Fake thug, no love You get the slug CB4 Gusto Your luck low, I didn't know 'til I was drunk though You freak ****** played out, get ****** and ate out P********e turned *****, I got the gauge out Ninety-six ways I made out, Montana way The Good-F-E-L-L-A, verbal AK spray Dipped attache, jump out the Range, empty out the ashtray A glass of 'ze makin' mad Cassius Clay Red dot plots, murder schemes, thirty-two shotguns Regulate with my Dunns Seventeen rocks gleam from one ring 17 There's one life, one love, so there can only be one King The highlights of living, Vegas-style roll dice in linen Antera spinning on Millenniums Twenty G bets I'm winning 'em Threats I'm sending em Lex with TV sets the minimum Lexus Ill *** adrenaline Party with villains A case of Demi-Sec to chase the Henny Wet any clique, with the semi-tech who want it Diamonds I flaunt it, chicken heads flock - I lace em Fried broiled with basil, taste 'em, crack the legs Way out of formation it's horizontal how I have em ******' me in the Benz wagon Can it be Vanity from Last Dragon Grab your gun, it's on though S**t is grimy, real ****** buck in broad daylight With the broke Mac it won't spray right Don't give a **** who they hit as long as the drama's lit Yo, overnight thugs bug cause they ain't promised s**t Hungry-ass hooligans stay on that piranha-s**t I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death I ain't the type of brother made for you to start testin' I peeped you frontin' I was in the Jeep sunk in the seat Tinted with heat, beats bumpin' Across the street you was wilding Talkin' bout how you ran the Island in '** Laying up, playin' the yard with crazy shine I c**ked a baby 9, that ***** gravy be mine Clanked him What was he thinkin' on my corner when it's pay me time? Dug 'em, you owe me cousin something told me plug him So dumb, felt my leg burn then it got numb Spun around and shot one Heard shots and dropped son Caught a hot one, somebody take this biscuit 'fore the cops come Then they came asking me my name, what the **** I got stitched up and went through Left the hospital that same night, what Got my gat back, time to backtrack I had the drop so how the **** I get clapped Black was in the jeep watching, all he seen speed by was a brown Datsun, and yo nobody in my hood got one That clown *****'s through, blazin' at his crew daily The Bridge touched me up severely, hear me Queensbridge So when I rhyme it's sincerely yours Be lightin' L's sipping Coors on all floors in project halls Contemplatin' war ****** I was cool with before We used to score together, Uptown copping the raw And best friends become strangers, word up Y'all know my steelo There ain't an army that could strike back Thug ****** Yo, to them thug ****** getting it on in the world you know Yo, To them ****** that's locked down Doing they thing surviving yaknowmsaying To my thorough ****** New York and World wide Yo to the Queensbridge Militia '96 s**t, The Firm clique Illmatic ***** It Was Written though It's been a long time coming Y'all fake ******, trying to copy Better come with the real though Fake ass ****** yo (They throw us slugs we throwing em back, what) Bring the s**t man, live man (**** that son, word up) Nine-six s**t 1996 [Produced by Trackmasters] sampled from Sting - Shape of My Heart
[00:10.93]Fake thug, no love [00:11.97]You get the slug CB4 Gusto [00:13.77]Your luck low, I didn't know 'til I was drunk though [00:16.08]You freak ****** played out, get ****** and ate out [00:18.68]P********e turned *****, I got the gauge out [00:21.24]Ninety-six ways I made out, Montana way [00:23.93]The Good-F-E-L-L-A, verbal AK spray [00:26.78]Dipped attache, jump out the Range, empty out the ashtray [00:29.66]A glass of 'ze makin' mad Cassius Clay [00:32.12]Red dot plots, murder schemes, thirty-two shotguns [00:34.72]Regulate with my Dunns [00:36.19]Seventeen rocks gleam from one ring 17 [00:40.14]There's one life, one love, so there can only be one King [00:42.85]The highlights of living, Vegas-style roll dice in linen [00:45.64]Antera spinning on Millenniums [00:47.76]Twenty G bets I'm winning 'em [00:49.30]Threats I'm sending em [00:50.51]Lex with TV sets the minimum Lexus [00:52.21]Ill *** adrenaline [00:53.72]Party with villains [00:54.78]A case of Demi-Sec to chase the Henny [00:56.47]Wet any clique, with the semi-tech who want it [00:58.92]Diamonds I flaunt it, chicken heads flock - I lace em [01:01.57]Fried broiled with basil, taste 'em, crack the legs [01:04.28]Way out of formation it's horizontal how I have em [01:06.74]******' me in the Benz wagon [01:08.38]Can it be Vanity from Last Dragon [01:10.93]Grab your gun, it's on though [01:12.39]S**t is grimy, real ****** buck in broad daylight [01:15.48]With the broke Mac it won't spray right [01:17.43]Don't give a **** who they hit as long as the drama's lit [01:20.28]Yo, overnight thugs bug cause they ain't promised s**t [01:23.18]Hungry-ass hooligans stay on that piranha-s**t [01:42.11][01:36.79][01:31.45][01:26.09]I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death [01:44.95][01:39.25][01:34.00][01:28.59]I ain't the type of brother made for you to start testin' [01:48.02]I peeped you frontin' [01:49.13]I was in the Jeep sunk in the seat [01:50.93]Tinted with heat, beats bumpin' [01:52.47]Across the street you was wilding [01:54.12]Talkin' bout how you ran the Island in '** [01:56.37]Laying up, playin' the yard with crazy shine [01:58.57]I c**ked a baby 9, that ***** gravy be mine [02:00.92]Clanked him [02:01.77]What was he thinkin' on my corner when it's pay me time? [02:03.71]Dug 'em, you owe me cousin something told me plug him [02:06.46]So dumb, felt my leg burn then it got numb [02:09.20]Spun around and shot one [02:10.36]Heard shots and dropped son [02:11.91]Caught a hot one, somebody take this biscuit 'fore the cops come [02:14.67]Then they came asking me my name, what the **** [02:17.52]I got stitched up and went through [02:19.28]Left the hospital that same night, what [02:21.07]Got my gat back, time to backtrack [02:23.02]I had the drop so how the **** I get clapped [02:25.22]Black was in the jeep watching, all he seen speed by [02:27.82]was a brown Datsun, and yo nobody in my hood got one [02:31.06]That clown *****'s through, blazin' at his crew daily [02:33.76]The Bridge touched me up severely, hear me Queensbridge [02:35.83]So when I rhyme it's sincerely yours [02:37.98]Be lightin' L's sipping Coors on all floors in project halls [02:41.43]Contemplatin' war ****** I was cool with before [02:44.19]We used to score together, Uptown copping the raw [02:49.68]And best friends become strangers, word up [03:09.19][03:03.53][02:58.26][02:52.67]Y'all know my steelo [03:11.49][03:06.09][03:00.72][02:55.31]There ain't an army that could strike back [03:12.72]Thug ****** [03:15.17]Yo, to them thug ****** getting it on in the world you know Yo, [03:19.07]To them ****** that's locked down [03:21.12]Doing they thing surviving yaknowmsaying [03:23.91]To my thorough ****** New York and World wide [03:27.21]Yo to the Queensbridge Militia [03:29.86]'96 s**t, The Firm clique [03:34.41]Illmatic ***** It Was Written though [03:37.76]It's been a long time coming [03:41.81]Y'all fake ******, trying to copy [03:43.31]Better come with the real though [03:45.65]Fake ass ****** yo [03:47.70](They throw us slugs we throwing em back, what) [03:50.05]Bring the s**t man, live man [03:51.49](**** that son, word up) [03:52.69]Nine-six s**t 1996 [03:53.69][Produced by Trackmasters] [03:54.69]sampled from Sting - Shape of My Heart