Association Songtext / Lyric

Association - Nas feat. Stic. Man of Dead Prez



You are who you associate with

Look around at your five closest friends

And that's who you are

If you don't want to be that person

You know what you got to do



[Chorus]

Association breeds similiarity

That's why I'ma stay with real rich niggers

'til six niggers carry me

Poverty's a mind state

Time waits for no man

But no man

Wants to die a poor man

With no plan






[Nas]

You try to kill me, but I come back

Hate me, that's a small thing

Demons let the sword swing and sever off my offspring

Bitches try to see me down, hugging the floor

Bullets pulling me, playing tug of war

With my body, gravity got me

Police want me arrested, just to see me naked

Snakes want my necklace, fake niggas make me set-trip

Thugs shooting wreckless, everynight, niggas

Wonder, how will I exit from this life, niggas?

Think you a killer, get cement shoes in the river

You should watch them people with you

Let them street rules hit you

If you hang around snitches, you get judged for that

'Cause you condone it, you know there ain't no love for that

There's slugs for that

Oh, you didn't know your man was talking?

That's why you stand with him, till you both land in the coffin

When you first heard he was snitching, then you should have thought

Everytime this nigga got caught selling, they let him walk

Early on a nigga was taught, stay away from them niggas

So a nigga like Nas got nothing to say to them niggas

I fuck with, only the trusted thug clique

Who really done shit, run up in your bitch, busting guns quick



[Chorus]

Association breeds similiarity

That's why I'ma stay with real rich niggers

'til six niggers carry me

Poverty's a mind state

Time waits for no man

But no man

Wants to die a poor man

With no plan



[Nas]

Some bitches lie a lot

They could be fly or not

Actresses cry a lot

Their girlfriends spy a lot

They can shake your hand, girl

Then they take your man, girl

The whole hood knowing

We got something good going

None of these hoes is after me

'Til they saw us happy

And that you bagged me

Now they wishing that they had me

So watch who you hang with

And who you cling with

You know these bitches aint shit

They hoping to bank chips

With the baller after she done gave him some head

He never called her

He gang it and he left her for dead

Birds of a feather fly together

But chickens don't, they eat their own shit and die

And you affiliated, now you look weak

Cause your peeps is freaks

Credit card stealing hoes, well known in the streets

And they brought your down in the dirt

You was a pretty, young, smart thing

Going to work, I bet it hurt

Cause you had a clean rep

But the girls you seen with make these niggas say

"I bet that bitch suck a mean dick"

Word



[Chorus]

Association breeds similarity

That's why I'ma stay with real rich niggers

'til six niggers carry me

Poverty's a mind state

Time waits for no woman

But no woman

Wants to die a poor woman

With no plan



[Stic Man]

A warrior walk alone, there's one spot on this throne

Fake friends be off and on, but a man stand up on his own

I'm raised by a different code, cut from a different cloth

Never been a follower, my momma told me be a boss

Watch who you hang around, don't let nobody bring you down

Friends come and go like seasons, leaves turn to brown

And some only come around when everything is green

Be careful not to let a snake infiltrate your team

For every Jesus there's a Judas, every Caesar there's a Brutus

If somebody tell you jump off a bridge – are you gon' do it?

There's two types of influence: either healthy or deadly

Keep your circle small, away from all the hate and the envy

Don't come nowhere near me with it, I'm bullshit intolerant

My politics bosses up, for you black empowerment

i stay in my element, braveheart intelligent

Only associate with those for my betterment

I'm out for dead presidents to represent mines

Only click with my kind, my best friend is my grind

Everybody got big dreams, but few follow through

And it's deep: the company you keep become apart of you

Don't just be sitting around smoking weed letting time fly

If your homies don't inspire you to rise, tell them bye

You're better off dolo than rolling with a weak ass crew

I'm like Scarface: Who I trust? – Me, that's who