[Intro: Nas]
Madonna, life is so crazy.
You've been through a lot.
I'll tell you stories sometimes, y'know?
[Verse 1: Madonna]
Seemed like yesterday, I was a baby on the street,
I took a holiday, I was stepping to the beat,
I had to pay my rent on the Lower East Side,
I threw my tag around, let B-boys take me for a ride.
I started writing songs, I kinda got into the groove,
They tried to criticize my every single move,
But then I realized I had nothing left to lose,
It took me by surprise when I became the news.
[Chorus: Madonna]
I was fearless like a renegade,
I had a feeling that I can't explain,
I didn't listen to what people said,
I came, I saw, I conquered.
I was constant as a Northern Star,
I had a fire burning in my heart,
I never gave up fighting in the dark,
Let's go!
I came, I saw, I conquered.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
[Verse 2: Madonna]
Talk to 'em, talk to 'em.
I expressed myself, came like a virgin down the aisle,
Exposed my naked ass, and I did it with a smile.
And when it came to sex, I knew I walked the borderline,
And when I struck a pose, all the gay boys lost their mind.
I justified my love, I made you say a little prayer,
Had me crucified, you know I had to take it there,
I opened up my heart, I learned the power of good bye,
I saw a ray of light, music saved my life, music saved my life.
[Chorus: Madonna]
I was fearless like a renegade,
I had a feeling that I can't explain,
I didn't listen to what people said,
I came, I saw, I conquered.
I was constant as a Northern Star,
I had a fire burning in my heart,
I never gave up fighting in the dark,
Let's go!
I came, I saw, I conquered.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
[Verse 3: Nas]
In 1994 I came through the door
With that born beats versus scratches,
Verbally murdered rappers.
My mom's from the Carolina's, pops from Natchez,
And QB's where I started flowin',
But I was scared the cops was gonna kick my apartment door in.
Had a baby girl by a crazy girl, then I got married,
Heavily accosted, that ended in a bad divorce,
I know how to pick 'em, don't I?
Never gave a fuck about public pressure
Or the ridicule, I'm too big to lose,
Now who's the fool?
And I ain't never been happier, no lie,
I'm just your humble servant, I'm Nas!
If y'all burn down Ferguson, I'ma riot,
My life cannot be compared to anybody,
Any trapsters, and rappers,
Any politicians, beauticians or musician,
Anybody, so I'm anybodies.
Many coffins, heads or tails,
Penny tosses, we either dead or in jail,
Not many options on the block I came from.
And I turned to a rap messiah, spit rapid fire,
And I roll right back to the block I came from.
[Chorus: Madonna]
I was fearless like a renegade,
I had a feeling that I can't explain,
I didn't listen to what people said,
I came, I saw, I conquered.
I was constant as a Northern Star,
I had a fire burning in my heart,
I never gave up fighting in the dark,
Let's go!
I came, I saw, I conquered.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
[Outro: Nas]
Madonna on the track,
Nas in the back.