'I know a lot of fiends by their first name'.....
This is a Nas favorite of mine too, esp. a favorite of the unreleased 'Death of Escobar' material, slated for 'I Am', where Nas was going from Esco 'Wanna Play Rough' to 'Blaze a 50' to introspective and semi defeated in 'Sometimes I Wonder' and 'Drunk By Myself'....