That's Me (feat. Joell Ortiz)

Joell Ortiz, fellas breathe, I'm the fresh air

My words is moving, soothing your right and left ear
I shopped down in Brooklyn, trying to pick up the best gear
To look like a million on stage before I sweat, yeah
That was me and SOBs line around the block
Fans making it damn near impossible to get out the spot
Green and yellow promo vans, album out with Koch
And see, I was the first Latino nigga down with that

And speaking of Latins, is Pun passing?
Besides Fat Joe, I'm the only thing that's contracting
Brooklyn swag on the flow, rapping on 5th Avenue
Imagine passing a million, waving them big flags at you
Every time I talk to y'all, I say something

I don't get on DVDs with heat on display, bugging
With the mic, it ain't nothing, I'm a microwave oven
Y'all made these up-and-comers feel nice when they wasn't

When them lights go on, that's me
The show get done and them lights go off, that's me
The cameras get to flashing, they taking pictures of me
You'll never ever meet a dude I'm pretending to be
When I do an interview, that's me
The interview done, please believe they writing about me
The fans get to asking for autographs and that's me
You'll never ever meet a dude I'm pretending to be

Remember the industry composed a little list?
What, ten hottest rappers or something and niggas flipped

How the fuck you think I felt? That was ridiculous
Now I'm giving it to everyone, I ain't Saint Nicholas
I'm great with these gifts, I'm eight with the wrists
I'm really the seventh number before eight on that list

Skip past the dragon, I'm flames when I spit
I'm angry right now, I can't behave when I diss
I'm, I'm, listen, I'm the fucking man
I'm the new king, shorties call me Young Buckingham
I'm who they all sat around at the last supper, fam
Suffering succotash, y'all laugh, it's just nothing, damn
How it took so long for y'all to see?
Y'all went on a journey looking for who? Your Odyssey
Could've been much shorter, I was right there on the corner
Bag of chips, quart of water, and loosie before a quarter

When them lights go on, that's me
The show get done and them lights go off, that's me
The cameras get to flashing, they taking pictures of me
You'll never ever meet a dude I'm pretending to be
When I do an interview, that's me
The interview done, please believe they writing about me
The fans get to asking for autographs and that's me
You'll never ever meet a dude I'm pretending to be

I remember they ain't see it, said I was too damn fat
He's too hard to market, but none of them said I can't rap
They hands used to shoo me away, now they hands clap
Cause when I'm on stage, it goes down like a Zantac
You was trying to lock down the game, you piece of ran rap
I'm a vault inside a vault in a vault with a damn latch
Attached and secured by a kryptonite lock
So even Superman himself couldn't get to my spot

Not to mention the alarm system I got
Man, I guard this flow with a storm and chill, I am so for real
Sometimes I think I'm over-ill
When I flow, I kill the drive of aspiring
Rappers, they just go home and chill

Actually, it was on before I closed a deal
When I was unsigned, I was unfair like the old Shaquille

Guess what I'm saying, boy, please
He's aight, he's pretty good, but none of them ain't Ortiz

When them lights go on, that's me
The show get done and them lights go off, that's me
The cameras get to flashing, they taking pictures of me
You'll never ever meet a dude I'm pretending to be
When I do an interview, that's me
The interview done, please believe they writing about me
The fans get to asking for autographs and that's me
You'll never ever meet a dude I'm pretending to be