[Verse 1] They was told not to ride in Patty's (Hearse) and stay out of Charles' (Manson) Took Abraham's (Lincoln) through the Todd (Bridges) espansion Willis (Reid)s a map that marks the spot showin On his left George (Burns) a blunt William's holdin Tara (Bank)ed the money that Chaka (Khan)ed the poor Alicia (Key)ed his car for givin Melbourne (Moore) For the Redd (Foxx) who bought off the block, but though twice As Debora (Cox) the gun 'cause she beat Kelly's (Price) When Rosa (Park)ed the truck on the farm that Kim (Fields) Linda (Tripp)ed for tryna to walk in Lauryn's (Hills) Water dripped outta Farrah's (Fawcett) in the gla** She was "Superfly", Curtis (Mayfield) her a** Chris (Tucker) to a show, Ted (Turner) to a hoe Robert (Diggs) the beat, but ain't feelin the flow But he signed it fast, for half of Johnny's (Cash) (Nia Long)ed for the album to drop, cameras flashed Tom (Sawyer) at the Lucielle (Ball) up at the foyer He confronted Richard (Pryor) to hiring his lawyer Suge's (Knight) removed the rook off the board Donna (King) was checked and Al (Sharpton) the sword "Wettin cream, I ain't wettin fame" "Fame is the measure" "Rap celebs" "The place where stars are born" [Verse 2] The saints marched in, Kurtis (Blow)ing his horn Tom (Cruise)d the boulevard, Chris (Rock)ed the song For the hundredth time, they pressed rewind to the beginning They toast to the rhyme, the juice spilt from John's (Lennon) They took her to Elizabeth (Taylor) to dry clean The lone seamstress, who was schemin on Al's (Green) You know they shoot for the stars and buckwild Like the kids in the yard who play with (Jane's Child) A beautician laced Erykah's (Badu) Sean (Comb)ed through the evidence, just to get a clue The needle in the haystack, from outta earth this kid The tiger would k** him once thrown in Brad's (Pitt) Jesse (Owen) the money from the weed Bubba (Sparxxx) They was journeys seen far as he walked in Dick's (Clark) Jeffery (Lyons) stuck with a thorn from George's (Bush) Paul (Pierce)d in the heart as the crowd pushed Acting alone... Drew (Barrymore) bones of the victims, three blocks from Jim's (Brownstone) They shared the same bowl, he caught Natalie's (Cole)d The producer, threw the bu*ter on Esther's (Rolle) Dempsey (Russel)ed him down, got his jaw wide In a instant, Brooke (Shields) him from the gunfire Angie (Stone)d him to d**h, with those vocals Keith (Sweat) from the workout, just from runnin local "With CREAM I ain't with the fame" "Fame is the measure" "Rap celebs" "The place where stars are born" [Verse 3] Larry's (Bird) flew outta Nicholas' (Cage) Joe (Tex) messages from Satchel's (Paige) Betty (Wright) letters with ink from Sean's (Penn) Infinite bars, you couldn't tell where the song end Glenn (Close) enough to quickly duck the tapes Richard (Gere) ripped while he was climbin Bill (Gates) He was a southerner, posing as a, native New Yorker The Jason (Kidd) took his first steps in Jimmy's (Walker) He stayed on line chattin with rap celebs Used Bernie's (Mack) to search Veronica's (Webb) It cost them their life for the advice you gave Now Pete (Rose) lay on Vanessa's (Redgrave) "With CREAM I ain't with the fame" "Fame is the measure" "Rap celebs" "The place where stars are born" "With CREAM I ain't with the fame" "Fame is the measure" "Rap celebs" "The place where stars are born"