Abracadabra

## Song by Nas

"**Abracadabra**" is a song by American rapper Nas, released as the second track from his sixteenth studio album, *Magic 2* (2023). It samples the 2018 conversation between Radio Rahim and Deontay Wilder, entitled "Deontay Wilder BLASTS Radio Rahim In His FACE!," at the end.

## Personnel

* Chauncey "Hit-Boy" Hollis Jr. – writer, producer, programmer, recording engineer
* David Kim – mixer, recording engineer
* Jun Kim – assistant engineer
* Mike Bozzi – mastering engineer
* Nasir "Nas" Jones – vocals, writer, producer

## Critical reception

*Pitchfork* remarked, "When he spits lines with catchphrases and slogans like 'Durag energy/I'm on a wave, you n\*\*\*as cap' or ends a handful of others with 'for real' on "Abracadabra," it feels forced, like he’s cycling through Urban Dictionary tabs open on a laptop in the booth."

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro: Nas]

I wanna hear the new shit

Lil', a lil' somethin'

I feel a lot of hate since I've been creatin' with Hit

I'm feelin' a lot of the hate since I've been creatin' with Hit

I gotta say what it is, say what it is

It's comin' in (Ayy)

[Refrain: Nas]

They gonna try me, they on my body, no Illuminati (No Illuminati)

No way to describe me, no other word, other than godly (Godly)

I run it back to back to back to back, ain't no one beside me (No)

I'm doin' 'em grimy, yeah, I don't know what got inside me, yeah (Yeah)

[Verse 1: Nas]

Durag energy, I'm on a wave, you n\*\*\*as cap

Give you the shakes like "Faces of Death" tapes when that lady got hit on the track

I'm seein' black so I gotta black, the magic is black (Magic is black)

What generation don't listen to Nas, don't listen to rap (Listen to rap)

Spit on my platinum plaques, they probably spit on my grave, for real

I split 'em like Puff and Ma$e for real 'cause I got a budget to waste, for real

Hit-Boy on the drum and the bass (Bass), nobody jump on the stage

R.I.P. Trouble, but n\*\*\*as is actin' like they want some trouble today (Let's go)

[Chorus: Nas]

I'ma say what it is, I'm the one takin' the risk (Takin' the risk)

Y'all creatin' the hate, but I be creatin' with Hit' (Hit)

Ain't no way we could miss (No), ain't no way we could miss (No)

Ain't no way we could miss (Yo!), can't put a grade on my shit (Yo!)

[Verse 2: Nas]

Y'all should be ashamed of your list (A plus), I put some pain into this

I put my veins, blood, bones, soul, I put my brain into this

Y'all movin' brainless, anything to be famous (Cadence)

I'm a magician, you should listen, it's never the same tricks

2020 when we did the first one (Yo), five album run, not a cursed one, it's a blessed one

By the time y'all hear this (Yeah), we be halfway through the next one

Bless up (Bless up), all the rappers we lost, I'm hopin' they rest up

Back to my roots like Questlove, still avoidin' the extras

What will they say today? I came from carryin' crates (Carryin' crates)

To chargin' various states, I'm doin' what's never been done to this day (Done to this day)

Even the great can be on a plate, nobody safe

Abracadabra, saw 'em in half and then reattach 'em, I'm doin' magic

Can you escape?

[Chorus: Nas]

I gotta say what it is, I been the one takin' the risk (Takin' the risk)

Y'all creatin' the hate, but I be creatin' with Hit' (Whattup?)

Ain't no way we could miss (Nah), ain't no way we could miss (Yo!)

Ain't no way we could miss (Yo!), can't put a grade on my shit (Oh!)

[Refrain: Nas]

They gonna try me, they on my body, no illuminati (Illuminati)

Killin' 'em easy, God, I'm doin' this thing as a hobby

I'm runnin' it back to back to back to back, ain't no one beside me (No)

I'm doin' 'em grimy, yeah, I don't know what got inside me, yeah (Yeah, yeah)

[Outro: Nas, *Deontay Wilder*]

Yo, Hit', can you believe this?

You are doing juju

Abracadabra n\*\*\*as, hahahahaha

*And you know what I'm talkin' about, man*

*He's fightin' people*

*You know we've been fightin' four-hundred and still fightin' to this day!*

*To this day, to this day!*

*You gon' just sit here and you don't know what I'm talkin' about?*

## References

1. ↑ "Deontay Wilder BLASTS Radio Rahim In His FACE!". *YouTube*. November 28, 2018.
2. ↑ Green, Dylan (July 28, 2023). "*Magic 2*". *Pitchfork*.

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