"For real, a star, e'rybody shine your heart and not mankind For real, for real, I'm to do my thing to shine Said shine, c'mon"
not luck that I'm sittin' here spittin' for y'all Preeld in by Allah that I'm for y'all up on the New York concrete lookin' Like a snotty dish of prodigy cookin' They called me Man all in the boulevard When I was young, my family used to hard Gangs of uncatched kids turned to ketchup The illest niggas was Richard and Ronnie Bump
Skinned knees from being bad-ass little Police sirens and baby screams was noise Hip-Hop came, the ghetto the soundtrack Street poetry to tracks, could you that? Malik Taylor it to me He said, "Forget Benny Hill, nigga, MC" Twelve years old, rhymin' in the For echoes, we to rhyme in the bathroom
Run-D.M.C., Slick and Doug E. Fresh The Juice Crew rule but who's this KRS? Reference points, too 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 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 hate to 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
Brothers, De La, they gave me little light In Top, Three Feet, Buddy, 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 those days, I truly was How I got up enough to make People cheered me, it was Foreign, then came Low End
quickly recognized who we are Phife is ill and is a superstar Tours with P.E., Naughty, and the Geto Arsenio Hall, women then evil toys Whisperin' hate inside my virgin ears Tryin to hurt but, yo, we amongst the tears Midnight was even tighter, now at us Condoms is on the rida on the bus
It got funky 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 me through a danger zone The good thing, I Allah in the process An angel appeared wit' sneaky and gave me stress Now am I to do? My album's platinum but I'm still 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 has grown fierce and my heart, both of them was pierced Crashed my truck, didn't I'd make it out Had a hit on my life, he thought I his wife my house burned down, me and Ands was in it My crew was tired and I we had to end it But through all of this, I'm still Take notes and let floats I'm here, take note and let hope float I'm still here, take notes and let hope
You can do the same shit I'm doin' You can do the thing that I'm doin', uh-huh I'm still here, take note, let it, here, take notes and let it float, ha-ha Still here, and let it You can do the same thing I'm doin', that I'm doin' Still here, and let it, uh-hah Still here, take notes, let it float, Still here, take notes, let it float, Do the same thing I'm doin' if ya pay attention
I You can see it Do it, and see it, and be else