You must front and record [01:50.66]A poorer oratory [01:51.34]Your life story corny [01:52.71]Yo my Somali niggas know what war be [01:55.59]Well I paid all my dues (paid my dues) [01:57.39]Yeah yeah yeah yeah [02:01.72]Shone a million shoes [02:04.40]Yeah yeah yeah yeah [02:07.02]'Cause when you got nothing left [02:09.70]Yeah yeah yeah yeah [02:12.44]You got nothing to lose [02:15.38]Yeah yeah yeah yeah [02:18.38]Remember when niggas said Nas was Somalian [02:21.24]Baseball cap had the tags [02:23.12]Like a yardie and it was written just came out [02:25.55]I was gnarly then [02:26.68]Niggas dreaded seeing me like a Rastafarian [02:29.67]We didn't know the dresscode though [02:31.60]We was bargainers [02:32.16]The knock off filas with the pumps and cheap cardigans [02:34.97]Niggas looked corny I admit [02:36.90]We was foreigners but this corny kid [02:39.27]Quick send you to the coroners [02:40.45]Y'all know my war story [02:42.02]I won't repeat it [02:43.33]It's just injury [02:44.32]My victory's undefeated [02:45.39]Thought you knew me well [02:46.94]Go back and delete it [02:48.31]I'm in every joint this year [02:50.19]Orthopedic and yes the AK's are instruments [02:52.95]We do drum 'em [02:54.38]I'm somewhere between killa and king Solomon [02:56.59]And the shades take half the face [02:58.71]We over stun 'em and treat obstacles like a** [03:00.90]We overcome 'em [03:03.46]Man they really made me do this [03:05.21]I was peaceful like a Buddhist [03:06.83]But then niggas came [03:07.70]And screwed it up like Judas [03:08.95]Now I'm suited up with Lugers Rugers suddenly intruders [03:11.14]Turn around like hoola hoopers [03:13.07]F**king losers [03:13.57]Well I paid all my dues [03:16.38]Yeah yeah yeah yeah [03:18.81]Shone a million shoes [03:21.39]Yeah yeah yeah yeah [03:24.45]Cause when you got nothing left [03:27.07]Yeah yeah yeah yeah [03:30.12]You got nothing to lose [03:32.75]Yeah yeah yeah yeah [03:35.61]This one's for the world [03:38.35]This one's for your girl [03:42.41]This one's for your Mama [03:45.32]This one's for your Nana