Hey yo man, what's the deal fam (yo ...Look what he did to my motherfucking shit ...(Yo cut my shit right nigga) ...Hey yo son what up man what's good what's good ...What's popping with y'al...Nigga what the fuck man? (for ...Yo what up man, how you want it cut? {Shit what up Starks?} ...(Just give it to me how you been doi...{I gotta open it right now son} ...(Hey yo fam keep it cool, you know we g...Yeah my nigga, buy you a Fo...traght up, you like to eat right? ...ou got niggas going to different barbers '... you cool, I'ma let it ride ...I look like UTFO one of th...Ox, whack as hell, my ratchet spell

I make it hot up in here, look around see what we got up in here. ... we couldn't do it, look now I did it ...The drama I'm with it I get biz ya get it...That's why a nigga did it, I cant forget it ...t, witnesses said I did it ... fresh out on bail, my Benz is all kitted ...5 TV's my rims is so s(id)ick...t fall in love with it ..., girl I wanna give it to ya ...on I'm a freak with it ...ck, hot shit I spit it ...t, oh yeah I'm with it ...She come to my hotel room, she know she gonna get it ...Its exercise, my homie he be waiting he ain't next to ride ...ways talking about, my reputation ...I don't care what she do with him, it...They cant do it how I do it I'm number one I knew it ...I do I do my thing n gangstas bob to it ...I was born to do this when I brea...k I'm bullshitting? My money touching the ...wn women R.Kelly do it to children ...My rolls Royce tinted,...ou in the hood with it ...You can blame it on Em, or blame it on Dre, OK

Had to throw everybody out...(I'd like to propose a toast) ...asses, your glasses to the sky ...I take my chain, my 15 seconds of fame ...nobody expect Kanye to end up on top ...hat College Dropout to drop and then flop ...My money was thinner t...p talking about how my dick head is ...It's funny how wasn't ...It come out sweeter th...It was straight embarr...Last year shoppin my demo, I was tryin' to shine ... dream killers kill my self-esteem ...Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams ...I use it as my gas, so they say th...But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh ...So I don't listen to the suits behind th...You can't say shit to Kanye West no more ...Bought my mom a purse, now sh...as dealt, I changed my cards ...I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars ...I went to the malls and I bal...'Oh my god, is that a blac...is hustle, you know what I've been up to ...ll for alcohol, for my niggas" ...I had my demo with me. You k...I'm like "It's me." He's like "O... he started talking to me on the phone ...rth, just asking me to send him beats ...hinking he's trying to get into managing p...he was friends with my mentor, No ID ...And No ID told him, "look man, you want to mess with Kanye ...You need to tell him that you l... ID:] "Yo, you want to sign him, tell him ...t he's like he want to manage me as a rapp...got in the game. If it wasn't for that, I ...I had my own apartment, I be...Just to try to keep the lights on, and then to go out and buy ...echnoMarine, that's what we wore back then ...I played it for Hip over the ph...Jay might want it for this compilatio...en't soundin' right to me ...um, I was listening to Dre Chronic 2001 at...f Xxplosive and put it like ...With it sped up, sampled, and now it's kind of like my whole style ...When it started, when he ra...You know, I got to come in and track t...I was still with my other management. I really wanted to roll with ...fresh air, you know what I'm ...hile, I appreciated what they did ... make a change, try to move up to the next level. And... the beat and I got to meet Jay-Z and he s...To the studio, you kno...k this out, tell me what you think of this, ..."tell me what you think of this."...ted rhy- or the, in my ...n. So he asked me, "what you think of it?" ..."so what you thinkin?" ...You know what I'm saying, man what I'ma tell him? I wa...Chicago, I'm trying to do my thing. You know, I ...Acts I'm trying to get on, and like th...Poppin' off the way it should have been. One of my homeys that was one...Of my artists, he got signed. But it was supposed to really go through ...My production company,...hat dude was tryin' to leave my company. And I got ...me back, packed all my shit up in a you-Ha...n days before I had to actually get out. So I ain't have to deal ...he's a jerk. Me and my mother drove to ... I hadn't even seen my apartment. ...I unpacked all my shit. You know, we went to IKEA, I bought a ...lf. I loaded up all my equipment, and ...There to Baseline, it was Beans' birthday...s that he wanted, I did nothing like alread...Hat on. I remember it like, like it was yesterday. And ...y,' I really wanted to give that beat to DMX. ...ccI bucket, he took it and like put it over his face and m... and I was like "yo what's up I'm Kanye." ...gave all them beats to Jay? ... were superstars in my ...you know, come back to the story, the day I did the 'Can't be ...That was it. You know, I ain't ...So, Blueprint, H to the Izzo, my first hit single. A...nships with people. My relationship ...ne of the best ones to ever happen to my ...To go on tour with him... and then I'll play my shit. I'll ...t sign me. You know what happened, it was some A&R's that...hen like the heads, it'd be somebody at th...tti fucked with me, my ...igga Mel brought me to a bunch of labels. ...t gonna say nothing to mess my promotion up ...st say I didn't get my deal. ...Records. He wanted to sign me really bad....man, just make sure it's not wack." ...you gotta make sure it's not wack." ...played it, I wanted to ... I played, actually it's a song that you'l...t maybe I might use it. So, it's called 'Wow.' ..."I go to Jacob with 25 thou,...t eleven plaques on my walls right now ..., I might still use it. So ... "Oh shit it's not even wack." ... ain't gonna front, it's kinda hot." ..."it's actually kinda ho..."you don't want to catch a brick" ...t I was still about to take the deal with Capitol 'cause it was ...table and 'cause of my relationship with 3...t, and I'm a man of my word, I ...Was gonna roll with what I said I was gonna ...I started arranging my album, thinking of ...Man I was ready to go. And they had Me...To gas them up to try to push the price up o

I won't close my eyes to dream ...If I knew what else to eat ...ld be the last time id cry ...How was I supposed to know ...This time I found it ...I know how to scream ...I can't stand to look at ...What you are ...What you think ...What you do ...I know what it means ...When I look at you ...is time I want them to know what you did.

Tokin' on my indo... ... doe, ha ha ha... it goes ...Who that tokin' on my indo? Pow! ...Look at my chin ninety degree ...My weed supplier need to build a drive throu...My form of art rock, j...When my bass sparks for fiends it disturbs the NARCs ...ttern after pattern to leave Angeles Los ...Knock it in your Hummer, if it's too hot dial 9-1-...on you like "I Know What You Did Last Summer" ...Your dog, is my dog, we dogs when it's thug time ...Yo, I send this to all my Dogs! ...To my real niggaz that ar...I drop it with the holocaust ...I get my pants fitted twelve...I went to college, rockin' ti...pped out, but stuck my friends for college...I'm illin', my lyrics on the block... until diapers take to chillin' ...I don't like to toot my own horn but I'm th...So peace to homey $hort Dog! ...Peace to that funky nigga Sn...Peace to that old nigga Dirt... and bring the beef to you ...ocked if niggaz try to dead em ...Dog! [Repeat to fade]

I cant explain it ...Why did I even tell ya line...And as my eyes close ...Im so high I cant look below ...When you say my name theres no cont...And I start to float ooh I float ...er want this feelin to go ...One look in your eyes I floa...Coz Id pay almost any pric...r the way you bring my heart to life ...(Finally could it be you're specially...Im so high I cant look below ...When you say my name theres no cont...And I start to float ooh I float ...er want this feelin to go ...One look in your eyes I floa...Im so high I cant look below ...When you say my name theres no cont...And I start to float ooh I float ...er want this feelin to go ...One look in your eyes I floa... (I see the way you look at me) ...r want this feeling to go away) ...Im so high I cant look below ...When you say my name theres no cont...And I start to float ooh I float ...er want this feelin to go ...One look in your eyes I floa...Im so high I cant look below ...(You know Id do anything for you...When you say my name theres no cont...And I start to float ooh I float ...(Just ask me what you want me to do) ...er want this feelin to go ... I'll and I'll give my best to you) ...One look in your eyes I floa...Im so high I cant look below ...(Its you what you do for me) ...When you say my name theres no cont... me float yes u are my destiny) ...And I start to float ooh I float

n, oh, is very hard to resist...ou want me, i tried to hide my feelings, d-o-gs...Ain't supposed to feel like this...You can call it what you want to, but I don't even know what it is...ing me breakfast in my bed...And when it hurts you rub my head...imes I didn't think Id make it through (alone)...s you're gonna then what you gonna do...I guess Ill call my lady, and tell her to kiss my baby...e is all I know how to do...re's one more thing Id really like for you to do...in 9500 just trying to handle mine...As we try to pass time waiting for the chain to chino...I see no reason to cry but I miss my baby boo...And my nigga spanky too...rue that the dirt I did from an o.g. to a snotty nose kid...But I try to walk the yard with my head to the sky...And hope my baby boo ain't fuck...ut whats the chance it ain't cracking... out and she was in Id probably be macking...o I say I would now my girl in a world of ...ow a nigga love and look our...My girl is tripping sh

there a problem man what's going on?...What's that?...y damn fast because my radar is over there...Could it be there's no roof ... sirens flashing on my ass...Should I get to pumping the brakes ...It's a guy in a unifor...nd shining light in my face... get a gun right in my face...d they fighting for my life, I'm fighting ...And I ain't trying to be the story they t...o around the corner what do I see?...Asking for my ID who's car I'm drivi...me in a lineup, got my hands in cuffs...They don't want to set me free...Trying to bring me down, when...They hate to see me rich, they'd...Flash lights in my face asking for my registration and ID...Or maybe its my fault...no stash box for me to put the skit...e because foes want to stick me up...But keep my movement swift because Po's want to frisk me up...n 10 years not once did they get a convicti...y got one more time to fuck wit me before ...n ghetto kings fall to the floor...They gon' have to put my back on the cement...'m in the back with my knee bent...On my way back to the precinct...Vanilla aroma to cover the back with...When it comes to lawyers I got the m... why you never seen my wrists with handcuf...t them hollow tips, to stick up in the are...ectors in the dash, to pick up on the rada...Stash box in it when I purchased th...They probably want to scoop an arrest...I try to throw shots but its...a here I don't want to see you guys around...Look take it from Larry lock the...I don't want to see you around here...ed an autograph for my kids they love you

Ye-ye-yeah, and it goes, that's my cool and I can't take it off. ...Ye-ye-yeah, and it goes, that's my cool and I can't take it off. ...Throw something to me, feel it in the air. ...Ca-can't put my finger on it, but i...There, next to the shase, next to the colors of my shoes, ...And the daters on my waist, yeah, ki-kid ain't never seen it like this, ...No-not the way you look at me its so electr...whenever but I made it fit, ...ow they're watching my moves we in to play that shit. ...Nobody believed it til I made some cro...t never once pulled my pants up on me, ...Everythin' I did was writing beats, ...So I keep it on me like its noth...I say I don't know what can that be, ...Ye-ye-yeah, and it goes, that's my cool and I can't take it off. ...Ye-ye-yeah, and it goes, that's my cool and I can't take it off. ...Did you really think id think about that? n...Keep it on my suffer my TV the other day, ...Annie to the t to the v you get wreck...Momma look happy in the video,...h-th-that mean more to me than this other ...I can do it whiteout a come coo...ost not have listen to my words or he lying. ...Di-di-did I say something tha...h-what? I must have did that really, ...Ye-ye-yeah, and it goes, that's my cool and I can't take it off. ...Ye-ye-yeah, and it goes, that's my cool and I can't take it off. ...My-my-my cool, my cool, my-my-my ...So I keep it on me like its noth...I say I don't know what can that be? ...I-I-I don't know what is it gotta be something,...I say I don't know what can that be, ...Ye-ye-yeah, and it goes, that's my cool and I can't take it off. ...Ye-ye-yeah, and it goes, that's my cool and I can't take it off. ...A-a-and it goes that my cool and I can't take it off ...A-a-a-and it goes that my cool and I can't take it off

Hard times got my mind in bind....'ll go crazy tryin' to climb out the grime that's in my life (my life)....It's amazin'! (amazin'...live, I got by with my life!...Every time I look around it seem ...And I'm tryin' to keep from going und...Never had a clue of what Id really do. ...rough, but I'm a do it right.... buckle, never stop to struggle!...Bust pipes, my life, highlights, ...My flight, final desti...ver wastin', pacin' my stride....Tryin' to get it good! Feel the hust...Had it been for all the sh...Everyday seem to bring a twist ...op but we don't let it phase....hese babies through it....Youre gonna have to face the music anyw...y give em something to stress, ...My life! (My life) ...or your goods! Make it understood! Put it on the wood!...hat! (what!) I used to have to grind in the dough....Did a little time in th... a nigga shine with my folks....that top spot (done did it, done did it) ...I don't know what happened? ...What happened? Why did Eazy die?...They can relate to the fight, the real...Light my cigarette and wake up all my bitches....er thought I'd keep my candles-lit up, ...Nobody know my struggle nor my hustle. ... rider! Gave up all my children....Women in my shit and dipping, ...ways with me that's my only weapon....Talk to every sinner Bless ...Then I raise my seven ? and I don't...Nigga this is my life and I'm a live it ...And give it right back to God.

I thought I had it all together ...'cause what was once done in th...Came to light eventually ...It ain't right ... believe the shit I did the night we were a...town, lied and said it was my job ...Grabbed my hat, coat, gloves a...But by the look upon your face you ...You pulled me to the side and you begged for me to stay ...life that forced me to walk away ...nah, nah, nah, nah, it wasn't nothing like...With a cigar in my mouth over Vegas ci...ath way up the hill to be with my other wife ...ut that damn Caller ID is the reason for t...Talking about my doggish ways and how I need to be dropped off ...tte with hearts not to mention the kids ...I regret all that I did ...I can't take it no more I've got to confess ...'cause you see what goes around ...n around again, yes it does ...ate of shock that's what it left me ...Take it from a man who know...No, no, no that's what I kept telling myse...Now I'm sleeping in my momma's house ...Must be because of what my old man did to her

ust 'cause I refuse to be silent...ause I'm not buyin' it...Don't look confused, the truth is so plain to see...ll-outs are ashamed to be...nce, then violent's what I gotta be...u'll find out where it's comin' from...Look through our history...Unlock my brain, break the ch...k for evil shit you did to me...My words are weapons, and I'm steppin' to the silent...ust because we play what the people want)...ust because we play what the people want)...ust because we play what the people want)...police, didn't have my ID... me, why you tryin' to rob me?"...(Do you know what time it is?...I go, I better make my mind up...Pick my nine up, or hit the...e, the other ripped my seat...They grabbed my homie and they threw him to the concrete...("What you doin man?") They tried to frame me...They tried to say I had some dope...My homie panicked ("I'm out") he tried to run ...My homie dropped so, I...I turned around it was my homie with the gun ...I said, come on, it's time for us to get away... the car, and tried to get away quick...I grabbed the AK, my homie took the 12 g...Load 'em up quick, it's time for us to spray...This is a lesson, to the rednecks and cr...aitin' for the guns to bust (What's next m...What's next, I don't kno...at me, never get me to be silent... reason, (a reason) to claim that I'm viol...ust because we play what the people want)...ust because we play what the people want)

Girl you look like someone that I...Girl you look like someone I done...ou've done heard of my name) 50 cent bitch...tin payed they want to push up on me ...Tonight you want to fuck wit me its alr...hese groupies is on my dick ... the hood so I'm in to birds with mary ...My writing methods got...oes over fifty four my name here weight yo...Tonight you want to fuck wiv me its alr...mous you don't know what your missin ...I say what I want coz I can ...If I didn't id be a liar ...For touching my doorbells the only ...I shook hands wiv my fans and fuck em ... the hallways tryin to duck em ...So i can climb in to somethin ...My names be -A-N-K dol...I'm a bigme to make that switch ...Tonight you want to fuck wiv me its alr...nd purseed straight to the mall ...And I did not disagree so she droped down to her knees

Well me look an' me tell dem seh...And me look an' me tell dem...When we never did have no need fe no ...We use to walk up on silver a...But no matter what they do Jah guiding... coming of Jah, Jah it id not very far...Him nah contribute to no skin color bar

On this road to long...Just trying to find...My way back home...On this road to long...Just trying to find...My way back home...Rushin' you to the hospital...Plus it hit ya...You lucky to be alive,...Just think it all started u...Or did the ones...Not use it...Don't know what to do...Now I get it now I take...Time to think,...Just for my family's sake...regrets I'm blessed to say...Lookin' back at it...Didn't even have to happen...u don't think about it...What a life I had...Look back just laugh...Still look back just sad...Maybe my homeboy...I can still see my nigga...Who'da thought Id never see...think before I risk my life...Take them chances to get my stripe...Now I get it now I take...Time to think...Just for my family's sake...regrets I'm blessed to say...I turn my head to the east...don't see nobody by my side...I turn my head to the west...So I turn my head to the north,...I turn my head to the east...don't see nobody by my side...I turn my head to the west...So I turn my head to the north,