Nas I gave you power

I Gave You Power is a 1996 hip hop song by rapper Nas. It is often considered a standout song on his second album It Was Written. It is produced by DJ Premier, who samples Theme Bahamas by jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal for the song s melody. The song s lyrics are an extended metaphor in which Nas personifies a gun. Other songs with gun metaphors In 1994, rap duo Organized Konfusion released the song Stray Bullet in which they personified a bullet. Shortly after It Was Written was released in 1996, Tupac Shakur compared his girlfriend to a gun on the song Me and My Although the song was released posthumously, member s of Tupac s group, The Outlawz, claim that Shakur was influenced by I Gave You I Gave You Power Nas Damn Look how muhfuckers use a nigga Just use me for whatever the fuck they want I don t get to say shit Just grab me, just do what the fuck they