Nas - Can't Forget About You Lyrics

(feat. Chrisette Michele)

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 1st VERSE (Nas) 
There comes a day in your life 
When you wanna kick back 
Straw hat on the porch when you old perhaps 
Wanna gather your thoughts have a cold one, brag 
To your grandkids on how life is golden 
So I'ma light a cigar in the corridor of the crib 
Pictures on the wall of all the things that I did 
All the money and fame, eight by tens of the whole Brat Pack inside of a big frame 
Collidin' with big names that could've made your career stop 
All that, and your man is still here and I'm still hot 
Wow, I need a moment ya'll, see I almost felt a tear drop 

CHORUS 
(Nas) 
When was the last time you heard a real anthem? 
Nas, The Millionaire, The Mansion? 
When was the last time you heard your boy, Nas, rhyme? 
Never on schedule, but always on time 
(Chrisette Michele) 
These streets hold my deepest days 
This 'hood taught me golden ways 
Made me (truly, this is what made me) 
Break me (not a thing's gonna break me) 
These streets hold my deepest days 
This 'hood taught me golden ways 
Made me (truly, this is what made me) 
Break me (not a thing's gonna break me) 
Oh, I'm that history, I'm that block 
I'm that lifestyle, I'm that spot 
I'm that kid by the numbered spot 
That's my past that made me hot 
Here's my lifelong anthem... Can't forget about you 

2nd VERSE (Nas) 
Can't forget about the old school 
Bam, Caz, Melly Mel, Flash 
Rock Steady spinnin' on they back 
Can't forget when the first rap Grammy went to Jazzy 
Fresh Prince, Fat Boyz broke up 
Rap hasn't been the same since 
So irregular, how it mess you up when Mr. T became a wrestler 
Can't forget about Jordan's retirement 
The shot Robert Horry hit to win the game in the finals, kid 
Some things are forever, some things are not 
It's the things we remember that gave the world shock 
They stay in a place in your mind so snug 
Like who the person was with whom you first made love 

CHORUS 
(Nas) 
When was the last time you heard a real anthem? 
Nas, The Millionaire, The Mansion? 
When was the last time you heard your boy, Nas, rhyme? 
Never on schedule, but always on time 
(Chrisette Michele) 
These streets hold my deepest days 
This 'hood taught me golden ways 
Made me (truly, this is what made me) 
Break me (not a thing's gonna break me) 
These streets hold my deepest days 
This 'hood taught me golden ways 
Made me (truly, this is what made me) 
Break me (not a thing's gonna break me) 
Oh, I'm that history, I'm that block 
I'm that lifestyle, I'm that spot 
I'm that kid by the numbered spot 
That's my past that made me hot 
Here's my lifelong anthem... Can't forget about you 

3rd VERSE (Nas) 
Unforgettable, unsubmittable 
I go by "N" now, just one syllable 
It's the "N" 'cuz the game's tired, it's the same vibe 
Good Times had right after James died 
That's why the gangster rhymers ain't inspired 
Heinous crimes help record sales more than creative lines 
And I don't wanna keep bringin' up the greater times 
But I'm a dreamer, nostalgic with the state of mind 
The past the past, enough of it, 'aight then 
But nothing gives me chills like Douglas and Tyson 
Or Mike when his talk was live 
Or when he first did the moonwalk on Motown 25 

CHORUS 
(Nas) 
When was the last time you heard a real anthem? 
Nas, The Millionaire, The Mansion? 
When was the last time you heard your boy, Nas, rhyme? 
Never on schedule, but always on time 
(Chrisette Michele) 
These streets hold my deepest days 
This 'hood taught me golden ways 
Made me (truly, this is what made me) 
Break me (not a thing's gonna break me) 
These streets hold my deepest days 
This 'hood taught me golden ways 
Made me (truly, this is what made me) 
Break me (not a thing's gonna break me) 
Oh, I'm that history, I'm that block 
I'm that lifestyle, I'm that spot 
I'm that kid by the numbered spot 
That's my past that made me hot 
Here's my lifelong anthem... Can't forget about you 

OUTRO (Nat King Cole) 
That's why darling 
It's incredible 
That someone so unforgettable 
Thinks that I am unforgettable... too

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lyrics submitted on 01-01-2007
lyrics corrected on 01-01-2007