Nobody

Lyrics

[Intro: Termanology] Yeah Uh-huh Statik Selektah Uh [Verse 1: Termanology] Cut your face with the cheesegrater, chop up the kis later My pocket is green paper, no free labor In the rock with my Gs laid up, we plottin' on three capers My drop with the deep Daytons is the greatest Pistolwhip your face, now your teeth breakin' We speed racin' in foreigns until police chase us Heard you got a ghostwriter, now your speech tainted It's deep, ain't it? We Freemasons I need big green faces in all my briefcases It's always somebody rich tellin' you, "Be patient" They wiped out [?] and we ain't see nathin' Not a single cent in reparations Gettin' bent and blazin', that's the ghetto meditation Would you rather worry your days or live in sedation? 2020, it's still segregation Have you feelin' like you in the matrix I survive on the basics of three dollar plates with Scoop of rice, piece of meat and some plantain chips Old school ass-whippin', boy my hands ancient Fentanyl is what your gram's laced with Uh, I walk around the town with my head high Beantown back to Bedstuy Called Tek, called Eto, now the record fire With each line, I electrify [Chorus: Black Thought] Who lose? If you really ain't nobody 'til somebody love you I say you ain't nobody 'til they speakin' highly of you I say you ain't nobody 'til they speakin' highly of you I say you ain't nobody Who lose? If you really ain't nobody 'til somebody love you I say you ain't nobody 'til they speakin' highly of- I say you ain't nobody 'til they speakin' highly of you I say you ain't nobody [Verse 2: Eto] Youngin's blamin' tradition for conditions that they livin' in Thought they could step in the game without scrimmagin' I brought the corner back, could only do it with diligence Now it's the soldiers against the militants Black [?] run down, let's lay the catwalk Grocery bags over my boots, no path marked Feds sweep the streets then the rest march Then they draw chalk, that's crack art Huh, yo, I hang where you hung Can't come around same one gave you a gun Can't lead you to the water, I could take you to some Can't race where you run, ain't safe in the slums Same rules apply, I'm hopin' they do I know when they move, get back, he owe me some dues True, pay homos when the tre pronto Then a I play the cut in the safe condo [Chorus: Black Thought & Tek] Who lose? If you really ain't nobody 'til somebody love you I say you ain't nobody 'til they speakin' highly of you I say you ain't nobody 'til they speakin' highly of you I say you ain't nobody Who lose? If you really ain't nobody 'til somebody love you I say you ain't nobody 'til they speakin' highly of- I say you ain't nobody 'til they speakin' highly of you I say you ain't nobody (It's March 9th) [Verse 3: Tek] My Bedstuy flow's malicious, food for dishes I'm big dangerous, you're just a little vicious Just a simple head nod, they at your headpiece Can we have a moment of silence for the diseased? You say you want war, [?] kick in your door Have you and your bitch butt naked sprawled on the floor With a potato on the 3-8-o, I give the say-so (Uh-huh) You and your wack hoe is both gettin' facials You're done, finito [?] [?] Dominocano and negro flip the yayo For big bank, I throw sixes, call the head [?] Thousand dollar jeans, no socks, fly kicks, I rock that With pieces [?] with a deuce on the dash Middle finger to the police with a Glock in the stash For whoever want it, I put a body on it Y'all niggas stay mighty, I'm goin' [?] [Chorus: Black Thought] Who lose? If you really ain't nobody 'til somebody love you I say you ain't nobody 'til they speakin' highly of you I say you ain't nobody 'til they speakin' highly of you I say you ain't nobody Who lose? If you really ain't nobody 'til somebody love you I say you ain't nobody 'til they speakin' highly of- I say you ain't nobody 'til they speakin' highly of you I say you ain't nobody