"For real, e'rybody's a star, e'rybody Follow your and not mankind For real, for real, I'm to do my thing to shine Said shine, c'mon"
It's not that I'm sittin' here spittin' for y'all Preeld in by Allah that I'm for y'all Growin' up on the New York concrete Like a little dish of prodigy cookin' called me Little Man all in the boulevard When I was young, my used to party hard Gangs of uncatched turned to blood ketchup The illest niggas was Pryor and Ronnie Bump
Skinned knees from being bad-ass little Police and baby screams was average noise Hip-Hop came, the ghetto the soundtrack Street poetry to tracks, could you beat Malik Taylor it to me He said, "Forget Hill, nigga, let's MC" Twelve old, rhymin' in the backroom For echoes, we used to in the bathroom
Run-D.M.C., Rick and Doug E. Fresh The Juice Crew rule but who's nigga KRS? Reference points, too many to for Battlin' niggas on trains, I raw Never let my die I was happy and high to Alee's and Bed-Stuy We made our demo tape Excited like a mawfucka, for our first break
I ("F'real") You can do it ("Listen to the I tell yo) Be abidin', (F'real")
I ("Don't let 'em hate to 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 nobody
Jungle Brothers, De La, they me little light In Top, Feet, Buddy, that was aight One later, the Tribe was initiated Bonita came, it was how she dominated Can I kick it parled us to our phase So drunk in days, I truly was amazed How I got up enough to tunes People cheered me, it was Foreign, came Low End Theory
People quickly who we are Phife is ill and Busta is a Tours with P.E., Naughty, and the Geto Arsenio Hall, women were evil toys hate inside my brother's virgin ears Tryin to but, yo, we stood amongst the tears was even tighter, now look at us Condoms is on the rida on the bus
It got funky right here, I had to save my In the snow the show, I had a fight wit' Phife Moves to a to get away but back home Job was urkin' us, it me through a danger zone The thing, I found Allah in the process An angel wit' sneaky ways and gave me stress Now am I to do? My platinum but I'm still 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 grown Redemption and my heart, both of was pierced Crashed my truck, didn't I'd make it out Had a hit on my life, he thought I screwed his my house burned down, me and Ands was in it My crew was tired and I we had to end it But through all of this, I'm here Take notes and let hope I'm here, take note and let hope float I'm still here, notes and let hope float
You can do the same that I'm doin' You can do the same that I'm doin', uh-huh I'm still here, take note, let it, Still here, notes and let it float, ha-ha here, take and let it You can do the thing I'm doin', thing that I'm doin' here, take and let it, uh-hah Still here, take notes, let it float, Still here, take notes, let it float, Do the thing that I'm doin' if ya pay attention
I You can see it Do it, and see it, and be else