One Mic - Brainpower, Nas

Turn my headphones up

Nothin gon stop me now

Aha

Nothin baby

Nas, Brainpower

Im here now,

Im here, it’s your world

it’s yo world

Ya hear?

Dit is voor al m’n peeps en fans en hers en ders

die verder kijken dan de pers de kudde meningsvorming de herder dit vers

Hoe heftiger de stress des te verder de levensles

zich ontwikkelt des te verder t besef

wat moet je zonder liefde beginnen mis geliefden beminnend

in 't diepste van binnen met om in liefde voor zinnen

Vertaal m’n tranen in 't leven in lyrics zwevend woorden banen zich

snel wegen in de geest met lanen en stegen

Binnenin huilt m’n hart z’n weg naar m’n vingers kan 't niet echter verzinnen

Hand om mn pen, en m’n text kan beginnen

Sirene wenend zwaar naar mn Brain

van jarenlang een vreemde eend tot een maand op nummer n

Flashbacks van m’n jongenskamer jaren alleen

De dood van geliefden viel met tranen ineen

Je breekt, daar: Wat wou je nou?

als je verder gaat

en denkt, na: Hou jij van jou?

als je nergens staat

Weg met leeg gepraat ga niet voor geld of de pegels

Ben me bewust van dezes dus benut elke regel

Je hoort de Brain omdat je 't pure wou

voor iedereen van Nederland tot Kaapverdi, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaao

Suriname Turkije beaam 't blije van Marokko tot Vlaanderen

Afrika tot Aziatische wijken Zuid-Amerika, Europa, USA, wereldwijd

m’n wil blijkt, n vibe, Nas & Brain op n mic

Yo, all I need is one mic…

Kom, kijk en luister

All I need is one mic.

n (n mic) mic

that’s all I need

All I need is one mic.

Kom, kijk en luister

all I need niggaz

All I need is one mic…

n (n mic) mic

Yeah, aha, yo

all i need one blunt, one page, and one pen

one prayer, tell God to forgive me for 1 sin

matter of fact maybe more then one

look back at all the hatred against me

fuck all of them, Jesus died at age 33

that’s 32 shots from twin glocks 16 a piece, that’s 32

which means, one my of guns was holdin 17'z

27 hit your crew 6 went into you

everybody gotta die sometime

hope your funeral never get shot up

bullets tear through the innocent

nothing is fair brothers roll up

shooting from wheel chairs my heart is racing

tasting revenge in the air

i let this shit slide for too many years

too many times now I’m strapped with a couple of mac’z

too many 9'z if ya brothers really with me

get busy load up the semi’z

do more then just hold it explode the clip until you empty

there’s nothing in our way

they bust — we bust, they rust — we rust

left right feel it, i feel it in my gut

that we take these bitches to war

lie them down cause we stronger now

my brothers the time is now

All I need is one mic…

Kom, kijk en luister

that’s all I need, that’s all I need

All I need is one mic…

n (n mic) mic

there’s nuttin else in the world

All I need is one mic

Kom, kijk en luister

that’s all a nigga need to do his thing y’know

All I need is one mic…

n (n mic) mic

Alleen op hoeken van straten lees je boeken luister je platen?

Hoor politici weer oeverloos praten

Voel je verlaten en moet dan wel wraken

't goede verlatend, plaatsmakend voor woede door haten voel je gelaten

Wie gooit er roet in zaken?

Wie blijft al vloekende praten?

Wie heeft t goed, en wie flatert?

Wie is bedroefd, en wie schatert?

Wie hoest er — wie gaapt er?

Wie proest er — wie slaapt er?

Wie doet alsof, is namaak?

Wie ploetert — wie hapert?

Zoveel vragen in een wereld banger en enger

En ben met verlangen verstrengeld op de klank van merengue

Voor speciale personen voel ik diepe liefde die prachtig is

MC ik niet voor niets en verdiep me dan in de Alchemist

Fuck 'n diss pas als ik rock op shit die pakkend is

Veel te lang ingeslikt tot m’n ziel naar adem snakkend is

Alleen vrede in m’n geest op stage met die ene mic

Wreed en hype — tekeergaand als een vreselijk beest

Schreeuwetuit!

Verschil Moet Er Zijn de tyfus voor non-believers

Laat je nix wijsmaken peeps en ga voor wat je lief is

Je hoeft niet te doen alsof — die shit is jezelf

Zoek maar waar je maar wil, echt waar maar 't zit in jezelf

All I need is one mic

Kom, kijk en luister

Aha

All I need is one mic

n (n mic) mic

that’s all I need

Yo

All I need is one mic

Kom, kijk en luister

that’s all I need

All I need is one mic

n (n mic) mic

that’s all I need

All I need is one life, one try, one breath on one man

what I stand for speaks for itself

they don’t understand or wanna see me on top

too egotistical, talking all that slick shit

the same way these womans do

wonder what’s my secrets is

brothers will move on you only if they know what your weakness is

I have none, too late to grab guns Im blasting

cause Ima cool nigga, thought I wouldn’t have that ass done

fooled you niggas, what you call a infinite brawl

eternal souls clashing, war gets deep

some beef this everlasting, complete with thick scars

brothers knifing each other, up in prison yards

drama, where does it start

you know the block was I’ll as a youngster

every night it was like a, cop will be killed

bodies found in the dumpster

for real a hustler purchase my range

niggas throwing dirt at my name

jealous cause fenes got their work and complain

bitches left me cause they thought I was finished

should’ve knew she wasn’t true

she came to me when her man caught us sin in

i was so blinded, I will never make the same mistakes

moving with the change of pace

light a low, see now the king is straight

swelling my melon cause none of these niggas were hurting

telling the police how could the kingpins squeal

this is crazy I’m on the right track

Im finally found, you need a soul searching

the time is now

All I need is one mic yeah, yeah, yeah

All I need is one mic that’s all I ever needed in this world, fuck cash

All I need is one mic fuck the cars, the jewellery

All I need is one mic to spread my voice to the whole world

Turn my headphones up

Nothin gon stop me now

Ah

Nothing baby

Nas, Brainpower

Here now,

Here, it's your world

it's yo world

Ya hear?

This is for all my peeps and fans and hers and ders

who see beyond the press the herd opinion the shepherd this verse

The more intense the stress, the further the life lesson

develops the further t awareness

what do you do without love miss beloved ones

deep down with om in love of sentences

Translate my tears in life into lyrics floating words make their way

quickly weigh in the spirit with lanes and alleys

Inside my heart cries its way to my fingers but can't make it up

Hand around my pen, and my text can begin

Siren weeping heavily to my Brain

from being an odd duck for years to being number n for a month

Flashbacks of my boyhood years alone

The death of loved ones collapsed with tears

You break, there: What did you want?

if you continue

and thinks: Do you love you?

if you're nowhere

Get rid of empty talk don't go for money or the bucks

Be aware of this so use every rule

You hear the Brain because you wanted it pure

for everyone from the Netherlands to Cape Verdi, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao

Surinam Turkey agrees from Morocco to Flanders

Africa to Asian neighborhoods South America, Europe, USA, worldwide

my will turns out, n vibe, Nas & Brain op n mic

Yo, all I need is one mic…

Come, look and listen

All I need is one mic.

n (n mic) mic

that's all I need

All I need is one mic.

Come, look and listen

all I need niggaz

All I need is one mic…

n (n mic) mic

Yeah, aha, yo

all i need one blunt, one page, and one pen

one prayer, tell God to forgive me for 1 sin

matter of fact maybe more then one

look back at all the hatred against me

fuck all of them, Jesus died at age 33

that's 32 shots from twin glocks 16 a piece, that's 32

which means, one my of guns was holdin 17'z

27 hit your crew 6 went into you

everybody gotta die sometime

hope your funeral never get shot up

bullets tear through the innocent

nothing is fair brothers roll up

shooting from wheel chairs my heart is racing

tasting revenge in the air

i let this shit slide for too many years

too many times now I'm strapped with a couple of mac'z

too many 9'z if ya brothers really with me

get busy load up the semi'z

do more then just hold it explode the clip until you empty

there's nothing in our way

they bust — we bust, they rest — we rest

left right feel it, i feel it in my gut

that we take these bitches to war

lie them down cause we stronger now

my brothers the time is now

All I need is one mic…

Come, look and listen

that's all I need, that's all I need

All I need is one mic…

n (n mic) mic

there's nuttin else in the world

All I need is one mic

Come, look and listen

that's all a nigga need to do his thing y'know

All I need is one mic…

n (n mic) mic

Only on street corners do you read books do you listen records?

Hear politicians talking endlessly again

You feel abandoned and then you have to take revenge

Leaving good, giving way to anger through hatred, you feel left behind

Who throws a spanner in the works?

Who keeps on swearing?

Who is right, and who is flattering?

Who is sorrowful, and who is roaring?

Who's Coughing—Who's Yawning?

Who's spluttering—who's asleep?

Who's pretending is counterfeit?

Who's plodding—who's faltering?

So many questions in a world more frightened and scarier

And am entwined with desire on the sound of merengue

For special persons I feel deep love that is beautiful

MC I not for nothing and then immerse myself in the Alchemist

Don't fuck 'n diss until I rock on shit that's catchy

Swallowed far too long until my soul is gasping for breath

Only peace in my mind on stage with that one mic

Cruel and hype—raging like a terrible beast

Scream out!

Difference Must Be There the typhus for non-believers

Don't be fooled peeps and go for what you love

You don't have to pretend — that shit is you

Search wherever you want, really, but it's in you

All I need is one mic

Come, look and listen

Ah

All I need is one mic

n (n mic) mic

that's all I need

Yo

All I need is one mic

Come, look and listen

that's all I need

All I need is one mic

n (n mic) mic

that's all I need

All I need is one life, one try, one breath on one man

what I stand for speaks for itself

they don't understand or wanna see me on top

too selfish, talking all that slick shit

the same way these womans do

wonder what's my secrets is

brothers will move on you only if they know what your weakness is

I have none, too late to grab guns Im blasting

cause Ima cool nigga, thought I wouldn't have that ass done

fooled you niggas, what you call an infinite brawl

eternal souls clashing, war gets deep

some beef this everlasting, complete with thick scars

brothers knifing each other, up in prison yards

drama, where does it start

you know the block was I'll as a youngster

every night it was like a, cop will be killed

bodies found in the dumpster

for real a hustler purchase my range

niggas throwing dirt at my name

jealous cause fenes got their work and complain

bitches left me cause they thought I was finished

should've knew she wasn't true

she came to me when her man caught us sin in

i was so blinded, I will never make the same mistakes

moving with the change of pace

light a low, see now the king is straight

swelling my melon cause none of these niggas were hurting

telling the police how could the kingpins squeal

this is crazy I'm on the right track

Im finally found, you need a soul searching

the time is now

All I need is one mic yeah, yeah, yeah

All I need is one mic that's all I ever needed in this world, fuck cash

All I need is one mic fuck the cars, the jewellery

All I need is one mic to spread my voice to the whole world