Animal

Lyrics

[Hook: Notorious B.I.G. sample, scratched by Statik Selektah] "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" "It's rules to this shit" [Intro: AZ, over scratches] Yeah, enough respect – The Bad Boy, Death Row, No Limit Rap-A-Lot, Roc-A-Fella, Cash Money, Ruff Ryders So So Def, The Inc.  And all the incarcerated Scarfaces from ghetto to ghetto Now introducing to you, a new empire Quiet Money Records and Hush Management Formally presents, yours truly [Verse 1: AZ] I'm praised for wicked wordplay Emerge from my herb days Was boxed in the bird cage Now flock with the mermaids A shorty wop, 'til I copped then I turned age Saw it unfold, certain wars is untold Unsolved Mysteries, coffins is closed A carnivore trickery, caution your role Any slip-ups will be haunting your souls So never get it twisted, nigga, keep an iron biscuit wit' ya Beast promoted, the streets is coded For the naked eye, times is too deep to notice Yeah, I specialize in rhymes, but I peep the bogus On every known level, I'm a stone cold rebel Clothes is crisp, I rose gold the wrist I was schooled how to tuck, hide, and hold the fifth How to crush, cut, divide, and supply the sniff So if the truth ain't me, then the truth can't be [Hook: Statik Selektah scratches] [Notorious BIG] "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" [Nas] "Peeps that's into drug money, market into rap" [BIG] "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" [Prodigy] "I'm falling and I can't turn back" [BIG] "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" [Nas] "Peeps that's into drug money, market into rap" [P.] "The street's is ki's" [BIG] "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" [P.] "I'm falling and I can't turn back" [Verse 2: AZ] From base potter to that hard rock white We all hustlers, live that hard knock life Some get knocked, and their heart's not right Cuffed up in the A.M., and discharged that night We all know that the narcs ain't nice But that's the price when your bars ain't tight The beast within release within, you get caught up, lose trust You don't speak to friends, you lose lust Rarely fuck, you just seeking sin You know thugs stay grizzly and love to get busy The stakes is high, the bids is long A few wakes – niggas cry, you live, you gone If you escape, rules apply, kids is born And the game won't change, it's the same ol' thang [Hook: Statik Selektah scratches] [Notorious BIG] "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" [Nas] "Peeps that's into drug money, market into rap" [BIG] "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" [Prodigy] "I'm falling and I can't turn back" [BIG] "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" [Nas] "Peeps that's into drug money, market into rap" [P.] "The street's is ki's" [BIG] "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" [P.] "I'm falling and I can't turn back" [Verse 3] And my mind been backwards since puffing on them Backwoods Stressing on them clappers, and ducking from them crackers Never been in Napa, never fuck wit' no rappers I'm so gon' wit it, but I'm so longwinded Seen the worst, when I seen my first Body get caught, I was prolly this short The victim right beside me, stretched on the sidewalk "But you never seen a man cry, 'til you seen a man die" The killer shots, the realer the guap If you guerrilla, then it's similar plots Then if not, you more familiar, you a squealer You no dealer, you hot – fuck around, get the whole block locked But never me, I've been boss playing, cooking up, sautéing 'Til I saw another door, I had to force a nigga way in Now in all black, wit' the gloves and hat I'm so deep in it, that I can't turn back [Hook: Statik Selektah scratches] [Notorious BIG] "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" [Nas] "Peeps that's into drug money, market into rap" [BIG] "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" [Prodigy] "I'm falling and I can't turn back" [BIG] "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" [Nas] "Peeps that's into drug money, market into rap" [P.] "The street's is ki's" [BIG] "I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal" [P.] "I'm falling and I can't turn back"