When I was young, Mama bought me a A microphone and she I'd go far She said, "Just keep it raw, the hardcore" to my talk and get up, I'm on the corner with my
Hey kids, around, it's Wyclef and Melky Sedeck I got a story to tell, we go
Sit right back and a tale of a hustler 'round my way He used to clock around the from where my grandma stayed Black BMW with rims to match, bulletproof One night, he out the car And caught a in his bubblegoose He caught a in his bubblegoose He caught a in his bubblegoose You can be at the gettin' loose But you can catch a in your bubblegoose
Hey yo, hey yo, my pen's in my hand, OK, what I write next? Oh yeah, and if you don't know, success brings I'm vexed, my phone rings, caller from Jeff The say, "If you accept, say yes" "Yes, the deal, son?" "Yo, I got bad news" Yo, by the of his voice, I heard the I'll street blues "The friends make you, them too can break you plan an execution like Fu Manchu" "Who?" "You know the from channel 5 kung-fu (wahoo)" "Slow down, man, Jeff, I'm you" "Hey yo, your Rohann..." "Uh-huh" "Who used to bang" "Uh-huh" "DT's found his in the back of Bennigans" "What?" "In a bag with a note attached" "Saying what?" "A and a half or he won't be back" "So me by the Brooklyn Bridge, 12:00 sharp" "If not, at the funeral, you play the harp" Yo, why they wanna start and make me play my Don't they know like Sting, I can turn this murder art? I jumped into my car, there's gotta be a Traffic's up, who's in town, the Pope? S-s-s-s-someone blew the horn, I and looked left To my surprise, it was my sis, Melky
Sit right back and hear a tale of a hustler my way He used to clock around the block where my grandma stayed Black BMW rims to match, windows bulletproof One night, he out the car And caught a in his bubblegoose He a bullet in his bubblegoose He caught a in his bubblegoose You can be at the gettin' loose But you can a bullet in your bubblegoose
You're in the opposite position I'm thinkin', "Should I fire or hold on ammunition On wig transition?" My mission, like Take 6, is to spread But all you screwed mugs got me black gloves You up in my face, I see the fear in your You gonna feel the like a grown man gettin' circumcised Shalom, shalom, my left But my right hand's on your throat, you to death You provoke the cycle, call You're in the mirror, well, I'm in your window, oh oh You hear me Urkel, your blood turn purple Like the color, you holler, for your mother No-one you even though you knock You used to around the block with the daily rock Things done since your spark got hot Now you got your knot wocked your very own Glock
Sit right and hear a tale of a hustler 'round my way He used to clock the block from where my grandma stayed Black BMW with rims to match, bulletproof One night, he out the car And caught a in his bubblegoose He caught a in his bubblegoose He caught a in his bubblegoose You can be girl gettin' loose But you can a bullet in your goose He a bullet in his bubblegoose He caught a bullet in his You can be at the party loose But you can catch a in your goose