For making me do this shit motherfucker ...And I am ...sk me, they ask me, I tell them ...Raise your glasses, your glasses, your glasses to the sky ...This is the last call fo...So get your ass up off the wall ...I take my chain, my 1...expect Kanye to end up on top ...My money was thinner than Sean P...I'll have a buzz bigg...It's funny how wasn't ...'Til the night I almost killed mysel...Now was Kanye the most over...ll they got left is this guy called West ... Freeway, throw him on tracks with Mos Def...m Kwa-li or Kwe-li, I put him on songs with Jay-Z ...I'm the Gap like Bana...It come out sweeter th...Nice as Bun-B when I met him at the Sour...And I was almost famous, now ...I'm almost Raymond' ...It was straight embarrassi...ar shoppin my demo, I was tryin' to shine ...fucker told me that I couldn't rhyme ...Now I could let these dre...I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed ...But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh ...So I don't listen to the...I rocked 20,000 people, I was just on tour, nigga ...I'm Kan, the Louis Vu...I ain't play the hand I was dealt, I changed my cards ...I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars ...I went to the malls and I balled too hard ...I turned around and replied, why yes but I prefer the term ...Your boy back on his hustle, you know what I've been up to ...Killin y'all niggaz on that lyrical shit ...naise colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips ...So this A&R over at Rocafel...eat for Beanie. And I was in the session with...I had my demo with me. You know, like I always do ...I play the songs, he'...I'm like "It's me." He's like "O...arted talking to me on the phone ...And I'm thinking he's try...Cause he had this other kid named Just Blaze he was messing with ...And um, he was friends with my men...I was all, I dunno if he was gassin' me or not ..."I'll sign you as a pr...I'm like oh shit ...I was messing with, uh, D...But that's how I got in the game. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be here ...I was figuring I was gonna do some more ...ping off like that. I was stayin in Chicago ...I had my own apartment, I be doin' like, just...I made this one beat where I sped up this Hal Melville sample...I played it for Hip over the ph...Jay might want it for this compilation album h...ime, like the drums really weren't soundin' ri...So I went and um, I was listening to Dre Chronic 2001 at that time ...And really I just, like picked the drums off Xxplosive and put it like ...With it sped up, sampled, and now it's kind of like my w...When it started, when he rapped on 'This Can't be Life.' ...And that was like, really the first beat of that kind that was on the Dynasty album ...I could say that was the, the resurgence of this whole sound ...You know, I got to come in and track the beat, and at the time ...I was still with my other management. I really wanted to roll with...Hip hop, cause I, I just needed some fresh air, you know what I'm ...Saying, cause I been there for a while, I appreciated what th... you know there's a time in every man's life...change, try to move up to the next level. And that day I ...Came and I tracked the beat and I got to meet Jay-Z a...it his verse by the time I got ...("check this out, tell me what y...e what you think of this." And I heard it, and I was thinking ...Like, man, I really wanted more like of the simple type Jay-Z, I ain't ...And I was like, "man that shi...You know what I'm saying, man what I'ma tell him? I was on the train ...know. So after that I went back home. And man I'm, I'm just ...In Chicago, I'm trying to do my thing. You know, I got groups. I got ...Acts I'm trying to get on, and like there wasn't nothin really like ...Poppin' off the way it should have been. One of my homeys that was one ... he got signed. But it was supposed to really go through ...mpany, but he ended up going straight with...Company. So, like I'm just straight hol...News that dude was tryin' to leave my company. And I got evicted at ...The same time. So I went down and tracked the beats from him, I took ... packed all my shit up in a you-Haul, mayb...Ten days before I had to actually get out. So I ain't have to deal ...Newark, New Jersey. I hadn't even seen my...I remember I pulled up ...I unpacked all my shit. You know, we went to IKEA, I bought a ...Bed, I put the bed together myself. I loaded up all my equipment, a...The first beat I made was, uh, 'Heart of the City.' ...And Beans was still working on his album at that time, so I came up ...There to Baseline, it was Beans' birthday, matter of fact, and I ...eats. And, you know I could see he's in t...ats that he wanted, I did nothing like al...That time. But then Jay walked in. I remember he had a G...Hat on. I remember it like, like it was yesterday. And Hip ... beat for him." And I played 'Heart of the City.' And ...Really I made 'Heart of the City,' I really wanted to give that..."No I think Jay gon' like this one right here". ...And I played another beat, and I played another beat. And I remember that ...ccI bucket, he took it and like put it over his face and m...OH.' Two days later I'm in Baseline and I seen ...ame didn't know who I was and I was like "yo what's up I'm Kanye." ...Yo, this nigga got classics"...You know I ain't talking shit....I'm like "oh shit." And all this time I'm starstruck, man. I'm ...ing 'bout, you know I'm picturing these niggaz on the show ...treets is Watching, I'm looking, these we...y, and in two days, I gotta bring up one ... the story, the day I did the 'Can't be ...Life' beat on track, I remember Lenny S, h...he fly. And Hip hop was there, I think Tata, John ... a bunch of people. I didn't know all the...Time they was in the room, and I said, "yo Jay I could rap." And I ...Spit this rap that said, uh "I'm killing y'all niggas on that lyrical ...naise colored Benz, I push miracle whips." And I saw his ...Eyes light up when I said that line. But you know the W...Was like real wack and ...He said "man that was tight." ..."That, that was cool. That was hot." ...That was it. You know, I ain't get no deal t...rst hit single. And I just ...With KwelI I think was one of the best one...To go on tour with him. Man, I appre-- I love him for that. ...This time, you know I didn't have a deal, I had songs, and I had ...They'd call me up, I'd play them some be...iders. Whatever. So I'll play them ...r whatever and then I'll play my shit. I'll ...Be like, "yo but I rap too." Hey, I guess they was lookin' at me crazy...se you know, 'cause I ain't have a jersey on or whatever ... there listen here. I played them 'Jesus ...know what happened, it was some A&R's that fucked ...hen like the heads, it'd be somebody at th...." Like, Dave Lotti fucked with me, my ...I'm not gonna say nothing to mess my promotion up ...id". Let's just say I didn't get my deal....The nigga that was behind me, I mean, ...cked everything off was Joe 3H from Capitol...e wanted to sign me really bad. ...Dame was like, "yo you got a...man, just make sure it's not wack." ...you gotta make sure it's not wack." ...Then one day I just went ahead and played it, I wanted to ...'cause you know Cam was in the room, Young ...Dame was in the room. So I played, actually it's a song that you'l...ver hear, but maybe I might use it. So, it's called 'Wow.' ..."I go to Jacob with 25...I got eleven plaques on my walls right now ...You got your first gold single, ...t bite that chorus, I might still use it. So ...I play that song for ... "Oh shit it's not even wack." ..."I ain't gonna front, it's kinda hot." ..."it's actually kinda ho...Like a rapper. And I'm sure Dame figured...st we can throw Cam on every song and ...ike "yo man, we, we on a brick, we on a brick" ..., you'll get rained on. ...I told Hip hop and Hip hop was all, "oh, word?" Ac...That I was still about to take the deal with Capitol 'cause it was ...Already on the table and 'caus...Know, 'cause I told him I was gonna do it, and I'm a man of my word, I ...Was gonna roll with what I said I was gonna do. Then, you know, I'm ...The day I'm talking about, I planned out everything I was gonna do ...Man, I had picked out clothes, I already started boo...Sessions, I started arranging m...Man I was ready to go. And th...o... Capitol pulled on the deal" ... Capitol pulled out on the deal." ...And, you know I told them that Rocafella was interested ...And I don't know if they thought that was just something I was saying ...To gas them up to try to push the price up or whatever. I went up... I ...Called G, I said, "man, you thi

o you better change your location ...Chronic bud to save your struggles ...Time to rip ya, hit ya really good ...I'll split ya, ditch ...And damn, it's shame ...Listen up tight you can hear the storm, it's a hurricane ...o peel ya, straight up from infantry ...But we got it all within ...Go and step on the ? with the midn...Tryin' to break your heart ... the problem before it even start ...'Cause this Mo Thug click got p...Just open your eyes and realize ...It's gonna be Mo Thug 'til I die ...I can pin you all in ...But before it goes down ...I gots to alert the r...But the style I flex is crazy, neve...See Mo Thug, we on the rise everyday ...I feel the swisha as ...Comin' up in game backdoor wi...ely, before a sista was broke ...Blow up Mo Thug open up more money... ...It be the Mo Thug, it's buck, quick banda..., reactin' like you really want to know what's...'Cause I'm blastin' real fast when I see fake-ass O.G.'s...I'm ridin' real; Mo Thug is where I be ...I'm down with Ken ...So put 'em up as I cock the pistols ...e have you ever had this feelin' ...That it's sickness and you ...The motive was death ...His chest was littered with blood...All they got was the smell and the s...They rush up on the block with shot...One came up hatin' face to face...It's that Hustla with ...Let it be known that we're...Double I'm steppin', Mo Thug...Sucka better feel this bass ...On the real, this fake ...Don't needs this in this click ...e there's hatred in your eyes? ...I'd advise stay wise,...Just rip your mentals straight ap...It's from the heart ...This Mo Thug Family ...This Mo Thug Family ...I gotta get mine ...es, fools, you know it ...I got all my thugstas...Hoes stayin' up ...It's do or die forever... and pain is all in this trip ...This click of soldiers, who keep it real until the end ...eir hand, and we in it again, right ...Let a sista nip this in the bud ...You can't face me, this playa ... remain by sneakin' up on you, backdoor ...iginal money makers up in your system ...It's the Mo Thug Famil...Hey, gotta give up peace to the love i...Like I told ya we need pea...It's Armageddon again,... better be teachin' your people ...To write when this day's done, pray so...soldiers trapped in this world ...Fed up with these haters, I'm breakin' 'em up ...Pullin' them gat on Mo Thugs ... ain't no soldiers, this lunatic get the chr...that Gates can't be fucked with ...When I'm swangin' them tha...I'm feelin' ?, and I'm bustin' men ...a load me clip when I rip ...hen slip them slugs up out the chamber ...I take it that flippin' ...Realize what it is that you have mi... get no realer than this ...You heard it before, but this time you can buy ...I'm mean we tried, but they could not fall in line ...So this is what we've done,...Keepin' it real, makin' a mill...Steady puttin' it down ...Puttin' your face on the ground ...All the while I'm servin' you hooka...criptures be puttin up the tracks ...kin' a journey deep on the darkside ...You better have the heart to handle the press...Step with your ho-card, remind the...How we do it always, keep foldin

(I don't think you, I don't think you).. ...I shoulda known bette...I shoulda known bette...I told myself that ev...(I fucked 'round and hit it) ...fucked around and slipped and hit that pussy one mo' time ...(I fucked 'round and hit it) ...and got caught up in something that's...I'm a motherfuckin' f...and I'm just a (just a) j...man, I was sure I had Ms. Perfect ...I was settling down ...most the time I stayed at her house...thought this shit right here was really bout to work out ...I know how them short...told her I wasn't comin over ...Jive got me on the last flight out to Arizona, what I told her ... door with the robe on ...aked as the day she was born ...I'm just standin' the...I shoulda known bette...I shoulda known bette...I told myself that ev...(I fucked 'round and hit it) ...fucked around and slipped and hit that pussy one mo' time ...(I fucked 'round and hit it) ...and got caught up in something that's...I'm a motherfuckin' f...and I'm just a (just a) j...if I ain't just get outt...man listen, I'd a did him ...ken, and the nigga, I ain't' bullshittin'...glad I had my man with me ...I'm madder than a muhfucker, heart tore up ...n for a clip to dry this off the side of (wh...man I caught him in the h...mn 'cause that shit was fucked up ...I'm a tell ya somethin', I can't front ...we been broke up for a couple of mon...and I done called her up we talked ...I ain't mad as I was ...'t doin no mo' than I done ...I shoulda known bette...I shoulda known bette...I told myself that ev...(I fucked 'round and hit it) ...fucked around and slipped and hit that pussy one mo' time ...(I fucked 'round and hit it) ...and got caught up in something that's...I'm a motherfuckin' f...and I'm just a (just a) j...sheeeit, I ain't a sucker 'cau...shit, I can't help that I love her ...I'm coo-coo for coco ...time to break out the ca..., let me straighten up ...where I put her number at? ...ain't it 757-23..yeah, 36 ...I can fix it 'fore she get here ...man, I hope my boo ain't l...aw, come on, come on ...know you on the other line an' shit ...I shoulda known bette...I shoulda known bette...I told myself that ev...(I fucked 'round and hit it) ...fucked around and slipped and hit that pussy one mo' time ...(I fucked 'round and hit it) ...and got caught up in something that's...I'm a motherfuckin' f...and I'm just a (just a) j

ears old and waking up in the middle ...body in yo room. Yo heart starts beating so f...you can hear it pumping. The veins ...t 'em hang and turn on the light and the k... in yo palm then yo heart ...turn your fear switch to a permanent on. We can change this by changing ...spect. You know who it is. ...You know what it is. Peace out. ...lookin' for trouble it be finding me ...I understand but neve...I never thought thirt...I gotta protect my ow...I'm heated just like ...Damn, I never thought that it ...would come to this conclusion ...on them boats should be the one's I'm losin' ...ut naw we don't see it that way ...in '94 this is the real no time for play play ... believe the playas on the loot ...t they head screwed on tight ...when it really get down to the nit...use ain't no better time ...to crank it up than right now ...and I don't hear nobody d...Orga-no-i-z-e-Mr. D.J. and me...livin' it for the white ...you choose to live it right ...I'm writing everyday ...I got a baby on the way that stress...I'm 18 years of age and black so I can picture less ...I'm smokin' and drink...So play your fuckin' job ...educated and black I will resort to rob ...do niggas be acting up ...See I be gettin' stuck an...That's not what it's about ...see yes indeed I got that weed ...That nigga the be -I-G be chokin' 'em ou...and then I bounces ...I got that lyrical fl...a hoe pull up her skirt ...I drunk that herk & j...ture things to work on ...I got my fuck on and ...then I took my clothes off...Washed my nuts up in the sink ...and then I got more nuts off ...Cough it's time to be out ...I'm dirtier than the ...on the back of a shrim...My nigga I spit it I did it ...suckas need to quit it ...'Cause it's real ...Well it's that nigga that b...I got some food up in yo thoughts ...See livin' up in the dungeon ... that nigga the be -I-G be -O-I ...and when we rock it ...you snitch I fucked yo bitch ...on the South side of C...No slippin' in this pimpin' ...she was just a horny toad ...See I'm a mystery like th...Was steadily packin' th...when I worked at Foot Lock...I'm gettin' higher th...smokin' 'em up and then burning ...East Point is on the map ...tend to joke about this ...but it's really dead spirits ...ntin' to know where I'm from ...and where I need to be ...Now that I know comfortable ...Can I get back ya wonder ...but I sit back and spark ...kin' you could make it this world ...now we laugh 'cause it's all faults (Choru...Chorus repeat (last line is changed to: ...I'm hangin' with the G-O-O-D-I-E Mob Nigga yeah ...burnin' up that smoke so you can choke on my quotes

every time i answer the phone ...so i play and i sing and i just let it ring ...all day when i'm at home ..., any way you slice it ...i'm thinkin i could just as soon ...the time alone ...it pinches a little when i sigh and moan ...and these days i'm thinkin i could just as soon ...the time alone ...i mean ...isn't it dear? ...and did i mention ...did i mention ...that i traded babe ruth? ...yes, i traded the only player that was bigger than the gam...and i can't even tell you...'cause you'd think i'm insane ...and hip hop is tied up in the back room ...i'm getting away from...as i get closer and clos...is i get fucked up ...when i'm alone ...and i must admit ...e start out sugared up on cool-aid and manife...and i've bin around the w...and i can see this about america ...who really try to realize demo...and my heart beats an sss o o o ...i mean "what's good f...the same old line ...he confederacy used on the union ...and medicate it ...associate it ...on a corporate plantat...makes it serpentine ...and i always got the feel... just liked to hear it fall ...off your tongue ...but i remember my name ...in your mouth ...and i don't think i was done ...hearing it close to my ear ...on a whisper's way to ...more bad news every time i answer the phone ...so i play and i sing and i just let it ring all day when i'm at home ..., any way you slice it ...i'm thinkin i could just as soon ...the time alone

Huh, hell naw I can't quit, ... to be getting shot up ...Look, I'm this far from being a st...I never should of cam...But I want to be a musici...n, feel my position it's a rough transitio...Plus I'm way too deep in t...and fame and glamor I can be in the slamm...Or six feet up under Atlanta ...It's a blessing to bre...I walk the streets with seven felonies I'm blessed to be fre...Long as somebody up in heaven who keep ...T.I.P. will still be bl...Cause I'm back now with som...I ought to start smacking niggas when it's nothing to do ...Fucked hoes with D.P ...Me, even though I'd rather go back to...It's a gang of niggas and bitches really love this shit ...I can't quit ...though polices hate I'm legit ...And rappers hate it cause they know I'm the shit ...Hell no I can't quit ...Some niggas hating on the money I'm getting ...Most of them hate it cause I'm fucking they bitc...No pimping I can't quit ...Some niggas hating on the rocks and the r...ate cause they know I'm the King ...Hell no I can't quit ...People hate it when you better tha...Aye I'm winning I can't quit ...It's been ten years a ...or real we all know I should have sold tw...It's all good though I flow for the street...I do it for y'all ...in the trap signing your shirts giving you d...Kicking it with you then get you and your folk in the club ...But they respect it cause I'm ready and focused...And I see they petty and ...I want you to know this ...ut most of you know this ...It'll break your heart to see your favorite rappers la...I can't quit ...I'll tell you what ...I'll let you criticize me one at a time ...se of you who think I'm too cocky get in front of the line ...e that when you say I'm tight I say I already know ...Don't like how I was talking shit before...Thinking I need to calm it down be like the av...tle house you think I'm in ...Get a Benz I'll value your opinion then ...Think I give a fuck how many time my record spin ...I'm back again! (Look...I can't quit