It ain't hard to tell, I excel then prevail   The mic is contacted, I attract clientèle   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 Shining', 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 an' 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 jewel, 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 Sheik   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 heron 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 menstrual cycles   Street's disciple, I rock beats that's mega trifle   An' 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