[speaking softly, gradually getting louder]
  One time.. yeah.. yeah..
    Yo, all I need is one mic, one beat, one stage
  One nigga front, my face on the front page
  Only if I had one gun, one girl and one crib
  One God to show me how to do things his son did
  Pure, like a cup of virgin blood; mixed with
  151, one sip'll make a nigga flip
  Writin names on my hollow tips, plottin shit
  Mad violence who I'm gon' body, this hood politics
  Ackowledge it, leave bodies chopped in garbages
  Seeds watch us, grow up and try to follow us
  Police watch us {*siren*} roll up and try knockin us
  One knee I ducked, could it be my time is up
  But my luck, I got up, the cop shot again
  Bus stop glass bursts, a fiend drops his Heineken
  Richochetin between the spots that I'm hidin in
  Blackin out as I shoot back, fuck gettin hit! [more sirens]
  This is my hood I'ma rep, to the death of it
  'til everybody come home, little niggaz is grown
  Hoodrats, don't abortion your womb, we need more warriors soon
  Sip from the star sun and the moon
  In this life of police chases street sweepers and coppers
  Stick-up kids with no conscience, leavin victims with doctors
  IF YOU REALLY THINK YOU READY TO DIE, WITH NINES OUT
  THIS IS WHAT NAS IS BOUT, NIGGA THE TIME IS NOW!
    [whispering again]
  Yo, all I need is one mic..
  All I need is one mic.. that's all I need
  All I need is one mic.. all I need niggaz
  All I need is one mic.. yeah
    [gradually getting louder]
  All I need is one blunt, one page, and one pen
  One prayer - tell God forgive for one sin
  Matter fact maybe more than one, look back
  at all the hatred against me, fuck alla them
  Jesus died at age 33, there's thirty-three shots
  from twin glocks there's sixteen apiece, that's thirty-two
  Which means, one of my guns was holdin 17
  Twenty-seven hit your crew, six went into you
  Everybody gotta die sometime; hope your funeral
  never gets shot up, bullets tear through the innocent
  Nothin is fair, niggaz roll up, shootin from wheelchairs
  My heart is racin, tastin revenge in the air
  I let the shit slide for too many years, too many times
  Now I'm strapped with a couple of macs, too many nines
  If y'all niggaz really wit me get busy load up the semis
  Do more than just hold it explode the clip until you empty
  There's nothin in our way - they bust, we bust, they rust, we rust
  Led flyin, feel it? I feel it in my gut
  THAT WE TAKE THESE BITCHES TO WAR, LIE 'EM DOWN
  CAUSE WE STRONGER NOW MY NIGGA THE TIME IS NOW!!
    [whispering again]
  All I need is one mic.. that's all I need, that's all I need
  All I need is one mic.. there's nuttin else in the world
  All I need is one mic.. that's all a nigga need to do his thing y'know
  All I need is one mic..
    [starting loud this time, getting quieter]
  ALL I NEED IS ONE LIFE, ONE TRY, ONE BREATH I'M ONE MAN
  WHAT I STAND FOR SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
  Or wanna see me on top, too egotistical
  Talkin all that slick shit, the same way these bitches do
  Wonder what my secrets is, niggaz'll move on you
  only if they know, what your weakness is I have none
  Too late to grab guns I'm blastin cause I'm a cool nigga
  Thought I wouldn't have that ass done? Fooled you niggaz
  What you call a infinite brawl, eternal souls clashin
  War gets deep, some beef is everlastin
  Complete with thick scars, brothers knifin each other
  up in prison yards, drama, where does it start?
  You know the block was ill as a youngster
  Every night it was like a, cop would get killed body found in the dumpster
  For real a hustler, purchased my Range, niggaz throwin dirt on my name
  Jealous cause fiends got they work and complain
  Bitches left me cause they thought I was finished
  Shoulda knew she wasn't true she came to me when her man caught a sentence
  Diamonds are blindin, I never make the same mistakes
  Movin with a change of pace, lighter load, see now the king is straight
  Swellin my melon cause none of these niggaz real
  Heard he was, tellin police, how can a kingpin squeal?
  This is crazy, I'm on the right track I'm finally found
  You need some soul searchin, the time is now
    All I need is one mic.. yeah, yeah yeah yeah
  All I need is one mic.. that's all I ever needed in this world, fuck cash
  All I need is one mic.. fuck the cars, the jewelry
  All I need is one mic.. to spread my voice to the whole world