[Sadat X] "R-A what's the lesson for today Rugged Man"
[Sadat X] "I am the legendary..R-A"


[Verse 1]
Yo aiiyo people wonderin' where the $#&@ I been
At the VIP section they ain't lettin' me in

They say; maybe if you had Dr. Dre or Timbaland
They say; a white boy need a black boy to win
Uhh Bubba Sparxx did it and so did Slim

Just Blaze is hot now why don't you get with him
I watch mad rappers bite my %#@! and blow up
And make millions of what I created, that's tough luck

I first started gettin' coverage around the same time
Steve Stout used to carry kid and placed luggage
I seen rappers turned from sex symbols in hard throbs

To bein forgotten now they out lookin' for jobs
I seen EPMD break up
I seen my little brother Max fall asleep and he ain't never wake up

So when I rhyme listen, seriously
When I spit I'm givin' you the truth clearly who I really be
It's an audio version of reality TV

I had deals from Russell Simmonds to Master P
Even five year old white girls be rappin' today
On the playground like 'go shorty it's ya birthday' (Go, go, go..)


"Here's a little story I got ta tell"
"I am the legendary"

"R-A" "Rugged Man"

[Verse 2]

Yo yo yo I seen good days sun rays church sundays
Made love made war been rich been poor
Lost friends lost hoods lost my dough

Seen beef between Bad Boy and Death Row
I seen deceased take the life for my sisters kid
Six months on the earth is what he had to live

I seen Biggie Big L Big Pun pass away
Buffy from the Fat Boys, Jam Master Jay
I mumple 'fore they blew up with Mystikal and Jay-Z

The Neptunes came to see me at D & D
I knew this chick named Norah a lounge singer
A year later she a six Grammy award winner

I seen flatliners I seen cannabisses
I seen Lil Zane see I seen mad misses
You ran through that ten percent disses

I seen A & R's get fired for takin' pisses
Stop whinin' the $#&@ nobody listens
Who else riskin' they career they stick to be indifferent

Switchin' the tradition stickin' to this %#@! they really livin'
I don't care what's hittin
Listen this is my $#&@in' life that I'm spittin


"Here's a little story I got ta tell"
"I am the legendary"

"R-A" "Rugged Man"

[Verse 3]

I made peace with myself now how bout that
I hated life I wanted to die a few years back
I was mentally ill it's hard to come back from that

But I got through it now I got my sanity back
Y'all are like H-B-O fighters get the money and fame
Get beat up like Klitschko and Sugar Shane

Or get beat like Vernon Forrest or Prince Naseem
And you all turn #~!!@ when you get that green
I got love for Havoc from Mobb Deep

When I was broke sleepin' in the street
He hooked me up with a free beat
Alchemist you still my little buddy

Althought you stole that Royce the 5"9 +The King+ beat from me
I ain't down to sign autographs and shake ya hands
I don't want trendy $$# followers as fans

I don't wanna sell records, I don't wanna be big
I don't want MTV runnin' up in my crib
I don't wanna be light in the music biz

I don't want fans that don't know who G Rap is

"Here's a little story I got ta tell"
"I am the legendary"
"R-A" "Rugged Man"

"Here's a little story I got ta tell"
"I am the legendary"
"R-A" "Rugged Man"
"what's the lesson for today Rugged Man"