Hip 2 Da Game

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I'm hip to the game (right)

I'll always be the same (true)

Cause whether I'm broke or got fame

Sunshine or rain

Ain't a damn thing changed

Finesse fell off, that's what some figure

You better see mary blige and get the 411, nigga

I rock rappers frequently

I'm like stevie wonder, I can't see a brother beatin me

Wanna throw joints? you get spanked, fella

Wanna talk dough? I'm seein more cash than a bank teller

Wanna talk girls, you can't follow this

I been through more skins than the average dermatologist

I'm no joke on a fast or slow tip

Pockets stay so thick, be on some down-low shit

I turn mc's red fast

I never sell out, f**k that, yo, I'm dead ass

I'm on it like tnt

When it comes to this, ain't another brother seein me

That's why opponents always get scared

Cause I make brothers go, "hey yo, that's that shit there!"

Brothers better lounge when I pass through town

(you better recognize) don't know? better ask around

Word life, I'm not a new figure

They say good things come to those who wait - I'm overdue, nigga

I lounge and rock tunes

The way I be savin the day, give me a cape and a costume

But no, it's not batman, it's the original blackman

That goes back like the gap band

I don't run scams, got dumb fans

Yo, I'm one man that's quick to toast a nigga like a sun tan

People wondered would I rock again?

Shit, rap without finesse is like life without oxygen

It's no quiz, I get biz, you know what the deal is

Rap ain't shit if it ain't real, kid

Can't a rapper outplay me

(do your thing, kid) word life, no doubt, baby

I don't stutter, I'm so butter, like no other

Word, I'm that funky type of soul brother

I get stupid, but I'm dumb wise, I'm one guy

That can rock a party from night until sunrise

You can't mess with the rap lord

That's like sayin you can dunk when you can't touch the backboard

Ha, I got the smooth rep

I got styles that kung-fu muthaf**kas didn't use yet

How long I been rockin raps?

Since niggas was wearin lee's, mark-necks and sportin stocking caps

Plus I be flippin figures

In '95 and beyond, best believe I got some shit for niggas

(you know what? )

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(yeah!)