Say ho, say ho By the way yo I said shake your soul like way back in the 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 they 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 they ain't the new neighbor Mr Nigga, Nigga They try to play him like a chump he got what they want
He under thirty old but already he's a pro Designer trousers slung low cause his stay swoll' afford to get up and be anywhere he go V.I.P. at the club, at the show (Yes y'all) the crib, the best clothes Hottest whips on the neck and wrists on froze (say word) Checks O's o-o-o-o-ohs Straight all across the globe got three time-zones Keep the phone up to his dome Two assistants, two accounts, two homes One even with the O's on his check The stop him and show no respect "Is there a problem officer?" Damn straight, it's called That motivate the jake (woo-woo) to chase Say they you successful, but that ain't the case You large, your skin is dark they flash a light in your face
Now, who is cat dining out on the Maitre'd wanna take a whole to sit him down Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the trunk the bass on crunk Now, who is the cat at Armani wears With the tourists who be asking him, do you here? Mr Nigga, Nigga Nigga
Yo, the Abstract with the Mos Def White folks got it muffled across they breathe "I say it" But say it out loud again When they get they close associates and friends You know, sneak it in with friends at the job hour at the bar while this song is in they car And if they've never said it, lips stay sealed They reveal how their hearts really feel Like, late I'm on a first class flight The only in sight the flight attendant catch fright I sit in my seat, 2C She approach officially about, "Excuse me" Her lips up into a tight space Cause she don't believe I'm in the right place Showed her my boarding pass, and then she of gasped All embarrassed put an extra lime on my glass An hour later she comes by walking past "I hate to be a but my son would love your autograph" (Wow, Mr. Nigga I you, I have all your albums!) They stay on nigga patrol on roads And when you travel abroad they got nigga law Some get on a plane go as they please But I go over seas and I get London Heathrow, me and my think that illegal's a synonym for negro Far away places, customs flagrant They the dark face is smuggle weight in they cases inspected, now we arrested Attention directed to of our intestines Urinalysis followed by and detained til damn near the next day No evidence, no and no regard for the big american rap star For us especially, us especially A Mr Nigga VIP jail cell for me "If I knew you were coming I'd have baked a Just got some shoe-polish, my face" They say they want you successful, but then they it stressful You start keeping pace, they start changing up the
Now, who is cat riding out on the State wanna stop him in his ride, pat him down Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the trunk the bass on crunk Now, who is the cat with the hundred bill They gotta send it to the back to make sure the shit is Mr Nigga, Nigga Nigga, Nigga
You can laugh and criticize Jackson if you wanna Woody Allen, molested and his step-daughter Same press kicking dirt on Michael's Woody and Soon-Yi at the playoff game, holding hands Sit and just bug, think about that Would he get type of dap if his name was Woody Black? O.J. innocent by a jury of his peers And been fucking with that nigga for last five years Is it fair, is it equal, is it just, is it Do you do the shit when the defendant face is white? If white boys doing it, well, success When I doing, well, it's suspect Don't me, my folks is poor, I just got money five centuries deep in cotton money You see a lot of brothers up, yo straight up new, y'all living off of slave traders paper But I'm a live though, yo I'm a live I'm putting up the big for my kids yo Got my mom the fat crib yo I'm a get her pretty bay windows I'm a cop a home to provide in A safe environment for to reside in A fresh whip for my whole family to in And if I'm still Mr Nigga, I won't find it