Nas and DJ Premier are closing a 20-year loop with Light-Years, their long-teased collab album hitting December 12 on Mass Appeal, and GiT Ready rolls in as track two—like a street sermon that grabs you by the collar, urging you to lace up before the world tests your nerve.
This cut dives straight into boom-bap revival territory, all crisp snares and vinyl-warm scratches that Premier has been perfecting since Illmatic days. At just under three minutes, it’s Nas in storyteller mode, weaving themes of vigilance and self-reliance over a loop that feels both timeless and urgent. Think bars about dodging traps and owning your path, delivered with that Queensbridge drawl that cuts through the haze. No guests here—it’s pure duo chemistry, the kind where Premier’s beats leave space for Nas to philosophize without rushing, blending ’90s grit with a subtle nod to today’s hustle. Creatively, it’s them reclaiming the blueprint: raw, unpolished hip-hop that prioritizes lyricism over flash, like they’re reminding everyone why they defined an era.
Light-Years caps off Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It… series, a seven-album run celebrating hip-hop icons, and this one’s the grand send-off tied to Illmatic’s 30th anniversary. The 15-track lineup unfolds like a career scrapbook: opener “My Life Is Real” sets the personal tone, “NY State of Mind Pt. 3” picks up the thread from the classic, and it builds through cuts like the AZ-assisted “My Story Your Story” and the reflective closer “3rd Childhood.” The whole thing’s executive-produced by Premier, pulling from sessions that started back in 2006—delayed by life, but now a testament to persistence. Fans got the tracklist drop just days ago via Nas’s Instagram, with mood clips teasing that dusty-sample soul.
For Nas, this lands at a high-water mark—fresh off his Grammy-winning King’s Disease trilogy and that reflective Magic hour with Hit-Boy—where he’s leaning back into street poetry with renewed fire. Premier, ever the architect, brings his Gang Starr Foundations polish, but here it’s intimate, like two old generals mapping the next war. Together, they’re not just dropping bars; they’re handing down the torch, evolving their sound by honoring the roots without getting stuck there.
Dive into the GiT Ready lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other Light-Years tracks for more of Nas & DJ Premier’s golden era revival.
| Lead Vocals | Nas & DJ Premier |
| Songwriter | Nas & DJ Premier |
| Music Producer | DJ Premier |
| Label | Mass Appeal Records |
| Release Date | December 12, 2025 |
| Song Language | English |
| Copyright © | Mass Appeal Records |
Lyrics of GiT Ready by Nas & DJ Premier
[Intro: Nas]
Git Ready
Yo, Preem, Give Me That Turnaround
Yeah, That’s It
[Verse 1: Nas]
Jesus, the King Out of Queensbridge, At-Ease Us With Your Lyrical Thesis
Me, Just Chillin’, Buildings, High Ceilings, Billions of My Vision
Please, I’m From the Peas, Vvs on Freeze, [?]
Esco-Pablo, Silked Out in Cabo, the Prettiest, High-Tech Like Nvidia
Just That Smart, I Know a Little ‘Bout a Lot
When You Come From Less, You Learn Particular Plots
From Whippin’ ‘Em Pots, Checkin’ in on Parlays
a Parfait’s How My Days Start, We on Player Shit
Dinners [?], We Leavin’ Big Tips, I Taught Some of Y’all How to Eat
but I Won’t Trip, Taught Some of Y’all How to Dress, but Some of Y’all Still a Mess
Serial Investors, Serial Killer Threats, Turn Ether to Etherium, Y’all Wanna Bet?
I Got a Crypto Kid, Come With a Password
Then I Flipped That Key, the Digital Cash Work
but Then I Get Bored of That, It’s Too Small, I’m Off of That
Cigars on the Roof Now, Midtown Where the Authors at
[Chorus: Nas]
Mr. Crypto, Currency, Scarface, Pay That Nigga His Chips (Yeah)
I Lay Criminal Lines Down Over More Bass
the Boom, the Bip, the Boom-Bip
Mr. Crypto, Currency, Scarface, Pay That Nigga His Chips (Yeah)
I Lay Down Digital Lines Over More Bass (Woah, Woah)
[Verse 2: Nas]
Think It’s a Shame, These Kids, They See No Freakniks
d.c. Howard Homecomings and Wild Weekends
Youngsters Said, When I’m Grown, I’m Comin’
Then Got Grown, Start Clubbin’, and Doin’ Drugs We Wasn’t
When I Was Young, I Only Wanted Moët
I Only Saw the Next Ten Minutes, Adhd, I Guess
Things Unchanged, Now I Wanna Add a Extra Zero, Be the Hood Hero
Turbo Maybach, V12, Go Zero-to-Sixty in Less Than Four Seconds
We Move No Less Than Four Weapons (Pow-Pow)
This Ain’t No Contract Killers, This Ain’t the Drug Trade (Uh)
No Chainsaws, Cocaine Wars, No Blood Stains
I’m From the Block With a Chain, This the New Blockchain
but My Portfolio Is Many Things, From Quantum Computing
to Biotech ‘Cause It’s Life Improvin’, Degradable Plastic Trash Removin’
and When the Market Is Down, It’s Like the Hustle When No Pope Is Around
Your Palms Itch When Opportunity’s Found
[Chorus: Nas]
It’s Mr. Crypto, Currency, Scarface, Pay That Nigga His Chips (Yeah)
I Lay Criminal Lines Down Over More Bass
the Boom, the Bip, the Boom-Bip
Mr. Crypto, Currency, Scarface, Pay That Nigga His Chips (Yeah)
I Lay Down Digital Lines Over More Bass (Woah, Woah)
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