Nothing To Lose Songtext

Yes he's a fugee
But he go all Nas on 'em
Well can't go pras on 'em
And he got that crossouer
But he from the streets
You don't cross over
Hut
Hut to the block soldiers
Buck
Buck to the cop vultures
Nope
No I don't know pilots
Uh
Nigga, I know pirates
Violence the islands
Shout out to the idrens
Put your hands up
Like it's a motherfuckin' siren

Well I paid all my dues Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Shone a million shoes
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
'Cause when you got nothing left
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
You got nothing to lose
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

I used to stand on vernon and 10
Burnin' a spliff burner on hip
Wishing to flip a bird
Yac burning my chest
Black certainly I'm dressed
Strictly that army shit
Finish my shift
Pack gone before the dawn hit
Anything I could earn on the strip
Turn it and flip
Watching my back
Cooking that pot
Making it stretch
Discussing with my cliq
Should we duck tape the connect
It's rough and K'Naan knows
He had the same woes
I'm voicing my optinions
I forgot ya'll was there
I ain't know ya'll was still listenin
Be honest I ain't care
Y'all don't get my innuendos my interests
Y'all on some simple shit
Thinking I'm preachy
Yeah, my church is the world
Christians sip a cup of this holy water
Stuck at this phony border
It's custom to enter the main stream
You must front and record
A poorer oratory
Your life story corny
Yo, my Somali niggas know what war be
We fam

Well I paid all my dues
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Shone a million shoes
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
'Cause when you got nothing left
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
You got nothing to lose
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Remember when niggas said Nas was Somalian
Baseball cap had the tags
Like a yardie and
I was written just came out
I was gnarly then
Niggas dreaded seeing me like a rastafarian
We didn't know the dresscode though
We was bargainers
The knock off filas
With the pumps and cheap cardigans
Niggas looked corny I admit
We was foreigners
But this corny kid
Quick send you to the coroners
Ya'll know my war story
I won't repeat it
It's just injury
My victory's undefeated
Thought you knew me well
Go back and delete it
I'm in every joint this year
Orthopedic
And yes the ak's are instruments
We do drun 'em
I'm somewhere between killa
And king solomon
And the shades take half the face
We over stun em
Obstacles
And treat obstackles like ass
We overcome 'em
Man, they really made me do this
I was peaceful like a buddhist
But then niggas came
And screwed it up like judas
Now I'm suited up with lugers
Rugers suddenly intruders
Turn around like hoola hoopers
Fucking losers

Well I paid all my dues
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Shone a million shoes
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
'Cause when you got nothing left
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
You got nothing to lose
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

This one's for world
This one's for your girl
This one's for your mama
This one's for your nana