Don't Shoot

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Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones ( /nɑːˈsɪər/; born September 14, 1973), better known mononymously as Nas ( /ˈnɑːz/), is an American rapper and actor. He is also the son of jazz musician Olu Dara. Nas has released eight consecutive platinum and multi-platinum albums since 1994, four of which topped the Billboard charts upon release and has sold over thirteen-million records in the United States alone. Nas was also part of the hip hop supergroup The Firm, which released one album under Dr. Dre's record label Aftermath. Aside from rapping, Nas is also an occasional actor and has appeared in feature films such as Hype Williams' directorial debut Belly, Ticker and In Too Deep and the television show Hawaii Five-0. more »


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(Give me some, give me some)
Uh
(Give me some)
Uh (give me some, give me some, give me some)
Don't shoot (give me some, give me some, give me some, give me some)
Don't shoot gangsters (don't shoot gangsters)
Don't shoot gangsters (don't shoot gangsters)
Don't shoot (give me some)
Don't shoot gangster (don't shoot gangsters)
You are him (you are him), and he is you (and he is you)
(Give me some)
Don't kill the messenger

Am I snitching when the police commissioner my friend?
Am I a player when me and the mayor hang and tap in?
Just a grown man tryna see how to change the community
'Cause all I see is mama's crying, reading eulogies
Thinking 'bout, everything her baby could've grew to be
Speaking unity for years, but face scrutiny
He weird, one day Esco be rapping 'bout shootin' me
Next day he say, "And I can", he been confusin' me
Don't wet that
I advise you to find, I don't just rap
Look around every town like a deathtrap
Out his mind, put a nine to his neck tat
And it went plat-plat, now we set back
And I'm scratchin' my head under my Mets cap
With the new Klan but wearin' jet black
I don't know how much I can stress that, where the checks at

Don't shoot gangsters
Don't shoot gangsters
Don't shoot (give me some)
Don't shoot, gangster
You are him, and he is you
Don't kill the messenger (give me some)

Pop, pop a bottle in my Nautica
Bill Russell jersey, solid and sturdy, Stevie's harmonica
In my head
With a Wilhelmina model tucked
The Benz is red, blue one that's Javi's shit
It's obvious these
Emotional rollercoaster ass niggas, please
And most of these guys are supposed to have male tendencies
I endlessly speak vengeance on MP3's
Percocet addiction that could be your E-N-D
Your mindset is your vaccine for every disease
Illness, affliction, sneeze
The pollen has got in your body's diaphragm
Chest, eye exam
The disease king's get, we see it like a MRI scan
I show you how to move when these dudes be lyin' in coupes
Flyin' the suits fire the crew full of riders, loophole finders
Don't kill the messenger
Shorty, don't shoot (the messenger)
Look in the mirror
You got a big life ahead of you
You are your own cure for your King's Disease
You gotta look inside to cure that
You got all the answers
Imagine no man shot for the next ten years
No man killed for the next thirty years
Think about how much we will attain
And no I do not really know the police commissioner
But shit, I'll talk to anybody about saving lives

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Written by: Chauncey Hollis Jr., Nasir Jones

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