this is a direct letter to cormega, who was nas' boy back in the day (they had beef later on, during the nas/jayz beef). cormega was in jail at the time, and this is basically a letter to him while he was incarcerated (listen to the beginning at all the chatter, thats supposed to be a buncha people gatherin around cormega as he reads the letter)
the letter is givin cormega an update on whats goin on in the outside world.
the last verse is about how nas schooled a soon-to-be criminal on the ways he should be livin his life (legit), and he laments the state of things in queensbridge, where a child thats only 12 already has street dreams
this is a direct letter to cormega, who was nas' boy back in the day (they had beef later on, during the nas/jayz beef). cormega was in jail at the time, and this is basically a letter to him while he was incarcerated (listen to the beginning at all the chatter, thats supposed to be a buncha people gatherin around cormega as he reads the letter)
the letter is givin cormega an update on whats goin on in the outside world.
the last verse is about how nas schooled a soon-to-be criminal on the ways he should be livin his life (legit), and he laments the state of things in queensbridge, where a child thats only 12 already has street dreams