I. Chalie-Chalie Boy

[00:02.05]by the yamster [00:49.81]i was young, i was surviving the times [00:52.48]waiting for my moment, i was destined to shine [00:54.91]little ray had an nsx, i was hoping i'm next [00:57.87]wanting bracelets, never had a rope on my neck [01:00.31]unless i was holding taiyeh chain--rest in peace [01:03.01]even though that night you flipped on us [01:04.98]you warned us if you came back and we still on the corners, [01:07.94]we goners, moving on to... [01:10.26]move your arm in your watch to another time on the block [01:12.85]'cause this 40 side where they say shorty rhyme [01:15.37]tragedy he used to come through all the time [01:17.83]i'm talking juice crew, not what the word define [01:20.28]he had a sister named erin, for sure was fine [01:22.89]that was my first crush; i bought my first mic [01:25.57]i wrote my first verse, i was about nine [01:27.85]i was about mine, fantasize house-buying [01:30.36]met paul, he wore some big glasses [01:32.61]him and melquan took me where g rap lived [01:35.20]i was happy, just getting some answers [01:37.60]i ain't even know what a record advance was [01:40.35]i'm seeing hoes sex in the studio bathroom [01:42.88]with rap dudes, thinking wow she moved me [01:45.32]same girl then, right now's a groupie [01:47.55]back then, she was like the star in the movie [01:50.07]large jewelery and expensive gucci [01:52.64]next stop, paid in full posse recruits me [01:55.30]knew they were some millionaires, their ropes were dookie [01:57.54]eric b man looking like touch-it-he-shoot-me [02:00.50]you see, every time ra didn't show [02:02.75]i get to record demos at attempts to blow [02:05.36]i wonder could they tell, how did they know [02:08.06]sixteen years later, here i go [02:11.82] [02:29.75]i'm with akinyele in the street, trying to get us a deal [02:33.03]g rap tried to get us to sign to cold chill [02:35.36]but fly ty didn't have the contract we wanted [02:38.32]clark kent just signed das, he didn't want us [02:40.67]russell said i sounded like g, the n***a fronted [02:43.23]reef and matty c offered me a little money [02:45.63]shit a little funny, feel a little laughter [02:48.16]rebel of hip-hop coming through a white rapper [02:50.70]my boy mc serch nevertheless [02:52.88]took me to columbia, back then cbs [02:55.45]chris schwartz, ruffhouse, he was the best man [02:57.88]now bugging because the label had just dropped def jam [03:00.80]could you picture russell needing a check, man [03:02.97]but he smart, he plotted a plan for polygram [03:05.61]life is ill, again life's a movie [03:08.33]then, the roster's: cypress hill, nas, and fugees [03:10.60]before i sold records, no promotion [03:13.10]the rap world like, what's all this commotion [03:15.70]went plat', mad bottles i'm toasting [03:17.89]20/20 highsight, but how did they know then [03:21.64] [03:40.27]invincible, lyrical, miracle man, huh [03:44.11]but back to the matter at hand [03:45.65]'cause ten years ago we all strived to be twenty-five [03:48.78]some cats didn't make it alive [03:50.47]dated some stars but respect their privacy [03:53.20]copped mad cars, laying back in the driver's seat [03:55.76]held myself down, just giving the will [03:58.92]here i am, completed my whole record deal