Made this one with Distant Cry in the studio, I probably would have thrown this beat away otherwise cause the sample had no bass, but he laid down the bassline easy, really made this one work imo. Of course Nas flowed over this perfect, being real I think it's fully fair to rank him as the greatest to ever do it. Just my genuine perspective. Like for real this song is insane the way he rhymes from a guns perspective, never really appreciated it before but when I was mixing this it just stood out how well he did that.

Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from 'I Gave You Power' by Nas

Gave You Power

[intro]
Yo
It ain't funny
But I see the money
No friend of mine can shine
Gonna lose my mind.

[Verse 1]
Yo
It ain't funny
But I see the money
No friend of mine can shine
Got us payin' rent
Payin' back loans
All in the meantime
I like to relax
But my homies don't
They think they got somethin' to prove
Now they think I'm on drugs
The way I be movin'
But I got nothin' to lose
All my fellas paranoid
A young boy died today
If you the one they scared of
Then you the one that's really afraid

[Chorus]
If you the one they scared of
Then you the one that's really afraid
If you the one they scared of
Then you the one that's really afraid
If you the one they scared of
Then you the one that's really afraid
If you the one they scared of
Then you the one that's really afraid

[Verse 2]
Yeah
I hear the sirens
But I keep on drivin’
World on fire, I’m alive in the silence
Bills on the table, stress in the air
Mama still prayin’ like somebody care
Homies locked up, time moving slow
I be duckin’ fate everywhere that I go
Voices in my head sayin’ “make that move”
But the system got a way of always changin’ the rules
They don’t want truth, they just want fear
Lookin’ in the mirror, I see it crystal clear

[Chorus]
If you the one they scared of
Then you the one that's really afraid
If you the one they scared of
Then you the one that's really afraid
If you the one they scared of
Then you the one that's really afraid
If you the one they scared of
Then you the one that's really afraid

[Verse 3]
Cold streets whisper
But I move quicker
Life ain’t promised, just a gamble with the flicker
Dreams get sold for a price too high
I done seen brothers fall, never knowin’ why
Tryna keep calm but the storm don’t end
Every lesson that I learned cost me one more friend
Trust turn thin, thicker grow the hate
Love feel fake when it come too late
Eyes wide open, still blind to the plan
All I really know is I’m doin’ what I can
Standin’ in the dark but I glow in the shade

[Chorus / Outro]
If you the one they scared of
Then you the one that's really afraid
If you the one they scared of
Then you the one that's really afraid
If you the one they scared of
Then you the one that's really afraid
If you the one they scared of
Then you the one that's really afraid

The Scared One (ft. Art!$)

Track #8 off the new album "The Relentless Two" by Halfcut & Cole The God

Ain't Nothin' Wrong

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