One Time 4 Your Mind - Clean Album Version

Yeah, it's Illmatic
Yeah
It's Illmatic
Yeah
It's Illmatic
Haha, haha, check it

One time 4 your mind, one time (yeah, whatever)
One time 4 your mind, one time (yo, whatever)
One time 4 your mind, one time
Ayo, Nas?
What up, pah?
Kick that f- rhyme!
Check it out

When I'm chillin', I grab -, get my crew to buy beers
And watch a flick, illin' and root for the villain, huh
Plus every morning, I go out and love it sort of chilly
Then I send a shorty from my block to the store for -
After bein' blessed by - essence
I'm back to my rest, ten minutes, some odd seconds
That's where I got the honey at, spends the night for sexing
Keep lubrication, Lifestyle protection

Picking up my stereo's remote control quickly
Ron G's in the cassette deck, rockin' the sh-, G
I try to stay mellow, rock, well, a cappella rhymes'll
Make me richer than a slipper made Cinderella, fella
Go get your crew, hops, I'm prepared to bomb troops
Y'all n- was born, I shot my way out my mom dukes
When I was ten, I was a hip hoppin' shorty wop
Known for rockin' microphones and twistin' off a 40 top

One time 4 your mind, one time (yeah, whatever)
One time 4 your mind, one time (it sounds clever)
Ayo, Nas, f- that, man, that sh- was phat
But kick that for them gangstas, man, f- all that!
Right, right

What up n-, how y'all? It's Nasty, the villain
I'm still writin' rhymes, but besides that, I'm chillin'
I'm tryin' to get this money, God, you know the hard times, kid
Sh- cold, be starvin' make you wanna do crimes, kid
But I'ma lamp 'cause a crime couldn't beat a rhyme
N- catchin' 3-to-9's, Muslims yellin' "Free the mind!"
And I'm from Queensbridge, been to many places
As a kid, when I would say that outta town, n- chased us

But now, I know the time, got a older mind
Plus control a 9, fine, see, now I represent mine
I'm new on the rap scene, brothers never heard of me
Yet I'm a menace, yo, police wanna murder me
Heini Dark drinker, represent the thinker
My pen rides the paper, it even has blinkers

Think I'll dim the lights, then inhale, it stimulates
Floatin' like I'm on the North 95 Interstate
Never plan to stop, when I write, my hand is hot
And expand the lot from the Wiz to Camelot
The parlayer, I'll make your heads bop, pah
I shine a light on perpetrators like a cop's car
From day to night, I play the mic and you'll thank God
I wreck sh- so much, the microphone'll need a paint job

My brain is incarcerated
Live at any jam, I couldn't count all the parks I've raided
I hold a M- 11, and - a reverend
I contact eleven L's and max in heaven

One time 4 your mind, one time (it sounds clever)
One time 4 your mind, one time (yeah, whatever)
One time 4 your mind, one time (yo, from '92 to '99)

Yeah, that sh- was crazy phat, pah
Know what I'm sayin'?
But check it, you got another verse for me
I want you to kick it, you know what I'm sayin'?
Kick that sh- for the projects