[00:00.00] 作词 : Fela Anikulapo Kuti/ELITE/Jermaine Cole

[00:00.00] 作曲 : Fela Anikulapo Kuti/ELITE/Jermaine Cole

[00:00.00]Let （0,171）Nas Down - J Cole

[00:02.10]Freedom or jail, clips inserted

[00:03.73]A baby's bein' born same time a man is murdered

[00:06.17]The beginning and end, so far as rap goes

[00:08.85]only It's natural, I explain my plateau

[00:10.87]And also what defines my name

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[00:13.44]Yeah, long live the idols

[00:14.88]may they never be your rivals

[00:16.25]Pac was like Jesus

[00:17.64]Nas wrote the Bible

[00:19.08]Now what you're 'bout to

[00:20.46]hear's a tale of glory and sin

[00:21.71]No I.D. my mentor now let the story begin

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[00:24.62]I used to print out Nas raps and tape 'em up on my wall

[00:27.24]My *****s thought they was words

[00:28.69]but it was pictures I saw

[00:30.19]And since I wanted to draw

[00:31.56]I used to read 'em in awe

[00:33.00]Then he dropped Stillmatic

[00:34.35]rocked the cleanest Velour

[00:35.96]Fast forward, who thought

[00:37.33]that I would meet him on tour?

[00:38.72]I'm earnin' stripes now *****

[00:39.72]got Adidas galore

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[00:41.51]Backstage I shook his hand

[00:43.08]let him know that he's the man

[00:44.34]When he said he was a fan

[00:45.71]it was to hard to understand

[00:47.22]No time to soak up the moment though

[00:48.78]cause I was in a jam

[00:49.97]Hov askin' where's the record

[00:51.03]that the radio could play

[00:52.87]And I was strikin' out for months

[00:54.12]9th inning feeling fear

[00:55.70]Jeter under pressure

[00:56.57]made the biggest hit of my career

[00:58.51]But at first, that wasn't clear

[00:59.83]*****s had no idea

[01:01.27]Dion called me when it dropped

[01:02.53]sounded sad but sincere

[01:04.09]Told me Nas heard

[01:05.06]your single and he hate that ***t

[01:06.87]Said you the one, yo why you make that ***t?

[01:08.80]I can't believe I let Nas down

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[01:12.79]Damn, my heart sunk to my stomach

[01:14.86]I can't believe I let Nas down

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[01:18.31]I got defensive on the phone

[01:19.49]resen**ent was in my tone, **** it

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[01:22.01]Yeah, long live the idols

[01:22.81]may they never be your rivals

[01:23.84]Pac was like Jesus

[01:25.28]Nas wrote the Bible

[01:26.40]Now what you're 'bout to

[01:28.15]hear's a tale of glory and sin

[01:29.79]No I.D. my mentor now let the story begin

[01:32.22]I couldn't help but think

[01:33.42]that maybe I had made a mistake

[01:35.04]I mean, you made "You Owe Me" dog

[01:36.80]I thought that you could relate

[01:37.93]But while I shot up the charts

[01:39.26]you mean tellin' me

[01:40.76]That I was not up to par

[01:42.12]when I followed my heart

[01:43.19]Granted, my heart was tainted by my mind

[01:45.53]I kept on sayin'

[01:46.65]Where's the hits?

[01:47.21]You ain't got none

[01:48.16]You know Jay would never

[01:49.41]put your album out without none

[01:50.62]And dog, you know how come

[01:52.24]Labels are archaic

[01:53.23]formulaic with their outcomes

[01:55.86]They don't know

[01:56.42]they just study the charts

[01:57.48]Me, I study the shows

[01:58.93]the fans, study their hearts

[02:00.57]I had a feelin' I was killin'

[02:02.00]and this music we were spillin' out

[02:03.44]Would change lives forever

[02:04.27]**** the label, put it out

[02:06.27]Friday Night Lights blew

[02:07.28]that was classic number 2

[02:08.84]Now it seemed as if

[02:10.10]the Nas comparisons was comin' true

[02:11.54]Still no release date from the label

[02:13.23]are they insane?

[02:14.73]Gooch told me play the game

[02:16.18]to change the game but on the way

[02:17.56]I let Nas down, I got noone to blame

[02:22.45]I'm ashamed I let Nas down

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[02:26.58]But this is God's plan

[02:27.57]you could never understand, **** it

[02:29.53]Yeah, long live the idols

[02:30.47]may they never be your rivals

[02:31.59]Pac was like Jesus

[02:32.96]Nas wrote the Bible

[02:34.36]Now what you're 'bout to

[02:36.11]hear's a tale of glory and sin

[02:37.37]No I.D. my mentor now let the story begin

[02:39.99]I always believed in the bigger picture

[02:41.32]If I could get them *****s

[02:42.88]to listen outside my core

[02:44.19]then I can open a door

[02:45.62]Reintroduce 'em to honesty

[02:46.60]show 'em that they need more

[02:48.65]The difference between

[02:49.48]the pretenders and the Kendrick Lamars

[02:51.41]And so, I took the fall like the son of the Lord

[02:54.17]On the cross

[02:54.99]dyin' for that fake ***t you *****s bought

[02:57.12]For the past decade

[02:58.06]if I should pass please let this be my last essay

[03:00.88]Therefore I write from the heart

[03:02.71]Apologies to OG's for sacrificin' my art

[03:05.37]But I'm here for a greater purpose

[03:06.93]I knew right from the start

[03:08.20]I'm just a man of the people

[03:09.69]not above but equal

[03:11.20]And for the greater good

[03:12.45]I walk amongst the evil

[03:14.03]Don't cry mama

[03:15.03]this the life I choose myself

[03:16.73]Just pray along the way

[03:18.10]that I don't lose myself

[03:19.61]This is for the *****

[03:20.61]that said that hip-hop was dead

[03:22.45]I went to Hell to resurrect it

[03:23.77]how could you fail to respect it?

[03:25.26]Lettin' Nas down

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[03:28.52]I got the phone call

[03:29.52]quietly I mourned dog

[03:30.89]I let Nas down

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[03:33.00]Yeah, and on this flight

[03:35.19]may I never lose sight, **** it

[03:37.33]Yeah, long live the idols

[03:38.20]may they never be your rivals

[03:39.42]Pac was like Jesus

[03:40.92]Nas wrote the Bible

[03:42.43]Now what you're 'bout to

[03:43.55]hear's a tale of glory and sin

[03:45.24]No I.D. my mentor now let the story begin

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