Big L - 88 HipHop Radio Freestyle (1998) lyrics

[Intro] I dunno how I'mma do this Check it, check it out, uh Check it out, check it, yo Check it [Verse 1: Big L] Yo, while we hold gats you hold knives When you sold eighths, [?], we sold pies [?] When you rolled bites, we drove 5's There's no comparison, son, just embarra**in' I'm running with some of the baddest men in the whole New York We hold the fort, while you crab cats is holdin' Player hatin', p**y-stolen whips We at the dice game rollin' trips Out of town, throwin' bricks, takin' over Cooking up coke with baking soda I buy hot j**els and ice it down While you go to the j**elry store with short dough, tryin' to bring the prices down You better spread with them 30 dollar kicks on Or get ripped on, knocked out cold and pissed on L is a heavy weight, it was steady paper You the type to go to jail for a petty caper Then come home on good behavior Talkin' about you "no longer hard now cause you a man of God now," Yo, it's amazin', L is blazin', always been Before I put the braids in, I just to let the waves spin What you be sayin' don't impress me at all And them chicks you be datin' don't be s**y at all Word life, everything that I recite stand out Go ahead and front, so I can try this right hand out I'll cross your jaw, L never lost a war No respect for them cowards who enforce the law You got somethin' to say? Cough it out Cause cats be wantin' beef, but when you pull out the heat, they ready to talk it out What is there to talk about? You was just frontin' Now it ain't nothin', ain't that somethin'? I should start busting anyway, and put one of you punks in the ground Y'all cats be k**in' me with y'all faces round jumping around Like you scarin' L, not even, word Cause I'mma be a thug until I stop breathing Plus I'm runnin' with a smooth crew that'll shoot at you You wanna knuckle up then? We can do that too