Just a Moment
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| Single by Nas featuring Quan from the album Street's Disciple |
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| Released | 2005 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | 2004 | ||||
| Genre | Hip hop | ||||
| Length | 4:23 | ||||
| Label | Ill Will/Columbia | ||||
| Writer(s) | Nasir Jones Quan |
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| Producer | L.E.S. | ||||
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"Just a Moment" is the third and last single off of Nas' Street's Disciple. It features his protegé Quan and is produced by L.E.S.. Its lyrics ask for moments of silence for many people, worldwide, going through different life struggles, from victims of the ghetto to soldiers in Iraq.
It contains a sample from "Will You Cry" by Chic that was used similarly in "Hear the Song" by Freeway.
[edit] Music video
The video features an urban surrounding and many reminders of deceased rappers through empty rooms, wind, and liquor being poured out in respect.
Nas mentions Islam and Christianity as ways for one to have or regain faith. Nas also mentions his own mother saying "Mommy I'm still here, wishing I was there with you..." Quan mentions his fallen friends and his promise of taking care of his sister's child, while she is in Iraq. The video version of the song also interprets a change in the fact that the third verse (originally Quan) was changed to having Nas put in an additional rap replacing the end of the third verse:
- Photographs of lost memories
- On the blocks with blunts and Hennessey
- Picture some niggaz in mock neck shirts
- Ballantine Ale in brown bags
- Brothers like to brag 'bout their cousins
- That locked in the system
- We all fall victims, we all call Christian
- or Islamic faith, to restore all our faith
- Barbed wire and tall brick wall
- But we all can escape
This is contrary to the album version of the song, where Quan raps the whole third verse.
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