Welcome to the Sports Motivation Podcast. This is your host, Nees Shobo. It's books and bars. And today we're breaking down a bar. I started books and bars because I read a lot and I listen to a lot of music. And I wanted to share the wisdom that I get both from books and music, particularly hip hop. 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 go ahead and drop that Kyle you know I still run with that

that blood of a slave baw bawling in my veins.

It's just hot until I 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 up out of that grave, wiping the dirt, cleaning my shirt.

They thought I'd make another ill-matic, but it's always forward, I'm moving.

Never back with stupid, here's another classic.

See notes is falling from the sky.

By now the credits roll the star in I's executive poet produced directed by the kids slash Escobar.

Narration, the scribes the lives of lost

tribes in the ghetto trying to survive the feature opens with this young black child fingers

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