ONE MIC by Nas

Nas one mic from the album StillmaticYo, all I need is one mic, one beat, one stageOne nigga front, my face on the front pageOnly if I had one gun, one girl and one cribOne God to show me how to do things his son didPure, like a cup of virgin blood; mixed with151, one sip'll make a nigga flipWritin names on my hollow tips, plottin shitMad violence who I'm gon' body, this hood politicsAckowledge it, leave bodies chopped in garbagesSeeds watch us, grow up and try to follow usPolice watch us {*siren*} roll up and try knockin usOne knee I ducked, could it be my time is upBut my luck, I got up, the cop shot againBus stop glass bursts, a fiend drops his HeinekenRichochetin between the spots that I'm hidin inBlackin out as I shoot back, fuck gettin hit! [more sirens]This is my hood I'ma rep, to the death of it'til everybody come home, little niggaz is grownHoodrats, don't abortion your womb, we need more warriors soonSip from the star sun and the moonIn this life of police chases street sweepers and coppersStick-up kids with no conscience, leavin victims with doctorsIF YOU REALLY THINK YOU READY TO DIE, WITH NINES OUTTHIS IS WHAT NAS IS BOUT, NIGGA THE TIME IS NOW![whispering again]Yo, all I need is one mic..All I need is one mic.. that's all I needAll I need is one mic.. all I need niggazAll I need is one mic.. yeah[gradually getting louder]All I need is one blunt, one page, and one penOne prayer - tell God forgive for one sinMatter fact maybe more than one, look backat all the hatred against me, fuck alla themJesus died at age 33, there's thirty-three shotsfrom twin glocks there's sixteen apiece, that's thirty-twoWhich means, one of my guns was holdin 17Twenty-seven hit your crew, six went into youEverybody gotta die sometime; hope your funeralnever gets shot up, bullets tear through the innocentNothin is fair, niggaz roll up, shootin from wheelchairsMy heart is racin, tastin revenge in the airI let the shit slide for too many years, too many timesNow I'm strapped with a couple of macs, too many ninesIf y'all niggaz really wit me get busy load up the semisDo more than just hold it explode the clip until you emptyThere's nothin in our way - they bust, we bust, they rust, we rustLed flyin, feel it? I feel it in my gutTHAT WE TAKE THESE BITCHES TO WAR, LIE 'EM DOWNCAUSE WE STRONGER NOW MY NIGGA THE TIME IS NOW!![whispering again]All I need is one mic.. that's all I need, that's all I needAll I need is one mic.. there's nuttin else in the worldAll I need is one mic.. that's all a nigga need to do his thing y'knowAll I need is one mic..[starting loud this time, getting quieter]ALL I NEED IS ONE LIFE, ONE TRY, ONE BREATH I'M ONE MANWHAT I STAND FOR SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, THEY DON'T UNDERSTANDOr wanna see me on top, too egotisticalTalkin all that slick shit, the same way these bitches doWonder what my secrets is, niggaz'll move on youonly if they know, what your weakness is I have noneToo late to grab guns I'm blastin cause I'm a cool niggaThought I wouldn't have that ass done? Fooled you niggazWhat you call a infinite brawl, eternal souls clashinWar gets deep, some beef is everlastinComplete with thick scars, brothers knifin each otherup in prison yards, drama, where does it start?You know the block was ill as a youngsterEvery night it was like a, cop would get killed body found in the dumpsterFor real a hustler, purchased my Range, niggaz throwin dirt on my nameJealous cause fiends got they work and complainBitches left me cause they thought I was finishedShoulda knew she wasn't true she came to me when her man caught a sentenceDiamonds are blindin, I never make the same mistakesMovin with a change of pace, lighter load, see now the king is straightSwellin my melon cause none of these niggaz realHeard he was, tellin police, how can a kingpin squeal?This is crazy, I'm on the right track I'm finally foundYou need some soul searchin, the time is nowAll I need is one mic.. yeah, yeah yeah yeahAll I need is one mic.. that's all I ever needed in this world, fuck cashAll I need is one mic.. fuck the cars, the jewelryAll I need is one mic.. to spread my voice to the whole world

how i feel right now 8042008

right now i'm sitting in work and i refuse to write with capital letters. i'm hungry and i want to finish this book about alek wek. i love this book =] . college is right around the corner. like almost literally. well technically i plan to go far away not too far but not in the tri state so i guess i don't mean too much buy literally. i'm on aim messenger and i miss my mommy. the most high please allow me to be success and let others not judge or measure my success by their standards.

Tiara Coaxum alias Swagg.

* deep breath *
Ohk , first off let me say that this is in no attempt to follow a crowd or be different. I just want to say how I feel about this situation. This is a testament to how Tiara Coaxum changed my life , for betterment.

I never actually had a conversation with her. Nor did I look at her as my cup of tea. She was loud and was a part of a group of people who I just never quite understood. I always use to say to myself " Oh My Gosh , these people are so sad look at them this is a school not a joke ." I probably sounded stuck up on a high horse with my nose pointing to God. I never meant it that way. This thing inside of me always wanted to see people go beyond and have a chance to prosper. Any how back to Tiara , so yeah her and her group of friends made me irritated at some times . I remember seeing her on the Q6 one day and I was like this girl lives near me , oh brother . There I was judging and trying to uplift at the same time. Secretly. I hate to do that. So coming home from Thailand , a land of peace and love and unity , to hear that she passed away. She drowned in Rockaway Beach according to the media trying to help someone she just met that day! Heroic. Thats how I see it . For she didn't even look at the consequences or maybe she did and she continued to go for it anyhow. Either way , she wasn't concerning herself she was trying to help another. That made me happy.

Here is how she touched me ... I constantly judged kids in the hallway by their behavior not knowing what was behind the curtain of their life. Why did I not even try to like or accept these kids in the hallway or these kids on the ave or these kids period. Furthermore , what made these kids different from me . Nothing. Thats what we have to realize that life is too short to dwell on things. You need to go and let go and try to make better. Her death inspired me to look at people differently. Her death made me more alive. Maybe I can start living. She was so young. So young. A year younger than me...actually a few months. Life is too short for us to
hate on or judge or simply make negative insights about someone. She was a baby. A big baby. Physically she is gone and many people are left sad. But I am happy for her spirit I have come to know more than her physical being when she was here and visible. I know she would be taken care of and I am unfortunate that I could have not gotten to know her because I heard she made people laugh and laughter is one of life's greatest gifts. To all the people who known her and were very close to her , peace be unto you because you know that she has bigger plans and the most high has a job that she needs to complete . So lets not be selfish and mourn for long because in time we will all be together and at peace . Thank You , Tiara =]


http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2008/07/20/2008-07-20_daughter_drowned_trying_to_help_rescue_f.html

Blessings Come Down ,
Shapel.

Return .

Greetings ,

First off I want to clarify that I had a blogger and where it is I have no clue...
My name is Shapel Monique LaBorde , a lot of people think its important but I think its just a name to differnitiate you and me . I'm your sister lover , friend , and all of thee above. Life is something I can feel but I can't put my finger on and slowly and quickly I'm learning. Learning about the known and unknown. I would say I'm crazy and no one is like me and there has never been another like myself but then I would turn a blind eye to the old adage " nothing new is under the sun ." I feel ...
& I don't know why I feel this way.

So here is a warm and cool welcome to myself in this world I'm living in...I'll try to relay as much as I can. As Honest & ZEN as I can Be.