Be Somebody

[Intro: Dre] This is, fo sho This is, fo sho Ha ha, Beat Novocaine Yeah [Verse 1: Dre] One of them jump-out boys, jackin' toys out their cars, I remember Miami, where it’s 95 degrees in December That's why the years go by so fast It seem like yesterday I used to sport that pleather MCM member Tryin' to be a jack boy, me, Mark and Larry Used to grab them girls’ ass, run off, trip out and laugh at 'em And white boys wearin' Edwin jeans Thought them white girls was pretty Yo! MTV Raps was the first time I heard a New York rapper Before that, bass music was the thing that I blasted Out the boombox, 2Pac, Digital Underground Thug Life, muhfucka I get around Come up in the city where they figured us clowns Disrespected our music, look at us now Crunk music, all it is is bass music slowed down We them boys that made New York City proud How ironic is that? [Chorus: Dre & Keyshia Cole (Both)] In due time, one day, just wait I'ma be somebody, yo, tell somebody I'ma, I'ma make it happen You'll see, I'mma make it happen, uh-huh In due time, one day, just wait I’ma be somebody, yo, tell somebody I’ma, I'ma make it happen You’ll see, I'mma make it happen, Keyshia, sing it for me! This is all that I know Up in my heart and my soul I'll never give up, oh no One day, you already know That I'm somebody, you’re somebody We're all somebody, I'mma be somebody! I'm somebody, you're somebody We're all somebody, I'mma be somebody! [Verse 2: Dre] My homie Kanye say "Bush, he don't care 'bout us" The water rising, yet he won't stare at us Cameras flashin', can't believe the news We just tryin' to stay alive, they call it "black people lootin'"? (Damn) Well, back to the music, back to the bullshit Back to when Ja Rule did "New York, New York," we was happenin' producers "Hate It or Love It," ha-ha, we back on the news clips! They say we up for some Grammys I could give two fucks, I ain't tryin' to win no Grammys I'm tryin' to get my niggas off the block slingin' grams and Hangin' out of Chevys, sendin' shots, killin' families Dade County filled with hard-ass niggas No homo, survived through that Hurricane Wilma Our grind started in the Continental Now when I arrive, step out the Bentley Continental, nigga! [Chorus: Dre & Keyshia Cole (Both)] In due time, one day, just wait I'ma be somebody, yo, tell somebody I'ma, I'ma make it happen You'll see, I'mma make it happen, uh-huh In due time, one day, just wait Ohh I'ma be somebody, yo, tell somebody I'ma make it happen I'ma, I'ma make it happen You'll see, I'mma make it happen, Keyshia, sing it for me! This is all that I know (I know) Up in my heart and my soul I'll never give up, oh no One day, you already know That I'm somebody, you're somebody We're all somebody, I'mma be somebody! I'm somebody, you're somebody We're all somebody, I'mma be somebody! [Outro: Dre & Keyshia Cole] It's Dade County fo sho, tell everybody you know It's D-Dre, Beat Novocaine, Keyshia Cole Can you hear me singin' to you? I'm somebody, you're somebody We're all somebody, I'mma be somebody! It's Dade County fo sho, tell everybody you know It's D-Dre, Beat Novocaine, Keyshia Cole I can feel it, yeah I'm somebody, you're somebody We're all somebody, I'mma be somebody! Can you feel it, yeah? Ohhhh Dade...Dade...Dade Oohhh, thank you, baby!