Nas, Lauryn Hill - Nobody

(Hit-Boy)

[Chorus: Nas]
One city, one country, one state,
Some place to be nobody.
Some place to be.
Some place you wouldn't know probably,
Yeah, yeah!

[Verse 1: Nas]
If Chappelle moved to Ghana to find his peace, then I'm rollin'
Where the service always roamin', I'm packin' my bags and goin',
It's a challenge in that, it's a balancing act,
Visit beautiful places, that's more out here than the trap.
Houses in Long Island, they always found 'em,
House in the South, a nigga barely got out,
Sunny L.A., remember calls with Dr. Drе,
He told me, "Don't let thе palm trees fool you, nigga, be safe!"
Me and my higher self, we often would speak,
Somehow we lost the connection, might meet at Joshua Tree,
And it's been botherin' me, too many wavy women,
Gotta log outta IG, can't be my age DMin'. (Ha ha)
No kidding, it's hard to move like a civilian,
I write the truth 'cause I live it, not like you musical niggas,
We did it big and they bigots, they'd rather shoot than write tickets.
What it feel like to go get it? What it feel like to go missin'

[Chorus: Nas]
In one city, one country, one state,
Some place to be nobody?
Some place to be.
Some place you wouldn't know probably,
Some place to be nobody.

[Verse 2: Nas]
My dawg bought a plane, said "Let's go to Paris!"
That's where baguettes are from, French bread that's long and narrow,
I like the other definition: rectangular carats,
The concept of this song is rather esoteric.
This girl said in Grenada, "We should go get married",
Broke the meaning down of the Virgin Mary,
And you got your own place, my favorite part of the night
When you text me that you made it home safe. (I'm home)
I'm contemplatin' at the homebase
How I'm used to breakfast in the ghetto sippin' OJ,
That's a picture right there, a moment in time
Before anybody wanted a photo of mine,
Before the internet energy and social decline
Destroyed the vibe, foolin' us with the headlines.
(Keepin' us blind) Vultures eat you alive.
(Take heed to the signs) Wishin' I'd find

[Chorus: Nas]
One city, one country, one state,
Some place to be nobody.
Some place to be.
Some place you wouldn't know probably,
Some place to be nobody. (Life)

[Verse 3: Lauryn Hill]
All my time has been focused on my freedom now,
Why would I join 'em when I know that I can beat 'em now?
They put their words on me, and they can eat 'em now,
That's probably why they keep on tellin' me I'm needed now.
They tried to box me out while takin' what they want from me,
I spent too many years livin' too uncomfortably,
Makin' room for people who didn't like the labor
Or wanted the spoils, greedy, selfish behavior.
Now let me give it to you balanced and with clarity:
I don't need to turn myself into a parody,
I don't, I don't do the shit you do for popularity,
They clearly didn't understand when I said "I get out" apparently.
My awareness like Keanu in The Matrix,
I'm savin' souls and y'all complainin' 'bout my lateness,
Now it's illegal for someone to walk in greatness,
They want the same shh, but they don't take risks.
Now the world will get to see its own reflection
And the anointed can pursue their own direction,
And if you're wrong and you're too proud to hear correction,
Walk into the hole you dug yourself, fuck a projection!
See me in my freedom takin' all my land back,
They sent a lot against me thinkin' I'd just stand back,
I got my legs beneath me, I got my hands back,
A lot of people sabotaged, they couldn't stand that.
I turned the other cheek, I took blow after blow,
There's so much crisis in the world 'cause you reap what you sow,
When you keep what you know is meant for someone else,
The ditch you dig for them, you might just end up in yourself.
I'm in the secret place, I keep a sacred space,
They keep showin' their hands, but keep hidin' their face,
If I'm a messenger, you block me, then you block the message,
So aggressive, the world you made is what you're left with,
Pride and ego over love and truth is fuckin' reckless,
Y'all niggas got a death wish, the stupid leaves me breathless.

[Outro: Nas]
Some place to be, yeah!
Ain't duckin' nothing!
Just might have to build my own city where y'all need a real nigga passport to enter.
Ms. Hill, we ain't goin' nowhere,
They gon' have to deal with us,
Make 'em uncomfortable, ha ha ha, yeah!