Office Hours

## Song by Nas featuring 50 Cent

"**Office Hours**" is the third track from American rapper Nas' sixteenth studio album, *Magic 2* (2023). It features guest vocals from 50 Cent, with production handled by Hit-Boy. It samples the 1969 song "I Can Sing a Rainbow / Love Is Blue" by The Dells.

50 Cent confirmed their collaboration days prior on July 18, where he stated, "Yal ain't herd me in minute, @nas felt like it was time so it's done. Check us out Friday 7.21 MAGIC 2 (Office Hours)."

## Personnel

* Arthur Hamilton – writer
* Chauncey "Hit-Boy" Hollis Jr. – writer, producer, programmer, recording engineer
* Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson III – vocals, writer
* David Kim – mixer, recording engineer
* Jun Kim – assistant engineer
* Mike Bozzi – mastering engineer
* Nasir "Nas" Jones – vocals, writer, producer
* Pierre Cour
* Rogét Chahayed – writer
* Samuel Katz – writer

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro: Nas]

Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh

Yeah, yeah

No reason to stop, ah

That shit just flowin' like water

Let it float

Bruce Lee said, "Be like water, flow like water"

Just coast

Don't even think about that

Hip-Hop's back

[Chorus: Nas]

Esco, they know over 808's or fatal over samples

I go yayo, crack music like the Ye song plugged in

Jumper cables, trap bumpin' like prenatal

'70s I played with Play-Doh, all I see a bunch of Fredos

[Verse 1: Nas]

*Godfather*, they on payroll, they on go, when I say so

Not to kill, not a halo

They gon' build, plant tomatoes in the field

Not O.J., white truck negotiator on the phone

Talkin' paper, office hours all day though

I'm from the hood that started the YERRR (YERRR)

Go and check and do your research, I started the surge

That big necklace shit

After the '80s, after Rakim, I resurrected it

Chest is lit, freezin', I'm polar vortexin' it

Got it, quiz me, am I gonna step from the business? (Uh-huh)

A lot of fillings in this game like I just left the dentist (Sheesh)

Without a numbin' needle

I feed the people 'cause I love the people

Two series at once, yeah, let's run the sequel

[Bridge: Nas]

If I really gotta dumb it down for some of y'all

That's that Magic and KD at the same time

Not Dumber or Dumber

This ain't a Dumb or Dumber sequel

Jeff Daniels, Jim Carrey's my mans (Yeah)

But here's the plan

[Verse 2: Nas, *50 Cent*]

Multitasker

I don't need an OG pass

See my trajectory is everlastin' like Curtis Jackson

Hit 105 and did a crazy tirade

I'm surprised that I acted that way

A baby MAC-10, on my yak shit

Carhartt in the cold

Don't get confused or used or let them bother your soul

Rap what I live, I sleep good, I have no vendettas

We the reason you spell "NY" with capital letters, listen

And for those who want my position

You gotta step inside a time machine, come back with a vengeance

You should go study my analytics

I shouted people on verses that ain't deserve it

When it's turf shit, I stand on business

Shout to the ones at home, I gave passes

Could've been a lot of graves full of caskets

Damn, I'm a good guy

For that I think I'm blessed more

All these Fredos could've been added to the death score

There'll be second line dancin' on St. Charles Street

New Orleans band was jammin', playin' a raw beat

They gon' miss him, sad, they say they stopped his heartbeat

Like his arteries clogged from feastin' on some hard meat (*Haha*)

[Verse 3: 50 Cent]

Innocent victim

Stick 'em, get 'em, book 'em

Good you got 'em, glad you took 'em

Black and wasn't lookin', headshot

Drill shit up the pole, peel shit, .40 Glock

Kill switch, run, bitch, you still hit

Ratpack 'em, jump 'em, gun butt 'em, lump 'em

He fight back, slump him

This shit ain't 'bout nothin'

You saw it but you ain't seen shit

This is Queens shit

No ifs, ands or buts in between shit

[Bridge: 50 Cent]

It's 50, n\*\*\*a

You already know how I get when I get on my bullshit (Ha, haha)

N\*\*\*as tweakin' and geekin' (Huh, huh)

Southside, n\*\*\*a, QB n\*\*\*a, yeah

Son, what we gon' do? Where Jungle at?

What we gon' do?

We stayin' in here or we goin' out?

Shit, we should go out, we rich as a motherfucka

[Chorus: Nas]

Esco, they know over 808's or fatal over samples

I go yayo, crack music like the Ye song plugged in

Jumper cables, trap bumpin' like prenatal

'70s I played with Play-Doh, all I see a bunch of Fredos

[Outro: Nas]

All I see a bunch of Fredos

All I see a bunch of Fredos, all I—

All I see is a bunch of Fredos, ha

Ha, ayo Fif', I might put my next album out on G-Unit

You let 'em slap you around out here

You can't let 'em slap you around out here, it's bad for the family

They put a hand on you, you put two on them

Fuckin' Fredos

One thing I hate is a fuckin' Fredo

It's bad for the family

## References

1. ↑ "50 Cent (@50cent)". *Instagram*. July 18, 2023.

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