[Chorus: Nas]
In one city,✦ one country,✦ one state
Some place to be nobody✦
Some place to be
Some place you wouldn't know probably✦
Some place to be nobody✦
[Verse 2: Nas]
My dawg bought a plane, said "Let's go to Paris"✦
That's where baguettes are from, French bread that's long and narrow✦
I like the other✦ definition,✦ rectangular carats✦
The concept of this song is rather✦ esoteric
This girl said in Grenada we should go get married
Broke the meanin'✦ down of the Virgin✦ Mary✦
And you got your own place
My favorite part of the night when you text me that you made it home safe (I'm home)
I'm contemplatin' at the home base
How I'm used✦ to breakfast in the ghetto,✦ sippin'✦ OJ
That's a picture right there, a moment✦ in time
Before✦ anybody wanted✦ a photo✦ of mine
Before✦ the internet energy✦ and social✦ decline
Destroyed the vibe, foolin'✦ us with the headlines
(Keepin'✦ us blind) Vultures eat you alive✦
(Take heed to the signs) Wishin'✦ I'd find
[Chorus: Nas]
One city,✦ one country,✦ one state
Some place to be nobody✦
Some place to be
Some place you wouldn't know probably✦
Some place to be nobody✦ (Life)
[Verse 3: Lauryn Hill]
All my time has been focused on my freedom✦ now
Why would I join 'em when I know that I can beat 'em now?
They put their words on me, and they can eat 'em now
That's probably✦ why they keep on tellin'✦ me I'm needed✦ now
They tried to box me out while takin'✦ what they want from me
I spent too many✦ years livin'✦ too uncomfortably✦
Making room for people who didn't like the labor
But wanted✦ the spoils, greedy,✦ selfish behavior
Now let me give it to you balanced and with clarity✦
I don't need to turn myself into✦ a parody✦
I don't, I don't do the shit you do for popularity✦
They clearly didn't understand when I said, "I Get Out" apparently
My awareness✦ like Keanu✦ in The Matrix
I'm savin'✦ souls and y'all complainin' 'bout my lateness✦
Now it's illegal for someone✦ to walk in greatness
They want the same shh, but they don't take risks
Now the world will get to see its own reflection✦
And the anointed can pursue their own direction✦
And if you're wrong and you're too proud to hear correction✦
Walk into✦ the hole you dug yourself,✦ fuck a projection✦
See me in my freedom✦ takin'✦ all my land back
They said a lot against me thinkin' I'd just stand back
I got my legs beneath me, I got my hands back
A lot of people sabotaged, they couldn't stand that
I turned✦ the other✦ cheek, I took blow after✦ blow
There's✦ so much crisis✦ in the world 'cause you reap what you sow
When you keep what you know is meant for someone✦ else
The ditch you dig for them, you might just end up in yourself✦
I'm in the secret✦ place, I keep a sacred✦ space
They keep showin'✦ their hands, but keep hidin'✦ their face
If I'm a messenger, you block me then you block the message
So aggressive, the world you made is what you're left with
Pride and ego✦ over✦ love and truth is fuckin'✦ reckless
Y'all niggas got a death wish, the stupid✦ leaves✦ me breathless
[Outro: Nas]
Some place to be, yeah
Ain't duckin'✦ nothin'✦
Just might have to build my own city✦
Where y'all need a real nigga✦ passport to enter✦
Ms. Hill, we ain't goin' nowhere
They gon' have to deal with us
Make 'em uncomfortable, hahaha,✦ yeah