[Intro]
You know there's a lot of thug talk and all that
But it really don't mean nothin' to me
[Verse 1]
Cats often ask me, "'Ru, what's the prognosis?"
I use my mic to inject dope and lethal doses
The game is filled with snakes, rats and vultures
That swarm like locust
Still I spit hot shit that burn your lips like blunt roaches
Sometimes it's hard keepin' my goals in focus
At the same time, hard times as part of the life process
Attack the track like the white lotus
Most are left dead, those alive barely have pulses
Bе cautious, dawg, before you leap, look
Causе on the real, the skills is off the hook
Have MCs in trance like hypnosis
Wannabe's rewind numerous times wishin' they wrote this
Natural like osmosis, all encompassin' like the cosmosis
Nobody beats Jeru like the biz
Cops juggle us, drink it like jizz
Take it how you want it, it is what it is
[Chorus]
You could be a
Gangster, murdera, street hustler, or a sucker
Watch your step, no if, ands or buts
Play yourself out position get that ass torn up
You could be a
Murdera, gangster, street hustler, drug bubalaa
Watch your step, no if, ands or buts
Play yourself out position, get that ass torn up
[Verse 2]
Now it's all simple mathematics
I sling that lingo that's afroasiatic
Dudes in the hood salute the God with their automatics
Keep it super ghetto, you don't want static
Bust off and of course your whole body backflip
Tragic, run doctor, took the hippocratic oath
Not tryna boast, but I'm better than most
From the East to the West Coast, track it
And the code I live by, DaVinci couldn't crack it
Shorty wobble, but I ain't smack it
And every time I flow, some wack underground MC tryna jack it
Shit is getting drastic don't forget I'm responsible for hip-hop classics
A lot of so-called "conscious MCs" are my bastard children
Fuck the roof being on fire I burn down the whole buildin'
Droppin' bombs, lock up your wife and kids
Take it how you take it, dawg, it is what it is
[Chorus]
You could be a
Gangster, murdera, street hustler, or a sucker
Watch your step, no if, ands or buts
Play yourself out position get that ass torn up
You could be a
Murdera, gangster, street hustler, drug bubalaa
Watch your step, no if, ands or buts
Play yourself out position, get that ass torn up
[Verse 3]
Before you ask me, son, "What's the science?"
Ten years down the line, and I'm still defiant
Still on the grind, still ride, still shine
Makin' moves like I'm ghetto violence, clap up the trap
Don't wanna catch a slug in the back
House and Mike's call me Mike Tyrant
And I don't give a fuck, if you hot, I play fire hydrant
Use my mic like a hammer, leave you dead in the ditch
Po-po investigate but there's no evidence
Wipe my heat off and toss it, so it's no fingerprints
Kill every eyewitness so can't nobody snitch
Like goin' raw dog in a dirty bitch
Fuck with the kid and get burnt paw, it is what it is
[Chorus]
You could be a
Gangster, murdera, street hustler, or a sucker
Watch your step, no if, ands or buts
Play yourself out position get that ass torn up
You could be a
Murdera, gangster, street hustler, drug bubalaa
Watch your step, no if, ands or buts
Play yourself out position, get that ass torn up
[Outro]
Sometimes I sit back, and I wish I had a time machine