"For real, a star, e'rybody shine Follow your heart and not For real, for real, I'm 'bout to do my to shine Said shine, c'mon"
It's not luck that I'm sittin' spittin' for y'all Preeld in by Allah that I'm hittin' for up on the New York concrete lookin' Like a little snotty dish of cookin' They called me Little Man all in the When I was young, my family used to party of uncatched kids turned to blood ketchup The illest was Richard Pryor and Ronnie Bump
Skinned knees from bad-ass little boys Police sirens and screams was average noise came, the ghetto copped the soundtrack Street poetry to tracks, could you that? Taylor introduced it to me He said, "Forget Benny Hill, nigga, MC" Twelve years old, rhymin' in the For echoes, we used to in the bathroom
Run-D.M.C., Slick Rick and E. Fresh The Juice Crew rule but this nigga KRS? Reference points, too to wish for niggas on trains, I stay raw Never let my die I was happy and high goin' to Alee's and We made our first tape like a mawfucka, lookin' for our first break
I ("F'real") You can do it ("Listen to the story I yo) Be abidin', (F'real")
I ("Don't let 'em hate to you") You can see it ("Get up and follow me and again, use my life as an example") Do it, and see it, and be nobody
Jungle Brothers, De La, they gave me little In Top, Three Feet, Buddy, was aight One year later, the Tribe was came, it was wild how she dominated Can I kick it parled us to our next So in those days, I truly was amazed How I got up enough to tunes People cheered me, it was Foreign, then Low End Theory
quickly recognized who we are Phife is ill and is a superstar Tours P.E., Naughty, and the Geto Boys Arsenio Hall, women then were evil Whisperin' hate inside my virgin ears Tryin to but, yo, we stood amongst the tears Midnight was even tighter, now at us Condoms is on the stored on the bus
It got funky right here, I had to save my 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 danger The thing, I found Allah in the process An angel appeared wit' sneaky and gave me stress Now am I to do? My album's 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,
my way, the wilderness has grown fierce Redemption and my heart, both of was pierced Crashed my truck, think I'd make it out Had a hit on my life, he thought I his wife 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 still notes and let hope floats I'm still here, take note and let hope I'm still here, take notes and let float
You can do the same shit that I'm You can do the same thing that I'm doin', I'm still here, take note, let it, Still here, take notes and let it float, here, take and let it You can do the thing I'm doin', thing that I'm doin' Still here, and let it, uh-hah Still here, notes, let it float, c'mon here, take notes, let it float, c'mon Do the same thing that I'm doin' if ya pay
I You can see it Do it, and see it, and be nobody