Nas - Who Are You (tryna tell me who i am) lyrics

[Verse 1] Heard ya got your masters Did college up Never look back Now that's what's happenin' And it's good to see you made it out the hood with a degree a true man with pa**ion Now you can enter the so called white man's society and go right past them Lookin' in the wall street journal for your face but it's always absent Everyday that's him eatin' flan and ambrosia his watch on his arm golden, Latin Try to get his attention but he's flinching very close(unknown) so I mention We was neighbors some time ago He was kinda cold In this restaurant full of his kind and mold He sighed and tried to look surprised I know This side of the city where he resides so I had to go I heard him laugh hard at some sad black jokes Hate so called intellectuals no balls and suggest we vote He stand all proud speakin' to correct his folks Suggest that we don't sell dope but I guess it's true but who the f** are you [Hook] Who are you trying to tell me who I am Trying to tell me who I am Who are you trying to tell me what I'm not Tryin' to tell me what I'm not Who are you trying to tell me who I am Tryin' to box me in tryin' to find who I am [Verse 2] I'm Idi Amin I'm Marcus Garvey 8 Track Brown I'm Muhammad Ali I'm Reginald Lewis George Washington Carver I'm Nas with incredible music Let's do this Thinkin' of a Master Plan Sippin' on Disasters Smokin' on Gangsta Watchin' n***as argue chillin' on my bar stool With my hell up in Harlem, hat in hand, with a girl named Pat She more than the waitress you order your drink with She's divorced the banker and bought the bar She got an automobile She give her order to k** You get caught and robbed You can see your walk is off you can lose your rhythm when your out in the gutter for awhile You easily go from soft to hard Now it's all about hustlers, number runners, ho's, and sharks And we all know the code of the block And you're talkin' some gibberish, some anti n***a sh** cause you marched back with Rosa Parks Brother don't start Go build your Noah's Ark You can float to the end of the world then pretend what you're not But I know what you are While I roll in my car While I'm spinnin' my knot While our enemies plot you ain't outta the shot Matter of fact you are an easier target And I respect everything you accomplished, but hope that I never get old and talk that nonsense So who the f** are you [Hook] [Outro] See Queen Nzinga Winnie Mandela Ida B Wells Why can't you tell Why can't you tell