[F] - Yo A what's goin on? [AZ] - Yo yo, what up baby boy? [F] - Ohhhhh [AZ] - Hahaha [F] - What's the deal my nigga? [AZ] - Look at you, uh huh, lookin like money [F] - You know what it is [AZ] - Yeah [F] - You know what it is [AZ] - Yeah [F] - It's been 2 or 3 years, right? [AZ] - I know, I been a minute right? [F] - I know man, listen here [AZ] - It's all good tho, you know I'm maintaining [F] - You lookin good though baby boy [AZ] - I mean whatever, lets get it poppin [F] - Alright, well I'm with you, gimme ur number [AZ] - No doubt, no doubt [F] - Here go my number right here
[Verse 1] You know the happenings, homies just yapping and Hand shaking, laughing, and exchanging all they math again You usually lose touch when you traveling A few dudes bruise up in the batteling Parked on Madison across from the Radison We talked about the taddling some niggaz did in Maryland Plus discussed, no homicides unraveling I asked was he dabbling he laughed and said he managing His Cardi frames was as clear as a camera lens He hardly changed, I was near in comparison We joked about how police choked him out And he claimed as far as fame I had enough to bust in Operas mouth In other words, I was up in clout And from the curb I need to pull a Larry Bird fore I'm up and out Without a sound, snatch my Guinness off the ground Rose up, gave him a pound and told him, Homie, hold it down
[Chorus] You know the game insane in the brain Big thangs in the Range, real niggaz never change And though we homies and we no longer hang You know you know me and that love still remains So thru the fame, thru the fire and the flames I adapt to the pain, real niggaz do the same And though we homies and we no longer hang You know you know me and that love still remains
[Verse 2] It was Tuesday when I saw him, figured Friday I could call him Woke up early Wednesday morning, flew a chick in from New Orleans She ain't that average bitch who be dogging for dick You know them chicks that get you sick when they keep calling Up in Nostrum's for a fresh pair of the Force 'em Of course with footwear I be that first nigga that sport 'em Caught 'em, before the salesmens even had time to assort 'em Bought 'em, before any celeb stylist eva saw 'em Warm soon as I copped 'em in the spot playing possum Debating my destination, lacing, weighing my options Celly started rocking, I anwsered, What's poppin'? They anwsered and said, They shot him, now the hood got a problem I had to swallow, reaching out for my water bottle Tryin to figure what nigga, why and by who, then Before you know it, the other voice told it It was homie from the old click I just seemed to spoke with
Oh shit, this can't be serious, that's my word, pssssh
[Chorus]
[Verse 3] It's Doe or Die, we survive till we slain And it's no surprise, homie was prolly high when they came I know the guy, he was fly, him and I was the same A Gemini, with a status symbolized as his name Godly trained, he could camoflague on any terrain Cardi frames, we go back like bottles and James It's a shame cuz they say his baby mom is to blame But nonchalantly I refrained cuz it constantly changed From close range, somebody please slowly explain If they just wanted some jewels why didn't they go for the chain? If they just wanted some news they coulda left him in his Hanes But no, they just left a nigga breathless and banged
[Intro:] [friend:] Yo A what's goin on? [AZ:] Yo yo, what up baby boy? [friend:] Ohhhhh [AZ:] Hahaha [friend:] What's the deal my nigga? [AZ:] Look at you, uh huh, lookin like money [friend:] You know what it is [AZ:] Yeah [friend:] You know what it is [AZ:] Yeah [friend:] It's been 2 or 3 years, right? [AZ:] I know, I been a minute right? [friend:] I know man, listen here [AZ:] It's all good tho, you know I'm maintaining [friend:] You lookin good though baby boy [AZ:] I mean whatever, lets get it poppin [friend:] Alright, well I'm with you, gimme ur number [AZ:] No doubt, no doubt [friend:] Here go my number right here [Verse 1] You know the happenings, homies just yapping and Hand shaking, laughing, and exchanging all they math again You usually lose touch when you traveling A few dudes bruise up in the batteling Parked on Madison across from the Radison We talked about the taddling some niggaz did in Maryland Plus discussed, no homicides unraveling I asked was he dabbling he laughed and said he managing His Cardi frames was as clear as a camera lens He hardly changed, I was near in comparison We joked about how police choked him out And he claimed as far as fame I had enough to bust in Operas mouth In other words, I was up in clout And from the curb I need to pull a Larry Bird fore I'm up and out Without a sound, snatch my Guinness off the ground Rose up, gave him a pound and told him, Homie, hold it down [Chorus] You know the game insane in the brain Big thangs in the Range, real niggaz never change And though we homies and we no longer hang You know you know me and that love still remains So thru the fame, thru the fire and the flames I adapt to the pain, real niggaz do the same And though we homies and we no longer hang You know you know me and that love still remains [Verse 2] It was Tuesday when I saw him, figured Friday I could call him Woke up early Wednesday morning, flew a chick in from New Orleans She ain't that average bitch who be dogging for dick You know them chicks that get you sick when they keep calling Up in Nostrum's for a fresh pair of the Force 'em Of course with footwear I be that first nigga that sport 'em Caught 'em, before the salesmens even had time to assort 'em Bought 'em, before any celeb stylist eva saw 'em Warm soon as I copped 'em in the spot playing possum Debating my destination, lacing, weighing my options Celly started rocking, I anwsered, What's poppin'? They anwsered and said, They shot him, now the hood got a problem I had to swallow, reaching out for my water bottle Tryin to figure what nigga, why and by who, then Before you know it, the other voice told it It was homie from the old click I just seemed to spoke with Oh shit, this can't be serious, that's my word, pssssh [Chorus] [Verse 3] It's Doe or Die, we survive till we slain And it's no surprise, homie was prolly high when they came I know the guy, he was fly, him and I was the same A Gemini, with a status symbolized as his name Godly trained, he could camoflague on any terrain Cardi frames, we go back like bottles and James It's a shame cuz they say his baby mom is to blame But nonchalantly I refrained cuz it constantly changed From close range, somebody please slowly explain If they just wanted some jewels why didn't they go for the chain? If they just wanted some news they coulda left him in his Hanes But no, they just left a nigga breathless and banged [Chorus x3]
Am C Am C Я продаю воздушные комнаты Я окропляю воздушные стены Если у вас уже судьбы сломаны Или достали чужие проблемы Припев: Dm Am Fm Вот вам стеночка Am Dm В комнате девочка Ножкой болтает О ручку кровати Ножку и ручку Em Пожалуйста нате Я убегаю от страшных налогов Я меня самого признаться достало А среди глыб и снежных сугробов Комнат построить можно немало Припев: Есть конец и у сказки для взрослых Девочка станет быть может принцессой И средь жильуов порою несносных Время накатит каменным прессом Припев:
{Singer} Birds flyin' high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Reeds driftin' on by you know how I feel It's a new dawn, it's a new day It's a new life for me, yes It's a new dawn, it's a new day It's a new life for me AZ: Play the game for my people stay in charge of your dreams Keep your vision focused, get wise, and largen your cream Marketin' schemes, so many in the dark that's unseen Caught inbetween, perhaps rap was a fortunate thing Forced to be keen, from hustlin', supportin' them fiends Bustin' guns, I had no remorse as a teen Rockin' birth stones, my first, get bent nurse the dome It hurts to zone, now I realize I'm on this Earth alone Time ticks, devilish minds design tricks, leave you blind quick Cause you to die behind shit, Math-e-matic Master one twenty, I'm Asiatic Amazed with magic, cuz it's illusions that made me savage Life change once you establish the right game Love the night rain, found a new way to fight pain Clocks never stop, It's all a race to the top Tryin' to freeze time, that's why I ice the face of my watch
[Singer] Birds flyin' high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Reeds driftin' on by you know how I feel It's a new dawn, it's a new day It's a new life for me, yes It's a new dawn, it's a new day It's a new life for me [AZ:] Play the game for my people stay in charge of your dreams Keep your vision focused, get wise, and largen your cream Marketin' schemes, so many in the dark that's unseen Caught inbetween, perhaps rap was a fortunate thing Forced to be keen, from hustlin', supportin' them fiends Bustin' guns, I had no remorse as a teen Rockin' birth stones, my first, get bent nurse the dome It hurts to zone, now I realize I'm on this Earth alone Time ticks, devilish minds design tricks, leave you blind quick Cause you to die behind shit, Math-e-matic Master one twenty, I'm Asiatic Amazed with magic, cuz it's illusions that made me savage Life change once you establish the right game Love the night rain, found a new way to fight pain Clocks never stop, It's all a race to the top Tryin' to freeze time, that's why I ice the face of my watch
Em Hm Я брожу в своей квартире , как в огромном сартире . Em Hm Ползаю по стенке : я один в этом мире , Em Hm Прячусь в ванной от теледиктатора , Em Hm Рекламодателя и узурпатора . припев: Em Hm Сон излечает от болезни , D G H Во сне ты становишься самим собой , Em Hm Во сне так путаються мысли , D G H Во сне ты летаешь , во сне ты герой.
How can I be torn from the pages of history? huh? How can my name scraped off the pyramid walls when I sat with Pharoahs and Kings? You think you know, but you have no idea
This track's here it's like a breath of fresh air That shaved thru sunrays families suffer on Sundays Had to run astray, pack up and run away Fountain of youth, found it, feel like da younger A Make sure my son okay, shit, that's the da mission College tuition, hope he get accepted to Princeton If not got his bail for prison I know the pressures of the oppressor It's hell living Feel like I'm Mel Gibson, killing 'em kindly finally Niggas untied me mami, love the punani, but I Can't make you my Boni never, made for the cold weather Hatas y'all know better, how can I fold? I was told to hold it together Listen, no intermissions, I am, so in position, like, Ali and Liston Who could? box me to distance, try me Now the police call to give orders to creep on ya I master the street corners relax in the feet sauna and Fuck if y'all don't like I'm here and I'm shown niceness Appear in my own likeness, I zone as my own phychic
Flow if a niggas holding my clothing'll get you open I'm toasting in bitches posting approaching wit mixed emotions And ready like military I'm varied like Ben and Jerry's Comparing me to him is scary I'm leery as cemeteries And losing is not inside me stay moving from paparazzi I'm proving the angels got me, I'm cool but my game is cocky And money can never make me, my guns they don't come wit safeties I hung wit the ones that's crazy I come from the front of Macy's Shopping and dropping eighties show stopping wit proper ladies I'm hearing a lot of maybe's but nigga it's hot as AZ
Ha ha ha Eyo it's a wrap baby, we got 'em right now, going platinum man, 202k Brooklyn Stand up!
This is life [echo x2] But it's paradise for me. From the cradles to the stiff coffin, legit fortune I lean for them corner fiends, crip-walking Wedding-bells I'm out of that shell of slick talking Honeymoon, deep scuba diving, kissing the dolphins I lived though, I quit flossing, I forgive though this shit's costing At the crib with the kids often, coasting Ski-boating on the beach ocean Hoping them old closed cases never re-open Moving, y'all minor leagues, I'm like speed motion Muscles thru my white tee's woken, he's holding Hypnotic, spit shit you sit and vibe wit, melodic I mental escape thru all the garbage This is life [echo x4] One in a million, I'm strong young and appealing Was born son a villain, put on in front of my building Peeping how the street structure decease brothers Critique, but I was placed here to reach others Incomplete, stand feet from the deep cover Eternal sleep, I wonder if the Beast love us The frail weaken, the stronger be in jail eating The average male will make it home if the bail's decent I inhale frequent, it alleviate great, to be a part of the game Can't be a day late to be a part of the same Need a g' a day take, five if you live, slide mines on the side This is life [echo x4] Mics, money and music my life's for you to view it I stand militant, my stripes came from the sewage Interrogation lights, spend nights up in the cubics Fistfights, I'm nice like Earl Huvick Harmonizing, narration is traumatizing Here since '94, it's still kinda surprising I touched topics, safe-boxes, unlocked it Complete zone keep my tone on one octave Owe nothing, won't ask to hold nothing Clean behind the scene, but control buttons Brought it back for the essence that got watered in rap 'Cuz I'm a aura I bring more to track
[az] What’s the deally? I just touched grounds down in philly Brought a pound with me, feds floatin around silly Tryin to find lynn, bitch supposed to be in the benz Parked in row ten, her and that slow hoe gwen Should of known she was a bitch that we both could of boned To post it alone, the ass had us both in the zone But you know the rules, both been schooled by older dudes I know the jewels No time for them thoughts, too much to lose Just tryin to vibe until them hoes role with the ride Where’s your joy and pride? You know little des got your eyes
[nas] In the cut, drop-z okay, the top’s up Left the mall bought little amal the toy truck Your boy’s what, three years old now, correct? He and my daughter age neck and neck, they futures set Trees got me wet, in the background’s an old cassette Fly stephanie mills shit What’s the deal with, all this shit I’m hearin up top You got arrested, shot a fair one with a cop That ain’t ya stee’, you usually low key with no t I’m only goin off of what some weak bitch told me
[az] That’s some ill shit, hear that bitch go with her click
[nas] Yo dunn, I’ll hit you right back cause the static is thick
[spanish speaker -> words unknown]
Chorus: dr. dre
We got your phone tapped, what you gon’ do Cause sooner or later, we’ll have your whole crew All we need now is the right word or two To make all it stick like glue, then you through We got your phone tapped, what you gon’ do Cause sooner or later, we’ll have your whole crew All we need now is the right word or two To make all it stick like glue, we got you
[az] We just hit the cribbo, I’m curled up on this pillow I’m still low, hold the ill news, these niggaz killed mo’ The shit touched me, tryin to chill just lit a dutchie From a while back - same foul cats who tried to bust me Caught ’em sleeppin, in spanish harlem with some puerto ricans Up in washington heights right off the deacon Feel awful speakin, for some reason, feel the phone’s tapped Alone with gats left with a vest to watch my own back
[nas] Keep your eyes open - stay wide, shit is mind blowin Look for any sign showin one-time is knowin About the dynasty, shit is not minor leauges no more Cats bleed in this cold war Son we took an oath, then this life took us both We rich now, milk the whole cow, split the growth Now I’m on the car doin, headlights on Fluid in the windsheild wipes gone this light storm That’s formin in the sky, you comin home tomorrow? Will you drive or will you fly - hold up, my other side
[nature] Yo son some other cats tried to ruin our plans Sendin two decoy bitches with pictures of you and your man Askin your whereabouts - I gave ’em no leads For all the nigga know them hoes fuck with police
[nas] No shit I’m clickin over, i’ma tell sos’ quick Son - them outta state bitches tryin to get us both hit That was nate, he hit me last night late while in my hoe’s stomach Said it’s no hundred, we fbi’s most wanted So play the low, change your clothes, pack your bags Watch what you say on this phone, get home fast
Chorus
[az] Yo it’s all good I’ma hit you when I touch down tomorrow son, word
[nas] Stay on point - don’t even use the phone Just come to my crib yo, word up
CHORUS: [AZ] Pieces of a black man (uh huh) My thoughts travel, trapped on savage land it's like taboo (taboo) Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines (Bustin') Some servin' state bids, cuz they hustle blind Pieces of a black man My thoughts travel (yeah) trapped on savage land it's like taboo (yeah) Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines (Bustin') Some servin' state bids, cuz they hustle blind AZ: Yo when times get trifle I'm subjected to street survival See many never complete they cycle, other retreat to bibles Livin' holy, but currency seem to control me Movin' coldly, in the presence of old parolies My mind mold me, keep me in mack mode like Goldie Police know me, but ain't got enough to hold me (yeah) I follow rules, through the knowledge, swallow jewels A form of teachin', from the streets never taught in school (uh huh) You caught you lose, a wise man utilize tools Solitude certifies all moves So I walk this path of the old dread, that lead me off the Ave. (Yeah) Absorbin' fast, learnin' from niggas I lost in the past (Yo) It's poison plays in these foul days Housin' cops & they foul ways, and walkin' through a wild maze Holdin' my brain, tryin' to maintain Sleet, snow, or rain, I guees the game'll never change CHORUS: [AZ] Pieces of a black man My thoughts travel, trapped on savage land it's like taboo (taboo) Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines (Yeah) Some servin' state bids, cuz they hustle blind AZ: Since the genesis, paraphanalia circle my premisis Poor images, project life drained my innocence (Uh huh) It's all the worst genocide, I guess the water's cursed My old earth identify, though her soul is for the church (uh huh) She prayed for peace, hopin' I'm saved before she lay deciest To say the least, the warden's to wise to play the streets I know the ropes, certain niggas to slow to cope (yeah) & though I sold some Coke, it was only to stay afloat Amongst the frozen hearted, some bentin', some departed Inhalin' chocolate, tracin' back to where it started The Crack wave 2 for 5, deuce & tres The Mack sprays, puffin' lye, truth & days & though it sound ill, through all the foul shit, I'm down still All aroudn real, rough is the grounds in Brownsville I know the ledge, meditatin', holdin' my head Eyes red, it's Doe Or Die till I'm dead CHORUS: [AZ] Pieces of a black man (black, uh huh) My thoughts travel, trapped on savage land it's like taboo Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines (What) Some servin' state bids cuz they hustle blind Pieces of a black man (yeah, travelin' C'mon) My thoughts travel, trapped on savage land it's like taboo Stuck in time (buck, buck) so many young boys bustin' nines Some servin' state bids, cuz they hustle blind AZ: I played all positions, plus learned from each mission Politic, wit all teyp niggas wit different diction I did it up, from young in some cunt, the way I hit it up Buggin' off my first Philly Blunt, and how I lit it up But time flyin', playin' these corners'll let it slide by Puffin' lye, homicide, coke supplies dry So play the game, other slow up change the lane Awaken, unchain the brain in exchange to take away the pain It's a part of scriptures, put together wit different mixtures They tricked us, got us trapped in takin' pictures Interogatin', locatin', destination' Estimatin', or play a part of them investigatin' It's on goin', from them killers, to them broads hoin' Unknowin' first time fellons on trial blowin' So burn your clips And sit back, learn your shit The last of these real reps left turned legit CHORUS: [AZ] Pieces of a black man My thoughts travel (yeah), trapped on savage land it's like taboo (taboo) Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines (bustin') Some servin' state bids (what, what) cuz they hustle blind Pieces of a black man (black man) My thoughts travel, trapped on savage land (thoughts travel) it's like taboo Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines (buck, buck, buck, buck) Pieces of a black man My thoughts travel (travel) trapped on savage land, it's like taboo (taboo baby) Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines Some servin' state bids cuz they hustle blind Pieces of a black man
[Verse 1: AZ] What y'all know about real cashin' and topless Jags Doing 80 on the Ave. goin' on the cop some hash Stash box, no more air bags, just pop the dash Got them things with the sling hammer to cop them bath Slouch down in the bucket seats, real discreet Ice grillin', like fuck it I'm too real to speak, so suck it in Denim down with the Chuck and Timbs Fitted cap, so y'all can get it that I'm hustlin' I'm a Mr. Queen Mohanin', Kurt Cobain So if you thinkin' too hard, you gon' hurt your brain From snortin', my feelings is as cold as my chain AZ, it's the angels that chose my name For the return, it's the second coming, left my woman Had to recoup from all the stress and reckless runnin' See the beats don't stop, when the heat don't pop All it means is that I'm low 'til I see and drop It's on...
[Chorus] I had some problems And no one could seem to solve them But you found the answer Told me to take this chance
[AZ - speaking over Chorus] Yeah, now dig You got, rich niggaz right They do what they wanna do Heh, and you got Broke niggaz, you heard? They do what they gotta do Now ask yourself, which one are you? Ha, fall back
[Verse 1 - AZ] Soakin in Remy, sittin back smokin a twenty Shit is scabby, the hustlin is so in me Never show envy, got a style I maxed I'm like po', back in eighty-fo', now smile at that Unseen when I'm low, but still right in your face I'm so skinny, but that semi-auto's right in my waist From Jags to Jeeps, hoopties with the raggedy seats Just imagine how I'm movin if we had any beef Beats relax me, good cheeba keeps me nasty Lower the smoke when I see the D's creepin past me Duckin the NARCs, born bustin Dutches apart Love pussy wit pretty lips, when you fuck it it fart Friend or foe, freak for the rims that glow Rock Timbs if it's summer or ten below Love the streets, the science of the drugs that's deep I'm just another nigga next up, tryin to eat
[Chorus]
[AZ - speaking over Chorus] You know! Not a soul baby! It's all for y'all now
[Verse 2 - AZ] But it seems, y'all would rather See me hit than, see my rich Get bagged over some bullshit and see me snitch Hopin' some AIDS ho bitch'll leave me sick like I'm a sucker for love wit some easy dick I did dirt through my days but hid my work Even then I still made sure no kids got hurt Sweep the next, been knowin since my feet got wet From the best turned vet learned to speak direct My game's jumpin, we all had our days of barkin You could tell niggaz styles by they ways of parkin Why dispute it? Dough got us so polluted Paranoid to the point it's like we, over-do it Police press up, peep how the beasts arrest ya Rough up, handcuff, then treat you lesser Toast on me, smoke spray our potpouri Y'all can bet I'ma rep how it's supposed to be
[Chorus]
[AZ - speaking over Chorus] You know! Not a soul baby! It's all for y'all now I got it locked, feel me!
[Verse 3 - AZ] Infinite game, get chills on the strength of my chain It's only real, certain niggaz mention my name Some relate, others stay numb in the face Tryin to keep steps ahead like we runnin a race Nikes and Timbs, lady friends like 'em slim Light makeup, that shit that blend right wit they skin So what's the issue? All dick sucks is still official Cold-steel nickles, and Phil I'm still wit you Iceberg-in, on the Turnpike mergin Late night, right brake lights black Excursion Tree smokin, hustle the rap I'ma keep ropin Too many niggaz got deep emotions The stress got 'em, who else wanna express they problems? Get upset, but real vets respect the bottom To a false, feel a fake love or hate Right or wrong as long as the thugs relate
[Chorus]
[AZ - speaking over Chorus] You know! Not a soul baby! It's all for y'all now What y'all want from me?
[Chorus]
[AZ - speaking over Chorus] Yeah, y'all haters better get a hustle man, stop fuckin wit me I'm tryin to live man, nah mean? I been at the bottom, I was risin - fell back down I'm tryin to climb up man Get off my back baby It's all a game man don't hate me hate the game
AZ the Visualiza return, once again Love life, hate, what the fuck... {*music fades*}
[Talk] This is Quiet money fo life, understand huh This is quiet money fo life, TBS huh Get it right, huh [AZ] This another one street stressing Keep pressing, he's guessing Please I'm in the cut wit a bottle she's blessing Where I been thats the key question? Niggas yelling keep repping I must to left some kind of deep impression, peep the essence I speak in lesson if u seeking reference Never leave ya weapon See me if u need connections we insessing Built aggression only brief accession I mean my niggas filled wit flexions So believe he's resting, leave the message Fuck wit me niggas would be you breathless, leave u naked I keep it gully like the Visa Question we perfect this Thats probabtion got us extra hating No explaintion for the murders just rap-a-lations recreations This rap shit got us celebriting Like we Saving, we in hell with satan Jails are waiting smell probabtion Serve time got us telemaking Legendary now niggas can't tell me nating (nothing) Yo, at fourthteen my hot ass was chasing bitches At fifthteen my brother told me get them digits Told me every penny count nigga hit them trinches Don't floss to hard don't burn no riches Don't trust no bitch if ya doe is heavy And don't smoke with her if the blunt rolled already No ass betting if u show it you betta blast it Math class on the corner yea I past it Die right now take twenty from you bastards Fuck it throw a fifth of henny in my casket Never got my ass kicked, never had a pitbull I just went to high school with the clip full First nigga act get a clip full Mama raised me but the streets made me Rum got me hAZy chasing this cream Fuck a dollar in a dream hundred grams and a thro team And I'm gone make the block work Sos reing me up got the hood on clockwork Bedstuy nigga you know its on Gotta flow so strong you could put it in a bomb [Chorus] When I die I'm gone go in fashion, guns blasting Cash inside coffins, Memories get lost when you die The legacy is eye for an eye but overall I will survive nigga [x2] Jump out the drop top Catch you why u copping at that weed spot Speak not you know them bitches be your weak spot I'm in the trinches thats where ya'll niggas scared to come at Where all the guns at Where my shorties flip them ones at Thats where my son's at You speak of war but you don't want that I blew the timbs out and blow the GS wit the rims out I air your bens out baby moms and her friend's out I knock a lens out, I bring the boys and the mens out I leave you lace up, you paralized from the waste up I'll fuck your face up, when I finish tossing cakes up I'm eating the kris up, I iced the finger, neck and wrist up If it's a mix up, look at all the ones that I fix up I mean I fucked up, fuck around you getting stuck up Press ya luck up, back this motherfucking truck up I'm bout to black out, it's up to me to close this track out I pull the mack out, I blow your chest and your back out And knock the glock out, air this whole fucking block out I knock a cop out, fuck a high school drop out Attempt murders, two to sixty on a cop out I'm fucking with my nigga's up north on a lockout The M A S A, You run your mouth we smack the tast out We blow your face out, Pay the judge to throw the case out Check the game and the cats that play in it Quiet money youngest luetenit Yea world it's been a minute, I'm in it To my heart stop or blood touch the concrete Beyond deep, these streets got me gripping my heat Losing sleep, breaking day sling crack to fiends W.D. forty to sixty having backwards dreams The cash the cream, from the cradle to the casket green Got the game tied up we the nasties team We flash we steam if its on then we mash your beam Yellow tape the sidewalk and leave a nasty scene Your back is spling ya brain, face and chest get sprayed The desert the miss the spot when it bust your way We touch we lay in the streets its a must we play We cook, we chop bust pots down and clust the way from light to day its only right that we cock and spray We speeding on could spot a snake from a block away I told you A what the game need is a change of speed Visulize the realism I'm a dangerous speed [Chorus x2]
[Featuring Pete Rock] [Pete Rock] rock the house (rock the house) east New York, east New York east New York, east New York east New York, east New York my man AZ to the fullest Verse 1: AZ we was already loyal to people's minds and mulianis now we more fucked up with a mayor named Guliani you can try to bomb me analyze but can't define me my mind's divine heavily entwined with Ghandi's far from feeble, I leave your nostrils hard to breathe through cause my cerebral's are more of a higher plane than the Hebrews my mic devotion brings out my deepest emotions overdosing wannabes posing sending them through convulsions to hard to follow, you took a bite but couldn't swallow your mind's boggled but I'm as deep as Donald Goines novels my whole persona's kinda laid back like a recliner and since my mama, I been fucking with marijuana wavy-haired, my skin got a money getting glare strictly menace wear, macking offa Guinness beer so where it all begins is here destiny and me finally meet so how can I be weak? I'm rather unique chorus: [scratched in w/ Pete Rock ad-libs] why, why, why I'm rather unique why I'm rather unique Verse 2: AZ my verbals rip shit queens give birth to dwarfs and triplets fuck it I'm on some flip shit ready to let my clip spit, dramatical vocals release shells like automatics tho' music's magical causing any tattles to be tragical child, got a style sick as hell sicker than sickle cell anemia slaughter your story, gory like lukemia filled with larceny, who want parts of me? I'm vicious, mad malicious cause it's real on this road to riches I got this mastered, other rappers'll craft it weak and wicked camoflauged as killers how they speak and kick it peep this uniqueness nonbelievers I'm leaving speechless left to chokers and skunk smoke was coming through the speakers surgically nice with any verbal device trife, breathing life into mics my insight's beyond the twilight so die, fight, no surrender, no retreat techniques speak I'm rather unique chorus [w/ ad-libs] Verse 3: AZ so it's gonna take more than your astrologist to knowledge this a physiologist couldn't even figure out the exoticness raps demolishing certified the way I style it my wordplay blaze with the rays of ultraviolence my culture's smiling, getting more in depth with each breath my biography follows the footsteps of Malcolm X money and sex, Gore-Tex Donna Karan and Guess finesse, success through the life stress mics I blessed puffing trees to get me high as trapeze flipping Japanese at ease when I'm stacking G's so let's discuss, plus degrees how the rhyme forces the source for thoughts that's lost so don't cross cause it'll cost the ghetto savior, smooth, the real playa with flavor moves be major with unexplainable behavior the word's on the street so keep your ears to the concrete [why, why, why I'm rather unique] chorus [w/ ad-libs]
Азъ Текст песни: Rather Unique (Featuring Pete Rock)
[Pete Rock] rock the house (rock the house) east New York, east New York east New York, east New York east New York, east New York my man AZ to the fullest
Verse 1: AZ we was already loyal to people's minds and mulianis now we more fucked up with a mayor named Guliani you can try to bomb me analyze but can't define me my mind's divine heavily entwined with Ghandi's far from feeble, I leave your nostrils hard to breathe through cause my cerebral's are more of a higher plane than the Hebrews my mic devotion brings out my deepest emotions overdosing wannabes posing sending them through convulsions to hard to follow, you took a bite but couldn't swallow your mind's boggled but I'm as deep as Donald Goines novels my whole persona's kinda laid back like a recliner and since my mama, I been fucking with marijuana wavy-haired, my skin got a money getting glare strictly menace wear, macking offa Guinness beer so where it all begins is here destiny and me finally meet so how can I be weak? I'm rather unique
chorus: [scratched in w/ Pete Rock ad-libs] why, why, why I'm rather unique why I'm rather unique --> Big Daddy Kane
Verse 2: AZ my verbals rip shit Brains give birth to thoughts in triplets fuck it I'm on some flip shit ready to let my clip spit, dramatical vocals release shells like automatics Do music's magical causing any battle to be tragical I got styles sick as hell, sicker than sickle cell anemia slaughter your circulatory like lukemia filled with larceny, who want parts of me? I'm vicious, mad malicious cause it's real on this road to riches I got this mastered, other rappers'll craft it weak and wicked camoflauged as killers how they speak and kick it peep this uniqueness nonbelievers I'm leaving speechless left to chokers and skunk smoke was coming through the speakers surgically nice with any verbal device trife, breathing life into mics my insight's beyond the twilight so die, fight, no surrender, no retreat techniques speak I'm rather unique
chorus [w/ ad-libs]
Verse 3: AZ so it's gonna take more than your astrologist to knowledge this a physiologist couldn't even figure out the exoticness raps demolishing certified the way I style it my wordplay blaze with the rays of ultraviolence my culture's smiling, getting more in depth with each breath my biography follows the footsteps of Malcolm X money and sex, Gore-Tex Donna Karan and Guess finesse, success through the life stress mics I blessed puffing trees to get me high as trapeze flipping Japanese at ease when I'm stacking G's so let's discuss, plus degrees how the rhyme forces the source for thoughts that's lost so don't cross cause it'll cost the ghetto savior, smooth, the real playa with flavor moves be major with unexplainable behavior the word's on the street so keep your ears to the concrete [why, why, why I'm rather unique]
I'm back first and foremost; I'd like to thank Nas For allowing me to have be on the Illmatic, and that Stillmatic Joint Changed the game a whole lot, secondly I'd like to thank the Notorious B.I.G. Who put Brooklyn on the map, you the revolution of that era And all the artists that came after the era we started I'd like to Thank the East Coast, West, the North, Dirty dirty This is my story, welcome me back
For all those I still speak to guess we still peoples' Life's more peaceful when you low and you eating legal Certain niggas never spoke now it's peace to see you It's a different side 'cuz it's the streets too, pleased to meet you Just think I was a thief and kieful Sold coke even dabbled in a bit of diesel Scare ridded saw the light and I slid wit it, left the life But for the price I can live wit it we all pawn Know a few niggas that's coming home Could see 'em now in that '86 summer zone Hope they adapt, whatever led niggas to smoking cracks Knew a few that went too far for me to coach 'em back What a waste, this little blood niggas'll cut ya face Catching a case'll make you fuck around and touch your safe This all I know, intelligence is all I show I'm from the roots and the truth is that I love the doe, welcome me Back huh
You attract some of the baddest when you platinum status That's why I stay with prophylactics after what happened to Magic Six days of my creation had to relax on the Sabbath Remember asking certain niggas to past me a package I was blind moving ass backwards But you can bet it was the grind that made the cash massive Back on my feet, accapella used rap to no beats On the run, dun, was the first one to clap at police I ever saw, can never catch me in the presents of flaws Push the Accord in '94, Mack11 in the board Who wanna bring it? Since Nas, niggas swore I was Queensbridge That's surprising from the wise I was taught to be lenient Move in silence, my moms claimed my music was violent Had to school her, let her know that I'm a user of talents Many faces, Gucci sneakers with the skinny laces Fendi sweats and Begets all up in the bracelets Welcome me home, huh
[Featuring Jermaine Dupri (JD)] [J.D.] SoSoDef (what?) Huh, yeah I don't dance ... I mash (It's like dis doe) AZ, come on [AZ the Visualiza] It's a new one, time for a Range, baby blue one The crew won, out of formilli, feel I'm due one Focus right, one hit -- blow me overnight Holy mics, bein guarded -- by Jehovah's light Jewels drapin, in a Coupe slidin cruise tape in for my troops I was sworn in like a true Mason (yeah) Tables turned, left the youth engaged and learned Thoughts raised concern just like blunts made to burn I play this life, homey besides on the status either play it right, or then vibe until the madness Monopolize, position wise watch the rise It's prophesized, see the two and drop fives Chorus: Jermaine Dupri Erybody hands up, AZ and JD Whole club get it krunk, the drinks is on me I keep the dancefloor lit, ladies shakin they hips spendin all the chips makin nuttin but hits, what? (A, Z, play my song Rock me all night long, rock me all night long) [AZ the Visualiza] Salute me, rock silk and linen over Gucci's Iced out, platinum Roley -- with the rubies Baby uzis, Perrier make me woozy Sweet jacuzzi, it's live my life like a movie Connect doe, pimped off the Henny X-O Sex slow, *fuck* on Chanel velcro (ha ha ha) Visualize that, bought a sailboat, try and buy that Besides that, hustle forever -- never sidetracked Sightseein, pretty ladies in the white B.M. Out of state plates invitin me in Got my mind on this paper chase -- sorta strung No longer gotta scrape the plate -- it's more to come Respect how these streets made me -- why play me I'm half crazy, half of ? half Navy So who it be? You or me, ten a key Intensively, I know you players envy me Chorus [JD] C'mon [AZ the Visualiza] Come mingle with the illest minds, of mankind Taught to shine, built out of crew and crime Respect squares, straight shots burn your chest hairs Chancin black, wish I had less shares It's like a roller coaster, street life'll comatose ya Cologne's kosher, a man's own is through his culture Trapped in the arms of Satan, congregatin Conversatin, thoughts way beyond relation It's truth or deal, chose ones move sincere Keep the youth aware, Supreme Court -- the proof is here Chorus [Jermaine Dupri] Ha ha, now everybody in the house just Clap your hands, uh, clap your hands Uh, stomp your feet, uh-uh-uh, stomp your feet Just, clap your hands, uh-huh, clap your hands Uh, stomp your feet... AZ and JD
Азъ Текст песни: Rock Me (Featuring Jermaine Dupri)
[J.D.] SoSoDef (what?) Huh, yeah I don't dance ... I mash (It's like dis doe) AZ, come on
[AZ the Visualiza] It's a new one, time for a Range, baby blue one The crew won, out of formilli, feel I'm due one Focus right, one hit -- blow me overnight Holy mics, bein guarded -- by Jehovah's light Jewels drapin, in a Coupe slidin cruise tape in for my troops I was sworn in like a true Mason (yeah) Tables turned, left the youth engaged and learned Thoughts raised concern just like blunts made to burn I play this life, homey besides on the status either play it right, or then vibe until the madness Monopolize, position wise watch the rise It's prophesized, see the two and drop fives
Chorus: Jermaine Dupri
Erybody hands up, AZ and JD Whole club get it krunk, the drinks is on me I keep the dancefloor lit, ladies shakin they hips spendin all the chips makin nuttin but hits, what? (A, Z, play my song Rock me all night long, rock me all night long)
[AZ the Visualiza] Salute me, rock silk and linen over Gucci's Iced out, platinum Roley -- with the rubies Baby uzis, Perrier make me woozy Sweet jacuzzi, it's live my life like a movie Connect doe, pimped off the Henny X-O Sex slow, *fuck* on Chanel velcro (ha ha ha) Visualize that, bought a sailboat, try and buy that Besides that, hustle forever -- never sidetracked Sightseein, pretty ladies in the white B.M. Out of state plates invitin me in Got my mind on this paper chase -- sorta strung No longer gotta scrape the plate -- it's more to come Respect how these streets made me -- why play me I'm half crazy - half Marines, half Navy So who it be? You or me, ten a key Intensively, I know you players envy me
Chorus
[JD] C'mon
[AZ the Visualiza] Come mingle with the illest minds, of mankind Taught to shine, built out of crew and crime Respect squares, straight shots burn your chest hairs Chancin black, wish I had less shares It's like a roller coaster, street life'll comatose ya Cologne's kosher, a man's own is through his culture Trapped in the arms of Satan, congregatin Conversatin, thoughts way beyond relation It's truth or deal, chose ones move sincere Keep the youth aware, Supreme Court -- the proof is here
Chorus
[Jermaine Dupri] Ha ha, now everybody in the house just Clap your hands, uh, clap your hands Uh, stomp your feet, uh-uh-uh, stomp your feet Just, clap your hands, uh-huh, clap your hands Uh, stomp your feet... AZ and J.D.
[Intro: AZ] Yes sir! Another year, ha, ha, ha! Toast ya glass please, this is champagne You know what it is.. I love when the music sound so vibrant So refreshin', alright let's get down to business [Verse 1: AZ] It's a - thin line between love & hate And due time, a stable mind separates what's fake It's Two kind of paper takers, make no mistake You got those that touch a little Then there's those that rape I've been embraced, got a face that the game can't shake I'm known well like a Coke scale, my name hold weight Impeccable taste, medallions in symmetrical shape Since '88 been wildin' wit a Electrical tape Was a Ape to that street rap presented itself Who could beat that, so like Lennox I surrendered my belts I was felt wit five funnies, my cars was dealt Wit my money and subconscious, I was God himself The weed helped, but overall I was so Hip-Hop Certified as a cool guy to be so hott! Verbalized like 2Pac, wit a East-Coast bop Then the shit just changed, had to switch up lanes Past predicted the future, though the present exist Poetic wiser, I'm Commonsutter, it's a heavenly bliss Schooled as a little dude, only dealt as diss But you know 'em people is sick and they medicine mix So 50 it's only a run, enjoy this here Matter of fact you ain't done, enjoy this year And uh it's only fair I make this clear You could neva fuck wit me, so don't neva fuck wit me If money makes the man then on Iraq land Saddam statue will still stand on top of the sand You a fan so overall respect my hand Cuz I can see what's goin' on, I respect your scam And we can toast to the life that showed us both That trials and tribulation only bring forth growth And when we bhost, you could bet who be felt the most So live your life 'til the reaper approach.. [Outro: RZA & Slick Rick Scratched Samples] [Slick Rick:] The Ruler's Back] [RZA:] The Ruler's back [Slick Rick:] The Ruler's back [Slick Rick:] The Ruler has returned [Slick Rick:] The Ruler's Back [RZA:] The Ruler's back [RZA:] The Ruler's back [Slick Rick:] The Ruler's Back [Slick Rick:] The Ruler, The Ruler, The Ruler's Back [Slick Rick:] The Ruler has returned
[AZ] Yea, back off vacation Time to send y'all pros on a permanent vacation though
Check my track record, respect is my black Lexus Expect me to act reckless, I'm rich and I'm ass naked A mink with half leopard, my drinks and my glass separate I roll and I'm half breathless, just stroll through my last message Like...niggaz can't be serious Never that leery shit, shit I'm mysterious Move mystique on 'em, the doses increase on 'em You ghost if you sleep on 'em No joke when my peeps stormin The cars they come in heavy The God of the Serengeti I charge with a large machete And carve through ya starvin belly Like...you shoulda known I was serious Still the prettiest, point blank period
[Nas] Feedin while alligators on swamps, got miles and acres No comp, whether it's freestyle, or written down on papers So far, I've been down from maybe, a decade, I'm still the raw-rest Plus, suede, and ferragamo's, cause the made jury's on us Garments fly apartments, they buggin say Nastradamus Just wasn't one of my hardest, sold over a mil regardless Chill with them hard looks, I spark clips If you blood, or Muslim, 5 percent God, or crip
[AZ] Yea, ok
Guns in the glove compartment I'm dapper but love the nonsense The rappin up of my conscience I'm strapped when I come to conscious Attack with a hundred monsters They black and they runnin bonkers We back and we come to conquer
[Nas] To master the fucking genre Like, niggaz can't be serious Still the grittiest, point blank period Flow tight as a midget's closet As tight as a prison block is No sight of po-lice, when we riot Fightin the system, fired Be quiet, when I'm approaching Get tired, jump out the roses Sip Meyer's Rum out in open I'm smokin that hydro, choking I'm scopin, my eyes are on you Don't reach cause I tried to warn you No street corner Nas won't come to To bomb you, 4 5's will harm you Eccentric, I'm live but calm too Cordial, but crazy cautious Roll through with some crazy gorgeous Hoes, bodies like lady horses Like, my whole stampede serious Ya'll niggaz is funny like Eddie Murphy's Delirious
Sped up or real slow, never neo-soul Hip-Hop only rockin with homey, we Co-D's Nas not no Hives, or Coldplay If there was an old days, we pioneered it Anthony Cruz, Nasir Jones shit, very serious
[AZ Talking] I'm about to get on some Norman Bates shit, and go psycho Shit, get the right speakers Let me start a little early, that's what I do [rapping] You know my persona, let me kindly remind ya The Gucci, Garbana, the New-E, the Low, Evisus, designers How I post up, probably amongst pirahnas I'm the urban version of that turban-waving Osama Last of a genre, there's nothing to mash your mind to Y'all trash, I'll leave half of y'all niggaz in trauma So I laugh, cause I'd rather clam in vagina Splash a few grands on some high sand in the sauna Usually ponder when I puff my little ganjas Somber, feeling like Don Cheetah in the Hotel Riwanda You know karma, increase when you cease your drama It's deep, but you sleep when you feel there's peace upon you Keep that armor, I formerly greet as a charmer But beneath is more than mystique, I'm a monster Came to conquer, no games I came to regain my honor No lames, it's the same as the brain can conjure Why launder, when I can outsell the bomber Miskel, tell Mel, he'll be out of jail by Kwanza From Tompkins to Guanas, to the hills in Brownsville, I sponsors Nothing to cock back the Black P-80 Launcher Any hate can haunt you, I'm straight from the L.I. gates of Yonkers Down to the Southern states to Great Lakes in Tonker Young, majestic, the beams from the Sun reflect it Numb before Bush Senior's son was elected Eclectic, world respected, like Brother Ube from Dure But hey, what you expected, perfected, connected So exit, or have it all in here We can war when we're, nigga I'm so sincere
Minolta devil expousure wide lens view Check for dentals and niggaz next to push tha Benz through You know the glow iced out rings long dough Spandex Mossino hoe bitches lettin they ass show I play the game took plenty paper still remain the same Asian name beval length chain lettin my piece hang Domestic no more crime play but still connected It's ethics calculated steps through geometrics Ways spinnin double Shades of base linin 97' expidition Disflavored all tha trimmins Travel light push tha LS on casual nights Have you ever puffed tha tallas weed pipe That shit will have you right I roll dice tryin to deforce from this cold life Used to sell coke on tha strip now I hold mic and plan soon to pack an vacate so were in Cancun Escape to a cozy estate filled wit mad rooms ?? too many foul niggaz time to turn it up Push it by the buck and shift gears burn the clutch Cause it's like this for these chips I strike swift preciseness Precious jewels a life thats priceless I payed my dues and through it all I never trade my shoes Cash rules new crews who made the news We all for paper I guess greed is just a second nature Indeed shots an ?hebock? on weed to escalate ya Some mostly touch along the line crossed up I took tha short cut puffin on blunts bustin off nuts The night type love dime bitches and night life Casino dice sexy strip Dancers and white ice I seen the movie most of you niggaz couldn't move me Truly it's like a 6-shot ruger against an ozzie So bust ya run or cock back bust your gun but I fake none I remain like the sun bless tha stong livin Intellect an long vision connects in prison and real niggaz wit recognition so respect the mission volume one Second addition the next dimension Dotted line sign your deposition
[Intro:] Okay, if you in a club I advise you to put your drinks down, and head to the dance floor Anywhere else will be uncivilized If you're in a car, pull over put the hazards on and let the windows down This is something the world needs to know Let's go [Verse 1:] Yes I'm Brooklyn's best till I'm put to rest I heard tales a nigga sin to shells to cook my flesh No jail, never stale homie look how fresh I'm low key like them old G crooks out west As far as poetry Nas, Biggie, Jay, Mos Def Rakim, Gucci, Rap, Kane, KRS Like Common and kanye I could say I'm blessed Peace to Ghost, Raekwon and Ron Artest This is ??? hunger, I'm obsessed with summer I'm for what runners is gunnin' them young boys will gun ya But any nigga icey your own wifey will warn ya There's no wonder, every fronter wanna be stunner I spit thunder, I'll miss when I'm six feet under Legit, I'm just tryina shift G-Unit numbers Even rich niggaz slip for the slumber Shit happens but believe I'm back blastin a number [Chorus: x2] This is not a life that we in, this is hell This is not a stoop that we on, it's a cell Life is not a gift in the hood, it's a charge Because I made it out, so that makes me a God [Verse 2:] Yes my flows elite, I know the streets I'm the cold ?cheeks? of the East Coast I blow on beats I create the aucoma state how I doze to sleep I keep dozing but never doze six feet deep I'm out for presidents to represent me Say what, I haze up 'fore haters hopin' I gave up It's either you stay tough or you copin' to ?cage cuff? From cold player to cold savor to host favor Who's the most underrated, G Rap, AZ, and Jada Allah savior, bark but sharp as a razor With street smarts in a Jedi heart like Darth Vader Hearts behavior, puffin a Garcia Vega The god see the haters be the larceny is greater Pardon the player, I'm crunk with some defeats Some have somebody somewhere don't want me to eat I'm war with the streets, I'm wanted and I'm comin' for keeps [Chorus] [Verse 3:] And it's a must I live it, the trucks is kitted Too many peoples in the ?pee? now so duck or visit Show it off when I freestyle, who fuckin' with it A final song for song as long as the hustlers get it as long the jewels on all is custom fitted Diamond cut for cut the cluster ups the digits Enough is enough with the trust I hush the critics Buck for buck, yeah I'm buck while I must admit it The dough done did it, I'm ??? the flow is vivid You know me, low key homie, only expose the snippit So prolific, so sincere, so gifted So melodic, ya'll got it so twisted Sip the ??? E-40 the ??? had a few ??? brought it back to the sewers True this no duets, no collabs, no regrets you ??? just here tryina cash some little checks [Chorus x2]
