Nas - Doo Rags Lyrics
Uhh
[Nas]
Pushin drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes
Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate
Yeah X-Clan hair, with dreads at the top of my fade
Homicide and feds on the blocks where I played, b-ball
That's when I wondered was I here for the cause, or be-cause
Cause Ray Charles could see the ghetto
Was told to stay strong and I could beat the Devil
Cause yo, I used to play Apollo balcony seats
Watchin niggaz swing razors in the front row, then out in the streets
The car show, 560's, chemical afros
Acuras pumpin Super Lover Cee and Casanova
Live chicks be, asses bustin out of they clothes
So where them years go? Where the old gold beers and cheers go?
But now them shorties here doe, so
[Chorus]
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels and furs
Riker's Island bustin, still packed, what's the word?
The drinkers stay drinkin, or puffin they herb
And I'm, still enjoyin life's ride; one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels and furs
Riker's Island bustin, still packed, what's the word?
The drinkers stay drinkin, or puffin they herb
And I'm, still enjoyin life's ride; right?
[Nas]
Political thugs in shark suits persuade us to pull triggers
in army boots, yellin "Join the armed forces!"
We lost the Vietnam War, intoxicated poisons
Needles in arms of veterans instead of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of nigger callin in the coorporate offices
War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, they torture us
They won't be servin the beast too long
The murderers wearin police uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat Street breakers were dancin to the music I chose
And Peachtree Atlantic crackheads was tootin they nose
in frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up Llama's children
with fo'-fo's, and double-revolvers
We devil incarnates, headed for jail
Where Shell gas company in South Africa be havin us killed
Your paper money was the death of Christ
And all these shorties comin up just resurrect your life
It's like a cycle
[Chorus]
[Nas]
Niggaz used to wear rags on they hair when it was fried up
That's when we were lied to, buyin hair products
Back before my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin
'til awareness started penetratin
The styles come from prison, they used potatoes makin liquor
just to prove we some creative niggaz
Turnin nothin into somethin, is God work
And you get nothin without struggle and hard work
War is necessary to my niggaz in chains
From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin y'all to know one thing
The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does
Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah it's wrong, but God loves
Take one step toward him, he takes two toward you
Even when all else fail, God support you
I done it, got God Son on my stomach
My heart and my lungs was affected from Henny's and gettin blunted
Do your body right and it loves you back
You only get one life, and yo because of that
I'm still blazin, goin out for the cause
Still rockin stockin caps, not for the waves, obeyin no laws
And it's like that
[Chorus]
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Nas Doo Rags Comments
When vlad says your favorite rapper picks wack beats and than you hear this 🤯
Gives me goose bumps hearing this lyricist genius keep it rolling
Nas would be better than biggie if he died logic is stoopid 🤦♂️
Nas the goat 🔥❤️
Don’t run
Wanna cry every time I hear the intro, Dam Nas smh!!!
Lost Tape 1 = Old testament. Lost tape 2 = New testament. NaS wrote the bible...
Shit deeper than rap... my respect nas ✊🏻
Conquer the invisible war for visible rewards... God love us
I burn every coward axx confederate flag I find ❤
Reliving my youth lately and revisiting all my old music. I'm going to say that after 25 years I can only decide that NAS is Number 1!
Larry Gates on the keys!
Paper money was the death of christ
Nas one of the illest. But future got more classics. Kill myself🔫
didn't realize this was the songs name; haven't heard it in a while...
poetic genius
paper money was the death of christ.
Bad fidelity
The more songs i find of his, the more i realise how much of a genius nas is, cant believe iv'e only just discovered this mans music !
I like the part when he talk about God 🙏😇
When he rap he say some real stuff
Nas be saying some real stuff 😯
Poetry at its finest!
That piano still gives me chills in the beginning.
This hard like a illmatic track.
Nas is the fucking greatest
I know its not an official album but lost tape is my favorite nas projet just before illmatic stillmatic and god son
he is droping the lost tapes 2
what about it was written?
I like it was written , probably the one after those for me
...because Ray Charles could see the ghetto.
Nas must be protected. #theleader
The lost tapes two is on the way...can't wait...
Who’s here cuz of lost tapes 2 got announced?
lilmoose88 that makes the both of us
My heart and my lungs was affected from Henny's and gettin blunted
Oh yeah
This song is hott.. ♨️♨️🔥🔥
That was an uncanny era
Quiet down (other rappers)!!
Allow Nas speak.
thumbs up
wave check
Shyt goes hard.
진짜 너무 좋다...
That's when I wondered was I here for the cause or because, cos ray Charles could see the ghetto, was told to stay strong an I could beat the devil
still here in 2019
The Shell Gas in South Africa be havin us killed
This CD is way overrated only 3 songs I like but yet people give praise like it's some kind of masterpiece. I laugh and move along.
I wouldn't say overrated I like pretty much all songs in this but it isint as good as stillmatic or illmatic
The whole album dope. You just have a shit ear.
thats because youre from some shitty ass third world country
Dope melody
Nas is by FAR way more talented than 2pac , Eminem or Jay Z.
Nas is thee best to ever do it.
Bout to cry memoriez! Fukin classic shit right here🙏🏾
So dope
#1 album 2018
2019...
Honestly my favorite nas song ever
too real forever
Much love to Nasir the God for keeping it 💯
U never know what this Poet named NaS is gonna come with
The song is so deep and twisted to the point that a simple minded person would think that he was glorifying corruption, when he was lyrically Screaming wake up Black people..
Who the fukk put thumbs down???
ESCOBAR SEASON
#listen
This track is severely underrated
I got my NaS tattoo on my rib cage, first time i paid attention to lyrics it was mr Jones lyrics peace king ! You’re a friend without knowing ...
Nas is one if the realist artist to ever touch the mic...... No doubt. Much love
Just kearned some knowledge right there..if was mainstream album..execs wouldnt pass this knowledge
this is one of the most luminous and poignant tracks in hip-hop
I can't wait until nas drop his new joint.....
..AND ALL THE SHORTIES COMIN UP ..JUST RESSURECT YA LIFE ...✌7
"Your paper money was the death of Christ."
In my personal opinion I believe Nas and Big L are bigger than Biggie and Pac..
nas is always the man that made me a rapper
everlasting hiphop right here😎
This song from nas is ok but the beat not that good
All these great beats and great songs, none of them made it on his albums? Wtf man.
Strong enough to beat the devil
Paper money was the death of Christ! Fuck NWO!!!
First time i heard this i felt such a sense of nostalgia even tho i've never heard it before, i felt like i was searching for this for so long
He's the GOAT man.
1. Illmatic
2. The Lost Tapes
3. It Was Written
2002-2003 CD player glued to my hand
you'll get nothing without struggle & hard work .
Was I here for the "cause " or " because " smh
2017 still haven't heard nothing better
Pure hip hop.
Classic album.
Nas is top 5 rapper. Dead or alive
The do rag came from the arab
Zion Mainframe
The doo rag came from the eaely heroin era 1920-1930's when perming ones hair was a fashion statement to resemble white people . Sort of like how the black female circa 1980's - 2000's wear weave , resembling white women
i use to walk around the block getting high listening to this on cassette tape (walkman days), when i was a fostered kid lol
one of his best songs,..
Nas hasn't spitt irrelevant bars/Rhymes.....great poetry,well painted discriptive song
Listen to this....he produced the future. Why didn't make one his records!
nas is ny's king
Man nas is one of the rappers that is so crazy
We all gotta admit, Nas is better than Biggie or 2pac
nas is he best hands down can really make you relate to his music
Spittin that knowledge and fire
nas in the top 10 that's how it go wit so many x amount of rapper's
man what happened to Houston?
my name is Annjanette Christine Jones
Fire 🔥 lost tapes
The Lost Tapes what a album overlooked.
What a jazzy beat...