"For real, e'rybody's a star, 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 sittin' spittin' for y'all in by Allah that I'm hittin' for y'all Growin' up on the New concrete lookin' Like a little snotty dish of prodigy They called me Little Man all in the When I was young, my used to party hard Gangs of uncatched kids turned to blood The illest niggas was Richard Pryor and Ronnie
Skinned from being bad-ass little boys Police sirens and baby was average noise Hip-Hop came, the ghetto copped the Street poetry to tracks, you beat that? Malik introduced it to me He said, "Forget Hill, nigga, let's MC" Twelve years old, rhymin' in the For echoes, we to rhyme in the bathroom
Run-D.M.C., Slick Rick and Doug E. The Juice Crew rule but who's this KRS? Reference points, too to wish for Battlin' niggas on trains, I raw Never let my die I was happy and goin' to Alee's and Bed-Stuy We our first demo tape Excited like a mawfucka, lookin' for our first
I ("F'real") You can do it ("Listen to the story I 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 nobody
Jungle Brothers, De La, they me little light In Top, Three Feet, Buddy, was aight One year later, the was initiated Bonita came, it was wild how she Can I kick it parled us to our phase So in those days, I truly was amazed How I got up enough to tunes People cheered me, it was Foreign, came Low End Theory
quickly recognized who we are Phife is ill and Busta is a Tours with P.E., Naughty, and the Boys Arsenio Hall, women then evil toys Whisperin' hate my brother's virgin ears Tryin to hurt but, yo, we stood the tears was even 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 fight wit' Moves to a land to get away but back Job was urkin' us, it sent me through a zone The good thing, I found Allah in the An angel wit' sneaky ways and gave me stress Now am I to do? My album's platinum but I'm still 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 them was Crashed my truck, think I'd make it out Had a hit on my life, he thought I his wife Plus my burned down, me and Ands was in it My crew was tired and I we had to end it But all of this, I'm still here Take notes and let floats I'm still here, take note and let hope I'm still here, notes and let hope float
You can do the same that I'm doin' You can do the same thing 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 same thing I'm doin', that I'm doin' Still here, and let it, uh-hah here, take notes, let it float, c'mon Still here, take notes, let it float, Do the same thing that I'm doin' if ya pay
I You can see it Do it, and see it, and be nobody