In The Scrolls
[Verse 1 - Large Professor]
For 1994, a new chapter was added
The rap world became reborn through Illmatic
Sun, moon, and stars align and our minds
Were taken for one hell of a wild ride
Queensbridge, where stars are born
On the map Marley Marl put me on
I was able to return the favor for his neighbor
Chronicles of bullets caught up in chambers
Blessed chicks, fresh kicks, new cars
Now being re-manifested through Nas
40-side poet supreme, like water flowing through a ravine
The chosen one who will redeem
The Q-borough, the D's in the blue Camaro
Through the railroad tracks these tunes burrow
New paths for the dudes on the aves
Salute that man anytime you move past
[Hook] x4
Nobody does it better than Nas
[Verse 2 - G-Wiz]
Akinyele at the door
Like "Come on n*gga, what you waiting for"
I got a meeting, said I'm Clark Kent and Warner Brothers
Straight out of Q-B, in train seven train
On the other side of the lane my n*gga could reign
Extra P holding the heat out in Colden
Then my n*gga Nas spit the pain the world noticed
But still sh*t was trill though
On the train spitting the turkey and cheese Hiro, my n*gga Bo
But you, y'all never heard Gwen and Phil
The best rap I've ever heard Nas say for real
Although he lost it on the train before he got a deal
If any rapper heard it today, yo, had to kneel
It's like that, my n*gga kept y'all n*ggas on your toes
Hooks, styles and flows, and killer shows
Then it was the birth of money, hoes, and clothes
It's Illmatic, it was written in the scrolls
[Hook] x4