[Verse 1: Nas]
United States in fear
London knows I'm a phantom, South Korea knows I'm here
Posted, planted without exception
Rise to your feet for this rarity
Nas, a Dilla beat, the fly soliloquy
Some real n***a talkin'
This don't happen too often, take precaution
Liars and frauds got you exhausted
You've been accosted
Who told you I'd lost it?
I just put it down for a second, damn
Can the king lounge for a second, kick his hooves up?
Grow stubble on the face for once without a smooth cut?
Grow a little gut, can't even enjoy the fruit of my labor
Before they call me Luke and hand me my lightsaber
The ruler's back, you can tell by the trumpets
Prince of Wales sent me tea, biscuits, crumpets
Jewelry cost more than the car, car cost 200
Get out your chair, the season of Nasir

[Chorus: Nas]
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The season
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This is the season
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The season
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[Verse 2: AZ]
Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined
Never hesitant, move like the cycle of time
Show benevolence when me and Nasir align
It's a whole 'nother other, we the soul to the gutter
Different shades of copper, we shakes the chakra
I'm a Brooklyn repper, they raised me proper
No need for pressure, I display that posture
Of a n***a gettin' it, this that real n***a shit
Governed by different forces than intelligent beings
Be precautious, it's more than the element seems
From the mezzanine, I sit and I acknowledge the show
Elohim gave me the light so acknowledge the glow
Follow me flow, the ever of the Wallabee toe
It's whatever, was taught to get it though the economy's slow
Don on the low, escape from Williams and Blake
Without a scrape, sometimes I await feelin' my face
Started out good but then hardened by the hood
Any n***a I cross, please pardon if you could
Captivated by crime from uncivilized minds
The leader person is blind and I care for his own kind
Took time, but now I mix etiquette with the rhetoric
Move like a delegate but still on that whatever shit
Sparklin' bubbles up in the champagne
Just sippin' and trippin' on when I ran game
My diction is different, I understand fame
Was cool with the Wu before the Clan came
[Outro: Nas & AZ]
The season
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The season...