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[00:02.55][Intro]
[00:04.87]R.O.C., we running this rap shit
[00:08.44]Memphis Bleek, we running this rap shit
[00:11.28]B. Mac, we running this rap shit
[00:14.06]Freeway, we run this rap shit
[00:16.96]O & Sparks, we running this rap shit
[00:19.69]Chris & Neef, we running this rap shit
[00:21.86][Verse 1]
[00:22.53]The takeover, the break's over, nigga
[00:24.96]God MC - me - Jay-hova
[00:27.72]Hey lil soldier, you ain't ready for war
[00:30.20]R.O.C. too strong for y'all
[00:32.29]It's like bringing a knife to a gunfight, pen to a test
[00:35.65]Your chest in the line of fire with your thin-ass vest
[00:38.30]You bringing them boys to men, how them boys gonna win?
[00:41.25]This is grown man B.I., get you rolled into triage, bi-atch
[00:44.72]Your reach ain't long enough, dunny
[00:46.91]Your peeps ain't strong enough, fucker
[00:49.19]Roc-A-Fella is the army, better yet the navy
[00:52.18]Niggas'll kidnap your babies, spit at your lady
[00:54.83]We bring knife to fistfight, kill your drama
[00:57.82]We kill you motherfucking ants with a sledgehammer
[01:01.02]Don't let me do it to you, dunny, cause I overdo it
[01:03.77]So you won't confuse it with "just rap music"
[01:06.17][Hook]
[01:06.51]R.O.C., we running this rap shit
[01:09.24]M Easy, we running this rap shit
[01:11.76]The Broadstreet Bully we running this rap shit
[01:14.45]Get zipped up in plastic when it happens that's it
[01:17.23]Freeway, we running this rap shit
[01:20.19]O & Sparks, we running this rap shit
[01:22.88]Chris & Neef, we running this rap shit
[01:25.77]("Watch out!! We run New York")
[01:27.24][Verse 2]
[01:28.10]I don't care if you Mobb Deep, I hold triggers to crews
[01:30.74]You little fuck, I got money stacks bigger than you
[01:33.55]When I was pushing weight, back in '88
[01:36.44]You was a ballerina, I got the pictures, I seen ya
[01:39.34]Then you dropped "Shook Ones," switched your demeanour
[01:41.78]Well, we don't believe you, you need more people
[01:44.87]Roc-A-Fella, students of the game, we passed the class cause
[01:48.47]Nobody can read you dudes like we do
[01:50.85]Don't let em gas you, like "Jigga is ass and won't clap you"
[01:54.11]Trust me on this one, I'll detach you
[01:56.46]Mind from spirit, body from soul
[01:58.70]They'll have to hold a mass, put your body in a hole
[02:01.73]No, you're not on my level get your brakes tweaked
[02:04.93]I sold what your whole album sold in my first week
[02:07.45]You guys don't want it with Hov
[02:09.93]Ask Nas, he don't want it with Hov, no!
[02:12.76][Hook]
[02:33.19][Verse 3]
[02:33.18]I know you missing Nas the (fame)
[02:37.03]But along with celebrity comes about 70 shots to your frame, nigga
[02:40.80]You a (lame)
[02:42.61]You's the fag model for Karl Kani, Esco ads
[02:45.87]Went from Nasty Nas to Esco's trash
[02:48.76]Had a spark when you started but now you're just garbage
[02:51.46]Fell from "top 10" to "not mentioned at all"
[02:53.99]To your bodyguard's "Oochie Wally"'s verse better than yours
[02:56.84]Matter of fact you had the worst flow on the whole fucking song
[02:59.59]But I know: the sun don't shine, then son don't shine
[03:02.37]That's why your (lame) career's come to an end
[03:05.74]It's only so long fake thugs can pretend
[03:07.92]Nigga, you ain't live it
[03:09.48]You witnessed it from your folks' pad
[03:11.05]You scribbled it in your notepad and created your life
[03:13.33]I showed you your first TEC (me!), on tour with Large Professor
[03:16.33]Then I heard your album about your TEC on the dresser
[03:19.03]So yeah, I sampled your voice, you was using it wrong
[03:21.67]You made it a hot line, I made it a hot song
[03:24.36]And you ain't get a coin, nigga, you was getting fucked then
[03:27.52]I know who I paid, God - Serchlite publishing
[03:30.26]Use your (brain)
[03:31.99]You said you've been in this 10, I've been in it 5 - smarten up, Nas
[03:35.45]4 albums in 10 years, nigga? I could divide
[03:38.09]That's one every...let's say 2
[03:39.81]2 of them shits was due
[03:41.44]1 was "nah," the other was Illmatic
[03:44.07]That's a one-hot-album-every-10-year average
[03:47.07]And that's so (lame)
[03:48.65]Nigga, switch up your flow
[03:50.07]Your shit is garbage
[03:51.19]What you trying to kick, knowledge?
[03:52.55]You niggas gonna learn to respect the king
[03:54.80]Don't be the next contestant on that Summer Jam screen
[03:57.59]Because you-know-who did you-know-what with you-know-who
[04:01.30]But let's keep that between me and you (for now)
[04:03.37][Hook]
[04:25.09][Verse 4]
[04:25.70]A wise man told me don't argue with fools
[04:28.14]Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who
[04:31.09]So stop with that childish shit, nigga I'm grown
[04:33.92]Please leave it alone - don't throw rocks at the throne
[04:36.57]Do not bark up that tree, that tree will fall on you
[04:39.47]I don't know why your advisers ain't forewarn you
[04:42.40]Please, not Jay, he's not for play
[04:44.90]I don't slack a minute, all that thug rapping and gimmicks
[04:48.01]I will end it, all that yapping be finished
[04:50.59]You are not deep, you made your bed now sleep
[04:53.29]Don't make me expose you to them folks that don't know you
[04:56.07]Nigga I know you well, all the stolen jew-els
[04:58.78]Twinkletoes, you're breaking my heart
[05:01.00]You can't fuck with me - go play somewhere, I'm busy
[05:04.16]And all you other cats throwing shots at Jigga
[05:06.99]You only get half a bar - fuck y'all niggas