[Intro: Lord Jamar] 97 shit This ain't brand new shit What? Thought you motherfuckers knew [Lord Jamar] Yo it be cold as the fuck in the winter in New York No heartbeat, swoopin down on a nigga Politicians be deliverin speeches with forked tongues When I talk it reaches the young, plus teaches the dumb Look at the disgust at the slums, BROOKLYN Hustlin for crumbs where we musclin the shook ones You lookin down the barrel of a gun as your apparel's gettin run Narrowly, escapin wit'cha life That's what we call breakin the ice, takin a slice of the pie The makin it price, ain't no Jesus Christ when you die We goin through this life high, blowin the smoke in the sky Revoked my license for a D-U-I And I still have no trouble doin 95 on I-95 Bitch you'll never take me alive We makin strides, but still we got a long way to ride Strong with the pride put your longplay in and slide [Sadat X] {?} looks, throw them used girls against the wall Some kids that gamble are foul, cause the dice slide wild I'm like the {?} next edition that be grippin the roll I'm like the feelin that you get from gettin dough that's sold I told you once before I'm like the travellin man I smoke the A black since way back and stay black I'm like the mainline, here to shine, and I swear I be all out in the streets with my cats at 3 AM Hey count that thing over there, that's my money I'm not a rich man by far but I can manage a bill and flip a bill, and survive in this world I do things with skill, check it out I can stack up, pack up, move out like a gypsy "Wild Cowboys" steps from V-A to Poughkeepsie Haulin contraband, in a stolen van, driven by a white man Hey I'm all over this land [Grand Puba] Yeah~! I speak on it, give it to you like you want it Cause I need a fat wad in the year of Born God I hit you with the rhyme speak unique Make a stripper shake they buttcheeks, sendin competition up shit's creek Words spit from these semi-automatic lips And it don't quit, lockin microphones like a pit Bill Blassie, classy, like I'm sassy Twist they own chasis quite fastly cause the God's nasty I got to stack these chips and take long trips And that's how we doin, down low like crack brewin{?} Brand Nubian, one of the greatest rhyme styles Be the latest who can't fade us, check out the data Yeah nigga, still baggin free shit from Tommy Hilfiger Extra careful of the pocket digger Nine-seven, actin ninety-seven, and you ask that Cause that's who the fuck you lookin at