Rich by popular demand (The wait is over homie) Yes, it is! A-Town, connect! (Know the city gon' feel this) Damn right! Say Toot, I know you see me ('Cris!) What up, boy? I know both our pops lookin at us I used to dream (I used to dream) ohh-whoa (ohh!) About the money and the cars and girls (and the girls) But now I see (now I see) ohh-whoa! (ohh!) Because I'm sittin on top of the world! (the whole world) And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, ay, ay) (Momma I did it!) And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, yeah, yeah) Man, I remember, 'fore I say that, wait, let me issue this statement No way should reflection be mistaken for glorification Now, I remember so vivid, me and my *****s was livin' Sub-standard condition, still handling business Still laughin' and trippin', still having the ******* I'm rapping now, reminiscing, and goddamn it, we did it From trappin', standin' & pitchin' with rich we stand in the kitchen Splittin' it eight ways, flip it in eight days Thought that wild and unruly was just the way to behave Kept the weight and the yay', but most the paper we made In all dimes, I ain't lyin, the pleasure was all mine Had big work to move, but we served the small time I always outshined the *****s with small minds Who woulda thought we'd be arguably the greatest of all time 'Round here? we develop such a sound down here Been duplicated often, still, can only be found here Only listen to Gs, that other **** I don't hear ****, they so far in the rear, why would I even care? I'm too busy a player, steering *****s careers Been talkin 'bout it for years, and now we finally here I used to dream (I used to dream) ohh-whoa (ohh!) About the money and the cars and girls (and the girls) But now I see (now I see) ohh-whoa! (ohh!) Because I'm sittin on top of the world! (the whole world) And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, ay, ay) And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, yeah, yeah) They say what goes up must come down, but I ain't reach my cruisin' altitude (nope!) Take a look at what I did, but can you imagine what I'm about to do? The places I'm 'bout to go and the money I'm 'bout to see Gave Bill Gates some binoculars and said, look out for me Exceeded expectations, even at Def Jam Cause I married the streets and Atlanta has been my best man My momma quit her job and now she works with six figures Cause I'm a self-made, nappy-headed rich *****! Private planes help me travel in peace To four cities in one day and four countries in one week, 'cause I Work for myself and no one else cause I'm too smart to Put one of my partners right through culinary art school Now he my personal chef, so that bread, he get it Put 'em all in houses, cleaned up all of my friends' credit (true!) And now they witnessed all the glitz and the glamour Catch us eatin' at Straits Atlanta with women with table manners Ordering Singaporean lobster, celebrating coming from nothing To winning Grammys, and rappers winning Oscars, yeah And they say rappers shouldn't act, nah, suckers We see Samuel L. Jackson, like, "Wassup, mother****er?!" I used to dream (I used to dream) ohh-whoa (ohh!) About the money and the cars and girls (and the girls) But now I see (now I see) ohh-whoa! (ohh!) Because I'm sittin on top of the world! (the whole world) And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, ay, ay) And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, yeah, yeah) I know them haters don't stop plottin' and wishin' we fall Cause I'm standin' on top lookin' down at it all I know from down there to y'all, it seems like I got it all Homie, I ain't get enough, we still tryin' to triple up That's why we got StreetCred and Akoo building up Say I'm doing too much, **** I say I ain't did enough Remember sayin', "Damn, if I could just get to a million plus" And now I'm like, "****, what the **** is a million bucks?" Tripled that on my bond thanks to Biggs and Run But never mind what I been through, just look at what I become All this **** I've avoided, what I done for my sons And daughters and momma, just call her, I sold **** And dropped out of school, seems that's all they can see They don't notice none of my family did that since me I broke that cycle, now my family live a life of Mandatory minimums, but not when the judge sentence 'em Cousins in college, where you think they get tuition from? Just from standin 'round wishin, huh? And while you standing 'round lookin' dumb, I make it happen Takin' action, over time, got damn good at it I used to dream (I used to dream) ohh-whoa (ohh!) About the money and the cars and girls (and the girls) But now I see (now I see) ohh-whoa! (ohh!) Because I'm sittin on top of the world! (the whole world) And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, ay, ay) And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, yeah, yeah)
[00:00.00]Rich by popular demand (The wait is over homie) [00:03.31]Yes, it is! A-Town, connect! [00:04.90](Know the city gon' feel this) Damn right! [00:07.20]Say Toot, I know you see me [00:09.31]('Cris!) What up, boy? [00:10.90]I know both our pops lookin at us [00:11.86]I used to dream (I used to dream) ohh-whoa (ohh!) [00:14.98]About the money and the cars and girls (and the girls) [00:18.27]But now I see (now I see) ohh-whoa! (ohh!) [00:21.13]Because I'm sittin on top of the world! (the whole world) [00:24.37]And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) [00:27.57]Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, ay, ay) (Momma I did it!) [00:30.50]And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) [00:33.77]Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, yeah, yeah) [00:36.94]Man, I remember, 'fore I say that, wait, let me issue this statement [00:40.39]No way should reflection be mistaken for glorification [00:43.27]Now, I remember so vivid, me and my *****s was livin' [00:46.11]Sub-standard condition, still handling business [00:49.26]Still laughin' and trippin', still having the ******* [00:52.44]I'm rapping now, reminiscing, and goddamn it, we did it [00:55.50]From trappin', standin' & pitchin' with rich we stand in the kitchen [00:58.66]Splittin' it eight ways, flip it in eight days [01:02.07]Thought that wild and unruly was just the way to behave [01:04.88]Kept the weight and the yay', but most the paper we made [01:07.96]In all dimes, I ain't lyin, the pleasure was all mine [01:11.11]Had big work to move, but we served the small time [01:14.18]I always outshined the *****s with small minds [01:17.25]Who woulda thought we'd be arguably the greatest of all time [01:20.39]'Round here? we develop such a sound down here [01:23.45]Been duplicated often, still, can only be found here [01:26.49]Only listen to Gs, that other **** I don't hear [01:29.65]****, they so far in the rear, why would I even care? [01:32.67]I'm too busy a player, steering *****s careers [01:35.79]Been talkin 'bout it for years, and now we finally here [01:38.83]I used to dream (I used to dream) ohh-whoa (ohh!) [01:41.96]About the money and the cars and girls (and the girls) [01:44.78]But now I see (now I see) ohh-whoa! (ohh!) [01:48.03]Because I'm sittin on top of the world! (the whole world) [01:51.14]And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) [01:54.43]Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, ay, ay) [01:57.20]And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) [02:00.38]Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, yeah, yeah) [02:05.12]They say what goes up must come down, but I ain't reach my cruisin' altitude (nope!) [02:07.64]Take a look at what I did, but can you imagine what I'm about to do? [02:10.86]The places I'm 'bout to go and the money I'm 'bout to see [02:13.86]Gave Bill Gates some binoculars and said, look out for me [02:16.88]Exceeded expectations, even at Def Jam [02:19.71]Cause I married the streets and Atlanta has been my best man [02:22.77]My momma quit her job and now she works with six figures [02:25.80]Cause I'm a self-made, nappy-headed rich *****! [02:29.01]Private planes help me travel in peace [02:31.77]To four cities in one day and four countries in one week, 'cause I [02:35.16]Work for myself and no one else cause I'm too smart to [02:38.26]Put one of my partners right through culinary art school [02:41.40]Now he my personal chef, so that bread, he get it [02:44.54]Put 'em all in houses, cleaned up all of my friends' credit (true!) [02:47.56]And now they witnessed all the glitz and the glamour [02:50.67]Catch us eatin' at Straits Atlanta with women with table manners [02:53.75]Ordering Singaporean lobster, celebrating coming from nothing [02:57.50]To winning Grammys, and rappers winning Oscars, yeah [03:00.15]And they say rappers shouldn't act, nah, suckers [03:03.17]We see Samuel L. Jackson, like, "Wassup, mother****er?!" [03:06.36]I used to dream (I used to dream) ohh-whoa (ohh!) [03:09.45]About the money and the cars and girls (and the girls) [03:12.58]But now I see (now I see) ohh-whoa! (ohh!) [03:15.72]Because I'm sittin on top of the world! (the whole world) [03:18.85]And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) [03:22.12]Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, ay, ay) [03:25.04]And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) [03:28.30]Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, yeah, yeah) [03:31.43]I know them haters don't stop plottin' and wishin' we fall [03:35.16]Cause I'm standin' on top lookin' down at it all [03:37.92]I know from down there to y'all, it seems like I got it all [03:40.81]Homie, I ain't get enough, we still tryin' to triple up [03:44.09]That's why we got StreetCred and Akoo building up [03:46.96]Say I'm doing too much, **** I say I ain't did enough [03:50.09]Remember sayin', "Damn, if I could just get to a million plus" [03:53.23]And now I'm like, "****, what the **** is a million bucks?" [03:56.60]Tripled that on my bond thanks to Biggs and Run [03:59.45]But never mind what I been through, just look at what I become [04:02.51]All this **** I've avoided, what I done for my sons [04:05.62]And daughters and momma, just call her, I sold **** [04:09.13]And dropped out of school, seems that's all they can see [04:11.83]They don't notice none of my family did that since me [04:14.94]I broke that cycle, now my family live a life of [04:17.99]Mandatory minimums, but not when the judge sentence 'em [04:21.42]Cousins in college, where you think they get tuition from? [04:24.57]Just from standin 'round wishin, huh? [04:27.07]And while you standing 'round lookin' dumb, I make it happen [04:30.44]Takin' action, over time, got damn good at it [04:33.41]I used to dream (I used to dream) ohh-whoa (ohh!) [04:36.30]About the money and the cars and girls (and the girls) [04:39.62]But now I see (now I see) ohh-whoa! (ohh!) [04:42.58]Because I'm sittin on top of the world! (the whole world) [04:45.59]And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) [04:48.99]Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, ay, ay) [04:51.99]And now I see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) see (ay) [04:55.14]Cause I'm sittin on top of the world! (ay, ay, yeah, yeah)
