Uh uh, yo      They plan was to knock me out the top of the game   But I overstand they truth is all lame   I hold cannons that shoot balls of flames   Right in they fat mouth then I carve my name      Nas too real, Nas true king   It's however you feel, g'head, you swing   Your arms too short to box with God   I don't kill soloists only kill squads      Fame went to they head, so now it's fuck Nas   Yesterday you begged for a deal, today you tough guys   I seen it comin' soon as I popped my first bottle   I spotted my enemies tryna' do what I do      Came in with my style, so I fathered you   I kept changin' on the world since barbecue   Now you wanna hang with niggas I hung with   Fuck bitches I hit, it's funny I once said      If I, ever make a record I take a check and put something away   For a rainy day to make my exit   But look at me now, ten years deep   Since in the project, crack in my socks weep      I never asked to be top of rap's elite   Just a ghetto child tryna' learn the traps of the streets   But look at me now      You're da man, you're da man   You're da man, you're da man   You're da man, you're da man   You're da man, you're da man   You're da man, you're da man      Now wait a sec', give me time to explain, women and fast cars   And diamond rings can poison a rap star   It's suicidal, how I smoke in so much la'   I saw a dead bird flyin' through a broken sky      Wish I could flap wings and fly away   To where black kings and Ghana stay   So I could get on my flesh right away   But that'll be the day when it's peace      When my gat don't need to spray   When these streets are safe to play   Sex with death, indulge in these women   Vision my own skeleton swimmin' in eternal fire      Broads play with pentagrams in they vagina   Like the Exorcist, then they gave birth to my seeds   I beg for God's help, why they love hurtin' me?   I'm your disciple, a thug certainly      I'm the N the A to the S I R   If I wasn't I must've been Escobar   Forty-five in my waist, starin' at my reflection   In the mirror, sittin' still in the chair like my conception      When everything around me got cloudy   The chair became a king's throne, my destiny found me   It's clear why the struggle was so painful   Metamorphosis, this is what I changed to and God, I'm so thankful      You're da man, you're da man   You're da man, you're da man   You're da man, you're da man   You're da man, you're da man   You're da man, you're da man   You're da man, you're da man