50,000 Heads

Lyrics

[Intro: R.A. the Rugged Man] There's only fifty thousand heads that are true to this The rest are clueless to what real hip-hop music is [Verse 1: Sadat X & R.A. the Rugged Man] Now what I expect's been lost on some bias shit Them same rap jams is what slams on the radio Do I have to pay my way to be played on 97 When I've been doing this shit on stage since I was eleven? I be the underground king, the fighter of low rates And the promo dates is what the Black man hates Now to me, I should be Platinum or at least pushin' Gold But I ain't, so I got to keep my soldiers in the street so we can eat Hey, this program director at the radio can't feel me They ain't trying to jam my shit when I'm trying to be legit I am the legendary and I vary Like the flavors from Ben & Jerry One foot is in the street, the other in the studio Sometimes I wake up late at night and don't know which way to go Should I settle for a hundred thousand or keep fighting the public housing Or get my young boys out of jail for trying to set the scale Or prevail on some ol' real rap shit I kick for niggas on stage that don't have shit? R.A., what's the lesson for the day, Rugged Man? Should we ignore the scan that computes the record sales? Hey, we need money right here, motherfuck Save the Whales (Hahaha) No doubt, check it out, yo, yo [Chorus: R.A. the Rugged Man & Sadat X] There's only fifty thousand heads that are true to this One foot is in the street, the other in the studio There's only fifty thousand heads that are true to this The rest are clueless to what real hip-hop music is (Hey now) [Verse 2: R.A. the Rugged Man] Now who these kids think they are? (Don't sweat those kids) They tried to ruin our careers when I've been doing this rap stuff for ten years (Ten years) I can't remember any time that was worse They tried to treat me like Heavy D and said I couldn't curse Get hit up, get your wig split up Don't matter Foxy Brown or Little Kim, in bed I can tear any freaky bitch up Leave the spot lit-up, the opposite of Heaven is what we living Now how come these envious cats always be sweating my position? I'm gon' live life to the fullest 'til I die, that's my religion We gon' beat down your whole cypher if your freestyle ain't hitting How could this duo not work? R.A. the Rugged, Sadat X I'm top five lyrically, if you ain't listing me, you dissing me Forty-nine wins with no losses, heavyweights know who the boss is Disrespect, don't want to find out what the 'cause is (Hey, hey now) I make this comeback in '97 Y'all lyricists who hip-hop is your life get love back in '97 Don't play me, I react violently now in '97 Ignorant minds best to speak silently now in '97 ('97) R.A. the Rugged Man, hated by everyone Yo, yo, that's what I'm hearin', yo (That's what I hear) We in here, we in here [Chorus: R.A. the Rugged Man & Sadat X] There's only fifty thousand heads that are true to this One foot is in the street, the other in the studio There's only fifty thousand heads that are true to this The rest are clueless to what real hip-hop music is