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[CHORUS]
I'm hip to the game (right)

I'll always be the same (true)
Cause whether I'm broke or got fame
Sunshine or rain

Ain't a damn thing changed

[VERSE 1]

Finesse fell off, that's what some figure
You better see Mary Blige and get the 411, ^!$$%
I rock rappers frequently

I'm like Stevie Wonder, I can't see a brother beatin me
Wanna throw joints? You get spanked, fella
Wanna talk dough? I'm seein more cash than a bank teller

Wanna talk girls, you can't follow this
I been through more skins than the average dermatologist
I'm no joke on a fast or slow tip

Pockets stay so thick, be on some down-low %#@!
I turn MC's red fast
I never sell out, $#&@ that, yo, I'm dead $$#

I'm on it like TNT
When it comes to this, ain't another brother seein me
That's why opponents always get scared

Cause I make brothers go, "Hey yo, that's that %#@! there!"

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[VERSE 2]
Brothers better lounge when I pass through town

(You better recognize) Don't know? Better ask around
Word life, I'm not a new figure
They say good things come to those who wait - I'm overdue, ^!$$%

I lounge and rock tunes
The way I be savin the day, give me a cape and a costume
But no, it's not Batman, it's the original blackman

That goes back like the Gap Band
I don't run scams, got dumb fans
Yo, I'm one man that's quick to toast a ^!$$% like a sun tan

People wondered would I rock again?
%#@!, rap without Finesse is like life without oxygen
It's no quiz, I get biz, you know what the deal is

Rap ain't %#@! if it ain't real, kid
Can't a rapper outplay me
(Do your thing, kid) Word life, no doubt, baby


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[VERSE 3]
I don't stutter, I'm so butter, like no other
Word, I'm that funky type of soul brother

I get stupid, but I'm dumb wise, I'm one guy
That can rock a party from night until sunrise
You can't mess with the rap lord

That's like sayin you can dunk when you can't touch the backboard
Ha, I got the smooth rep
I got styles that kung-fu mutha$#&@as didn't use yet

How long I been rockin raps?
Since ^!$$%s was wearin Lee's, mark-necks and sportin stocking caps
Plus I be flippin figures

In '95 and beyond, best believe I got some %#@! for ^!$$%s

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