Come Get Me
Nas (and MF Doom) Lyrics

And as a special treat this evening
The singer is introducing a special guest for the night

I have asked America's foremost young poet
The singer has invited a prominent young poet to perform

To read his latest poem for us
The poet will be reading a new poem for everyone to hear

Ladies and gentlemen, Na-Na-Na-Nastradamus
Introducing the rapper Nas as Nastradamus

Everybody watch him
The audience is asked to pay attention to Nas' performance

We-we-we came a long way
Nas and his crew have come a long way in their careers

Power and crime, the thugs slinging powder and dimes
Nas is describing the harsh realities of the drug trade

Twenties of D, is yo' niggas wilder than mine?
Nas is challenging his competition about who has the wildest crew

My niggas bust nines, puff lye and stick up cowards
Nas' crew has no problem using guns and robbing those who resist them

For they shine, you resist, then you push up flowers
Those who resist Nas and his crew will end up dead

I'm like Luca Brasi, Vito's best hit-man
Nas compares himself to a character from The Godfather movie franchise

That's "Godfather" shit, back seat, next lit plans
Nas is alluding to The Godfather and its themes of organized crime

Revolvers spit, I'm too tough to bargain with
Nas is a formidable opponent and isn't one to negotiate with

And you don't want the God to pull up the cars that's sick
Nas is warning his competition of his impressive car collection

Arms and wrists is lit up, Queensbridge Kings
Nas and his crew wear expensive jewelry and represent Queensbridge, New York

Plaques awards applause when I do my thing
Nas' success has earned him accolades and praise

Streets is black as midnight, the concrete gray
Nas is describing the dark and dreary appearance of his hometown

With stains of blood and germ and piss all day
The city's streets are dirty and unsanitary

Come on the ave, get sized up, plus appraised
Nas is inviting his competition to come on his turf and be judged

Duck and pray that my guns don't bust your way
Nas warns his competition that they should be afraid of his guns

Niggas with names, living off reputation
Nas is calling out those who rely purely on their reputation to succeed

Sometimes gotta remind you ain't nothing changing
Nas acknowledges that some things may never change in his community

If you ill come get me, cause I ain't runnin
Nas isn't afraid of his competition and isn't going to run from them

If your gun's off the hook then we'll both be gunnin
If his competition is armed, Nas will also be ready for a shootout

Come get me if you real, cause I ain't scared
Nas is challenging his competition to come after him if they're brave enough

It's all fair in love and war
Nas acknowledges that anything goes in a competition

And I'm well prepared
Nas is ready for any challenge that may come his way

You don't like me clown? Now you wanna take me down?
Nas is confused as to why his competition would want to take him down

If I bring my face around, you gon' do what? You butt
Nas is asking his competition what they'll do if he shows up

Your crew knew I blew up, I been shining, baseball diamonds
Nas' success has shone brighter than a baseball diamond

Dick rings for your chicklings
Nas is telling his competition that he's taking their girlfriends

Niggaz know what my nine pearl handle's about
Nas' competition knows what he's capable of with his gun

Fuck you say girlie mouth? Get it krunk like the Dirty South
Nas is daring his competition to talk smack to his face

And I know you see me flossed out, multi-milli-I
Nas is flashing his wealth and success in front of his competition

Hear your bitch talk about me, you give her the cold eye?
Nas is asking his competition if they get jealous when their girlfriends talk about him

Girls dig you, imagine what she feel for me?
Nas is bragging about how much his competition's girlfriends are attracted to him

You make hot songs, but she know you steal from me
Nas is claiming that his competition is copying his style and stealing from him

Who I'll as me? I wild on haters in album three
Nas is telling his competition that he'll retaliate with his music

Next level, I take y'all niggas to 3-D
Nas is taking his competition to the next level with his music

Can't find a nigga shook from Queens
Nas' competition can't intimidate anyone from Queens

I'll be with the most grimy killers (what nigga) and they all look clean
Nas' crew may look clean, but they're actually dangerous killers

Who put bombs underneath cars, if you want beef then start
Nas' crew is responsible for planting bombs under cars and will not back down

Your next stop is to the graveyard
Nas' competition will end up dead if they continue to mess with him and his crew

You too feminine to kill again, jail got you soft
Nas is calling his competition soft and suggesting that they've lost their edge

You talk but you scared to go back up North
Nas' competition is afraid to go back to the tough neighborhoods they grew up in

Keep your face twisted, but you don't really want nothing
Nas' competition is trying to look tough, but deep down they don't want any trouble

Talk a bunch of shit motherfucker and stop fronting
Nas is calling out his competition for talking tough but not backing it up

You don't wanna flip again, and sell drugs again
Nas is suggesting that his competition has left the drug game and is not cut out for it anymore

Be on the run again, catch you at the Comfort Inn
Nas is planning to catch his competition while they're on the run and hiding out in a hotel

Shoot up your door, bust in on you and your whore
Nas is planning a violent attack on his competition and their significant other

Put y'all in bags, clean the blood off of the floor
Nas' crew will kill his competition and clean up the evidence

So play tough, I want y'all to get out of line
Nas is daring his competition to act tough so that he can take them down

I got nines, every color shape and design
Nas has a variety of guns and is always prepared

I sent killers every race to put one in your spine
Nas has hired hitmen of all races to take out his competition

Two in your ear, get your crew, who do I fear?
Nas is confident that he can take out his competition and their entire crew

Nobody never get involved and none of em dying
Nas' hits are precise and clean, and no one else will get hurt

I think like you do, roll with about two irons
Nas understands how his competition thinks and is always prepared with his own guns

Catch me flying, high in the aircraft wining
Nas is living a lavish lifestyle and flying in private planes

And dining, you die, then we laugh, you bitch-ass
Nas and his crew will kill his competition and laugh at their expense

? to gauze up, your stab wounds
Nas will order his crew to attend to his competition's wounds briefly before they die

While I'm getting head, in a Lear jet, bathroom
Nas is living a life of luxury and having sexual encounters in private planes

With all my goons, all my ice, and suitcases
Nas is traveling with his crew and a lot of valuable possessions

Full of paper, not money it's bank statements
Nas is carrying bank statements that show his immense wealth

The Illmatic that explains how we rock
Nas' debut album Illmatic is a testament to his success and influence in the music industry

Yachts and co-ops, we buy the hood and sell you a block
Nas and his crew have achieved immense wealth and power, enough to own entire neighborhoods

Ladies and gentlemen..
Nas is signaling the end of his performance