Queens Wolf lyrics - Nas

At fourteen tried out for the ball team

Junior high, they denied me

I shot bricks that made the backboard scream

Fightin' Italian rival gangs, they was sniffin' glue

I was skippin' school, smokin' green, that was the shit to do

Stole somebody team jacket at practice, slept through my classes

The borough Queens, so it's rep the Q to the casket

Average student, had illusions of the supernatural

Horror movie addict, werewolf fanatic and Dracul'

One night after school and train hoppin' and snatchin' jewels

I dozed at midnight, woke up a little after two

My hands shook violently

My eyes took red

My hair spun in ways

Bread was the only word I said

I heard voices in the nights calling, the Benz engine roaring

Heard that gin and champagne pourin' and niggas ballin'

I put the .22 on my waist

The face in the moon had a mean look

I transformed to the Queens wolf

You could hear me growlin' through public housin'

No telling, might wake up in Queens house or Rikers Island

A Queens wolf

Ladies wanna get beside him

If haters try bussin' the silver bullet inside him, they dyin'

You could hear me growlin' through public housin'

No telling, might wake up in Queens house or Rikers Island

A Queens wolf

Ladies wanna get beside him

If haters try bussin' the silver bullet inside him, they dyin'

Waking up is a pleasure though last night I can't remember

Cash up on my dresser, where'd it come from?

This is messed up

What kind of fatal drug am I taking? Who laced it?

Previous night, memories who erased it?

Wasn't even wasted

I do recall the nightfall, lunar, the stars around it

Then my man called, said what I did, the goons were talkin' 'bout it

Singin' me praises, said I lit the corners up

It sounded like Vietnam screamin' out "QBietnam" the loudest

"Homie them dudes is scared you gon' spray 'em, word to Bing

They'll do anything, pay you real good to be on their team"

So that explain the money and the chains that's on my dresser drawer

That wasn't there a day before, I should press 'em all

But I be on some cool shit, nigga, my QU shit

Audemars watch, burn a peach Swish', new whip

Stoli' vodka, club soda with my new chick

Ah shit, teeth showing, snarling when the moon's lit

You could hear me growlin' through public housin'

No telling, might wake up in Queens house or Rikers Island

A Queens wolf

Ladies wanna get beside him

If haters try bussin' the silver bullet inside him, they dyin'

You could hear me growlin' through public housin'

No telling, might wake up in Queens house or Rikers Island

A Queens wolf

Ladies wanna get beside him

If haters try bussin' the silver bullet inside him, they dyin'