Say ho, say ho By the way yo I said shake your soul way back in the day-yo By the way yo, say ho say, say
And it out now Who is the cat out on the town And make the whole room turn they head round Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the with the bass on crunk Who be riding up in the high elevator Other tenants who be they ain't the new neighbor Mr Nigga, Nigga They try to play him a chump cause he got what they want
He under years old but already he's a pro Designer slung low cause his pockets stay swoll' Could afford to get up and be he go V.I.P. at the club, at the show (Yes y'all) the crib, the best clothes Hottest on the road neck and wrists on froze (say word) Checks with O's Straight all across the watch got three time-zones Keep the phone up to his dome Two assistants, two accounts, two homes One problem; with the O's on his check The stop him and show no respect "Is there a problem officer?" Damn straight, called race That the jake (woo-woo) to give chase Say they want you successful, but that the case You living large, your skin is dark they a light in your face
Now, who is cat out on the town Maitre'd take a whole year to sit him down Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the with the bass on crunk Now, who is the cat at Armani buying With the tourists who be asking him, do you work Mr Nigga, Nigga Nigga
Yo, the Abstract with the Mos Def folks got it muffled across beneath they breathe "I say it" But they'll say it out loud they get with they close associates and friends You know, sneak it in with they at the job Happy hour at the bar while song is in they car And even if they've never said it, stay sealed They actions reveal how their hearts feel Like, night I'm on a first class flight The brother in sight the flight attendant catch fright I sit in my seat, 2C She approach talking about, "Excuse me" Her lips up into a tight space Cause she don't believe that I'm in the right Showed her my boarding pass, and then she of gasped All embarrassed put an extra on my water glass An hour later she comes by walking past "I hate to be a but my son would love your autograph" (Wow, Mr. Nigga I you, I have all your albums!) They stay on nigga on american roads And when you travel abroad they got world law Some folks get on a plane go as they But I go over and I get over-seized Heathrow, me and my people They think that illegal's a synonym for Far away places, customs flagrant They think the dark is smuggle weight in they cases inspected, now we arrested Attention directed to of our intestines Urinalysis by X-rays and detained til damn near the next day No evidence, no apology and no Even for the big american rap For us especially, us especially A Mr VIP jail cell just for me "If I you were coming I'd have baked a cake Just got shoe-polish, painted my face" They say they want you successful, but then they it stressful You start pace, they start changing up the tempo
Now, who is cat riding out on the State trooper wanna stop him in his ride, pat him Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the trunk the bass on crunk Now, who is the cat with the hundred bill They send it to the back to make sure the shit is real Mr Nigga, Nigga Nigga, Nigga
You can laugh and Michael Jackson if you wanna Woody Allen, molested and married his Same press kicking on Michael's name Woody and Soon-Yi at the playoff game, holding hands Sit back and just bug, about that Would he get that type of dap if his name was Woody O.J. innocent by a jury of his peers And been fucking with that nigga for last five years Is it fair, is it equal, is it just, is it Do you do the shit when the defendant face is white? If white boys doing it, well, it's When I doing, well, it's suspect Don't hate me, my folks is poor, I just got America's five centuries in cotton money You see a lot of brothers caked up, yo up It's new, y'all living off of traders paper But I'm a though, yo I'm a live though I'm putting up the big swing for my yo Got my mom the fat water-front yo I'm a get her pretty bay windows I'm a cop a nice home to in A environment for seeds to reside in A fresh for my whole family to ride in And if I'm still Mr Nigga, I find it suprising