Nas - Hollywood Gangsta

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[Verse 1]

The scars of martyrs, the path of bastard seeds

Effects of absentee fathers passed on with ease

Hope the babies eat healthier, and may we get wealthier

They was not givin', we ask for forgiveness, not permission

Whole clique is each other counsellor

Holdin' sticks without a hockey puck

Can't co-sign 'em, them niggas not with us

Hop on a private jet with twеlve tenants

Right when I land, thе chopper to Manhattan is twelve minutes

I put the "real" in "real nigga", that's on my momma though

Homie, you gotta feel me from Cali out to the Calliope

Slicker than Desi Arnez on my Copa Cabana flow

In Houston with a thick one eatin' at Pappadeaux

Shit, it was written, choppin' up competition

Palms itchin', bohemian growth couldn't get Nas to visit

I seen both ends of the ladder, ain't see no silver platter

Fiction don't even matter, we don't act for the cameras


[Chorus]

Guess they used to the ego havin' head in the air

Hollywood gangsta, goons with 'em everywhere

I'm the opposite, smooth, not spreading fear

Silver spoons never fed Nasir

I'm on top and I surprise 'em

I'm on top and I surprise 'em

[Verse 2]

Velour fashions, world tour jackets

I turned to a hoarder, I don't need more baggage

Everybody lyin' telling stories backwards

Like my song Rewind, in store autographin'

To take it back in time to today, I'm smashin'

Flick out ashes, flip girls on a mattress

We get it crackin' without the attachments

Her and my heart is cold as aspen, both of us laughin'

I put the "New" in "New York", I'm home

All of the watches stay on the Eastern time zone

Throwin' parties whenever I'm feeling godly

White linen parties for whenever we make a million dollars

"Nas think he too good to pull up on us"

See me at a baby shower with some OGs from Corona

Sippin' liquor, taking photos then I slid with a cougar

Coulda pulled a young love but I took who was cuter

Esco relaxed in the hood, I ain't come with a shooter

They asked what I'm doing, they said I was already proven

Who said I'm too comfortable around on my regular shit?

You know I'm a rare nigga but ghetto as shit


[Chorus]

Guess they used to the ego havin' head in the air

Hollywood Gangsta, goons with 'em everywhere

I'm the opposite, smooth, not spreading fear

Silver spoons never fed Nasir

I'm on top and I surprise 'em

And I surprise 'em

[Outro]