It Was Written Album Intro
*Yee-hah's and whips cracking in background*

-Hey Nas, hey hey boy, you see what they done did to Jimmy and Lee.

Nas:Mmmhmm. Damn, man.

-I can't take it man.

Nas:Sho' can't.

-You think this is gonna eva' change?

Nas:Man, damn this place, man! Damn these chains! These damn

chitlins every damn night.

-This cotton.

Nas:Shit!

-I can't take it man.

Nas:Harriett done left the night befo'. It's time we go.

Aint no place for black folk here. Man, promise land callin'

me man.

-It's callin' me too.

Nas:It's time we go.

-Yeah, I'm wichou!

Nas:Hey man, hey damn these chains, man. Damn you master, you

ain't my master, man!

*Sounds of punching and bumping*

Nas:You aint nothin', you aint nothin.



-Hey Bandit, Bandit, get the dogs! Get the hounds, we gonna

have ourselves a hangin' tonight!



Nas:Nineteen-ninety-six!

Back up in this nigga.

The right way, though, you know?

-Double-tre son, you know aint nothin'

coincedental or accidental, son.

Nas:No doubt!

-You know how it's goin' down, man.

Nas:It was all written.

-No question, I'm sayin' man, I mean, how we playin' man,

you know what I'm sayin', they dealt us in, son.

They playin' with a fifty-four deck, you see with the

Jokers in and everything, you know what I'm saying?

Nas:Son, I'm playin' with the fifty-two.

-You wanna stress on how I used to play, that's how I play.

Nas:But, yo, they takin' us into this next millenium, right now.

-I'm sayin' law, you know what I'm sayin' we gotta lay the law,

cause without law aint no order, you know what I'm sayin',

that's why these cats ar