In my heart, in my I'm gon' win me to wait, give me a sign And I'm gon' I'm shine (9X)
Look man, do not get my block pissed, we'll your brain! Two hundred-thousand dollar whips and Crooked cops, crips, cocaine, Tupac, Chris, I'm still feeling the Seven year-old girl shot and What these all We're goin' In this struggle, stress, mayhem and Where I'm from we do not eat organic (talk it) See my mama cannot Whole Foods She break fast with a prayer, call it soul Where I come Let it Where I from No one runs funds run low In lump we choose the dum dum dum bullets, dun dun We living in the slums Where scum conceal guns The mum for fun, son Conundrums pretty In this cesspool called New Shitty I call it that 'cause it smells like around hunchback or you might get hit I knew a who sold crack to his moms The same motherfucker sold to his kids Lookin' like 300 comin' back from his bid, "Pharoahe, let's get money for real"
He said "Pharoahe, get this money up!" the fuck? What you need me to holler at Steve Let him escape New York like Snake Plissken? I you from the gate that you needed more marketing And major labels is not listening in a B-boy stance, teeth glistening From the in his mouth, the summer breeze was whistling I contemplated my retort, eyes in On a crucifix his neck I he was Christian then the police siren it pitched into the sound Track to the hood so I spoke with Spoke as if I was 6'10", skin, Put a little in my voice like pitch bend 'Cause I come from Where I come from, we all from Sky, moon, stars, and a sun Multiple skin tones, the is one The pen is the ammo to my I bring to what I write to get me out of the slums And I'ma shine, sh-sh-shine, shine, Shine like the sun, the world is Each line is speech designed to transcend time and The unborn and your mind And shine
New York If you're in the If you're turning it out a doubt You know what I'm talking scream and shout Everybody say (sh-sh-shine shine) Now Detroit with the beats wild on the street See the of the beast Say f*** the up, X?] (Sh-sh-shine shine) Chi-town, with the sound Soul by the pound, just get on What the do you WOAH! Say (sh-sh-shine shine) West coast side the most Holding toast and boast Everybody say shine shine Dirty (repeats)