Say ho, say ho By the way yo I said shake your soul way back in the day-yo By the way yo, say ho say, say
And it out now Who is the cat out on the town And make the whole dining room turn head round Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the trunk with the bass on Who be riding up in the high elevator Other tenants who be praying they the new neighbor Mr Nigga, Nigga They try to play him like a chump he got what they want
He under thirty years old but already a pro trousers slung low cause his pockets stay swoll' Could to get up and be anywhere he go V.I.P. at the club, at the show (Yes y'all) the best crib, the clothes Hottest whips on the neck and wrists on froze (say word) with O's o-o-o-o-ohs Straight all the globe watch got three time-zones Keep the phone up to his dome Two assistants, two bank accounts, two One problem; even the O's on his check The po-po stop him and show no "Is there a problem officer?" Damn straight, it's race That the jake (woo-woo) to give chase Say they want you successful, but that ain't the You living large, your is dark they flash a light in your face
Now, who is cat out on the town Maitre'd wanna take a whole year to sit him Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the with the bass on crunk Now, who is the cat at Armani wears With the who be asking him, do you work here? Mr Nigga, Nigga Nigga
Yo, the Abstract with the Mos Def White folks got it muffled across beneath breathe "I say it" But they'll say it out loud When they get with they close and friends You know, it in with they friends at the job Happy hour at the bar while song is in they car And even if they've never said it, lips sealed They actions reveal how their really feel Like, night I'm on a first class flight The only brother in sight the attendant catch fright I sit in my seat, 2C She approach officially about, "Excuse me" Her lips up into a tight space she don't believe that I'm in the right place Showed her my boarding pass, and then she of gasped All embarrassed put an extra on my water glass An hour here she comes by walking past "I hate to be a pest but my son would your autograph" (Wow, Mr. Nigga I love you, I all your albums!) They stay on nigga on american roads And you travel abroad they got world nigga law folks get on a plane go as they please But I go seas and I get over-seized Heathrow, me and my people They think illegal's a synonym for negro Far away places, agents flagrant They think the dark face is smuggle weight in they Bags inspected, now we Attention to contents of our intestines Urinalysis followed by Interrogated and detained til damn near the day No evidence, no and no regard Even for the big american rap For us especially, us most A Mr VIP jail cell just for me "If I knew you were coming I'd baked a cake Just got some shoe-polish, my face" They say they want you successful, but they make it stressful You start keeping pace, they start changing up the
Now, who is cat out on the town State wanna stop him in his ride, pat him down Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the with the bass on crunk Now, who is the cat the hundred dollar bill They gotta send it to the back to make the shit is real Mr Nigga, Nigga Nigga, Nigga
You can laugh and criticize Michael if you wanna Woody Allen, molested and his step-daughter Same press kicking dirt on Michael's Show Woody and Soon-Yi at the game, holding hands Sit back and just bug, about that he get that type of dap if his name was Woody Black? O.J. found innocent by a of his peers And they been fucking with that nigga for last years Is it fair, is it equal, is it just, is it Do you do the same shit when the defendant face is If white doing it, well, it's success When I doing, well, it's suspect hate me, my folks is poor, I just got money America's five centuries deep in money You see a lot of caked up, yo straight up It's new, living off of slave traders paper But I'm a though, yo I'm a live though I'm up the big swing for my kids yo Got my mom the fat water-front yo I'm a get her them pretty bay I'm a cop a home to provide in A environment for seeds to reside in A fresh whip for my whole to ride in And if I'm still Mr Nigga, I find it suprising