Welcome to the Sports Motivation Podcast.

This is your host, Nees Shobo.

It's Books and Bars.

All right.

Now, today I'm breaking down a bar from one of my favorite artists of all time.

His name is Nas.

Nazir Jones.

He has several, several really, really dope albums, classic albums.

And this is from a classic.

I think this came out when I was in high school.

Like, what was I, junior, senior maybe? And I was super excited when it came out. This was back when I still bought CDs at Sam Goody and the Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon. But let's just get into it. I want to share with you the first song off the album,

and I'm going to let you hear the clip,

and then I'm going to show you what particular bar I'm going to break down.

As you're listening, see if you can know which one,

which bar, which thing he says that I'm going to break down, all right?

You know, I still run with that blood of a slave, balling in my veins.

It's just hot.

And to a nigger can't take it no more.

Blood of a slave, part of a king.

Turn my voice up.

Hey, yo, the brother's stalematic.

I crawled about of that grave, wiping the dirt, cleaning my shirt.

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