"For real, a star, e'rybody shine your heart and not mankind For real, for real, I'm 'bout to do my thing to Said shine, c'mon"
It's not luck that I'm here spittin' for y'all Preeld in by Allah that I'm for y'all Growin' up on the New concrete lookin' Like a little snotty dish of prodigy They me Little Man all in the boulevard When I was young, my family used to party Gangs of uncatched kids to blood ketchup The illest niggas was Richard and Ronnie Bump
Skinned knees from being little boys Police and baby screams was average noise Hip-Hop came, the ghetto the soundtrack poetry to tracks, could you beat that? Malik introduced it to me He said, "Forget Hill, nigga, let's MC" Twelve years old, in the backroom For echoes, we to rhyme in the bathroom
Run-D.M.C., Slick and Doug E. Fresh The Juice Crew rule but who's nigga KRS? Reference points, too many to for niggas on trains, I stay raw Never let my die I was happy and goin' to Alee's and Bed-Stuy We made our first demo Excited like a mawfucka, lookin' for our first
I ("F'real") You can do it ("Listen to the I tell yo) Be abidin', (F'real")
I ("Don't let 'em to front you") You can see it ("Get up and follow me and flow again, use my as an example") Do it, and see it, and be else
Jungle Brothers, De La, they gave me little In Top, Feet, Buddy, that was aight One year later, the was initiated Bonita came, it was how she dominated Can I kick it parled us to our phase So drunk in those days, I was amazed How I got up enough to tunes People cheered me, it was Foreign, came Low End Theory
People recognized who we are Phife is ill and Busta is a Tours P.E., Naughty, and the Geto Boys Arsenio Hall, women then were evil Whisperin' hate my brother's virgin ears to hurt but, yo, we stood amongst the tears Midnight was tighter, now look at us is on the rida stored on the bus
It got right here, I had to save my life In the snow after the show, I had a fight wit' Moves to a to get away but back home Job was urkin' us, it sent me through a zone The good thing, I found Allah in the An angel appeared wit' sneaky ways and me stress Now am I to do? My album's platinum but I'm feelin' blue, c'mon
Yeah, Yeah, ("You can do it") Yeah, Yeah, ("I know")
Yeah, ("You can see it") Yeah, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Makin' my way, the wilderness has fierce Redemption and my heart, both of was pierced Crashed my truck, didn't think I'd it out Had a hit on my life, he thought I screwed his my house burned down, me and Ands was in it My was tired and I knew we had to end it But through all of this, I'm here Take and let hope floats I'm still here, take and let hope float I'm here, take notes and let hope float
You can do the same shit that I'm You can do the same thing I'm doin', uh-huh I'm here, take note, let it, uh-hah here, take notes and let it float, ha-ha Still here, and let it You can do the same thing I'm doin', thing I'm doin' Still here, and let it, uh-hah Still here, take notes, let it float, Still here, notes, let it float, c'mon Do the same thing that I'm if ya pay attention
I You can see it Do it, and see it, and be nobody