Nas - Highly Favored lyrics

[Verse 1] Patient My fate is highly favored by the father, love to all Rest in peace to Zhanu, the barber brought cases Celebrate and take us back to thought The real New York, death to rapists and rats The touch school to Brooklyn stories The kings, the lifers, the lords of Queens Or the stories on Puerto Rican righteous, I heard things Know some people who know people Getting money, the broke people claim you owe some people It's easy to explain anything to a real liver of life Who live where you live and see sh*t the same Gotta watch who you joke with or get checked We easily mistake jokes for disrespect Where I'm from, it's never over if somebody dies Somebody gon' ride, years later, somebody son, double 4-5 You laid up in ICU, hoping you survive Too many stories like this one [Chorus] What's shaking? My faith is highly favored by the father, peace to all (Peace to all, yeah) Patience My faith is highly favored by the father, peace to 'yall (Peace to y'all, yeah) What's shaking? My faith is highly favored by the father, peace to all (Peace to all, yeah) What's shaking? What's shaking? [Verse 2] Uh, yeah Some are caricatures, amateur boys I'm like a classic pianist with a handful of swords Bandages on my finger, still managing chords Like a live band, performing in a sand storm Blind, but I still hit the right keys Swift as a life breeze, dripping In fear of God, scented in Diptyque fragrance Some nights Creed flavors, I am motivation I don't talk on the next man, I'm never hating This daily bread, holy bread Alphabetical numerals, codes of red What's more dense, gold or lead? What's more expensive? The OG said, "No matter what it is, rent it And never buy it, it's all temporary possessions We don't own nothing on this Earth but our soul and that's the lesson" Project apartment parties, rest in peace to Marley Try not to get booked by Officer Laverty [Chorus] What's shaking? My faith is highly favored by the father, peace to all (Peace to all, yeah) Patience My faith is highly favored by the father, peace to y'all (Peace to y'all, yeah) What's shaking? My faith is highly favored by the father, peace to all (Peace to all, yeah) What's shaking? What's shaking?