Fast Life

Kool G Rap, Nas

About Fast Life

"Fast Life" is the second single from American hip hop artist Kool G Rap's 1995 album 4,5,6, featuring Nas Escobar. Released with the song "4,5,6" as a B-side, it later also featured on the compilation album Greatest Hits (2002).


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The time has come, we gotta expand, the whole operation
Distribution, New York, Chicago, L.A.
We gotta set our own market, and enforce it

Champagne wishes and caviar dreams
A team that's gettin' C.R.E.A.M
With sales of fishscales from triple beams 
I gleam, livin' the live of Riley, packin' fifty cali's
Rockin' lizard Bally's while we do a drug deal in a dark alley
Up in casinos, just me and my dino primo
Pushin' Bimm-o's, then parlay in Reno with two fly Latinos
Nas, he runs the whole staff
We count math from steam baths
We've seen a half a milli dashin' out there on the Queens half
Three major players gettin' papers by the layers
And those that betray us on the block get rocked like Amadeus
Fakers get used as shootin' targets soon as the dark hits
Front on the drug market, bodies get rolled up in a carpet
Those that cheat us try to beat us, we got hookers with heaters
That'll stray pop and put more shells in your top than Adidas
The leaders lookin' straight charmin' in our Giorgio Armani's
You wanna harm me and Nas?
You gots to come get through a whole army
The cee-lo rollers, money folders, sippin' Bolla, holdin' mad payola
Slangin' that coke without the Cola
Me and black don't fake jax, but we might sling one
It ain't no shame in our game, we do our thing, son

Livin' the fast life with fast cars
Everywhere we go, people know who we are
A team from outta Queens with the American Dream
So we're plottin' up a scheme to get the seven-figure cream
Livin' the fast life with fast cars
Everywhere we go, people know who we are
A team from outta Queens with the American Dream
So we're plottin' up a scheme to get the seven-figure cream

Yo, I got guns from Italy, smoke trees considerably
Mid-state and Green it seems is where all my niggas be
The ghetto misery, shootouts and liquor stores
A perpendicular angle of the clout war
Police searchin' up my Lexo, but who's petro?
My TEC blows straight off the roof and tests yo' respect, though
But dough don't respect me, it got me handcuffed
The rough life, I just be up nights, breathin' with scuffed Nike's
Pour my beers for my peoples under the stairs
These years, I got they names in my swears
Poppin' Cristal like it's my first child, lickin' shots holiday style
Rockin' Steele sweaters, Wallabee down
Twenty-four carats, countin' cabbage like the Arabs
The marriage of me and the mic is just like magic
Elegant performance, bubble Lex full insurance
Guzzlin' Guinness, shootin', catchin' cases concurrent
It's Nas, seven hundred wives, King Solomon size
We on the rise, me and G, ghetto wise guys
The Luciano, Frankie Yale, Bugsy Seagal
Green papers with eagles from a trade that's illegal

Brother, you've got to make it happen
Yeah, yeah, get this money, yeah
Brother, you've got to make it happen
When you're living in the fast life, hey, yeah, yeah

Ayo, our lifestyle's exquisite, yayo like a blizzard
Esquire attire standin' on ground with one pivot
Two players rockin' silk blazers and diamonds like glaciers
Lands with name brand seats, reclinin' like it's spacious
Bodies on ice, livin' trife, rollin' fixed up dice
Gamblin' Grants, handlin' stamps, moves are sheist
My bankrolls got the cops comin' in plainclothes
Tryna arraign our gang 'cause of our fame
That's how the game goes (true)
Right out the slammer with the fame and glamor
Cookin' up grams with Arm & Hammer
Supplyin' scramblers in Alabama
Rub out faces and leave no traces
My aces got mad body cases, preserve spaces at the horse races
Servin' us Dom, Veuve Clicquot
Dimes look magnifico, puttin' a cut inside perico
Heat for foes, shoppin' sprees with my fleet for clothes
In Caribbean suites deep, rippin' beats with flows
Ayo, we went from standin' on blocks without some socks
Sellin' rocks, to pickin' up stocks in boat docks with Glocks
And got poppy seed fields with million dollar bills
Packin' all the blue steel, we keeps it real inside the battlefield
Yeah, so here's a toast to the funds and things
Gun smokes in rings, graveyards is buried with kings

Livin' the fast life with fast cars
Everywhere we go, people know who we are
A team from outta Queens with the American Dream
So we're plottin' up a scheme to get the seven-figure cream
Livin' the fast life with fast cars
Everywhere we go, people know who we are
A team from outta Queens with the American Dream
So we're plottin' up a scheme to get the seven-figure cream

Brother, I got to make it happen
Yes, get this money, yo
You know I got to make it happen
Yes, get this money, yo

Livin' in the fast life
I'm livin' in the fast life
Livin' in the fast life, oh yeah, ayy
Livin' in the fast life
Livin' in the fast life

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Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones ( /nɑːˈsɪər/; born September 14, 1973), better known mononymously as Nas ( /ˈnɑːz/), is an American rapper and actor. He is also the son of jazz musician Olu Dara. Nas has released eight consecutive platinum and multi-platinum albums since 1994, four of which topped the Billboard charts upon release and has sold over thirteen-million records in the United States alone. Nas was also part of the hip hop supergroup The Firm, which released one album under Dr. Dre's record label Aftermath. Aside from rapping, Nas is also an occasional actor and has appeared in feature films such as Hype Williams' directorial debut Belly, Ticker and In Too Deep and the television show Hawaii Five-0. more »

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Written by: Anthony Best, Bernard Jackson, David Conley, David Townsend, Nasir Jones, Nathaniel Wilson

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC

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12 facts about this song

Genre Classification
- "Fast Life" by Kool G Rap and Nas is classified under the hip-hop genre, which emphasizes rhythm and rhymes.
Release Date
- The song "Fast Life" was released as a single in 1995.
Album
- This track is included in Kool G Rap's fourth studio album titled "4,5,6" which marked his solo debut, after releasing three studio albums as a part of the duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo.
Lyrics
- The lyrics of "Fast Life" revolve around the glamour, risks, and repercussions of swift and easy financial success, hence, the name "Fast Life".
Producer
- The song was produced by Buckwild, a well-known producer who is part of a production team named Diggin' in the Crates Crew.
Collaboration
- This song is a notable collaboration because it features Nas, one of the most influential rappers in the hip-hop world, known for his exceptional storytelling ability and lyricism.
Remixes
- Norfside Remix and the Draper's Drama mix are the two popular remix versions of "Fast Life".
Chart Performance
- The song peaked at number 3 on the Hot Rap Singles and number 37 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.
Samples
- "Fast Life" samples two songs - "Funky President (People It's Bad)" by James Brown and "I Can't Believe You're Gone" by The Barrino Brothers.
Music Video
- A music video for "Fast Life" was also released, which mainly features Kool G Rap and Nas performing the song.
Lyric Referencing
- The line "son's knowin' one day I'd be the gun" from "Fast Life" was later referenced by Nas in his song "No Bad Energy" from the album "The Lost Tapes 2" (2019).
Legacy
- Despite being released over 25 years ago, "Fast Life" continues to be respected and celebrated within hip-hop circles for its exceptional lyricism and storytelling.

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