Now here we go, y'all gotta this (Why?) 'cause the others are so scared to say Now me, what am I supposed to do About a sucker like you who ain't never dues? Slapper, hip-happer, you're gettin' Your girl better step, or I might jack her Smack her like a gangster, but I bang I suckers like you for thick gold chains (He don't deserve it) nah So take it off neck 'Cause goddamn, you ain't comin' What's this, a sucker holdin' a mic? And like keith said, somethin' just ain't right Seems nowadays wanna be a rapper Down wit' But they never paid dues perpetratin', playin' hardcore Punks, I bet you worked at a store You know what me up the most? Is when a sucker just started and he's high post You pay a nann due in your life Talkin' 'bout a new style, you know who you like? Krs, d, kool moe, as one Yellin' on the mic like ya was Run You'se a peon, went and bought a of Lee's Now all of a sudden you to be an MC? Yo, that's wack, it just right You only stood on one in your whole damn life Now you respect, hey yo, you'se a fool Everybody wanna rap, but ain't paid dues
I can still remember way, way in the days The times me and dreamed of gettin' paid Standin' outside just to in the jacks To earn a little money to drop a dope in the days I drove a raggedy Dodge Couldn't afford a studio, so we a garage Aladdin to grab a gang of disco breaks One and a broken 808 My little brother tunes and frank, they hung around all To make sure the demo was tight Didn't have an enigneer, if you what I mean did it all at the age of sixteen Gifted, uplifted, straight mack had me playin' the back But thanks to I got my foot in the door Now I'ma rock the mutha-(uh) 'till it ain't no We paid
I knew a who used to dress just like a faggot tight jeans, some boots and leather jackets Homie as hell, he never outside 'Cause time I came around, he used to run and hide Spoiled like a brat, had everything he And when he walked, he switched a woman Rode a pink bike, man, the sucker was Had to be in before the street lights on Yo, just the other day I my radio on The attack kicked on a brand new song I didn't know what it was, I never it before But the was smooth and hardcore I said to myself,hey yo, I see this group So I called up and the rest of the crew Grabbed the nine wit' the hollow tip Stepped in the party a gangster limp Took a look at the stage, and yo, know The same old faggot a long time ago real tight jeans and the go-go boots He went to pendeltons and a suit Now tell me, ain't a blip? need to slap the perpetrator in the lip Yesterday he was a mamma's boy, now he's the crowd because he got you all clappin' And tappin', an of what I'm tryin' to prove A like this who ain't never paid dues So to those who wanna rap, I'm to you Before you up a mic, you gotta pay dues, word
Let the story be the way it is You got to pay yo'