I Gave You Power

About I Gave You Power

Through personification, the speaker of this song takes the point of view of an illegal handgun caught up in the kind of violence that characterized Nas' upbringing in Crown Heights, Brooklyn and the Queensbridge Houses of Long Island City, Queens. .

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About this song

Credited to

Nas

Album

The Essential Nas · Track 4 of 28

Released

August 20, 2013

Duration

3:52

On Last.fm

184,033 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: The Essential Nas