Az - Animal lyrics

[Hook: Rap Samples] [Notorious B.I.G.: x4] I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal [Notorious B.I.G.:] It's rules to this sh** [Intro: AZ] Yea, enough respect The Bad Boy, d**h Row, No Limit Rap-a-lot, Roc-a-fella, Cash-Money, Ruff Ryders So-So-Def, The Inc. And all the incarcerated Scarfaces from ghetto to ghetto Now introducin' to you a new Empire Quiet Money Records and Hush Management Formely presents - yours truly [Verse 1: AZ] I'm praised for wicked word-play Emerge from my Earth days Was boxed in the Bird Cage Now flock wit the Mermaids A shorty wop, 'til I copped then I turned age Saw it unfold, certain laws are untold Unsolved Mysteries, coffins is closed A Carnivore trickery, cautions your road Any slip-ups will be huntin' your shows So neva get it twisted n***a, keep an Iron Biscuit witcha Beast promoted, the street's is coded For the Naked eye times is too deep to notice Yea I specialize in rhymes, but I peep the bogus On every known level, I'ma stone cold Rebel Clothes is crisp, I rolls Gold the Wrist I was schooled how to tuck, hide and hold the fifth How to crush, cut, divide and supply the sniff So if the truth ain't need, then the truth can't be [Hook: Rap Samples] [Notorious B.I.G.:] I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal [NaS:] Peeps that's into Drug money, Market into rap [Notorious B.I.G.:] I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal [Prodigy of Mobb Deep:] I'm fallin' and I can't turn back [Notorious B.I.G.:] I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal [NaS:] Peeps that's into Drug money, Market into rap [Prodigy of Mobb Deep:] The street's is ki's [Notorious B.I.G.:] I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal [Prodigy of Mobb Deep:] I'm fallin' and I can't turn back [Verse 2: AZ] From base potter to that hard rock white We all hustlers, live that hard knock life Some get knocked, and their Hearts not right Cuffed up in the air, met this charge that night We all know that the Narc's ain't nice But.. that's the price when your bars ain't tight The Beast within release within, you get caught-up lose trust You don't speak to friends, you lose lust Rarely f**, you just seekin' Sin You know ducks stay glizzly and love to get busy The stakes is high, the bench is long A few wakes n***az cry, you live, you gon' If you escape, rules apply, kids is born And the game won't change, it's the same ol' game [Hook: Rap Samples] [Notorious B.I.G.:] I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal [NaS:] Peeps that's into Drug money, Market into rap [Notorious B.I.G.:] I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal [Prodigy of Mobb Deep:] I'm fallin' and I can't turn back [Notorious B.I.G.:] I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal [NaS:] Peeps that's into Drug money, Market into rap [Notorious B.I.G.:] I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal [Notorious B.I.G.:] It's rules to this sh** [Prodigy of Mobb Deep:] And I can't turn back [Verse 3: AZ] And my mind been back was since puffin' on the back-woods Clutchin' on them clappers, and duckin' from them crackers Neva been in Nappa, neva f** wit no Rappers I'm so gon' wit it, but I'm so long winded Seen the worst, when I seen my first Body get caught, I was prolly this short The victim right beside me, stressed on the sidewalk But you neva seen a man cry, 'til you seen a man die The k**er shots, the realer the co-op If you could realer, then it's similar plots Then if not, you won't familiar, you a squilar You no dilla you hot, f** around get the whole block locked But neva me, I've been Boss playin', cookin' up sautéin' 'Til I saw another dough, I had to force a n***a weighin' Now in all Black wit the Gloves and Hat I'm so deep in it, that I can't turn back [Hook: Rap Samples] [Notorious B.I.G.:] I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal [Prodigy of Mobb Deep:] I'm fallin' and I can't - [Notorious B.I.G.:] I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal - Animal