I gotta give a shout out to my favorite emcees For inspirin' me to grab the mic and spray over beats And I gotta say wa**up to all of my peeps Stickin' around through thick and thin you know who you be And I gotta blink my eye to all of the girls Crackin' a smile makin' me able to cope with this world And I gotta give mad shouts to all our fans That be supportin' and lookin' out for me and my mans Sometimes I feel like I was destined to rhyme long before I knew Before Amiga 500's and four track portables Before I copped rap magazines and dressed in baggy jeans Dreamed myself away gettin' my old folks mad at me For neglectin' my homework, I hurt Microphones when I was goin' to work Nowadays it's so different but it's kinda the same still Got nobody payin' these bills, so I just will Be on a mission to achieve some kind of stable situation In my everyday life, the tribulations that I'm facin' It's crazy how the music can affect you at times That's what I wanna do when wreckin' these rhymes Every second of time I ever put on any record of mine Is a tiny little section of mine so I reckon when I'm Makin' my rhymes channel the flame inside of me I'm one step closer to the place where I'm tryin' to be Now that's super science to me Doin' what I love in life instead of lyin' asleep That's when my mind is free that's how I find the peace Through rhymes and beats stickin' in the eye of the beast I gotta give a shout out to my favorite emcees For inspirin' me to grab the mic and spray over beats And I gotta say wa**up to all of my peeps Stickin' around through thick and thin you know who you be And I gotta blink my eye to all of the girls Crackin' a smile makin' me able to cope with this world And I gotta give mad shouts to all our fans That be supportin' and lookin' out for me and my mans I gotta send a lot of love to my family For helpin' me develop into the man I be Gradually and my peeps that's understandin' me Y'all be helpin' me to maintain my sanity Damn, I see it all so crystal clear now The necessity of doin' my thing here and now Without fear I'll turn this motha' here out Yo, I know what's up so I ain't gonna stare down When you hear noun you hear it in the tone of my voice How I love this and why the microphone is my choice So now plug this s**er in and let me buck at them That don't know that I got love for this that's how it is If these kids mean biz yeah, that's fine with me But better get these equations straight in times like these It ain't too easy to prevail, oh no You gotta spit it like you mean somethin' with it to blow And get credit for shows then you're ready to go But never lose touch with those who already know I know for sure that I never would, I'll never forget Those who helped me build a rep while most of y'all still slept You know we and how we developed our own steez But oh please gotta recognize them old peeps Them old beats that was always thumpin' so sweet We owe these cats that paved the way yo for real I gotta give a shout out to my favorite emcees For inspirin' me to grab the mic and spray over beats And I gotta say wa**up to all of my peeps Stickin' around through thick and thin you know who you be And I gotta blink my eye to all of the girls Crackin' a smile makin' me able to cope with this world And I gotta give mad shouts to all our fans That be supportin' and lookin' out for me and my mans