Nas' storytelling skills are unheralded (dude spit a story BACKWARDS on Stillmatic!) but the part of this song I love the most is the very raw, palpable and frenetic tone the song takes when Nas spits:
"Heard si-rens, I guess we goin out we out like kamikazes
We surrounded, red lights flashin, who's inside?
Came out a bullhorn, I'm contemplatin suicide
Horse asked me for the Mac, he gave me dap, one love
Cocked the strap, then he ran out the back
Mad shots couldn't tell what was goin on
Sat on the floor near my dead girl, put her in my arms"
Nas starts flowin' ridiculous at this point and it really adds to the feeling of rushedness and panic, plus the scene is so vivid you can actually picture all of this crazy dramatic shit happening and Nas' flow makes this a ridiculously awesome song.
Nas' storytelling skills are unheralded (dude spit a story BACKWARDS on Stillmatic!) but the part of this song I love the most is the very raw, palpable and frenetic tone the song takes when Nas spits: "Heard si-rens, I guess we goin out we out like kamikazes We surrounded, red lights flashin, who's inside? Came out a bullhorn, I'm contemplatin suicide Horse asked me for the Mac, he gave me dap, one love Cocked the strap, then he ran out the back Mad shots couldn't tell what was goin on Sat on the floor near my dead girl, put her in my arms" Nas starts flowin' ridiculous at this point and it really adds to the feeling of rushedness and panic, plus the scene is so vivid you can actually picture all of this crazy dramatic shit happening and Nas' flow makes this a ridiculously awesome song.