*I know, I know, I know* (sample repeats)
[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 of `em out to zip, even less if it`s a hot one
Like the 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 realize to yourself how stupid it sounds
Mainstream or Underground, away team, home town
It boils down to the facts: Wack is wack
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 how 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.
[Verse 2]
It`s knowledge of self, knowing what you can and you can`t do
And knowing 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 confuse
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 my shrow, so the tat on my arm
Is the badge of a proud, B-Boy gone wild
In the rap sense of child born in `78
So I know no other culture just to set the record straight
I`m a vandal B-Boyin`, turntable destroyin`
Right now it`s the skills with the mic I`m employin`
`cause I
[Chorus]
[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 know
I know I gotta quit, but I just don`t know how; I just
[Chorus]
