Say Hello

[Intro]

Uhh, uhh, uhh

Uhh...

It's that Roc-A-Fella music, soulful

[Chorus]

Say hello to the bad guy (Hello), they say I'm a bad guy

I come from the bottom, but now I'm mad fly (Say hello)

They say I'm a menace (Hello) – that's the picture they paint

They say a lot about me, let me tell you what I ain't (Say hello)

They say I'm a bad guy (Hello), say hi to the bad guy

I come from the bottom, but now I'm mad fly (Say hello)

They say I'm a menace (Hello) – that's the picture they paint

They say a lot about me, let me tell you what I ain't (Say hello)

Ay (Say hello) – ay, ay, ay

They say a lot about me, let me tell you what I ain't

[Verse 1]

I ain't playing

Life's short, so I aim – I ain't waiting for life to start betraying 'em

It's twice as hard to get a job that's paying 'em

So I ain't paying attention to what you're saying

Raindrops keep falling on my brain

'Cause I'm in the drop on flames

I'm so hot even if the weather change

I don't have no top, I'm insane

'Member dark-skinned Jermaine, "suede in the rain"?

I'm sorta kinda the same

'Cept I'm no lame, and you gonna know my name

Before I go, the world gon' feel my pain

They saying I'm a bad guy – why's that?

'Cause when my back's against the wall, nigga, I react

Secretly though, I know you admire that

You wish you had the balls to fire back – brrrap!

Say hello, uhh uh, hello, uhh uh

You wish you had the balls to fire back – brrap!

[Chorus]

Say hello to the bad guy (Hello), they say I'm a bad guy

I come from the bottom, but now I'm mad fly (Say hello)

They say I'm a menace (Hello) – that's the picture they paint

They say a lot about me, let me tell you what I ain't (Say hello)

They say I'm a bad guy (Hello), say hi to the bad guy

I come from the bottom, but now I'm mad fly (Say hello)

They say I'm a menace (Hello) – that's the picture they paint

They say a lot about me, let me tell you what I ain't (Say hello)

Ay (Say hello) – ay, ay, ay

They say a lot about me, let me tell you what I ain't

[Verse 2]

I ain't no ordinary nigga

Look around, this ain't what ordinary gets ya (IT AIN'T!)

Extraordinary figures (Damn)

I'm an extraordinary nigga

Before my name became Jigga

Before I sang, I had that thang on slippers

Can't complain 'bout what they ain't gon' give ya

That ain't gon' get ya shit, might as well give up

"Or get up, get out, and get something, nigga"

Get a job, my nigga, or get to dumping

Only God can judge him, only He without sin

Tell me if my means–justify my ends

'Til then, I'm just gon' fly in the Benz

Wire my friends through Western Union

Shhhhh, supply's in

My system knocking, here comes the bad guy again

Say hello, uhh uh, hello, uhh uh

Hello, uhh, here comes the bad guy again

[Chorus]

Say hello to the bad guy (Hello), they say I'm a bad guy

I come from the bottom, but now I'm mad fly (Say hello)

They say I'm a menace (Hello) – that's the picture they paint

They say a lot about me, let me tell you what I ain't (Say hello)

They say I'm a bad guy (Hello), say hi to the bad guy

I come from the bottom, but now I'm mad fly (Say hello)

They say I'm a menace (Hello) – that's the picture they paint

They say a lot about me, let me tell you what I ain't (Say hello)

Ay (Say hello) ay, ay, ay

[Verse 3]

Let me tell you what I ain't –

We ain't thugs for the sake of just being thugs

Nobody do that where we grew at – nigga, duh

The poverty line we not above

So out comes the mask and gloves, 'cause we ain't feeling the love

We ain't doin' crime for the sake of doing crimes

We movin' dimes 'cause we ain't doing fine

One out of three of us is locked up, doing time

You know what this type of shit can do to a nigga mind?

"My mind on my money, money on my mind"

If you owe me ten dollars, you ain't giving me nine

Y'all ain't give me forty acres and a mule

So I got my Glock 40, now I'm cool

And if Al Sharpton is speaking for me –

Somebody give him the word and tell him I don't approve

Tell him I'll remove the curses

If you tell me our schools gon' be perfect

When Jena Six don't exist

Tell him that's when I'll stop saying "bitch," – BITCH!

[Chorus]

Say hello to the bad guy (Hello), they say I'm a bad guy

I come from the bottom, but now I'm mad fly (Say hello)

They say I'm a menace (Hello) – that's the picture they paint

They say a lot about me, let me tell you what I ain't (Say hello)

They say I'm a bad guy (Hello), say hi to the bad guy

I come from the bottom, but now I'm mad fly (Say hello)

They say I'm a menace (Hello) – that's the picture they paint

They say a lot about me, let me tell you what I ain't (Say hello)

Ay (Say hello) ay, ay, ay