It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail
  The mic is contacted, I attract clientele
  My mic check is life or death, breathin a sniper's breath
  I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps
  Deep like The Shinin', sparkle like a diamond
  Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin
  Hit the Earth like a comet, invasion
  Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazin
  Cause in my physical, I can express through song
  Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong
  I drank Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in hell
  From the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell
  
  The buddha monk's in your trunk, turn the bass up
  Not stories by Aesop, place your loot up, parties I shoot up
  Nas, I analyze, drop a jew-el, inhale from the L
  School a fool well, you feel it like braille
  It ain't hard to tell, I kick a skill like Shaquille holds a pill
  Vocabulary spills I'm +Ill+
  plus +Matic+, I freak beats slam it like Iron Shiek
  Jam like a tech with correct techniques
  So analyze me, surprise me, but can't magmatize me
  Scannin while you're plannin ways to sabotage me
  I leave em froze like her-on in your nose
  Nas'll rock well, it ain't hard to tell
  
  This rhythmatic explosion, is what your frame of mind has chosen
  I'll leave your brain stimulated, niggaz is frozen
  Speak with criminal slang, begin like a violin
  End like Leviathan, it's deep well let me try again
  Wisdom be leakin out my grapefruit troop
  I dominate break loops, givin mics men-e-straul cycles
  Street's disciple, I rock beats that's mega trifle
  And groovy but smoother than moves by Villanova
  You're still a soldier, I'm like Sly Stone in Cobra
  Packin like a rasta in the weed spot
  Vocals'll squeeze glocks, MC's eavesdrop
  Though they need not to sneak
  My poetry's deep, I never fell
  Nas's raps should be locked in a cell
  It ain't hard to tell