[Verse 1]
Uh, uh, uh!
Hey look! Let's toast with the most high
That praise to the [?]
Celebrate the fact that we survived to be the loca(?)
Oh my!
Been a long time coming for me
I was starting to believe there wasn't no light in that tunnel for me
Record labels wasn't f**ing with me
And the sad part is, that none of the artist was f**ing with me
I used to dream like, one day they'll go come and get me
Somebody's gotta like me
Somebody's gonna pick me
They see the work,they see the talent, they see the hunger in me
What could be hindered in me
I mean the sh** was simply, mind boggling
My [?] smacked DvD, the reason lot of rapper got exposure
[?] whether you admit to the fact
Everybody want to smack and went straight to the back
Let's see who I was k**ing next
So when some strange play (?)
I'm responsible for a lot of y'all sucess
Clap for me
[Chorus]
If I'm lost in the battle, would you clap for me?
If I never sold a record, would you clap for me?
Or would you clap for me when my body hit the ground?
Man f** that, clap for me now, now, now
Clap for me now, now, now (x4)
[Verse 2]
Yo, it's strange the way the game changed
We could go from rich to trying to maintain
And it starts from ground zero on the same plane
But then they crash
Trynna merge in the same lane (Damn)
In the [?] they all sponsor my thought process
I'mma record most [?]
Endorse that check
And I was off to the races
I'm tying up my laces
I'm trynna win for always like cross [?]lation
Rakim told me :
No mather what, you the truth
The king said his son called himself Murda Mook
Can't forget [?], R.I.P
He brought me to the [?]
When I was nineteen and he told me
I was the nicest MC in this whole industry
Well, maybe not the whole, it was besides Em and he
But uh, I tell you that
And I know he looking proud
Looking down and I ain't even from this town
What that tell you, clap for me
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Look! Ayo Big, did they clap for you?
Ayo pap (?), did they clap for you?
Ayo [?], did they clap for you?
Big L, did they clap for you?
Or, did they snap on you and throw
Gansta rap on you and say that
You was the reason the crime rate was boosting
And your music was the [?] for the shootings
You nobody 'til somebody k**s you
God damn Big, now I really feel you
Here's the story of a young boy growing up
[?] in the [?] blowing up
Young boy set itselft a bar as a superstar
Angel voice set the bar
Had the whole world in awe, was an icon
Everybody [?] him
Made you wanna dance, [?] and spin
He ruled the world, he couldn't lose
[?] had him all over the news
And everybody's view changed, he was the villian
They didn't care if he was innocent, he looked like he did it
Friend abandonned, society [?] him
Black cloud on his legacy, eternally damaged
But hey, all good things come to an end
Dies from an heart attack, y'all [?] again?
Clap for him
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Why should we have to wait for somebody to pa** away
To ack their accomplishments
Give it all while they living
And be appreciative
Oh when it fall over, would you clap for me?
Oh when I reach the end of my road, would you clap for me?
Oh clap for me
Put your hands together