Nas and DJ Premier are finally bridging two decades of “what if” with Light-Years, their long-dreamed collab dropping December 12 via Mass Appeal, and “My Story Your Story” ft. AZ pulls you into a Queensbridge confessional booth where old Firm flames flicker back to life.
This track, slotted at 11 on the 15-song set, is pure ’90s revival with a 2025 polish: Premier’s dusty vinyl scratches and crisp boom-bap drums cradling Nas’s surgical flows and AZ’s velvet menace like they never clocked out. It’s conscious hip-hop at its core—storytelling as therapy, weaving personal scars into shared tapestries, pondering legacies handed down like heirlooms. Expect bars that nod to Illmatic’s raw blueprints but laced with hindsight: reflections on fatherhood, street echoes fading into mentorship, and that quiet nod to AZ’s “Life’s a Bitch” kinship. Co-produced in marathon sessions that spanned from Premier’s NYC lab to Nas’s LA retreats, it’s the album’s emotional pivot—less flex, more folklore—teased in a cryptic Insta clip last week where the duo hinted at “stories only we could tell.”
Light-Years caps Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It… series, a six-album salute to hip-hop royalty that rolled out Slick Rick, Raekwon, and more since June. This 50-minute masterclass clocks boom-bap anthems like “NY State of Mind Pt. 3” and “Nasty Esco Nasir,” with guests including Q-Tip on “Shine Together” and a surprise De La Soul nod on the closer. No overblown concept—just two gods reclaiming their genesis, ditching trap trends for turntable truth. Recorded amid Premier’s Alchemist tour stops and Nas’s family downtime, it’s a time capsule cracked open, proving patience births plaques.
Nas, at 52, is in god-mode post-King’s Disease sweeps and that Rock Hall nod, evolving from Queensbridge kid to elder oracle while Premier, the scratch surgeon behind Gang Starr and Biggie classics, stays eternally dusty-fingered. This drop? It’s their victory lap on a collab fans prayed for since ’06 Scratch mag teases—Nas trading battle raps for bridge-building, AZ resurfacing like a Firm reunion ghost. Together, they’re schooling the game: hip-hop’s not dead; it’s just light-years wiser.
Dive into the My Story Your Story lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other Light-Years tracks for more of Nas & DJ Premier’s timeless boom-bap wisdom.
| Lead Vocals | Nas, AZ & 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 My Story Your Story by Nas & DJ Premier
[Intro: Nas & AZ]
Sos, Sound Crazy Right Here
Yeah, Immaculate
Sound Like We Opening New Spots in Vegas
It Been a Minute, Esco, Oh, Indeed
Every Time the Right Time
Yeah, Ladies, Y’all Invited
Always, Always, Ladies
Let’s Get Money Now, Let’s Get Money on ‘Em
How Much We Talkin’? Tryna Diversify the Portfolio
What Else, God? Everything Else
Well, Let’s Get to It, Yeah
My Story, Your Story
Weed High, War Stories
Get Fly, Raw Stories
I Could Cry More Stories
Fuck a Orgy, Touch Her Face, Two Mouths Kissin’ on Me
Fuck Off Me, Can’t Fuck ‘Em All, That’s Too Costly
Saucy, Suck Her Softly, Awkwardly Fingerfuckin’ Her Cautiously
Talk to Me, That’s That Joy Brought Thoughtfully
the Mature Me, There’s More to the Story, Glory
Surely, Switch Sides for the Lift Ride, the Fish Fried
It’s Them Guys With They Money Up
Diamonds Jumpin’ Like Bobby With a Gumby Cut
Choosing Wisely, High as the Movie Friday, One Hundred Blunts
Pre-Roll, Never We Fold, Fuck It, Heat Hold
but Me Though, Had to Piss Oz’s Out for My p.o
We Herbalists, Raised by Gangsters on Streets That’s Murderous
Work Too Much, Taking Vacations More, It Work for Us
Thanks to Us, It’s More Fly Living and Less Angel Dust, Tangled Up
Up in the Mountains, Don’t Let ‘Em Hang You Up [Chorus: Nas & AZ]
My Story, Your Story
Weed High, War Stories (Woo)
Get Fly, Raw Stories (Fly)
Who Could Cry More Stories? [Verse 2: Nas & AZ]
Glasses Tilt Pour for Me, Brownstone Four Stories
Eyes on All Glory, We Outgrown Them Worn Mauri’s
With the Mic Cord, I Could Talk to Gd’s and Vice Lords
Folk Nation, Mexican Gangs, That’s Doin’ Life for It
Criss Cross, Crash Out, Kitted Cars Cashed Out
Cul De Sac Glass House, Solar Facts, Ask ‘Bout
Twelve Jewels, Show and Prove, Earth Revolve Around the Sun
to Know Whom and What You Are, Food Shelter Bound to Come
Love, Peace and Happiness, This Is What We Rappin’ With
Still, We Ain’t Havin’ It, Relaxed Around the Savages
Exactly What Our Fabric Is, Others Are Embarrassin’
Arm and Hammer Balancin’ Sneaker Box What the Cash Was in
Battleland, Back Then Bricks Built From a Half a Gram, Ashy Hands
No Gloves Cookin’ Up, Had a Master Plan (Woo) [Chorus: Nas & AZ]
My Story, Your Story
Weed High, War Stories
Get Fly, Raw Stories
I Could Cry More Stories
My Story, Your Story
Weed High, War Stories
Get Fly, Raw Stories
Who Could Cry More Stories?
[Outro: Nas, Az & Nas & AZ]
360, This Crazy Right Here, This Was Needed
We Needed This Right Here (Turn Up)
Yeah, Another Joint, Yeah
Tied One, We Tied the Knot on This One, Yes, Sir
Qb, What’s Goin’ On? Brooklyn
Bk, Worldwide, Yeah
Serious Right Here, Bronx
Y’all Wanted This, Harlem
This What Y’all Wanted
Staten Island (What Else Y’all Want?), Long Island (Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha), Yeah
Esco, What Up, Sos?
Time Is Perfect It Is, Man
What This, Your Twentieth Joint? Huh
This Is Like, Yeah, I Can’t Even Count No More
Serious Right Here, Man
You Know What I Mean?
You Know What I Mean, Bro?
Feel Good, This Feel Good, Man
This Feel Like Delancey Street, This Feel Like (Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha)
Feel Like Albee Square Mall, It Feel Like
Yo, This Is, This Is, This Is, This Is 2030 Right Now (Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha)
We From the Cloth, Kid, Yeah, Boy
Preemo, Preem
Shit Another Classic, Man, Bring It to a Closure
a Little Story
a Little Story
a Little Story
a Little Story
