Yo, what up dough? Y'all listening to Elmatic Fire that weed up and put it in the air, yeah Represent, represent Represent, represent Represent, represent Straight up, shit is real, and any day could be your last when you pass Your sand has dropped, now your hourglass in the flash The corners is where they pitch rock to move into a rich block Find somebody up in your crib, you gotta switch locks Niggas pull triggers and ditch Glocks over things a bitch jock It's sick as a Hitchcock flick To be the big shot looks appealing, the life of crooks Getting money off the books, **** a shook civilian We took the ill and then mistook the feeling, of climbing to the top Staying when you don't know where the cops laying Loading guns, pop, spraying just to get the hands on your clock to stop swaying Enough to cause both of your knees to drop, praying niggas stop playing cause I was told to represent by OGs claiming the D and repping Flint Pushing old school whips on 20s that kept a tint Represent, represent Elzhi, Represent, represent Will Sessions, Represent, represent no doubt Represent, represent Yo, they call me El', I'm not your legal type of fellow Bong smoker, pipe inhaler, keep a strong poker- -face, playing my cards right, **** a case, cops will run in your place for hard white, treat you wrong, poke ya with the nightstick, I know these snitches telling, in fact I'm smelling a rat, and the aroma's quite thick They shut down your light, lick right quick Charging you with shit that might stick Thought you was Frank White slick, the joke's on all you little niggas with locs on counting your figures, downing liquors, getting your smokes on, representing for the hood, putting your city on the map Young girls throw they kitty and they titties on your lap Catch you slipping while you tricking, stick the clip in They get paid and leave you sicker than that AIDS symptom They play a man like fools feel the heat from the tools Empty out your wallet, take off your jewels, you know the rules Represent, represent No doubt, you see my stats is fat, this is what it's about before that Ice Cube conflict with MC Ren Around the time when 3rd Bass was dissed by X-Clan I used to wake up every morning with my ear in a box Bumping Rakim, Kane, Finesse, Freddie Foxxx Then I bought the Nas CD, Biggie's and Pac's Wu-Tang, Jay-Z, Gang Starr and The LOX Nowadays I need the green and the cash just like the next man Using my mind to make shit move just like an X-Man I'm talking checks, grands, commons and zeroes Growing up, my heroes bombed firearms at De Niros Some of 'em went to jail, got life in a cell Others got death, dwelling in hell, most of 'em fell When you laying low and the police is hot on your trail do you think of suicide or are you plotting for bail? This is words of wisdom from El', try to rise up above Keep an eye out for snakes, represent, one love Yeah, yeah, this goes out to everybody around the world All over, tryna get yours Detroit, L.A., Atlanta, Chi-Town, New York Toronto, Paris, London