Released: October 21, 1997

Songwriter: Foxy Brown Nas

Producer: Trackmasters

[Intro: Nas]
What?
That Firm shit, that Firm shit, what's that?
What?
That Firm shit, that Firm shit

[Verse 1: Nas]
Everyday I'mma polli bout, who's the best hotty out?
And will they ever let Gotti out?
Am I real? Feel free to try me out
Guaranteed eternally, you signin out
I only bang quarters, not a thing shorter
Than a dime, rhyme like a crime scene reporter
Thought shorty would lose but the game taught her
Hoodrat just like Thelma, James' daughter
Killer put you on, got you laced in Bucon
Blood is stone, where the place you call home?

[Verse 2: Foxy Brown]
Brooklyn girl, plotted then I took the world
You know the whole drill, Na Na so Ill
Make mills and escro, decimals
Cancun, Mexico, X-and-O
Bracelets got all, along with gold
Now it's platinum rings, songs is sold
Hot from the jumpstart, let the guns spark
Thriller, will I shot to the top of the charts

[Verse 3: Nas]
Head honcho, cat Esco
Push everything from the Coupe to the Fo'
Never love a ho, get my dick sucked
Smoke the chocolate, trick my chicks up
Pass all the ki's to mami, whip it up
Fox get the B's, Bonnie live it up

[Chorus]
Your love, so good
You deserve some hardcore
(That Firm shit, that Firm shit)
Your love, so good
You deserve some hardcore
(That Firm shit, that Firm shit)

[Verse 4: Foxy Brown]
FIRM, NIGGA WHAT? Get my twat licked
Never love a trick, get him for his chips
Fuck him and his dick, nigga where the six?
He actin like a bitch, he should've known this
Got the stone the wrist, I ain't no bonin this
Bomb ass shit, I could play with my shit

[Verse 5: Nas]
Rap niggas, capitalise, stack figures
Cognac is that liquor
Got me all numbed out, now I'm in the street with the guns out
Niggas better take me home, 'fore I dumbs out
Might fuck around, lay somethin down
Wit mad niggas out here to see that shit
We that click, runnin shit up in New Yick
All the way down to Hicktown, layin it down

[Verse 6: Foxy Brown]
Fox be the classiest, the sassiest
The clubs, all thugs grab my wrists, offer me moselle Crist
More of the shit to hold you with
Keep hatin I'mma fold your bitch
Should've known to control that chick, hoes mad cos I roll the 6
Doe full of ices, black Isis
Sidewalk, my niggas stay fuckin your girl
The rest be, hoes in stretch jeans with red seams
Take it from me, let a nigga dream
Make em lick that, get the cat for his cream

[Chorus]
Your love, so good
You deserve some hardcore
(That Firm shit, that Firm shit)
Your love, so good
You deserve some hardcore
(That Firm shit, that Firm shit)

[Verse 7: Foxy Brown]
It's about time I reverse that
Bitches learn game, rehearse that
It ain't no love, ma remember that
Ya hoes wanna slap while I got him on his back
Tryin to hurt that

[Verse 8: Nas]
Think you're grown, half the niggas sittin at home
Watchin the kids, while you're gettin it on
I'm too smart for that, caught you creepin
Receipts in your Prada bag, suites every weekend
Spendin my doe, I coulda spent that on hydro
You ain't slick enough, think I don't know

[Verse 9: Foxy Brown]
Dumb ass, think I slept on your bum ass
Knew the whole stee bout a chip like me
Did it on G-P, let you eat me
Couldn't freak me, I'm better off with TV
(That Firm shit, that Firm shit)

[Interlude]
Can't get enough, oooooh oooooh, oooooh oooohooooh
(That Firm shit, that Firm shit)

[Chorus]
Your love, so good
You deserve some hardcore
(That Firm shit, that Firm shit)
Your love, so good
You deserve some hardcore
(That Firm shit, that Firm shit)
Your love, so good
You deserve some hardcore
(That Firm shit, that Firm shit)
Can't get enough, oooooh oooooh, oooooh oooohooooh
(That Firm shit, that Firm shit)

The Firm

The Firm was a group consisting of Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature. The Firm first appeared on “Affirmative Action” from Nas' 1996 album It Was Written, but instead of Nature, the song featured original member Cormega, who left the group due to creative and financial issues. The group released their only album, The Album, on Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment in 1997, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and achieved gold status. The original lineup of Nas, AZ, Foxy Brown and Cormega reunited on the track “Full Circle” from the 2020 Nas album King’s Disease.

Nas spoke about the beginning and end of The

AZ was my man and he told me about Foxy Brown; drove me to Brooklyn to meet her at her house. I wanted to put the Firm together and she fit perfectly.