Album: Vol. 1-In My Lifetime (1997)
[somebody whispering]
Somebody´s pulling me closer to the ground
I aint panicked, I been here before
Seems like only yesterday when I got up on that stage
In front of that crowd
And showed them who was who, & what was what
Man look at these suckers
I aint no rapper, I am a hustler
It just so happens that I know how to rap
Okay, I am reloaded!
(music drops in)
[Jay-Z]
I did it again niggaz
F*cked up, right? I know
I know what y´all niggaz asking yourself
Is he going to ever fall off?
No...
...a lot of speculation
on the monies I have made, honeys I have slayed
How is he for real? Is that nigga really paid?
Hustlers I have met or, dealt with direct
Is it true he slay the beef & slept with a tech?
What´s the position you hold? Can you really match
a triple platinum artist buck by buck by only a single goin gold?
Roc-A-Fella ship fold, & you are left out in the cold
Is it back to charging motherf*ckers 11 for an O
For the millionth time askin me
Questions like Wendy Williams, harrassin me
then get upset when I catch feelings
Can I get a minute to breathe? And in that minute you leave
While I am looking at my Rol´ ice spinnin on my sleeve
Uh, nice watch, do you really have a spot?
Like you said in Friend or Foe & if so, what block?
What you doin in L.A., with phillipinos & ese´s
Latinos & Cheve´s, down by Pico withh Frederico
I answer all your questions but then y´all got to go
Now the question I ask you is how bad you wanna know? BLAOW!
Roc-A-Fella y´all, uhh, uh
Know my style
Motherf*ckers can´t rhyme no more, bout crime no more
Til I am no more, cause I am so raw
My flow expose holes that they find in yours
Wasn´t for me, niggaz still be dying for whores
But I hate when a nigga sit back, admirin yours
Young blood you better get that, we frying baccars
Niggaz don´t wanna be confined to riding the iron horse
And don´t listen to the rappers, they dying to floss
I used to be O.T., applyin the force
Shoot up the whole block, then the iron I toss
Come back with the click playing Diana Ross
I am the boss & this is how it is going to be
Burnt the turnpike, wild miles on the V
I got mouths to feed until they put flowers on me
And kiss my cold cheek, chicks crying like I was Cochise
Tombstone read ´He Was Holdin No Leaks´
Started from the crack game & then so sweet
Freaked it to the rap game, Jigga the old-G
On MTV, telling ´em how I sold D
And used to back work up out of apartment 4-B
Me & my homie, started out coldies
Picked the mailbox lock cause I aint have no key
Had the cable with the anchor when Jaz made ´Sophie´
Then I went low key, but now I am back it is on
Motherf*ckers
Jigga, uh-huh, yea
Roc-A-Fella y´all
Uhh, feel this
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