"For real, e'rybody's a star, e'rybody Follow your 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 sittin' spittin' for y'all in by Allah that I'm hittin' for y'all Growin' up on the New York concrete Like a little dish of prodigy cookin' They called me Man all in the boulevard When I was young, my used to party hard Gangs of uncatched kids turned to blood The niggas was Richard Pryor and Ronnie Bump
Skinned knees being bad-ass little boys sirens and baby screams was average noise Hip-Hop came, the ghetto the soundtrack Street to tracks, could you beat that? Malik Taylor it to me He said, "Forget Benny Hill, nigga, MC" years old, rhymin' in the backroom For echoes, we to rhyme in the bathroom
Run-D.M.C., Slick and Doug E. Fresh The Juice rule but who's this nigga KRS? points, too many to wish 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 first tape 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 again, use my life 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 year later, the Tribe was Bonita came, it was wild how she 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
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 Whisperin' hate inside my virgin ears to hurt but, yo, we stood amongst the tears Midnight was tighter, now look at us Condoms is on the rida on the bus
It got funky here, I had to save my life In the snow after the show, I had a wit' Phife Moves to a land to get away but back Job was urkin' us, it sent me through a zone The good thing, I found in the process An angel appeared wit' sneaky ways and gave me 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 my truck, didn't think I'd make it out Had a hit on my life, he thought I screwed his Plus my house burned down, me and was in it My crew was and I knew we had to end it But through all of this, I'm still notes and let hope floats I'm still here, note and let hope float I'm still here, take and let hope float
You can do the same shit I'm doin' You can do the thing that I'm doin', uh-huh I'm here, take note, let it, uh-hah Still here, notes and let it float, ha-ha Still here, 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, here, take notes, let it float, c'mon Do the same thing I'm doin' if ya pay attention
I You can see it Do it, and see it, and be nobody