[Chorus (Condensed): Nas, Kanye West]
Classic, uh, uh
Timeless
Classic
Timeless (Yeah, yeah
Uh, uh)

[Verse 1: Kanye West]
You can't buy this Superfly-ness
Like a shine is, your Highness
Is performin'; look how long the line is
It's what happens when you make shit that's timeless
It's what happens, these rappers is the pioneers
What do it take to be a legend like Nas is?
That's so novice, I'm so polished
I got a right to be a lil bit snobbish
I did a lil bit of college
Semesters, it took two, like Rob Base
To let me figure out this wasn't my placе
The beat's slow, 'til you listen to my pacе
‘Cause I be killin' shit, but that's evident
And y'all feelin' it, but I expected it
If it's classic, it's gon' last forever then
I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been, uh

[Chorus: Nas, Kanye West]
Classic, uh, uh
I'm better than I ever been
Timeless
I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been
Classic
I'm better than I ever been
Timeless
I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been
[Verse 2: Nas]
Perseverance
See, the fake hustler rapper, to them, it hurts to hear this
Oh, you went platinum? Yeah, that's nice
Now let me see you do the same thing twice
Three times, four times, then a couple of mo' times
Please, you're Amateur Night, it's Showtime
It's one life to live, so live it the best you can
The world could use one less man
Not enough air, not enough car factories
To manufacture new vehicles, sedans and vans
When they do make the whip you like, your chips ain't right
By the time you could afford it, the car ain't important
In the streets I'm in, it's just iron
Cops keep firin' in my environment
Leavin' you slumped, then they drive home
Far from the hood, brothers they eager to jump on
I like to be the wall that they toast up on
I like to see them fall, guilty for doin' wrong
I'm classic like the Air One's, the hustler shoe
That's what I'm accustomed to, yeah

[Chorus: Nas, Kanye West]
Classic, uh, uh
I'm better than I ever been
Timeless
I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been
Classic
I'm better than I ever been
Timeless
I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been
[Verse 3: KRS-One]
How many y'all got Criminal Minded?
You, you, you; y'all don't be blinded
Me, I got no jewels on my neck
Why? I don't need 'em, I got your respect
KRS-One, twenty years I rock
I do it for JMJ and Scott La Rock
This hip-hop and we's a nation
Don't you wanna hear more KRS-One on your radio station?
Instead of broadcastin' how we smoke them trees
On the radio, we need to hear more local MCs
Where you at? C'mon, where you at?
This is the difference between MCin' and rap
Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal
MCs spit rhymes to uplift their people
Peace, Love, Unity, havin' fun
These are the lyrics of KRS-One

[Chorus (Extended): Nas, Kanye West]
Classic, uh, uh
I'm better than I ever been
Timeless
I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been
Classic
I'm better than I ever been
Timeless
I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been
Classic
I'm better than I ever been
Timeless
I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been
Classic
I'm better than I ever been
Timeless
I'm everywhere you never been, and better than I ever been