First Time

First time
 Yeah
 I think we gon' call this one "The First Time"
 Brucie B voice
 First time you heard Nas
 Was you earlin' on some gut rot liquor on two-five
 Or your big brother put you on like surprise?
 Hearing my hood described
 So vivid, you could see it by closing your eyes
 Maybe it was the age or the letters I wrote
 When jail letters were hope
 You read the credits and you saw Large Pro
 Or some decrepit club where DJ S&S had buzz
 As I stepped on the stage with imperfections
 I was messing up or her first time
 Inside a Subaru, she just had a feud with her boo
 They're drivin', he put on Barbeque and I got through to you
 A dude who, I saw rockin' FUBU outside Papaya's
 Told me, "Halftime was timeless" while Armor All'n his tires
 I was tryin' to juggle Columbia Records
 While dealin' with what the country Colombia jungles had left us
 First time you heard of Nas, I pro'ly was under some pressure
 Gun in the dresser while you was baggin' up in the kitchen playin' my records
 Your first time was you hittin' the gas
 In the whip with some ass, you never hit and she passed
 Your real music test to know if she into the ad-libs
 Real rap shit
 Yeah
 First time you heard Nas
 You probably heard somebody say that I pick bad beats
 But I pick bad freaks
 Narratives they're runnin' with the classics they're comin' with
 Ain't fuckin' with what I recorded last week
 For new guys, hope this the first time you heard Nas
 It's a special moment, a million reasons I wrote it
 My shit'll get you re-centered 'cause you can tell where my soul is
 The one I'm chosen, like Bryce and Bronny, their pop ball
 So they had to do it, my dad did music, I had to pursue it
 And spread my wings on the helipad like Troop did
 The truth is, a similar thing had happened to me
 I listen to Wayne, I listen to G, I listen to Dre, I listen to me (listen to me)
 Since when did rap leave me so suspended in air?
 Since Kendrick entered the atmosphere, '09, I was there
 On La Cienega
 My nigga from L.A. said, "There's a nigga from Black Hippy"
 I was happy to just witness history
 Like the first time I heard Slick Rick
 How did you feel? (First time you heard Nas)
 First time hearing Biggie
 I'm like, "Who's this kid? Wow" (first time you heard Nas)
 When I heard Pac
 That was on that song with, uh, Digital Underground like (first time you heard Nas)
 Yeah, that was crazy
 I really hope that this your first time
 It's somethin' 'bout
 First time hearing your favorite artist
 Or they become to be your favorite artist after like a long time, or
 Or is it instantaneous, like
 I know when the first time I heard Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye
 Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder
 Like, N.W.A., what the fuck is this shit, kid?
 I was goin' crazy