[Lou Rawls - sampled from "From Now On"]
"This is what it's all about!
'Cause I know if I take care of you, you gon' take care of me
And that's what I'm talkin', 'bout...'bout...'bout...'bout..."
[Intro: Rapper Big Pooh] (Phonte)
Yo (1,2)
sh** (Check it out now)
Tired of these hoes.. (You're now in tune to the sounds...)
..talkin sh**
All in my business (of the finest)
Runnin they mouth and sh**
Knahmean? (Phonte, Big Pooh, 9th Wonder)
Like that
I'm 'bout to let y'all know a lil' somethin
(Little Brother) Me and my n***a Tay
9th Wonder, y'all (Keep it goin, y'all)
Yo...
(On and on)
Now on the outside lookin in, it's a lot easier
to see why n***as like me can't win
'Cause the bullsh** lies in friends so-called
in the middle of my sh**, kind of miss you are
Pissin me off to the point where, I cain't think
I cain't eat, I cain't sleep - just drink
And try to drown my life away
Muh'f**ers keep callin - damn, go away!
And let me be by myself, it's my problem, not nobody else
Stop callin GNO 'cause advice won't help
I'm in a tight situation, you dig?
I had plans for us to grow together, have a couple of kids
wit a three-story house, yard front and back
Plant flowers in the spring, but you changed all that
You ask where we go from here, I don't know all that
All I know is right here where I'm 'sposed to be at
YOU figure it out! KEEP my name outcho mouth!
{Chorus: "Watchin yooou, yoooou" repeats in the background 4X}
[Rapper Big Pooh overlaps]
Yaknahmsayin? Stay out my sh**
Let me be me, let me DO me
Let me do my thang, tired of you hoes
Always got somethin to say, addin some extra sh** (for real)
Knahmsayin? I don't need your input
Let me handle mine (Yaknahmsayin?)
Feel me
[Phonte]
Ay-y-y-yo, I understand a hate for a n***a
But why you have to go and turn snake on a n***a?
Smile one day then get fake on a n***a
Runnin, ya f**in mouth turn states on a n***a
Like, Sammy the Bull, let's examine the full
spectrum of your deception, the scandalous tools
That hold j**els when they wanna get fickle on you
Get jealous, call wifey then drop two nickels on you
Don't even act like I done sh**ted on you
How you gon' do me like that when my woman used to ride in
my deepest secrets I confide in
And at your crib, I reside in when sh** got hard
Mom DUKES even to' me apart
She said, "Boy, you might THINK she pullin for you, but it's all a facade"
She ain't tryna see you get none of that free money
that Baby Gap shoppin spree money
That California Beni B. money
"The Listening" royalty check CD money
The LB, J-League money
The long dough, so your family won't be hungry
Sit down and takin all the wisdom that you leave from me
I shoulda listened to moms
Instead of all these funny n***as greasin my palms, go ring the alarm
But ain't no need for me to stay around it
or next verse I'm droppin GOVERNMENT NAMES and ain't gon' be so f**in vague about it!
Word up!
{Chorus: "Watchin yooou, yoooou" repeats in the background 8X}
[Phonte overlaps]
Yaknahmsayin, man? This sh** is a trip
just to see how, three n***as can just come up with somethin
in such a short amount of time and..
Just see all the hate that'll come out of that sh**
Heh, yaknahmsayin? My n***a told me one time
You ever wanna know how many enemies you got
think about your no-good friends and double that sh**
This sh** is real, man..We gon' keep doin it
f** that, LB to the end, baby
Let's keep it movin
It's like that, y'all...