[Big Pun]
Yo yo Angie, come downstairs, the pub is open
Hurry up ma! Put your socks, put your slippers on!
C`mon ma hurry! (Alright then, I got it)
[The Product G&B]
Oooohhh Angie..
Ooo-whoaaaa, yeahhh..
Oooh yeah hooooo whoahhhh, ohhh-ye ohhhhh-yeah
[Angie Martinez]
Uh, yeah (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Uh (ooh ooh ooh ooh)
Uh-uh-uh uh-ah uh-ah-uh-ah
I started in Brooklyn, comin up in the game
Everybody has a story mine wasn`t the same
Angela, delinquent, I thought I was grown
I went through a lot things way before I was known
See my moms, she never knew I would make it all start
She was through with the bad grades, the late nights in the park
Causin my mom pain, my life was in the dirt
I played hooky all day while she was hard at work
Sorry ma, know it was hard and my pops was a jerk
She packed her shit and got us out of there before it got worse
Moved the fam to Miami in hopes of changin my ways
A big portion of my mind still remained in a daze
It wasn`t `til we came back my life matured
Success would be the only thing that I was fightin for
I was determined to get there, and keep it hot
Since that day my only goal was to reach the top
[Chorus: The Product G&B]
To every little girl, on every block
that`s comin of age tryin to reach the top
I said no matter who you are, you can reach the stars
But never forget, how fragile you are, cause a girl is fragile
[Angela Martinez]
It`s crazy, when I think back, sometimes I have to cry
Cause when you young, you don`t see how life can pass you by
You don`t even really care if you gon` starve or not
This go back to ninety-three when I got the job at Hot
I used to answer the phones for Flex, do overnight spurts
Back then, I was like, Hey who knows? It might work
I wasn`t satisfied, but it would just begin
Cause in ninety-five, I was every day, six to ten
I put in a lot of work so I could bring in my listeners
I secured a fanbase, although some of them dissed us
I was new at my thang, but I was doin my thang
And I would never let nobody try to ruin my thang
But of course, there were people couldn`t stand where I was
Cause although know I`m in, I wasn`t made what I was
Through the heat, kept it movin, throw the haters a smile
What would they do if they knew her heart was fragile?
[Chorus]
[The Product G&B]
Angela.. (uh-huh) Angela.. (hahahah)
Angela.. (wooh!) Angela.. (uhh, uhh)
[Angie Martinez]
Overall, it`s a rough business, it could stop even you
There`s people that`s gonna say things that`s not even true
Like the one about me not bein down for my women
And I hated the lesbian rumors that went around for a minute
How bout the one that goes, `Yeah, she goes with him.
He bought her the car, the ice, the clothes and rims.`
And I`m sure you all heard she caught one dead in the face
It`d been different if she said what she said to my face
As for men, who knows where my story will start
I went through a relationship that nearly tore me apart
So I`m chillin for now, it`s all about me for the moment
cause there`s things that I wouldn`t allow
But I`ma be aight though, keep comin with tight flow
Try to stay on the low while I`m watchin your hype grow
Playin the role like nobody can cramp your style
But I know, like you know, that you`re fragile
[Chorus]
{*The Product G&B ad lib to the end*}
