In my heart, in my I'm gon' win Tell me to wait, give me a And I'm gon' I'm shine (9X)
Look man, do not get my block pissed, blast your brain! Two hundred-thousand whips and chains cops, crips, crack cocaine, Tupac, Chris, I'm still the pain Seven year-old girl and slain What these all We're insane? In struggle, stress, mayhem and panic Where I'm from we do not eat (talk about it) See my mama afford Whole Foods She fast with a prayer, call it soul food Where I from Let it Where I come No one runs when run low In sums we choose the dum dum dum bullets, dun dun We humdrum in the slums Where conceal stun guns The mum for fun, son Conundrums pretty In this cesspool New York Shitty I call it 'cause it smells like shit Walk around hunchback or you get hit I a nigger who sold crack to his moms The same motherfucker crack to his kids like 300 comin' back 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 Rifkin? Let him escape from New like Snake Plissken? I told you the gate that you needed more marketing And these major labels is not in a B-boy stance, teeth glistening From the gold in his mouth, the summer breeze was I my retort, eyes fixed in On a crucifix around his I guess he was Just then the siren it pitched into the sound Track to the hood so I spoke with as if I was 6'10", thick skin, Put a bass in my voice like pitch bend where I come from Where I come from, we all come Sky, moon, stars, and a sun Multiple skin tones, the is one The pen is the ammo to my I to fruition what I write to get me out of the slums And shine, sh-sh-shine, shine, shine like the sun, the world is mine Each is speech designed to transcend time and reach The unborn and your mind And I'ma
New York If you're in the If you're it out without a doubt You what I'm talking about Just scream and say (sh-sh-shine shine shine) Now Detroit the funky beats wild on the street See the of the beast Say the police up, X?] (Sh-sh-shine shine) Chi-town, with the funky by the pound, just get on down What the do you WOAH! Say (sh-sh-shine shine) West coast side with the Holding toast Brag and say shine shine shine Dirty (repeats)