[Verse 1: Nas] Nas the Ice King never seen twice the same spot An introvert, watch like Ya**er Arafat I was the playboy up in every Marriott And every Holiday Inn with somebody's girlfriend The ladies started saying, Nas he get around I thought about it and decided I should settle down Met my little p but how am I gonna share my crown Baby I'm the king I make the rules here on out [Res] Although you're an Ice King Everything that you gave to me Comes from the destitute and the torn I can't live this life no more Just another wasted one Like a fallen star in Babylon You said I was your princess, baby I told you certain things you can't possess So let me go, let me go [Verse 2: Nas] Here we go, yo Now rollin on 22s, top down, seat back Listening to slow grooves where gangsters be at Watch say twelve, cop play themselves Circling the corners like they got something on us That's when my girl paged me, you ain't Kizzi and I ain't Kunta, this ain't slavery, is you crazy? There ain't no ties here that ain't my baby [Res] I've given until I break The ground beneath us quakes How can we grow when we've only begun Forsaken beneath the sun Although you're an Ice King Everything that you gave to me Comes from the destitute and the torn I can't live this life no more