Paper Trail

[! Non Stop Music]

 

 

01. 56 Barz

 

[intro: T.I.]

Yeahhhhh (hey!)

Hahaha, hey, hey, ha (all right)

Aight Toomp man, this what the folks been waitin on I guess (that's right)

Let's give it to 'em baby (hey!)

Grand Hustle nigga

Ay man, they been waitin on this since "What You Know" huh?

Yeahhhh, it's the king !

Aight my nigga, the wait is over nigga

Hey, hey!

 

[T.I.]

One for the money, two for the show dawg

Three for the niggaz hatin on the low, y'all

Know a picture's worth a million words I'ma show y'all

Death before dishonor, family befo' all

Without the braids I'm the closest thing to O-Dog

Minus the testimony; say it ain't so homie

Hey! Shorty like that, don't he?

World hopped off my jock, I got 'em right back on it

Ohh! Step back, brush myself off

Picked in and back up right where I left off

I could show my dough that other guys just talk

Hey where I live just as big as yo' projects dawg

AY! Ha ha, better check my swagger

How I walk, how I talk, how I stack that cheddar

What I drive, how I dress, nigga less just better

A hundred stacks on that nigga I'm just, better

Hahahaha, somebody better tell 'em mayne

They swag owe my swag everythang

It's very plain to see you study me awful hard

To the point that my swag need a bodyguard

I'd like to thank you cause in all of y'all oughta be

havin y'all swag sendin mines an apology

A lot of little me's I see, got beef

But what's the possibilities? Stop seek, you not me

Hardly worth a hill of beans, step up to the guillotine

Get decapitated, don't see how half of you rappers made it

Say good-bye to the fame and fortune, c'est la vie

And what the game need with you nigga? They got me

I ride through the city, so clean, seat really low

Automo-bil-ey so, pretty but I'm illy though

No comparison, ain't a nigga mo', thorough than

this gangsta American flow, doper than heroin

King like Evelyn, champagne mayne

So deranged and belligerent; right up there with Benjamin

Who? Andre 3K, B.I.G., Jay-Z, UGK

Scarface, Makaveli the great, Wayne, Common, Kanye and, Lupe

So f**k what you say, you welcome to add to you may

Bet they say as of today I'm back on top like a toupee

Hey! All objections overruled, it's overdue

Both hype, it's over too, I'm so high, up over you

Same guy you see in the streets is as fly as here in the booth

So don't be surprised when you meet me to see I'm really the truth

Ooh, so uncouth, nigga who want proof?

Must agree if I did can't no one undo

I stay on my, one-two, nigga who want two?

Turn a brunch into a brawl, do what you gon' do

I'm why it's, hot as in here still, cool as a Frigidaire

This year I'm on a mission dear, think that was somethin missin here

 

 

02. Im Illy

 

[intro:]

Rappin for the hell of it

Hella rich never have to sell a brick again

Must I tell me a again

The Bullshit I'm addressing check I'm on some next level

Never been f**ked in the game I'm celibate

Rarely out my element, barely out the ghetto with

One foot out and one foot in as intelligent as fellas get

Listen let's settle then, be clear I could fall back seven years

And still ain't no one ahead of me

 

[Verse 1:]

Consider it a blessing if you get to stand next to me

Five star general O.G. veteran

Caked like edimen blowing that celery

Stack that cash like the U.S. treasury

Every single thing I ever done was done heavily

Rap until your seventy still ain't no catching me

Put it on my pops, big phil aunt beverly

Be standing on the top still after they bury me

Nose in the air so stuck up arrogant

Ain't got long hot songs best cherish it

Whoever drop mine that's ova phenito

You paying for your foul like a freethrow (thou)

Now how could a nigga think that he could see me

Other than the magazine covers or the t.v.

You know I sold more mixtapes than your cd

You're waiting on your big break praying you can beat me

You ain't made it far as DC on the low

I been all around the globe like a god how they treat me

Broads hit they knees eyes closed when they greet me

Mouth wide open just begging me to skeet skeet

You in a deep sleep stop dreaming

I'm six albums in for 10 years I been firin hot semen

The limelights mine I'm gleaming beaming

That's why I say I'm KING I got my reasons

 

[Chorus:]

Wrist so frosty, neck so chilly

All on my mind is to get more millies

Niggas talkthat's silly

Shawty he ain't about that really is he

Nigga I'm illy

Hey I run this city clearly

Tell em get lost I'm busy really

Nigga I'm illy

 

[Verse 2:]

Where niggas get off off

Me and mine only take time to pop a lid off

all over the way bouncing me is ya'll

Seeing you f**king mind you figuring I would fizz off

Never cooled off tip scorching

Minimal injury though they missing me maximum misfortune

Number one hands down flow paints portraits

Everybody think you stink like horse

House full of chicks on some girl next door

A king who gon sell 30 mill out the store quick

Of course this case lost all my endorsements

Tripled up on real estate still buying more

Tip bankrupt according to your sources

I'm still caked up along with more reinforcements

Tore up from the ladder to the rooftops

Officially the hottest nigga rapping since tupac

Before you rap bout me best ask bout me

I'm out my f**king mind need counseling

Please don't doubt me trust me drama ain't nothing

It's all fun and games till somebody start punchin

Remember my discussion when rappers be battling

I find out about it better get to skedaddling

Pack your family's bags move em out to seattley

you ever crawl back you'll need ambulance and bandages

Live life glamorous so extravagant

Mandarin oriental worldwide traveling

Hip hop champion for real though

You couldn't f**k with me with a brazil hoe nigga

But still though

 

[Chorus:]

Wrist so frosty, neck so chilly

All on my mind is to get more millies

Niggas talk that's silly

Shawty he ain't about that really is he

Nigga I'm illy

Hey I run this city clearly

Tell em get lost I'm busy really

Nigga I'm illy

 

 

 

03. Ready for Whatever

 

(intro)

Hey, The Price Of Fame Cost Too Much

Like These Niggas Talk Too Much

I'm Ready For Whatever Somebody Better Tell 'em

Said I'm Ready For Whatever

Hey, Hey, Hey,

 

(verse 1)

Even though my head in the clouds I'm planted on the pavement

how I walk around people staring in amazement

I play alotta game a well-being I ain't playing with it

they so judgemental man but they don't understand

if ya life was in jeopardy erryday is you tellin' me

you wouldn't need weaponery just because of ya felony's

consider this at least I got errybody sweating me

Homies streets is people who won't rest unless I rest in peace

killed my folk a year ago still in my sleep they threatin' me

paranoid ya stressin me ain't nobody protecting me

I'm dealing with the pressure from my partner dying next to me

niggas know I was arrested they coming for me eventually

this was all the things that I was goin' through mentally

this could be the reason I ignore the penitionary

not mentioning New Orlean niggas comin' in the city

killin' all summer long ain't nobody pay attention

 

(breakdown)

now is it that hard to understand if you listen

either die or go to jail that's a hell of decision

but I'm wrong and I know it my excuses unimportant

I'm just tryna let you know that I ain't think I had a choice, fereal

 

(hook)

I had straps in my ride gotta go to prison

you waitin' on me to die you gone be waiting for a minute

boy I'm ready for whateva somebody betta tell 'em

I'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle (fereal)

can't afford the price of fame cause it cost too much

man these sucka niggas lame and they talk too much

that why I'm ready for whateva somebody tell 'em

I'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle

 

(break down)

[T.I. Talking]

foreal, foreal, ey foreal, i said when errything settle

foreal,ey foreal, ey foreal, ey foreal I said when errything settle foreal

 

(verse2)

I'mma man I ain't perfect I admit it I'm guilty

but understand feel me I was riding filthy

cuz niggas out there plottin' to rob me and kill me

500,000 erry year spent on security

my future was bright but now it's gettin' blury

cuz niggas in a hurry to find me and bury me

but surely God'll deliver me up out it

I'mma fighter till the heart I'll foreva be about it

I'mma father to my sons asset to my community

look all that I done my good out weigh the negativity

ey mentally I was focused on not lettin' history reapet itself

thats why heat was kept in the vicinity

yes offically I broke the law but not maliciously

through all the publicity was anyone considering

my position and the logic hidden my decision

but they caught me wit 'em now I'm off to prison, PERIOD

 

(breakdown)

but is it that hard to understand if you listen

either die or go to jail that's a hell of decision

but I'm wrong and I know it my excuses unimportant

I'm just tryna let you know that I ain't think I had a choice, fereal

 

(hook)

I had straps in my ride gotta go to prison

you waitin' on me to die you gone be waiting for a minute

boy I'm ready for whateva somebody betta tell em

I'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle (fereal)

can't afford the price of fame cause it cost too much

man these sucka niggas lame and they talk too much

that why I'm ready for whateva somebody betta tell 'em

I'll be here when the smoke clear and errything settle

 

(Final Breakdown)

 

(T.I. Talking)

Ey I said listen homeboy

you can talk all you want mayne you know what I'm sayin'

errybody talking to the king you know what I'm sayin'

they like escalades errybody got one

but the fact of the matter remain

if ya ain't walk a mile in my shoes and ya ain't live a day in my life

ya ain't survive the I done survived

ya ain't had to deal with the i had to deal with homeboy

you can't mutherf**kin' judge me partner

I mean look at folk like Sean Taylor

you know what they said they said had he had a strap

he woulda lived today

you know what I'm sayin

now true enough I did wrong I broke the law

I deserve to be punished I understand that aight cool

but listen man I gotta house full of kids

a mama and an old lady who life in my

responsibility you dig that!?

now for all of y'all who think I was just ridin' around on some dumb

you know I'm smarter than you man

you know I'm smarter than you dawg

ey if you think I was just being stupid

shorty I got some mutherf**kin' ocean front property in Idaho for sale homie

if you beleive that I gotta bridge in Brooklyn I wanna sell you partnah

ey man real talk in order to understand my train of thoughts

you'll have to put yo self in my position

you can't expect me to think like you cuz my life ain't like yours

you know what I'm sayin? if you don't understand that you don't

understand english I'm done talking!

 

 

 

04. On Top of the World (Ft. Ludacris and B.O.B)

 

[Chorus:]

i used to dream (i used to dream) oh whoah

about the money and the cars and girls (and the girls)

but now i sing (now i sing) oh whoah

because im sitting on top of the world (the whole world)

and now i sing sing sing sing cause im sitting on top of the world

and now i sing sing sing sing cause im sitting on top of the world

 

[T.I.]

man i remember before i say that wait let me issue this statement

no way should reflection be mistaking for glorification

now i remember so vivid me and my niggas was living

sub-standard condition still handling business

still laughing and tripping still having the

im rapping now reminiscing and god it we did it

from trapping standing and pitching with rich we stand in the kitchen

splitting it eight ways flipping it 8 days

thought that wild and unruley was just the way to behave

kept the weight and the yey for most the paper we made in all dimes

i aint lieing the pleasure was all mine

have big work to move but we served the small time

i always outshined the niggas with small minds

who would of thought we would be arguably the greatest of all time

around here we developed such a sound down here

but duplicate it off the steel it can only be found here

only listen to gs that other i dont hear

they so far in the rear how would i even care

im too busy being a player staring at niggas careers

but talk about it for years and now we finally here

 

 

[Chorus:]

i used to dream (i used to dream) oh whoah

about the money and the cars and girls (and the girls)

but now i sing (now i sing) oh whoah

because im sitting on top of the world (the whole world)

and now i sing sing sing sing cause im sitting on top of the world

and now i sing sing sing sing cause im sitting on top of the world

 

 

[Ludacris:]

they say what goes up must come down but i aint reached my cruising altitude

take a look at what i did but can you imagine what im about to do

the places im bout to go and the money im bout to see

gave bill gates some binoculaurs and said look out for me

exceeded expectations even at def jam

cause i married the streets and atlanta has been my best man

my momma quit her job and now she works for six figures

cause im a self-made nappy-headed rich nigga

private planes help me travel in peace

to four cities in one day and four countries in one week

cause i work for myself and no one else cause im too smart too

put one of my partners right through culinary art school

now he my personal chef so that bread he get it

put them all in houses cleaned up all of my friends credit

and now they witness all the glitz and the glamour

catch us eating at straits atlanta with women with table manners

order in singapore and lobster

celebrating coming from nothing to winning grammys and rappers winning oscars

and they say rappers shouldnt act nahh suckers

we see samuel jackson like whats up mother f**kerrr

 

 

[Chorus:]

i used to dream (i used to dream) oh whoah

about the money and the cars and girls (and the girls)

but now i sing (now i sing) oh whoah

because im sitting on top of the world (the whole world)

and now i sing sing sing sing cause im sitting on top of the world

and now i sing sing sing sing cause im sitting on top of the world

 

 

[T.I.]

i know them haters dont stop plotting and wish you would fall

cause im standing on top looking down at it all

from down there to yall it seem like I got it all homie i aint get enough im still trying to triple up

so all we got is street cred and akoo building up

say im doing too much i say i aint did enough

remember saying if i could just get to a million plus

and now im like what the f**k is a million bucks

triple that on my bond thanks to bigs and ron

but nevermind what ive been through just look at what i become

all the ive avoided what i done for my sons

and daughters and momma just call her

i sold dope and dropped out of school seems its all they can see

they dont notice none of my family did that since me

i broke that cycle now my family live a life of

mandatory minimals but not when the judge sentence them

cousins in college where you think they get tuition from

just from standing around wishing huh

and while you standing around looking dumb

i make it happen taking action over time got good at it

 

[Chorus:]

i used to dream (i used to dream) oh whoah

about the money and the cars and girls (and the girls)

but now i sing (now i sing) oh whoah

because im sitting on top of the world (the whole world)

and now i sing sing sing sing cause im sitting on top of the world

and now i sing sing sing sing cause im sitting on top of the world

 

 

 

05. Live Your Life (Ft. Rihanna)

 

What you need to do is be thankful for the life that you got.

You know what I'm sayin'.

Stop lookin' at what you ain't got

and start bein' thankful for what you do got.

Let's give it to 'em baby girl.

 

You're gonna be a shining star

Your fancy clothes, your fancy ca-ars

And then you'll see, you're gonna go far

'Cause everyone knows who you a-are

 

So live your life (ay), ay ay ay

You steady chasing that paper

Just live your life (oh), ay ay ay

Ain't got no time for no haters

 

Just live your life (ay), ay ay ay

No telling where it'll take ya

Just live your life (oh), ay ay ay

'Cause I'm a paper chaser

 

Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)

Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)

 

Never mind what haters say, ignore 'em 'til they fade away

Amazing they ungreatful after all the game I gave away

Safe to say I paid the way for you cats to get paid today

You'd still be wasting days away, now had I never saved the day

 

Consider them my protégé, homage I think they should pay

Instead of being gracious they violate in a major way

I never been a hater still I love them in a crazy way

Some say they sold yah and no they couldn't even work on Labor day

 

It ain't that they black or white, their hands in areas the shades of grey

I'm west side anyway, even if I left today and stayed away

Some move away to make a way, not move away 'cause they afraid

I brought back to the hood and all you ever did was take away

 

I pray for patience but they make me want to melt their face away

Like I once made them spray, now I could make 'em put the K's away

Been thugging all my life, can't say I don't deserve to take a break

You would rather see me catch a case and watch my future fade away

 

You're gonna be a shining star

Your fancy clothes, your fancy ca-ars

And then you'll see, you're gonna go far

'Cause everyone knows who you a-are

 

So live your life (ay), ay ay ay

You steady chasing that paper

Just live your life (oh), ay ay ay

Ain't got no time for no haters

 

Just live your life (ay), ay ay ay

No telling where it'll take ya

Just live your life (oh), ay ay ay

'Cause I'm a paper chaser

 

Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)

Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)

 

I'm the opposite of moderate

Immaculately polished with the spirit of a hustler and the swagger of a college kid

Allergic to the counterfeit, impartial to the politics

Articulate but still I'll grab a nigga by the collar quick

 

Whoever having problems with their record sales just holla 'tip

If that don't work and all else fails then turn around and follow 'tip

I got love for the game but ay I'm not in love with all of it

Could do without the fame and rappers nowadays are comically

 

The hooting and the hollering, back and forth with the arguing

Where you from, who you know, what you make and what kind of car you in

Seems as though you lost sight of what's important when depositing

Them checks into your bank account and you up out of poverty

 

Your values is in disarray, prioritizing horribly

Unhappy with the riches 'cause you poor morally

Ignoring all prior advice and fore warning

And we mighty full of ourselves all of a sudden, aren't we?

 

You're gonna be a shining star

Your fancy clothes, your fancy ca-ars

And then you'll see, you're gonna go far

'Cause everyone knows who you a-are

 

So live your life (ay), ay ay ay

You steady chasing that paper

Just live your life (oh), ay ay ay

Ain't got no time for no haters

 

Just live your life (ay), ay ay ay

No telling where it'll take ya

Just live your life (oh), ay ay ay

'Cause I'm a paper chaser

 

Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)

Just living my life (ay), my life (oh), my life (ay), my life (oh)

 

Got everybody watching what I do

Come walk in my shoes

And see the way I'm living if you really want to

Got my mind on my money and I'm not going nowhere

 

So keep on getting your paper and keep on climbing

Look in the mirror and keep on shining

'Till the game ends, 'till the clock stops

We gon' post up on the top spot

 

Living the life, the life

In a brand new city got my whole team with me

The life, my life

I do what I wanna do

 

I'm living my life, my life

I will never lose,

I'm living my life, my life

And I'm not stopping

 

So live your life!

 

 

 

06. Whatever You Like

 

 

Hey Jim

You know the old suga daddy

 

I said you could have Whatever You Like (you like)

I said you could have whatever you like (you like)

Yeah

 

[Chorus:]

Stacks on deck

Patrone on ice

And we can pop bottles all night

Baby you could have whatever you like (you like)

I said you could have whatever you like (you like)

Yeah

Late night sex so wet it's so tight

A gas of a jet for you tonight

Baby you could go where ever you like (you like)

I said you could go where ever you like (you like)

Yeah

 

[Verse 1:]

Anytime you want to pick up the telephone

You know it ain't nothin to drop a couple stacks on you

Wanted you could get it my dear

Five million dollar home, drop Bentley's I swear

Yeah I want'cho body, I need yo body

Long as you got me you won't need nobody

You want it I got it, go get it I buy it

Tellem other broke niggas be quiet

 

[Chorus:]

Stacks on deck

Patrone on ice

And we can pop bottles all night

Baby you could have whatever you like (you like)

I said you could have whatever you like (you like)

Yeah

Late night sex so wet it's so tight

A gas of a jet for you tonight

Baby you could go where ever you like (you like)

I said you could go where ever you like (you like)

Yeah

 

[Verse 2:]

Shawty you da hottest of the way you drop it

Brain so good (good) school you went to college

Hundred deposit, vacations hit the tropics

Cause errbody know it ain't trickin if ya got it

Ya need to never ever gotta go to yo wallet

Long as I got rubberband banks in my pocket

Five six, adds with rims and a pocket kit

Ya ain't gotta downgrade you can get what I get

My chick could have what she want

And goin every store for any bag she want

And know she ain't never had a man like that

To buy you anything ya own desire I that

Yeah I want'cho body, I need yo body

Long as you got me you won't need nobody

You want it I got it, go get it I buy it

Tellem other broke niggas be quiet

 

[Chorus:]

Stacks on deck

Patrone on ice

And we can pop bottles all night

Baby you could have whatever you like (you like)

I said you could have whatever you like (you like)

Yeah

Late night sex so wet it's so tight

A gas of a jet for you tonight

Baby you could go where ever you like (you like)

I said you could go where ever you like (you like)

Yeah

 

[Verse 3:]

I'm talkin' big boy rides

And big boy ice

Let me put this big boy in yo life

Thang get so wet, ya hit so right

Let me put this big boy in yo life

That's right

Yeah I want'cho body, I need yo body

Long as you got me you won't need nobody

You want it I got it, go get it I buy it

Tellem other broke niggas be quiet

 

[Chorus:]

Stacks on deck

Patrone on ice

And we can pop bottles all night

Baby you could have whatever you like (you like)

I said you could have whatever you like (you like)

Yeah

Late night sex so wet it's so tight

A gas of a jet for you tonight

Baby you could go where ever you like (you like)

I said you could go where ever you like (you like)

Yeah

 

Hey Jim (Hey Jim)

 

 

 

07. No Matter What

 

yeah. yeah. yeah. aye.

yo. yo. yo. yo. yo. yo. yo.

I say still I stand

aye shawty here I am

 

neva have ya seen in ya lifetime

a more devine southern rapper wit a swag like mine

facin all kind of time

but smile like im fine

brag with such passion and shine without trying

believe me pain's a small thing to a giant

I was born without a dime

out tha gutta I climbed

spoke my mind

and didnt stutter one time

Ali say even the greatest gotta suffer some time

so i huff and puff rhymes

lyrics so sick wit it

set the standard in atlanta

how to get get get it

so you up and coming rappers wanna dis just kill it

I'm officially the realest

point blank period

whether i still live in the hood or juss visit

whateva you can do in the hood i done did it

that why the dope boys and the misfits feel it

this still his city as long as tip living...(listen)

 

(Chorus)

i aint dead (naw)

i aint done (naw)

i aint scared (of what!)

i aint run (from who!)

but still i stand (yeah)

no matterr what VA here i am... (Yeah)

no matter what remember

I aint break (neva)

I aint fold (neva)

They hate me mo' (so!)

Yeah I know… (haha)

There I go (yeah)

No matter what shawty here I go (haha)

No matter what shawty

 

you let the blog sites and the magazines tell it

im sho to be in jail till 2027

rather see me in a cell in-

stead of this new McLaren

god'll take you through hell just to get you to heaven

so even know its heavy the load i will carry

grin and still bear it

win and still share it

apologies to the fans i hope you can understand it

life can change ya directions

even when you aint planned it

all you can do is handle it

the worst thing you could do is panic

use it to your advantage

avoid insanity manage to conquer

every obstacle

make impossible possible

even when winnings illogical

losing's still far from optional

yeah they wanna see you shot up in the hospital

but one life throw punches, block ya counter like a boxer do

been locked inside mi casa too long

I did a song to make it known that the king lives on

(pimpin)

 

(Chrous)

i aint dead (naw)

i aint done (naw)

i aint scared (of what!)

i aint run (from who!)

but still i stand (yeah)

no matterr what VA here i am... (Yeah)

no matter what remember

I aint break (neva)

I aint fold (neva)

They hate me mo' (so!)

Yeah I know… (haha)

There I go (yeah)

No matter what shawty here I go (haha)

No matter what shawty

 

Even in sollitude

theres still no hotter dude

I show you how to do

What you do

You aint got a clue

All you do is follow dudes

Sound like a lot of dudes

I weather whateva storm

Make it out without a bruise

I understand why

Now wit my hands tied

Dey take shots cause if im out there it's a land slide

But revenge is best served as a cold dish

and suckas will get served better know this

guess it was understood for me it was over with

but I don't quit if ya aint notice yet

they couldn't wait to say good night shawty

so they can try to rhyme act and look like shawty

go get a beat from Toomp? and make a hook like shawty

before ya know it im back

what it look like shawty

I lost my partna and my daughter in the same year

Somehow I rise above my problems and remain here

Yeah and I hope the picture painted clear

If ya heart filled with faith then ya cant fear

Wonder how I face years and im still chillen

Easy, let go and let god deal wit it

 

(Chorus)

i aint dead (naw)

i aint done (naw)

i aint scared (of what!)

i aint run (from who!)

but still i stand (yeah)

no matterr what VA here i am... (Yeah)

no matter what remember

I aint break (neva)

I aint fold (neva)

They hate me mo' (so!)

Yeah I know… (haha)

There I go (yeah)

No matter what shawty here I go (hah)

No matter what shawty

 

...close...

 

 

 

08. My Life Your Entertainment (Ft. Usher)

 

[T.I.:]

Hey, hey

Hey what's happenin' e'erybody

I hope they get my good side

You know I gotta look good when I walk out the house

You know I know the camera's following

I know they taking pictures, right Drama

Ay man, you watch it I live it, you dig that

Y'all sit back relax get some popcorn man

I'm gonna make it a good show, you dig that

This goin' make a hell of a movie huh

 

[Chorus: Usher]

My life, your entertainment

You watch it while I live it (live it)

I walk they follow (ay)

I talk they holla (ay)

Just here for your amusement

My life, your entertainment

You watch it while I live it (live it)

You waitin' for me to lose it

I guess I'm just here for your amusement

 

[T.I.:]

The price of fame I think I paid, want my change I done gave

E'erything in my possession for my seconds on the stage

For my name up in lights and multi-million record sales

I done gave up my life, can't get a moment to myself

When alone I ask myself, is it worth it? I ain't perfect

Neither is anybody else, but I think my kids deserve

To be with Daddy out in public without all the interruptions

When the lies and gossip's published I'm the topic of discussion

And I stay in trouble just to show these suckers I ain't lost it

And I'd do it all again that's the funny thing about it

I ain't playing, boy I'm 'bout it

Will I change, boy I doubt it

I done been a lot of things, I ain't never been a coward

See the paparazzi crowded all around me now

Same niggas who was dissin' want a pound like I'm senile

Showered with support from my adoring fans

They hear T.I.'s arrested they're like here we go again

 

[Chorus: Usher]

My life, your entertainment

You watch it while I live it (live it)

I walk they follow (ay)

I talk they holla (ay)

Just here for your amusement

My life, your entertainment

You watch it while I live it (live it)

You waitin' for me to lose it

I guess I'm just here for your amusement

 

[T.I.:]

You've seen it all before, guys know how the story goes

It's like 2Pac never died, sit back, enjoy the show

You see the that scares you senseless, I done lived through it

Knew the risks and the consequences and I still do it

And then I'm so fresh, them niggas mildew it

Not just a actor by profession, pimp, I live movies

That's why they whisper when they see me, point and stare at me

'Cause they just wanna live through me vicariously

Fashion weekend, Paris week, party like a rockstar

Get blown by a top model 'til she catch lockjaw

Got the dough you get a year, stashed in my sock drawer

Showed you the troubles and the struggles of an outlaw

Top dog would not fall, I am not y'all

Couple pages out the calendar and I'm out y'all

Kid listen, pay attention, you don't wanna be me

It's safer to watch it on T.V.

 

[Chorus: Usher]

My life, your entertainment

You watch it while I live it (live it)

I walk they follow (ay)

I talk they holla (ay)

Just here for your amusement

My life, your entertainment

You watch it while I live it (live it)

You waitin' for me to lose it

I guess I'm just here for your amusement

 

[usher:]

See I don't think it would even matter (to me)

Woking a nine to (five) would it be better

I mean be honest, would you care to gossip about me

Not likely

I guess that's just the way that it goes (the way that it goes)

('Cause I know) See I can be somewhere out keeping it cool

(And get told) Almost anything instead of the truth

Y'all know more than I do, it's breaking news to me too

Easy killer y'all know that ain't how I move (ooh)

He said and she said (what) I did what, with they (who)

No not me I said (not me) she gave me no head (ooh)

Won't get me again (hey) I pleaded the fifth (hey)

I know better than to ever talk during the film...

In' and flashing lights can blind your eyesight

To when you can't see what's wrong from right

Well shorty 'til you walk a mile in my shoes

And understand this is who I am

[T.I.:]

Usher I completely concur

Life can be such a blur, obviously we prefer

Our privacy but instead we endure

Yes sir, don't expect nothin' less of me

'Cause this goin' probably be this way until the death of me

But for the hustle and the lady on my arm now

Plus all my kids and my mom's I'm a calm down

And yo, we doin' just fine, and the time's just flyin'

Live one headline at a time

 

[Chorus: Usher]

My life, your entertainment

You watch it while I live it (live it)

I walk they follow (ay)

I talk they holla (ay)

Just here for your amusement

My life, your entertainment

You watch it while I live it (live it)

You waitin' for me to lose it

I guess I'm just here for your amusement

 

 

 

09. P o r n Star

 

Hey Hey Hey Hey

shawty

Look at you

I'm just saying man

Is it just me or you got too much in them jeans

Come here

 

Hey

I been watchin' you a while now

And i just wanna find a way to make you smile now

Why you blushing, forget about them other guys now

I know you aint trying to tell me that you shy now

I realize that youre beauty could intimidate

Them suckers you aint got no business for them anyway

With such a, pretty face big booty, little waistline..

I wanna grab from behind to the bass line.

Have a great time, pull yourself a shot girl

Chase it with the lime, now you feeling like a hot girl

I know you're probably used to deal with them wannabe's

But honestly I gotta say, im who they wanna be.

I promise all I wanna see is you up under me

Now we can disappear whenever, when you wanna leave

I could guarantee the ride of your life

Any fantasies on your mind, we can try them tonight

 

[Hook]

Oh yeah sitting here (im looking at you like that)

We sippin' on patron, something's on my mind (you wanna leave with me tonight)

It's been killing me all night long, and I wonder(Misses shawty let me tell you what I'm thinking 'bout)

Oh girl I wonder (for real shawty let me tell you what I'm thinking 'bout)

It's the end of the night, and I'm thinking you might

Wanna leave the bar, park the car, turn into a p o r n star

 

Yes, I'd love to hear about your interests

I gotta say, your intellect got me impressed

See youre panty's, do your dress like a silhouette(look at that)

Patrone got me thinking sex, did you feelin' that

All due respect though, a simple yes- no

Hey let yourself let go, shawty let's go (let's go)

Pull you to the crib, get you to the dress show

Kiss you from your pretty lips till you red toes

I'm thinking it's the end of the night

Hey you could leave with your friend if you like

But I'm saying no (I'm saying no)

Hey we could ride out

Back to my house

I wanna see you satisfied inside out

Once I'm in you aint gon' want me to slide out

You tell your girlfriends they gon' wanna try out

A lil more let's loosen you up

What we can't do in the club we can do in the truck (lets go)

 

[Hook]

Oh yeah sitting here (im looking at you like that)

We sippin' on patron, something's on my mind (you wanna leave with me tonight)

It's been killing me all night long, and I wonder (Misses shawty let me tell you what I'm thinking 'bout)

Oh girl I wonder.. (for real shawty let me tell you what I'm thinking 'bout)

It's the end of the night, and I'm thinking you might

Wanna leave the bar, park the car, turn into a star

 

Hey would you..stay

Could you..play with it, with your tongue just a..little

You such a sexy individual physical and mental

And if it's sentimental shouldn't rules bend a little

Hey let me start at the top stop in the middle use a popsicle

Make you shiver giggle when it tickle

I could talk to you dirty if you'd like that (bad girl)

I finish once, hit a blunt, start right back

I know you told me you a good girl

But shawty you's grown woman not a little girl

You could blame it on the patron or the champagne

But sometimes being bad could be a good thing

 

[Hook]

Oh yeah sitting here (im looking at you like that)

We sippin' on patron, something's on my mind (you wanna leave with me tonight)

It's been killing me all night long, and I wonder(misses shawty let me tell you what I'm thinking 'bout)

Oh girl I wonder (for real shawty let me tell you what im thinking 'bout)

It's the end of the night, and I'm thinking you might

Wanna leave the bar, park the car, turn into a star

 

Oh yeah sitting here

We sippin' on patron, something's on my mind

It's been killing me all night long, and I wonder

Oh girl I wonder

It's the end of the night, and I'm thinking you might

Wanna leave the bar, park the car, turn into a star (echoes out)]

 

 

 

10. Swing Ya Rag (Ft. Swizz Beatz)

 

Chorus : Swizz Beatz

Alright, okay, I don't dance, no way

I just take my Louis rag out and wave it round in the air

Take my Gucci rag out and wave it round in the air

 

Alright, okay, I don't dance, no way

I just take my Louis rag out and wave it round in the air

Take my Gucci rag out and wave it round in the air

 

T.I

New Akoo outfit with a gucci rag

Tied to my beltloop and my louis bag

Full of stacks rubberbands round big cash

Got a sick swag til tha hataz get mad (come on)

We in the club homes gettin our thug on

Bottles of patron if you grown get your buzz on

We brought the broads out and brought the cars out

I'm like the moon I shine and bring the stars out

When it dark out get the squad out

We ball hard sucka n!gga eat ya heart out

I'm too advanced super swag in my louis pants

Ballin now my louis silk shirt match my louis rag

 

Chorus : Swizz Beatz

Alright, okay, I don't dance, no way

I just take my Louis rag out and wave it round in the air

Take my Gucci rag out and wave it round in the air

 

Alright, okay, I don't dance, no way

I just take my Louis rag out and wave it round in the air

Take my Gucci rag out and wave it round in the air

 

T.I

In mesabi big ballin is my hobby

I'm boppin while I'm walkin rag fallin out my pocket

If big money ain't the topic homie I ain't even talkin

Get it on by the workers but I'm cool with all the bosses

Catch me flossin at the mall talkin to a broad

She follow me and gucci and I taught her how to ball

3 pair shoes 4 shirts 6 rags

Chick said dad that's more in my bag

Shawty I can show you how to spend this bread real fast

Then get a group of chicks to give you head real fast

Silk scarf hangin outa jeans ya'll

Homie I ain't thinkin I'm just doin my thing

 

Chorus : Swizz Beatz

Alright, okay, I don't dance, no way

I just take my Louis rag out and wave it round in the air

Take my Gucci rag out and wave it round in the air

 

Alright, okay, I don't dance, no way

I just take my Louis rag out and wave it round in the air

Take my Gucci rag out and wave it round in the air

 

T.I

I took some time off and now I'm back ya'll

While your in the line at the club I'm in the back dawg

And when this song on ballas peel stacks off

And make it rain on them broads watch the stacks fall

And pull your rag out and wave it left, right

Let it sag with ya pants get ya swag just right

Ride bankhead flare flyin out the benz

Once a fool with it we gon'bring em out again

 

Chorus : Swizz Beatz

Alright, okay, I don't dance, no way

I just take my Louis rag out and wave it round in the air

Take my Gucci rag out and wave it round in the air

 

Alright, okay, I don't dance, no way

I just take my Louis rag out and wave it round in the air

Take my Gucci rag out and wave it round in the air

 

 

 

11. What Up Whats Haapnin

 

Aye What's Happenin'

All you haters should get at me cause I hear ya and I'm watchin' but I'm serious haters so all I gotta say is...

 

[Chorus:]

What up, what's happenin'

All u haters can get at me (hey)

Cause I hear ya and I'm watchin' (hey)

But I'm still here I ain't stoppin'

 

So What up, what's happenin'

All u haters should get at me

Cause I hear ya and I'm watchin'

But I'm serious haters so all I gotta say is what up...

 

[Verse 1:]

What it is bruh (bruh)

What it do mane (mane)

Still tha man from Japan to tha blue flame

Then hit tha door make it rain with the loose change

I bet that what he did a show, now that's ashame

I guess that what he hatin for boy u so lame (Sucka Nigga)

Ya Click tha same, just a bunch of walkin stains

Disgrace to tha A ya give the city such a bad name

You way back in my rearview mirror I'm in tha fast lane

Still I hear ya loud and clear on ya lil' song

Go on getcha dissin' on while tha king gone

His self esteem gone (why) cause I'm back now

Let's see if we can't teach these niggas how to act now

Kissin' then, jumpin' back now

I check ya then, I shut ya down

And I deliver front and center, never back down

Who get tha last laugh now sucka nigga

 

[Chorus:]

What up, what's happenin'

All u haters can get at me (hey)

Cause I hear ya and I'm watchin' (hey)

But I'm still here I ain't stoppin'

 

So What up, what's happenin'

All u haters should get at me

Cause I hear ya and I'm watchin'

But I'm serious haters so all I gotta say is what up...

 

[Verse 2:]

I got a front street swag and a side street hustle

Center Hill, Cedar Ave. that's where I be SUCKA

South Grand Church Street, the first with that work

But we can get it to commercial, if ya need somethin chirp me

Hey what I care bout who askin, sayin they ain't heard of me

I'm certified, certainly

Them videos ain't hurtin me

I still ride with the window rolled down all around the A town like it's fidin to go down

If it was ever any questions, niggas fidin to know now

Won't retire my thrown but surrender no crown

I never bow down (Never)

And never say doubt (Never)

This to whom it may concern and who so ever may try

I'm forever Westside

And the featherweight dies

Tell them take they best shot

Gon get yourself hot

Cause I yell Bankhead and you felt left out

I ain't mention yo name

That's what all this bout?

 

[Chorus:]

What up, what's happenin'

All u haters can get at me (hey)

Cause I hear ya and I'm watchin' (hey)

But I'm still here I ain't stoppin'

 

So What up, what's happenin'

All u haters should get at me

Cause I hear ya and I'm watchin'

But I'm serious haters so all I gotta say is what up...

 

[Verse 3:]

From Summer Hill to the hills up in Hollywood

A house full, gettin to it, you know how we do it (Yeah)

Yeah we smoke great (great)

And we drink good (good)

Then we ball hard, just like G's should

Buy what we want

Drive what we want

G4 up, up, and away, we go, we fly where we want

Haters smile like they like it when they really don't

Wish they could just wish me away

That's what they really want

"I really hate his "

"I don't like him either"

"We'll do a song together, maybe then we can beat him"

"Somehow he must be stopped"

"Somethin must be done"

"If we can't knock him off, let's just try him when he get caught with guns"

"Then he'll be really done (Yeah) and we really won (Yeah)

"Any more ideas? "

"Suggestions anyone? "

"How bout we stay up all night, on the blog sites, spread vicious lies and nasty rumors we could all write"

But that's alright

Let the nerds hate

Cause in my face though, the words get ate

And hatin's hard work, when I just bounce back

This God work

Tell all the haters I'm back!

 

[Chorus:]

What up, what's happenin'

All u haters can get at me (hey)

Cause I hear ya and I'm watchin' (hey)

But I'm still here I ain't stoppin'

 

So What up, what's happenin'

All u haters should get at me

Cause I hear ya and I'm watchin'

But I'm serious haters so all I gotta say is what up...

 

 

 

12. Every Chance I Get

 

[intro: T.I.]

Real talk, true story (uh-huh)

No nuts, no glory (uh-uh)

Y'knowm sayin? (Real talk)

Ay dawg (yeah yeah)

I'ma tell you like this

 

[Chorus: T.I.]

Hey I'm so raw, and I'm so rich

And you so flawed niggaz ain't 'bout

I'll take yo' broad, I can f**k yo'

Know that I'm gon' ball every chance I get

Every chance I get, real talk, no

Every chance I get, make money on this

I'll take yo' broad, I can f**k yo'

Know that I'm gon' ball every chance I get, every chance I get

 

[T.I.]

They say it's lonely at the top, but I don't feel lonely

Got my homies out in Hollywood so I don't feel phony

Ain't another nigga colder, cribs all over

Flash-in-pan, these other rappers catch a number, Coca-Cola

I'm exceedin expectations, you barely meetin quota

I give it to 'em straight, you cut it with baking soda

You said I ain't Zone One, nigga ha, that's a funny one

I'm King like my 3 year-old, Major like my youngest son

Got one named Domani, so you know what I'm gettin (guap)

Deyjah and Neek-Neek and Messiah like "Daddy, get 'em"

Got an angel named Leah here to keep me outta prison

And my partner Jason Geter to help me see about a billion

Listen; Grand Hustle, best respect this vision

My records sell about a million, but that just the beginnin

What with Club Crucial and Grand Hustle film division

Multiplication to get the paper, I let the clique do the division

Break bread, StreetCred[dot]com makin a killin

Plus "A King of Oneself," high fashion, I'm flashin

I'm, ready for whatever though, trained to go you better know

Put up in whoever hoe, let 'em know

 

[Chorus]

 

[T.I.]

I gotta thank my lucky stars cause it came so far

Dope game, rap game, 'bout the same so far

Brag about your lil' Benz, nigga that ain't no car

I got some in my garage that requires a chauffeur

High as gas is, the country at war and people are starvin

And I pay a million dollars for Ferrari's, retarded, huh?

Sorry bruh, been a that been ballin since it started up

Season hoe, get 'em all to f**k cause they know this dough stack tall as f**k

Nah, it ain't that I'm rich that they hate so much

Least I could do it, not rub it in niggaz face so much

So I'm tryin now while I'm rhymin not to brag about the island

Or the crib in Hawaii where all the walls slide in

House is wide open, we could bring the outside in

I think you should hear about it, but f**k it I'll be quiet

I just spit it how I live it homie I don't be lyin

Would it make you feel better if I put my pockets on the die?

If I made less money, started to dress bummy

Would the haters and the critics have more respect for me?

Should I downgrade the crib and the way I live?

Now how about I don't and we just say I did, nigga

 

[Chorus]

 

[Outro: T.I.]

Ay say homeboy

It's real talk comin at you live and direct homeboy, you dig that?

Heh, you could hate all you want partna

I'ma give you somethin to hate on, nigga

Ha ha! Grand Hustle, you understand?

DJ Toomp you did yo' muh'f**kin thang as usual

Ay-hey look, P$C partna, Pimp Squad Click

Ay, Big Kuntry you up next homie

It's the king, !

Yeahhhhhh, they say I ain't Zone One, nigga

My grandmama been livin on Center Hill 43 years, hoe- nigga

You understand that? Nigga come meet me nigga

See me nigga! You know?

Why niggaz gotta wait 'til a nigga got the police watchin you

and start kickin that f**k , you know?

You know how I get down, you know nigga!

Yeahhhhhh, AY!

 

[Chorus]

 

 

 

13. Swagga Like Us (Ft. Kanye West Jay-Z Lil Wayne)

 

"No one on the corner has swagger like us"

"Swagger like us, swagger-swagger like us"

 

[Chorus]

 

[Kanye West]

("No one on the corner") Mr. West is in the building

Swagger on a hundred thousand trillion

("No one on the corner") Aiyyo I know I got it first

I'm Christopher Columbus, y'all just the pilgrims

Thanksgiving, do we even got a question?

Hermes pastel, I passed the dressing

My attitude is tattooed

That mean it's permanent, so I guess we should address it, huh?

("No one on the corner") My swagger is Mick Jagger

Every time I breathe on a track, I asthma attack it

Why he so mad for? Why he gotta have it?

Cause a slave my whole life, now I'm the master

Naaaaa-na-naaaaa

How it feel to wake up and be the , and the urine?

Naaaaa-na-naaaaa

Tryna get that Kobe number, one over Jordan

 

[Chorus]

 

[Jay-Z]

Geah..

("No one on the corner") Got a bop like this

Can't wear skinny jeans cause my nines don't fit

No one on the corner got a pocket like this

So I rock Roc jeans cause my nine's so thick

You can learn how to dress just for checking my fresh

Checking-checking my fresh, checking-checking my fresh

Follow my steps is the road to success

Where the niggas know you're thorough when the girls say yes (yes!)

("No one on the corner") But I can't teach 'em my swag

You can pay for school but you can't buy class

("No one on the corner") School of hard knocks I'm a grad

And that all-blue Yankee is my graduation cap

It's Hooooo-vahhhhh

Dippin-dippin Rovers, whippin with the soda

Hooooo-vahhhhh

Did you even have any doubt after doubt it was over?

 

[Chorus]

 

[Lil Wayne]

No one on the corner has swagger like moi

Church, and I'm too clean for the choir

I require, but I desire

I got stripes, A-di-das

Mamis scream, "?Papi no mas!"

Run up in your just me, no mas

Running this like I got four' tires

No one has swagger like these for' guys

Now when it comes to styles, I got several

Sharper than the swagger, dagger or metal

And my jew-els, blue and yellow

The type of that make 'em call you Carmelo

Who's as follows stay true to the ghetto

Write your name on the bullet make you feel special

Ha! What the f**k you boys talking 'bout?

I know it's us cause we the only thing you talk about

And I'm gone... bye... yeah

 

[Chorus - during last line]

 

[T.I.]

Hah, you see? That's right

Ay, you know see Weezy for the wordplay, Jeezy for the bird play

Kanyeezy for diversity and me for controversy

I'm a verse that's picture perfect, only spit to serve a purpose

You ain't living what you kicking then you worthless

Lookin from the surface it may seem like I got reason to be nervous

Been observant, work to see if my adversity was worth it

Verse is autobiographical, absolutely classical

Last thing I'm worried 'bout is what another rapper do

Ain't nobody hot as me

Even if they rap they off, blast off and have outstanding quality

Sell a lot of records, I'll respect it and salute that

But spin real life on hot beats, I'm the truth at

You kick it like me, no exaggeration necessary

Living revolutionary, nothing less than legendary

Gangsta hereditary, got it from my dad

Flow colder than February with extraordinary swag

 

[Chorus - repeat 2X]

 

[T.I. - over Chorus]

Okay, yeah, that's right

Okay, yeah, so you notice huh

Hah, yeah, okay, tell 'em for me shawty

Yeah, that's right, yeah

 

 

 

14. Slide Show (Ft. John Legend)

 

Verse 1 (T.I.)

Ey , when I think about all my time and all my struggle

Through all my grindin' and all my troubles

When I came out from nothin' , all I had was a hustle

With a blindfold tryin' to find pieces to the puzzle, no muzzle

I tell it like it is, that's that, right or wrong, I'mma call it how I see it

Don't forget that impossible is nothin', you're a fine mis irrelevant(?)

Just don't let your emotions over power your intelligent

Refuse to give up, your mistakes will define you

Down dictate where you headin', then remind you

That time keeps tickin', let your mind keep clickin'

Never stop thinkin', be aware of your decision

Everywhere the collisions

And the potholes hiddin' in the road that you travel on your lifelong mission

Just listen everyday like a snap shot is taken, if you live you could learn to just be patient

Chorus (John Legend)

'Cause life is like a slide show

And all the places I go

And all the things that I know

Through all the highs and lows

'Cause life is like a slide show

And all the things that I've seen

And all the things that I dream

You can't take away from me

'Cause life is like a slide show

Verse 2 (T.I.)

'Cause when I look back at a fly young cat

Who could rap with a dream, look where I took that

Beginning on bankhead, then I spread out

Vision in my head, all I had to do is to get it out

When I walked out of my house, and look at my street

All I see is the opportunity that lead me to truancy

I ain't really have a roll model to enforce me

Uncle (someone?) they said next its gunna be you in it

As a juvenile count cases so florally look at my life and learn from it, don't do it

If I only knew back then what I know now, how much better life it would have been if I slowed down

Maybe I have been Kanye, instead of seeing gunplay

But god got a plan, I'll understand one day,

one day of life like a snap shot is taken,

if you live you could learn to just be patient

 

 

Chorus (John Legend)

'Cause life is like a slide show

And all the places I go

And all the things that I know

Through all the highs and lows

'Cause life is like a slide show

And all the things that I've seen

And all the things that I dream

You can't take away from me

'Cause life is like a slide show

Bridge (John Legend)

Looking back on my life time

See the slides go by, trying to wonder why

Looking back at where I've been

I remember when, you remember

 

Chorus (John Legend)

'Cause life is like a slide show

And all the places I go

And all the things that I know

Through all the highs and lows

'Cause life is like a slide show

And all the things that I've seen

And all the things that I dream

You can't take away from me

'Cause life is like a slide show (3x)

'Cause I see, cause I dream, life is like a slide show

 

 

 

15. You Aint Missin Nothing

 

Hey... Say pimp, this to everybody stretched out behind

 

the wall,

Countin' days on their calendar...

Flippin' pages, month to month

Hey man... I don't give a 'bout how other folks

 

treat you man

[intro:]

I just wanna let you know pimp,

You ain't missin' nothin' homeboy

Real Talk

 

[Chorus:]

I know the times seem long,

Just try and keep strong

Put on your headphones and rewind this song

Remember you ain't missin' nothin' homes,

I promise you ain't missin' nothin' homes

 

Hey, just now the club on hold and the broads on pause

You get home, it's gonna be waitin' on y'all

So dog, just know, for real

You ain't missin nothin homes

I promise you ain't missin' nothin' homes

On Everything

 

[Verse 1:]

My uncle did a decade,

Came home, hit the ground runnin' gettin' paid like he

 

never did a day

Hit the streets, nigga still in the same place they were

 

'fore we went in the chain gang,

And doin' the same thing

'Cause the game go on, you only did two days in the

 

joint -

The day you get locked up and the day you go home

I know it feels like the world passin' you by,

Likehappenin' every day out there that you don't

 

know 'bout

Everytime you call home your baby momma show out,

And your partners don't even send you flicks from when

 

they go out

But don't worry 'bout it or stress it, cause shawty know

 

what?

The time'll do itself, all you gotta do is show up

Keep layin' down wakin' up,

And thankin' the Lord

And 'fore you know it they gonna open the doors

True story, just prepare yourself fo

تم تعديل June 21, 2009 بواسطه ZoRoCaSpEr