Hip 2 Da Game (feat. Kid Capri)

[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
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