"For real, a star, e'rybody shine Follow your and not mankind For real, for real, I'm to do my thing to shine Said shine, c'mon"
It's not that I'm sittin' here spittin' for y'all in by Allah that I'm hittin' for y'all Growin' up on the New York concrete Like a little snotty dish of prodigy They called me Little Man all in the When I was young, my family used to hard of uncatched kids turned to blood ketchup The illest was Richard Pryor and Ronnie Bump
Skinned knees being bad-ass little boys Police sirens and baby was average noise Hip-Hop came, the copped the soundtrack Street poetry to tracks, could you beat Malik Taylor it to me He said, "Forget Benny Hill, nigga, MC" Twelve years old, rhymin' in the For echoes, we used to rhyme in the
Run-D.M.C., Slick Rick and E. Fresh The Juice Crew rule but who's this nigga Reference points, too many to for niggas on trains, I stay raw let my dream die I was happy and high goin' to Alee's and We made our first tape like a mawfucka, lookin' for our first break
I ("F'real") You can do it ("Listen to the story I yo) Be abidin', (F'real")
I ("Don't let 'em to front you") You can see it ("Get up and follow me and flow again, use my as an example") Do it, and see it, and be else
Jungle Brothers, De La, they gave me little In Top, Feet, Buddy, that was aight One year later, the was initiated Bonita came, it was wild how she Can I it parled us to our next phase So drunk in those days, I was amazed How I got up to make tunes People cheered me, it was Foreign, then came Low End
quickly recognized who we are Phife is ill and Busta is a Tours with P.E., Naughty, and the Boys Arsenio Hall, women then were evil Whisperin' hate inside my brother's virgin Tryin to hurt but, yo, we stood amongst the was even tighter, now look at us Condoms is on the stored on the bus
It got funky here, I had to save my life In the after the show, I had a fight wit' Phife to a land to get away but back home Job was urkin' us, it me through a danger zone The thing, I found Allah in the process An angel appeared wit' sneaky ways and gave me Now am I to do? My platinum but I'm still feelin' blue, c'mon
Yeah, Yeah, ("You can do it") Yeah, Yeah, ("I know")
Yeah, ("You can see it") Yeah, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Makin' my way, the wilderness has fierce Redemption and my heart, both of them was Crashed my truck, didn't think I'd it out Had a hit on my life, he I screwed his wife Plus my house burned down, me and was in it My crew was and I knew we had to end it But all of this, I'm still here Take notes and let hope I'm here, take note and let hope float I'm still here, take 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, take note, let it, Still here, take notes and let it float, here, take and let it You can do the same thing I'm doin', thing I'm doin' Still here, take and let it, Still here, take notes, let it float, here, take notes, let it float, c'mon Do the thing that I'm doin' if ya pay attention
I You can see it Do it, and see it, and be nobody