[00:01.26]Ladies and gentlemen
[00:01.97]Put our hands together
[00:02.53]For the astonishing
[00:03.44]H to the izz-OV
[00:04.41]V To the izz-A
[00:06.34]Welcome ladies and gentlemen
[00:07.36]To the8th wonder of the world
[00:09.49]The flow o''''the century
[00:11.37]Oh it''''s timeless
[00:12.3]Hove
[00:13.20]Thanks for comin''''out tonight
[00:17.78]You coulda been
[00:18.54]Anywhere in the world
[00:19.81]But you''''re here with me
[00:21.95]I appreciate that,unh
[00:25.5]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[00:28.0]Fo''''shizzle my nizzle
[00:29.57]Used to dribble down in VA
[00:31.9]Was herbin''''''''em in
[00:32.31]The home of the Terrapins
[00:33.23]Got it dirt cheap for them
[00:34.55]Plus if they was short wit''''cheese
[00:36.12]I would work wit''''them
[00:37.19]Boy and we got rid of
[00:38.56]That dirt for them
[00:39.58]Wasn''''t born hustlers
[00:40.14]I was burpin''''''''em
[00:42.2]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[00:44.76]Fo''''sheezy my neezy
[00:45.93]Keep my arms so freezy
[00:47.50]Can''''t leave rap alone
[00:49.8]The game needs me
[00:50.35]Haters want me clapped
[00:51.67]And chromed it ain''''t easy
[00:53.9]Cops wanna knock me,
[00:54.52]DA wanna box me in
[00:55.94]But somehow,I beat them
[00:57.51]Charges like Rocky
[00:58.48]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[01:00.86]Not guilty,he who does not
[01:03.86]Feel me is not real to me
[01:05.39]Therefore he doesn''''t exist
[01:06.15]So poof
[01:07.78]Vamoose son of a b****
[01:09.65]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[01:12.50]Fo''''shizzle my nizzle used
[01:13.71]To dribble down in VA
[01:15.19]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[01:17.98]That''''s the anthem
[01:19.20]Get''''cha damn hands up
[01:20.73]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[01:23.47]Not guilty ya''''ll got-ta feel me
[01:26.16]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[01:28.96]That''''s the anthem
[01:30.18]Get''''cha damn hands up
[01:31.75]I do this for my culture
[01:33.12]To let''''em know
[01:34.29]What a nigga look like
[01:35.86]When a nigga in a roaster
[01:37.29]Show''''em how to move
[01:38.92]In a room full''''o vultures
[01:40.18]Industry shady it need
[01:41.46]To be taken over
[01:42.73]Label owners hate me
[01:44.5]I''''m raisin''''the status quo up
[01:45.53]I''''m overchargin''''niggaz for
[01:46.90]What they did to the Cold Crush
[01:48.27]Pay us like you owe us for
[01:49.85]All the years that you hold us
[01:51.32]We can talk,but money talks
[01:52.49]So talk mo''''bucks
[01:53.51]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[01:56.50]Fo''''shizzle my nizzle used
[01:57.88]To dribble down in VA
[01:59.25]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[02:01.23]That''''s the anthem
[02:03.16]Get''''cha damn hands up
[02:04.48]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[02:07.58]Not guilty ya''''ll got-ta feel me
[02:10.27]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[02:13.7]That''''s the anthem
[02:14.39]Get''''cha damn hands up
[02:15.82]Yeah
[02:16.12]Hove is back
[02:17.19]Life stories told through rap
[02:18.81]Niggaz actin''''like I sold you crack
[02:20.89]Like I told you sell drugs,no
[02:22.77]Hove did that so hopefully
[02:24.91]You won''''t have to go through that
[02:26.64]I was raised in the
[02:27.75]Projects,roaches and rats
[02:29.58]Smokers out back
[02:30.60]Sellin''''they mama''''s sofa
[02:31.87]Lookouts on the corner
[02:33.85]Focussed on the ave
[02:34.76]Ladies in the window,
[02:36.54]Focussed on the kinfolk
[02:38.7]Me under a lamp post,
[02:39.39]Why I got my hand closed?
[02:40.76]Cracks in my palm,
[02:41.93]Watchin''''the long arm o''''the law
[02:43.71]So you know I seen it all before
[02:46.0]I seen hoop dreams deflate
[02:47.52]Like a true fiend''''s weight
[02:48.79]To try and to fail,
[02:50.21]The two things I hate
[02:51.59]Succeed in this rap game
[02:53.6]The two things is great
[02:54.43]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[02:57.28]What else can I say about dude
[02:58.90]I gets bizzay
[02:59.97]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[03:02.71]Fo''''shizzle my nizzle used
[03:04.3]To dribble down in VA
[03:05.50]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[03:08.21]That''''s the anthem
[03:09.53]Get''''cha damn hands up
[03:10.96]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[03:13.75]Not guilty ya''''ll got-ta feel me
[03:16.49]H to the izz-O,V to the izz-A
[03:19.23]That''''s the anthem
[03:20.55]Get''''cha damn hands up
[03:21.98]H to the izz-O