Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Nasty Nas – “Halftime”

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(Right..) (Right..)
Check me out y’all, Nasty Nas in your area
About to cause mass hysteria

[Nas]
Before a blunt, I take out my fronts
Then I start to front, matter of fact, I be on a manhunt
You couldn’t catch me in the streets without a ton of reefer
That’s like Malcolm X, catchin the Jungle Fever
King poetic, too much flavor, I’m major
Atlanta ain’t Brave-r, I’ll pull a number like a pager
Cause I’m am ace when I face the bass
40-side is the place that is giving me grace
Now wait, another dose and you might be dead
And I’m a Nike head, I wear chains that excite the feds
And ain’t a damn thing gonna change
I’ma performer (?) show the mic warmer was born to gain
Nas, why did you do it?
You know you got the mad fat fluid when you rhyme, it’s halftime

(Right..) It’s halftime
(Right..) Aiyyo it’s halftime
(Right..) It’s halftime
(Right..) Yeah, it’s about halftime
This is how it feel, check it out, how it feel

Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Nasty Nas – “Halftime”

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1994, Anthony Drazan, Atlanta Braves, Average White Band, Battery Studios, Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Boogie Down, Brooklyn, C.H.I.P.S., Chung King Studios, Columbia, Columbia Records, Crown Heights, D&D, Dead End, debut, DJ Premier, Extra P Large P, G. Byrd, Gary Byrd, Hair, Hair Japanese cast original soundtrack, Halftime, Harlem, Hawaiian Sophie, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Quotable, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Ill Will, illmatic, Jaz-O, John Jay, Jungle Fever, Key Yemaya Walker, keyboard, L.E.S., Large P., Large Pro, Large Professor, Main Source, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, MC Serch, N. Jones, Nas, Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones, Nasty Nas, New York, Oliver Stone, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, Queens, Queensbridge, R&B, Ruffhouse Records, sampler, School Boy Crush, Schoolboy Crush, Soul Travelin', The Colour of Love, Triumph Releasing Corporation, U.S., Unique Studios, Vocals, W.P. Mitchell, William Paul Mitchell, Zebrahead

Originally appearing in the soundtrack for the 1992 film Zebrahead.

(Right..) (Right..)
Check me out y’all, Nasty Nas in your area
About to cause mass hysteria

[Nas]
Before a blunt, I take out my fronts
Then I start to front, matter of fact, I be on a manhunt
You couldn’t catch me in the streets without a ton of reefer
That’s like Malcolm X, catchin the Jungle Fever
King poetic, too much flavor, I’m major
Atlanta ain’t Brave-r, I’ll pull a number like a pager
Cause I’m am ace when I face the bass
40-side is the place that is giving me grace
Now wait, another dose and you might be dead
And I’m a Nike head, I wear chains that excite the feds
And ain’t a damn thing gonna change
I’ma performer strange show the mic warmer was born to gain
Nas, why did you do it?
You know you got the mad fat fluid when you rhyme, it’s halftime

(Right..) It’s halftime
(Right..) Aiyyo it’s halftime
(Right..) It’s halftime
(Right..) Yeah, it’s about halftime
This is how it feel, check it out, how it feel

High School Crush – N’Bushe Wright

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Blade, Blue Lines, Dead Presidents, Fresh, High School Crush, Key Yemaya Walker, N'Bushe Wright, Stanley Wright, Zebrahead

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.