9th Prince - Bottomline lyrics

[Intro: Tash Mahogany (9th Prince)] The bottomline, baby Y'all n***as (yea!) runnin' out of time 9th, this is the bottomline (uh-huh) You're runnin' out of time You won't know what it was [9th Prince] 9th Prince is cold hearted, opponents get hyperdermiac Below zero flow, enemies turn into eskimos Incognito, and don't wanna be Al Pacino Underground forever like Stretch and Bobbito Spit great balls of fire, intelligent live wire Characters get a**a**inated by Sire, industry date expire Pull out the ammo and let off on all you cowards and liars Yo, smokin' guns on the streets of Medina Baby girl named Nina, a bad b**h like Trina The asiatic Gladiator, breakin' backs like Russell Crowe Live in the arena, I'm from Staten Island Ghetto hoods is like Riker's Island Police be harra**in', guns be blastin' Unique ways and actions, pure satisfaction This ain't a gimmick, I don't dress for thug fashion [Chorus 2X: 9th Prince] This is the bottomline, we live the life of righteous crimes Snake n***as drop a dime, fake industry cats is out of time The Granddaddy Flow is in it's prime, bust guns like tech nines [9th Prince] Yo, the 12 bar k**er, rhyme gorilla Shorty middle name Vanilla, kick the Granddaddy Flow acapella The bottomline is what I tell her, 9th Prince is Cinderfella On rainy days, I walk with a nine tucked under my umbrella Pull up in front of the club with my logo, spinnin' on dubs Sometimes, it's all about love, like when the bouncer Creepin' us in the back door with the snubs Wicked society, deep conspiracy theory be real, for real can y'all feel me? I take hip-hop seriously, this is Nat Turner poetry, cash floetry And still collect their heads for trophies, I'm like the skyscraper Handsome womanizer, like B.I.G. I 'hypnotize' ya My dick tranquilize ya, n***as get high but 9th Prince go higher, yo My album is hot fire [Chorus 2X] [Outro: Tash Mahogany (9th Prince)] (This is the bottomline) 9th, this is the bottomline, they're runnin' out of time They won't know what it was, that's the bottomline They feel it like a crime, they runnin' out of time They won't know what it was, that's the bottomline