Say ho, say ho By the way yo I said shake soul like way back in the day-yo By the way yo, say ho say, say
And it out now Who is the cat out on the town And make the dining room turn they head round Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the with the bass on crunk Who be riding up in the rise elevator Other tenants who be they ain't the new neighbor Mr Nigga, Nigga They try to him like a chump cause he got what they want
He under thirty years old but he's a pro Designer trousers slung low his pockets stay swoll' Could to get up and be anywhere he go V.I.P. at the club, backstage at the (Yes y'all) the best crib, the clothes Hottest whips on the neck and wrists on froze (say word) with O's o-o-o-o-ohs Straight all across the globe watch got time-zones the digital phone up to his dome Two assistants, two bank accounts, two One problem; even with the O's on his The po-po stop him and show no "Is there a problem officer?" straight, it's called race That the jake (woo-woo) to give chase Say they want you successful, but ain't the case You living large, your skin is dark flash a light in your face
Now, who is cat dining out on the Maitre'd wanna take a whole to sit him down Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the trunk with the bass on Now, who is the cat at Armani buying With the who be asking him, do you work here? Mr Nigga, Nigga Nigga
Yo, the with the Mighty Mos Def White folks got it muffled across beneath breathe "I say it" But say it out loud again When they get with they close associates and You know, it in with they friends at the job hour at the bar while this song is in they car And even if they've said it, lips stay sealed They actions reveal how their hearts feel Like, late night I'm on a first flight The only brother in the flight attendant catch fright I sit in my seat, 2C She approach talking about, "Excuse me" Her lips up into a tight space Cause she don't that I'm in the right place Showed her my boarding pass, and then she sort of All embarrassed put an extra lime on my water An hour later here she by walking past "I hate to be a but my son would love your autograph" (Wow, Mr. Nigga I you, I have all your albums!) They stay on nigga patrol on roads And when you travel abroad they got world law Some folks get on a plane go as they But I go seas and I get over-seized London Heathrow, me and my think that illegal's a synonym for negro Far away places, customs flagrant They think the dark face is weight in they cases Bags inspected, now we Attention directed to contents of our Urinalysis followed by Interrogated and detained til near the next day No evidence, no and no regard Even for the big rap star For us especially, us especially A Mr Nigga VIP jail just for me "If I knew you were coming I'd baked a cake Just got some shoe-polish, my face" They say they want you successful, but then make it stressful You keeping pace, they start changing up the tempo
Now, who is cat out on the town State trooper wanna stop him in his ride, pat him Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the trunk the bass on crunk Now, who is the cat the hundred dollar bill They gotta send it to the back to make sure the shit is Mr Nigga, Nigga Nigga Nigga,
You can laugh and criticize Michael if you wanna Woody Allen, and married his step-daughter Same press kicking on Michael's name Show Woody and Soon-Yi at the playoff game, holding Sit back and just bug, about that Would he get that of dap if his name was Woody Black? O.J. innocent by a jury of his peers And they been fucking that nigga for last five years Is it fair, is it equal, is it just, is it Do you do the same shit when the defendant is white? If white doing it, well, it's success When I doing, well, it's suspect Don't me, my folks is poor, I just got money America's five centuries deep in cotton You see a lot of caked up, yo straight up new, y'all living off of slave traders paper But I'm a though, yo I'm a live though I'm putting up the big for my kids yo Got my mom the fat water-front yo I'm a get her pretty bay windows I'm a cop a home to provide in A safe environment for to reside in A fresh whip for my family to ride in And if I'm still Mr Nigga, I won't find it