Any Type of Way

[Intro]

Uh, yeah

Ayo Prem' man

I be hollering at these cats man, you know

Trying to make them understand the realness in this here game man, you know

This how serious it is on these streets

Yo, check it, uh

[Verse 1]

Survival of the Fittest today, that's still the test

I seen 'em kill the best, in this ghetto wilderness

It's real in the field 'cause they bring the drama hard

Guliani got New York looking like it's Amistad

And be whatever's clever, with the thought of slipping

Thugs start to flipping, black women resort to stripping

When they say, the drug game's dead, that's not a fable

Hustlers is locked down or even got a label

Either try to keep the heat on ya on the street corner

Ya sleep, a week later your peeps mourn ya

Stick up kids putting in working in Ps

Your food stamps feed the next cat Turkey and Cheese

Ain't no devourance, I speak it now in defense

I'm only here to make a dollar out of knowledge, power, sense

So be about the paper 'til your pockets are full

Please stop with the bull, less is profitable, come on...

[Chorus: scratched by DJ Premier]

"Making moves any type of way"

"Straight gutter from the ghetto to the burbs"

"Take it back to the days of..."

"Do or Die"

"Straight from Bedstuy"

"Know what I'm sayin'"

"Making moves any type of way"

"Straight gutter from the ghetto to the burbs"

"Put these rapper's under pressure, 'til they break"

"Y'all know who this is"

"You know"

[Verse 2]

If you in this for the cheddar, you better get it fast

Cause in another minute, ain't gon be no middle class

What you think this shit will last, time to monopolize

Streets got lots of guys and I know we got the size

What I prophesize is the way to start the rise

Cross the T's, dot the I's and we will not demise

I come through the door

.44s to get at yours

The Eye of the Tiger, no I'm coming with the claws

It's my chance to get the finance, so why dance

With proper guidance to take it to the next high stance

I'm trying to live incredible, get dat revenue

Thinking ahead of you, that's your girl, let her through

What you better do is try to chase the paper

Society will rape ya when you fight forces of nature

I been walked that path before so I do feel you

The early bird will get the worm and drink it with Tequila

Ya heard...

[Chorus: scratched by DJ Premier]

"Making moves any type of way"

"Straight gutter from the ghetto to the burbs"

"Take it back to the days of..."

"Do or Die"

"Straight from Bedstuy"

"Know what I'm sayin'"

"Making moves any type of way"

"Straight gutter from the ghetto to the burbs"

"Put these rapper's under pressure, till they break"

"Y'all know who this is"

"You know"

[Verse 3]

I've been sitting outside building with this O.G

Never will I forget the jewels that he told me

He said, "When you holding, never show your wins

In this ghetto, your friends flip on you like Dobermans

That buldge in your pocket I see, you better hide

While you at it, tuck that medallion inside

Forget the microphone, you need the iron we squeeze

So you can clap four like Siamese seals

Distrust and greed, this was indeed

Given by the mans and now we living by the land

And life I tackle with my soul trapped inside this Tabernacle

The only thing that's missing is the shackles

Do what we gotta to enterprise with the dollar

Create a different aura for the children of tommorow

Therefore, I kick styles to make my cash come to me in big piles

Then I'm out like six fouls", ya heard...

[Chorus: scratched by DJ Premier]

"Making moves any type of way"

"Straight gutter from the ghetto to the burbs"

"Take it back to the days of..."

"Do or Die"

"Straight from Bedstuy"

"Know what I'm sayin'"

"Making moves any type of way"

"Straight gutter from the ghetto to the burbs"

"Put these rapper's under pressure, 'til they break"

"Ya'll know who this is"

"You know"