Nas: I'm on Fire

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Woke up this morning on some white linen sheets The bed almost caught ablaze
The temperature’s on a hundred in the room
I’m like what’s up?

Still got the same flame behind me from the Hate Me Now video It’s continual
All I need is a beat and I’m stitchin’ you
Like stitchin’ these words together, how I’m still getting better I’m finding more gold as I dig in the dirt with a shovel I got the last laugh, don’t get blown away by the backdraft

Don’t be scared now
Don’t be scared now
Givin’ ‘em hell now
I’m startin’ to see ‘em sweat
Don’t be scared now
Don’t be scared now
I’m givin’ ‘em hell now

Tryin’ to walk in my soles is like bare feet on hot coals Soon as I start heatin’ up the whole block froze
I came in without an ordinary name
How many Nasirs? How many top tier?
How many not here?
There’s something in a name that’s different from theirs Depicted in scripture holdin’ two dragons blowin’ flames Sorry it ain’t go the same for yall
They say Allah, please explain Allah
You Godbody or do you praise Allah
And still rock crosses all on your chain a lot
I’m scorchin’
And I never forced it
Even when forces and powers that be went against me Yall use that as an excuse
You dudes cannot convince me
Or trick me out my spot y’all want my sh*t like Sherman Hemsley I’m debunking the black ball myth
The facts more or less
I might hurt your feelings but yo sometimes it actually is Victimization, mix that with some entitlement
It’s bound to explode
I make ‘em stop, drop, and roll
Move to the side with it
It’s no stoppin’ it
I’m rap’s arsonist

Don’t be scared now
Don’t be scared now
Givin’ ‘em hell now
I’m startin’ to see ‘em sweat
Don’t be scared now
Don’t be scared now
I’m givin’ ‘em hell now

I must say I am what I am
They said I wouldn’t survive, look at me damn
Like the tip of the barrel that’s on a wham
He’s on fire NBA Jam
I was alone like, yunno
I was making some moves, I need to like concentrate and chill
But, I was, I was just getting all these calls and everything and it’s telling me like “You on fire”