[00:10.22] I'm hip to the game (Right) [00:12.71] I'll always be the same (True) [00:15.46] 'Cause whether I'm broke or got fame [00:17.56] Sunshine or rain [00:18.55] Ain't a damn thing changed [00:21.01] I'm hip to the game (Right) [00:23.37] I'll always be the same (True) [00:26.02] 'Cause whether I'm broke or got fame [00:28.39] Sunshine or rain [00:30.13] Ain't a damn thing changed [00:32.32] Finesse fell of, that's what some figure [00:34.47] You better see the Mary Blige and get the 411, nigga [00:37.00] I rock rappers frequently [00:39.40] I'm like Stevie Wonder I can't see a brother beatin' me [00:42.11] Wanna throw joints? You get spanked, fella [00:44.82] Wanna talk dough? I'm seein' more cash than a bank teller [00:47.82] Wanna talk girls, you can't follow this [00:50.30] I been through more skins than the average dermatologist [00:53.09] I'm no joke on a fast or slow tip [00:55.56] Pockets stay so thick, be on some down-low shit [00:58.26] I turn MC's red fast [01:00.74] I never sell out, fuck that, yo, I'm dead ass [01:03.91] I'm on it like TNT [01:05.77] When it comes to this, ain't another brother seeing me [01:09.11] That's why opponents always get scared [01:12.02] 'Cause I make brothers go, "Hey yo, now that's that shit there!" [01:14.54] I'm hip to the game (Right) [01:16.64] I'll always be the same (True) [01:18.91] Cause whether I'm broke or got fame [01:21.05] Sunshine or rain [01:22.58] Ain't a damn thing changed [01:24.83] I'm hip to the game (Right) [01:27.36] I'll always be the same (True) [01:29.65] Cause whether I'm broke or got fame [01:32.19] Sunshine or rain [01:34.02] Ain't a damn thing changed [01:36.56] Brothers better lounge when I pass through town [01:38.37] (You better recognize) Don't know? Better ask around [01:41.35] Word life, I'm not a new figure [01:43.66] They say good things come to those who wait, I'm overdue, nigga [01:46.70] I lounge and rock tunes [01:49.07] The way I be savin' the day, give me a cape and a costume [01:51.93] But no, it's not Batman, it's the original blackman [01:54.60] That goes back like the Gap Band [01:57.47] I don't run scams, got dumb fans [01:59.55] Yo, I'm one man that's quick to toaste a nigga like a sun tan [02:02.42] People wondered would I rock again? [02:04.90] Shit, rap without finesse is like life without oxygen [02:07.25] It's no quiz, I get biz, you know what the deal is [02:09.92] Rap ain't shit if it ain't real, kid [02:13.57] Can't a rapper outplay me [02:15.81] (Do your thing, kid) Word life, no doubt, baby [02:18.36] I'm hip to the game (Right) [02:20.18] I'll always be the same (True) [02:22.70] Cause whether I'm broke or got fame [02:25.27] Sunshine or rain [02:26.41] Ain't a damn thing changed [02:28.94] I'm hip to the game (Right) [02:30.61] I'll always be the same (True) [02:33.51] Cause whether I'm broke or got fame [02:36.49] Sunshine or rain [02:37.91] Ain't a damn thing changed [02:40.66] I don't stutter, I'm so butter, like no other [02:42.75] Word, I'm that funky type of soul brother [02:45.85] I get stupid, but I'm dumb wise, I'm one guy [02:48.45] That can rock a party from night until sunrise [02:50.78] You can't mess with the rap lord [02:52.72] That's like sayin' you can dunk when you can't touch the backboard [02:55.52] Ha, I got the smooth rep [02:58.43] I got styles that kung-fu muthafuckas didn't use yet [03:01.38] How long I been rockin' raps? [03:03.83] Since niggas was wearin' Lee's, mark-necks and sportin' stocking caps [03:06.70] Plus I be flippin' figures [03:09.02] In '95 and beyond, best believe I got some shit for niggas [03:11.63] I'm hip to the game (Right) [03:13.48] I'll always be the same (True) [03:16.47] Cause whether I'm broke or got fame [03:18.25] Sunshine or rain [03:19.79] Ain't a damn thing changed [03:22.23] I'm hip to the game (Right) [03:23.77] I'll always be the same (True) [03:26.66] Cause whether I'm broke or got fame [03:29.75] Sunshine or rain [03:31.43] Ain't a damn thing changed [04:02.75]