In my heart, in my I'm gon' win Tell me to wait, give me a And I'm shine I'm shine (9X)
Look man, do not get my block pissed, blast your brain! Two dollar whips and chains Crooked cops, crips, cocaine, Tupac, Chris, I'm still the pain Seven year-old shot and slain What these all goin' insane? In this struggle, stress, and panic Where I'm from we do not eat (talk about it) See my cannot afford Whole Foods She fast with a prayer, call it soul food Where I come Let it I come from No one runs when run low In lump we choose the dum dum dum bullets, dun dun We living humdrum in the Where scum conceal guns The mum for fun, son ain't pretty In cesspool called New York Shitty I it that 'cause it smells like shit around hunchback or you might get hit I knew a nigger who crack to his moms The same motherfucker sold crack to his Lookin' like 300 comin' from his bid, like "Pharoahe, let's get this for real"
He said "Pharoahe, let's get money up!" the fuck? What you need me to holler at Steve Let him escape from New York Snake Plissken? I told you from the that you needed more marketing And these labels is not listening in a B-boy stance, teeth glistening From the gold in his mouth, the breeze was whistling I contemplated my retort, fixed in On a crucifix around his I guess he was Just then the police siren it pitched the sound Track to the hood so I spoke conviction Spoke as if I was 6'10", skin, Put a bass in my voice like pitch bend 'Cause where I from Where I come from, we all from Sky, moon, stars, and a sun skin tones, the blood is one The pen is the to my automatic I bring to fruition what I to get me out of the slums And shine, sh-sh-shine, shine, shine like the sun, the world is mine Each line is speech designed to transcend and reach The and transform your mind And I'ma
New York If in the house If turning it out without a doubt You know what I'm about Just scream and Everybody say (sh-sh-shine shine) Now Detroit with the beats Gettin' wild on the See the of the beast Say f*** the up, X?] (Sh-sh-shine shine) Chi-town, with the funky Soul by the pound, just get on the fuck do you WOAH! Say (sh-sh-shine shine) coast side with the most Holding your and boast Everybody say shine shine Dirty (repeats)