Freeway - Hands up lyrics

[Chorus 1 - Freeway] Now everybody throw your hands up, it's "The Stimulus Package" Now throw your hands up, we givin back to the people Now throw your hands up, if you rockin with Jake One and Philly Freezer Everybody throw your hands up, it's "The Stimulus Package" Now throw your hands up, we givin back to the people So throw your hands up, if you rockin with Jake One and Philly Freezer [Verse 1 - Freeway] I'm talkin Gang Starr and Naughty, way before B.I.G. and 'Pac was discussed I had my walkman in my pocket, used to hop on the bus I used to rock it, used to knock until the mixtape popped Tribe Called Quest and Black Sheep was knockin to us Yeah, Leaders of the New, I'm from the old school I'm about to bring y'all people new school, hip-hop you can trust I'm from the Roc-A, yeah, your sisters hung my posters in they lockers But I still got that knock that makes the people bop they head I am alive, so the "Dynasty's" not dead I have arrived, I came to snatch your spots so switch your locks up Robin Hood, I steal from the rich, give to the poor Represent for all my bulls that are shackled up and locked up You know what's ill, prior to the deal Was in the same boat as them but I made it out of my cuffs So I will, deliver to the Phill' Promise to keep it real, show sk**s, heat the mic up, yeah [Chorus 2 - Freeway] Throw your hands up, it's "The Stimulus Package" Now throw your hands up, we givin back to the people Now throw your hands up, if you rockin with Jake One and Philly Freezer Everybody throw your hands up, it's "The Stimulus Package" Now throw your hands up, we givin back to the people So throw your hands up, if you rockin with Jake One and Philly Freezer [Verse 2 - Freeway] We bringin y'all Original Flavor, raised off De La Kept Black Moon in my boombox player Back in the day I used to steal that n***a Rakim's style When I flowed and I didn't say "may I?" Let's say I was 16 years old Then I grew and learned how to cross over like A.I Yup, stack paper, every since that day I Made moves, listen to Wu with (Cash Rules) Now my own entity, official Rhymesayer Boss player, don't ask nobody for favors Before I met Jay I been knew that the "Streets Watch" It's Barack of the block, doin hip-hop a favor (what's that?) Bringin that realness back, it's "The Stimulus Pack'" All fake and false rappers can fall and collapse Drop and die, them and I Will not miss you, no ribbon in the sky, no! [Chorus 1] [Verse 3 - Freeway] I remember when I was first tryin to be a rapper guy Like Pharcyde, the labels kept on (Pa**in' Me By) Nowadays when I hit 'em with the flow again They like "there he go again, the dopest Ethopian" Nope, Afro-American, hit y'all with the realness, I don't hit y'all With the babblin Hit y'all with the songs, then I hit y'all with the battlin Drug traffickin, drop "The Stimulus Package" Watch these rappers follow my pattern, yeah! [Chorus 2] [Outro - Freeway - 2X] Now everybody throw you hands up (hands up ...) Now throw your hands up (hands up ...) Throw your hands up (hands up ...) Now throw your hands up (hands up ...)