[ti:It Ain't Hard to Tell] [ar:Nas] [al:Illmatic XX] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]It Ain't Hard to Tell (The Stink Mix|Explicit) - Nas [00:10.19]It ain't hard to tell [00:11.32] [00:20.89]It ain't hard to tell I excel then prevail [00:24.01]The mic is contacted I attract clientele [00:26.64]My mic check is life or death breathing a sniper's breath [00:29.31]I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps [00:32.21]Deep like the Shining sparkle like a diamond [00:34.59]Sneak a Uzi on the island in my army jacket lining [00:37.23]Hit the Earth like a comet invasion [00:39.17]Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian half-man half-amazing [00:42.60]'Cause in my physical I can express through song [00:45.06]Delete stress like Motrin then extend strong [00:47.65]I drink Moet with Medusa give her shotguns in hell [00:50.39]From the spliff that I lift and inhale it ain't hard to tell [00:53.50] [01:03.36]It ain't hard to tell [01:04.23] [01:14.28]The buddha monk's in your trunk turn the bass up [01:16.55]Not stories by Aesop place your loot up parties I shoot up [01:19.67]Nas I analyze drop a jewel inhale from the L [01:22.82]School a fool well you feel it like Braille it ain't hard to tell [01:26.01]I kick a skill like Shaquille holds a pill [01:28.28]Vocabulary spills I'm ill plus Matic [01:31.04]I freak beats slam it like Iron Sheik [01:33.17]Jam like a Tec with correct techniques [01:35.40]So analyze me surprise me but can't magnetize me [01:38.47]Scannin' while you're plannin' ways to sabotage me [01:41.29]I leave 'em froze like her-on in your nose [01:43.63]Nas'll rock well it ain't hard to tell [01:45.96] [01:56.29]It ain't hard to tell [01:57.19] [02:06.59]This rhythmatic explosion is what your frame of mind has chosen [02:10.01]I'll leave your brain stimulated niggas is frozen [02:12.69]Speak with criminal slang begin like a violin [02:15.51]End like Leviathan it's deep well let me try again [02:18.36]Wisdom be leaking out my grapefruit troop [02:20.50]I dominate break loops giving mics men-e-strual cycles [02:23.50]Street's disciple I rock beats that's mega trifle [02:25.96]And groove even smoother than moves by Villanova [02:28.59]You're still a soldier I'm like Sly Stone in Cobra [02:31.31]Packing like a Rasta in the w**d spot vocals'll squeeze Glocks [02:34.70]MC's eavesdrop though they need not to sneak [02:37.20]My poetry's deep I never fail [02:39.13]Nas's raps should be locked in a cell it ain't hard to tell [02:42.29] [02:51.96]It ain't hard to tell [02:52.85] [03:02.56]It ain't hard to tell [03:03.48] [03:13.14]It ain't hard to tell