Reminisce

## Song by Nas

"**Reminisce**" is the eighth track from American rapper Nas' sixteenth studio album, *King's Disease III* (2022). It samples the 1992 song "You Remind Me" by Mary J. Blige.

## Critical reception

*Complex* analyzed, "he pairs his present with his past, recalling memories of illicit dealings as a middle school dropout before comparing himself to an NFL legend who, like Nas, has prolonged his prime." *RapReviews.com* remarked, "He is name-dropping the celebrities you'd expect a 49-year-old to, which makes the use of lit on "Reminisce" all the more jarring [...] It feels forced and a fashionable inclusion rather than part of the artist's natural lexicon."

## Personnel

* Chauncey "Hit-Boy" Hollis III – writer, producer, programmer
* Dave Hall – writer
* David Kim – recording engineer, mixer
* Jesse Blum – writer, producer
* Jun Kim – co-mixing engineer
* Mark "Exit" Goodchild – AR& administrator
* Mike Bozzi – mastering engineer
* Nasir "Nas" Jones – vocals, writer
* Patrice Rushen – writer

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

Go, go, go, go

Go, go, go, go

Go, go, go, go

Go, go, go, go

[Refrain]

My comfort give you discomfort

Just know that in the hood, they gon' bump this

And I'm only strong as my circle

The things that shaped me would've murked you

[Verse 1]

I didn't have to die so that they could call me the great one

Didn't take a couple albums, people said it from day one

From wings with hot sauce to tuna tartare, driven in RRs

From hidin' from robbery victims in back of cop cars

Tatted from my neck to abdomen

Almost gettin' shot was averagin' once every two weeks

Blessed what I had to been

These painful words, hearing these liars puttin' my name in dirt

Aim and I burst, pistol practice until my fingers hurt

I hit my target, uh, I up the margin

What they on? You know how Nas do, don't get me started

Chic, sleek and snazzy from a small family

Fine taste and I hate the unsatisfactory

We can gun blast or party, Great Gatsby theme

Bring your first ladies or come with your new nasty thing

'Cause every other day I'm remindin' myself

I reached every goal that was high on the shelf

[Refrain]

My comfort give you discomfort

Just know that in the hood, they gon' bump this

And I'm only strong as my circle

The things that shaped me would've murked you

[Chorus]

(The things that shaped me)

And I don't like to reminisce

(The things that shaped me)

'Cause what we doin' right now is really lit

(The things that shaped me would've murked you)

[Verse 2]

When you high as me, you get highly critiqued

Hopped on a beat, purposefully soundin' like '9-3

None quite like me, so haters can S-M-D

When they bitter like black liquorice, my life still sweet

I went for the cash grab, crack cash was my math class

Fresh white tee, two diamond crosses look like a hashtag

News is fake, never knew I'd soon relate

To Tom Brady goin' for seven in Tampa Bay

It's that crazy, I ain't never been bothered, that bothered you

You ain't born for this shit, being great is too hard for you

That's a hater problem, they try to say it first what you might say about 'em

While you stuck in the past, I stay vibin'

Can't just reminisce only, gotta live in the moment

Talked my shit at the MOMA with The Weeknd performin'

I'm chosen, got off the big Boeing in Rick Owens

Rick owe us, peep how different it look on us

[Refrain]

My comfort give you discomfort

Just know that in the hood, they gon' bump this

And I'm only strong as my circle

The things that shaped me would've murked you

[Chorus]

(The things that shaped me)

The streets, the beef, the beats

(The things that shaped me)

The creeps, the thieves, defeat

The things that shaped me would've murked you

[Bridge]

And I don't like to reminisce (Shout to Mary J. Blige, Y-O, QB)

'Cause what we doin' right now is really lit

Those things were great man but today what we doin' is next level

And I don't like to reminisce (That was then, this is now)

'Cause what we doin' right now is really lit (It's about right now)

The things that shaped me would've murked you

[Verse 3]

Trippin' on 'em, spinnin' corners

Distant times, I reminisce on 'em

Reminisce, and my past ain't the prettiest

There was a time they wasn't feelin' us

Mass Appeal, now we really up

Reminisce, relationships ain't the prettiest

I was stuck on the silliness, was it love that I was really in?

We don't know until it really end, but then it's too late, reminisce

Reminisce

## References

1. ↑ Berry, Peter (November 16, 2022). "Nas Celebrates Living to Tell the Tale on 'King's Disease III'". *Complex*.
2. ↑ Jones, Grant (November 29, 2022). "Nas :: *King's Disease III*". *RapReviews.com*.

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