Slow It Down

Nas like the Nazca Lines, could only be seen from up high Only the true understand me, but I see 'em as family I saw this shit when I was fourteen, I counted on it I was born at dawn with a powerful, poignant style they wanted Never dissin' for clout Y'all know what this about Niggas try to deflect from the fact people saw them fizzle out The people saw them try to make hit songs that went wrong This about the money, right? 'Cause all that shit done been gone Let's throw a nickel at the wishing well rappers Watch it sink to the bottom, and I wish 'em all happiness I'm in the cut, attention-needers need to front See 'em front, the world watchin' them shine, that's all they want And I always get my cut, imagine that making you mad I'm just a real version, they don't make 'em like that Never had to get the youth to relate for the bag And since they smarter than us, they know Nas was once they age Made they pay grade, the youngster phase Same mistakes, the times have changed Tryin' not to touch the cage, but touch interior In the front is the trunk, that's the custom carrier Let's play a game, I hand you a king of diamonds The hand is faster than the eye, check in your pocket I snap my fingers, I'm up in smoke like The Chronic Disappear, reappear, right in front of your optics Let's slow it down Was I moving too fast for you? Let's slow it down, then If you gotta slow it down, I won't laugh at you Let's slow it down Slow it down Might be moving too fast for you Was I moving too fast for them? Slow it down Let's slow it down Upon closer inspection, they really are non-threatening I bomb first and I stretch it Instigators causing these problems that's why I question everything and everybody that's aiming in this direction That's why I sound like I been spending time in spa Thinking 'bout the days I first heard I became a star Words from my A&R, I'm noticin' that they notice me Gun and a mean mug and was slow to speak Now I hold meetings over cold sake and kobe beef Hockey jersey, a hoodie underneath Set up the trust, appoint the trustee Corporations is the modern day custees My flow is the hard substance, mastered at Bernie Grundman The stovetop and oven, my company going public I see the puppets, they movin' like they the judges But Nas in all the subjects, it's hard for you to catch up with Let's slow it down Was I moving too fast for you? Let's slow it down, then If you gotta slow it down, I won't laugh at you Let's slow it down Slow it down Might be moving too fast for you Was I moving too fast for them? Slow it down Let's slow it down I might be movin' at lightspeed I landed icy in Iceland to sightsee This long mink on me pricey I might perm up my shit like I'm Ice-T American Pimp I'm on time and Only thing that I pimp is this rhymin' I made that work for me back since the 90's That's the daily affirmations to remind me I might be movin' at lightspeed To do what I'm doin's unlikely This new urgency's perfectly hurtin' 'em Send these suckers to emergency nightly S-slow it down