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nas - association lyrics

[intro]
you are who you -ssociate with
look around at your five closest friends
and that’s who you are
if you don’t want to be that person
you know what you gotta do

[chorus: nas]
-ssociation breeds similarity
that’s why i’ma stay with real rich n-ggas
’til six n-ggas carry me
poverty’s a mind state
time waits for no man, but no man
wants to die a poor man with no plan

-ssociation breeds similarity
that’s why i’ma stay with real rich n-ggas
’til six n-ggas carry me
poverty’s a mind state
time waits for no man, but no man
wants to die a poor man with no plan

[verse 1: nas]
you can try to k!ll me, but i come back
hate me, that’s a small thing
demons let the sword swing and sever off my offspring
b-tches try to see me down, hugging the floor
bullets pulling me, playing tug of war
with my body, gravity got me
police want me arrested, just to see me naked
snakes want my necklace, fake n-ggas make me set-trip
thugs shooting reckless (every night, n-ggas)
wonder, how will i exit (from this life, n-ggas?)
think you a k!ller, get cement shoes in the river
you should watch them people with you
let them street rules hit you
if you hang around snitches, you get judged for that
’cause you condone it, you know there ain’t no love for that
there’s slugs for that
oh, you didn’t know your man was talking?
that’s why you stand with him, ’til you both land in the coffin
when you first heard he was snitching, then you should have thought
every time this n-gga got caught selling, they let him walk
early on a n-gga was taught, stay away from them n-ggas
so a n-gga like nas got nothing to say to them n-ggas
i f-ck with, only the trusted thug clique
who really done sh-t, run up in your b-tch, bust the gun quick

[chorus: nas & stic.man]
-ssociation breeds similarity
that’s why i’ma stay with real rich n-ggas
’til six n-ggas carry me
poverty’s a mind state
time waits for no man, but no man
wants to die a poor man with no plan

-ssociation breeds similarity
that’s why i’ma stay with real rich n-ggas
’til six n-ggas carry me
poverty’s a mind state
time waits for no man, but no man
wants to die a poor man with no plan

[verse 2: nas]
some b-tches lie a lot, they could be fly or not
actresses cry a lot, their girlfriends spy a lot
they can shake your hand, girl
then they take your man, girl
the whole hood knowing
we got something good going
none of these hoes is after me
’til they saw us happy and that you bagged me
now they wishing that they had me
so watch who you hang with, and who you cling with
you know these b-tches ain’t sh-t, they hoping to bank chips
(with a baller) after she done gave him some head
(he never called her) he gang it and he left her for dead
birds of a feather fly together
but chickens don’t fly, they eat their own sh-t and die
and you affiliated, now you look weak
’cause your peeps is freaks
credit card stealing hoes, well known in the streets
and they brought your down in the dirt
you was a pretty, young, smart thing
going to work, i bet it hurt
’cause you had a clean rep
but the girls you seen with make these n-ggas say
“i bet that b-tch suck a mean d-ck”, word

[chorus: nas & stic.man]
-ssociation breeds similarity
that’s why i’ma stay with real rich n-ggas
’til six n-ggas carry me
poverty’s a mind state
time waits for no woman, but no woman
wants to die a poor woman with no man

-ssociation breeds similarity
that’s why i’ma stay with real rich n-ggas
’til six n-ggas carry me
poverty’s a mind state
time waits for no woman, but no woman
wants to die a poor woman with no man

[verse 3: stic.man]
a warrior walk alone, there’s one spot on this throne
fake friends be off and on, but a man stand up on his own
i’m raised by a different code, cut from a different cloth
never been a follower, my momma told me be a boss
watch who you hang around, don’t let n0body bring you down
friends come and go like seasons, leaves turn to brown
and some only come around when everything is green
be careful not to let a snake infiltrate your team
for every jesus there’s a judas, every caesar there’s a brutus
if somebody tell you jump off a bridge — are you gon’ do it?
there’s two types of influence: either healthy or deadly
keep your circle small, away from all the hate and the envy
don’t come nowhere near me with it, i’m bullsh-t intolerant
my politics boss up, for you black empowerment
i stay in my element, braveheart intelligent
only -ssociate with those for my betterment
i’m out for dead presidents to represent mines
only cl!ck with my kind, my best friend is my grind
everybody got big dreams, but few follow through
and it’s deep: the company you keep become apart of you
don’t just be sitting around smoking weed, letting time fly
if your homies don’t inspire you to rise, tell ’em bye
you’re better off dolo than rolling with a weak -ss crew
i’m like scarface: who i trust? — me, that’s who

- nas lyrics

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