"For real, a star, e'rybody shine your heart and not mankind For real, for real, I'm 'bout to do my thing to Said shine, c'mon"
It's not luck that I'm here spittin' for y'all Preeld in by Allah that I'm for y'all Growin' up on the New York concrete a little snotty dish of prodigy cookin' They called me Little Man all in the When I was young, my family to party hard Gangs of uncatched kids turned to ketchup The illest niggas was Pryor and Ronnie Bump
Skinned knees being bad-ass little boys Police sirens and baby screams was average Hip-Hop came, the ghetto copped the Street to tracks, could you beat that? Taylor introduced it to me He said, "Forget Hill, nigga, let's MC" Twelve years old, in the backroom For echoes, we used to rhyme in the
Run-D.M.C., Slick Rick and Doug E. The Juice Crew rule but who's this nigga Reference points, too to wish for Battlin' on trains, I stay raw Never let my die I was happy and high goin' to Alee's and We made our demo tape Excited like a mawfucka, for our first break
I ("F'real") You can do it ("Listen to the I tell yo) Be abidin', (F'real")
I ("Don't let 'em hate to you") You can see it ("Get up and follow me and again, use my life as an example") Do it, and see it, and be else
Jungle Brothers, De La, they gave me light In Top, Feet, Buddy, that was aight One year later, the was initiated Bonita came, it was wild how she Can I kick it parled us to our next So drunk in days, I truly was amazed How I got up to make tunes People me, it was Foreign, then came Low End Theory
People quickly who we are Phife is ill and Busta is a Tours with P.E., Naughty, and the Geto Arsenio Hall, women were evil toys hate inside my brother's virgin ears Tryin to hurt but, yo, we amongst the tears was even tighter, now look at us Condoms is on the rida on the bus
It got right here, I had to save my life In the snow after the show, I had a fight wit' Moves to a land to get but back home Job was urkin' us, it sent me through a danger The good thing, I Allah in the process An angel appeared sneaky ways and gave me stress Now am I to do? My album's platinum but I'm still feelin' blue,
Yeah, Yeah, ("You can do it") Yeah, Yeah, ("I know")
Yeah, ("You can see it") Yeah, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Makin' my way, the has grown fierce and my heart, both of them was pierced Crashed my truck, think I'd make it out Had a hit on my life, he thought I his wife Plus my house down, me and Ands was in it My crew was and I knew we had to end it But through all of this, I'm still Take notes and let hope I'm still here, take note and let float I'm here, take notes and let hope float
You can do the shit that I'm doin' You can do the thing that I'm doin', uh-huh I'm still here, note, let it, uh-hah Still here, take and let it float, ha-ha here, take and let it You can do the thing I'm doin', thing that I'm doin' Still here, take and let it, Still here, notes, let it float, c'mon Still here, take notes, let it float, Do the same that I'm doin' if ya pay attention
I You can see it Do it, and see it, and be else