"For real, a star, e'rybody shine Follow your and not mankind For real, for real, I'm 'bout to do my to shine Said shine, c'mon"
It's not luck I'm sittin' here spittin' for y'all Preeld in by that I'm hittin' for y'all Growin' up on the New York concrete Like a little dish of prodigy cookin' They called me Little Man all in the I was young, my family used to party hard Gangs of uncatched turned to blood ketchup The illest was Richard Pryor and Ronnie Bump
Skinned knees from bad-ass little boys Police sirens and baby screams was average Hip-Hop came, the ghetto the soundtrack Street poetry to tracks, could you beat Malik Taylor it to me He said, "Forget Hill, nigga, let's MC" Twelve years old, in the backroom For echoes, we to rhyme in the bathroom
Run-D.M.C., Slick Rick and E. Fresh The Juice Crew rule but who's this KRS? points, too many to wish for Battlin' on trains, I stay raw let my dream die I was happy and goin' to Alee's and Bed-Stuy We made our first 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 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 light 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 truly was 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 Geto Arsenio Hall, women then were toys Whisperin' inside my brother's virgin ears Tryin to but, yo, we stood 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 away but home Job was urkin' us, it sent me through a danger The good thing, I found in the process An angel appeared wit' sneaky and gave me stress 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 grown Redemption and my heart, both of was pierced Crashed my truck, didn't I'd make it out Had a hit on my life, he thought I screwed his my house burned 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 and let hope floats I'm still here, take note and let float I'm still here, take notes and let float
You can do the shit that I'm doin' You can do the same thing that I'm doin', I'm still here, note, let it, uh-hah Still here, take notes and let it float, here, take and let it You can do the same thing I'm doin', that I'm doin' here, take and let it, uh-hah Still here, notes, let it float, c'mon here, take notes, let it float, c'mon Do the same thing that I'm if ya pay attention
I You can see it Do it, and see it, and be nobody