What Do You Know?

Lyrics

[Intro] I know, I know, I know I know, I know, I know [Verse 1] Feel free to hate me and to doubt me, but until you stood behind my plate And peep the way I truly swing, you could never out me See, opinions are like rap careers: everybody's got one And most amount to zip, even less if it's a hot one Like them radio songs that make us sing along 'Cause the beat is real heavy and the hook is real catchy Make you nod your head steady, and you don't feel sketchy 'Til you're all by yourself, and you ridin' around And all of a sudden realise how stupid it sounds Mainstream or Underground, away team, home town It boils down to the facts: whack is whack Camby can't hold Shaq And a party ain't a party if you don't bring a sack Or your own 12-Pack or this 12 on the wax I detail every track to make a sentence sparkle Giving thoughts to the thoughtful But I don't know how I know to pull these diamonds outta charcoal I just know [Chorus] I know, I know, I know Think you do when you don't 'cause, uh I know, I know, I know Think I don't when I do but, uh I know, I know, I know Think you do when you don't 'cause, uh I know, I know, I know I know... [Verse 2] It's knowledge of self, knowing what you can and what you can't do And learn to play the hand that God chose to hand you I plan to double down when my turn comes around I suggest you do the same, you can't take these chips with you So it's best to play the game while there's breath up in your frame Judge to death be the name, so I modern-day convulse For you Latter Day souls, promote the type of fun That makes your Saturdays whole, grey matter turn gold With the stroke of a pen, help your spirit verge free Before it chokes from within, me I'm cloaked in my sin So I decorate the shrow, so the tat on my arm Is the badge of a proud B-Boy gone wild Into rap since a child, born in '78 So I know no other culture just to set the record straight I'm a vandal B-Boy and turntable destroyin' Right now it's these skills with the mic I'm employin' 'Cause I [Chorus] I know, I know, I know Think you do when you don't 'cause, uh I know, I know, I know Think I don't when I do but, uh I know, I know, I know Think you do when you don't 'cause, uh I know, I know, I know I know... [Verse 3] I know tomorrow's not promised so handle business while you can I know a friend's not a friend just because he lends a hand I know a man's not a man, if he has to beat his woman I know she'll push you to the point where you feel she had it comin' I know you both love each other so a brawl would be senseless I know this 'cause I lived it, and I mean every sentence I know that 25 to Life is a very long time I know that that's the reason that I have to go for mine I know that waitin' on no man is the scheduled flight of time I know that time is unfair when I listen to Sublime I know that my time is comin' so I gotta keep runnin' I know that our time is now so let's have a little fun and I know you gotta feel me, or my fate is soon to seal me I know that cigarettes and alcohol are out to kill me I know I gotta quit, but not right now I know I gotta quit, but I just don't know how; I just- [Chorus] I know, I know, I know Think you do when you don't 'cause, uh I know, I know, I know Think I don't when I do but, uh I know, I know, I know Think you do when you don't 'cause, uh I know, I know, I know I know... [Outro] I know, I know, I know I know, I know, I know