Songwriter: DJ Green Lantern

Producer: DJ Green Lantern

[Intro: Nas]
INVASION!

[Spoken: Samples]
“Watch closely. You are about to experience a ‘nigga moment.’ Webster defines the ‘nigga moment’ as a moment when ignorance overwhelms the mind of an otherwise logical Negro man.”

“What did you say, bitch nigga?”

“Die, nigga! *gunshot*”

“Brothers and sisters using the word nigga…”

“Nigga, nigga, nigga…”

“HE’S A NIGGER! HE’S A NIGGER!”

“I ain’t no nigga!”

“What kind of message are you hoping to send with— with that new album?”

“FUCK THE NIGGERS! (Oh, my God!)”

“A NIGGER, LOOK! IT’S A NIGGER!”

“How you call yourself a nigga and be proud of it?”

“Flatline!”

“There goes the neighborhood!”

Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, known to one and all as Nas, is one of hip-hop’s best-known, most mercurial, and lyrically blessed figures ever to touch the microphone. Since his heart-stopping debut turn on Main Source’s “Live at the Barbeque,” Nas has delivered countless beautifully structured, thought-provoking, keenly observed verses.

Growing up in Queens, NY, Nas never really performed in big crowds—he kept to himself. Nas used a different type of vernacular that others didn’t understand, which helped him to stand out from other rappers from his era.

With every ensuing album, Nas always reminds fans that he’s still the same Queensbridge MC who crafted one of the greatest albums of all time, and arguably the bible of Hip-Hop, Illmatic.