[Intro: 9th Wonder]
Yeah... Rapsody...
"Return of the B-Girl"
Uh... uh... uh.. It go
[9thmatic]
Light it up like a molotov
Sparkle in the dark, startin at the start mark
Ready set go, runnin out the block hard
The block hard, Tre-Fo' word to my mom
Tre time is the charm if the luck is on
So what the f** g'wan? Do what you wanna
9thmatic atta-dick uh, so what you gonna?
Nothing... live n***a f'real
It's The Return of the B-Girl, Rap Diddy fo' real
...A Rap Diddy, fo' real
It's The Return of the B-Girl, Rap Diddy fo' real
...A Rap Diddy, fo' real
It's The Return of the B-Girl, Rap Diddy fo' real
...A Rap Diddy, fo' real
[Rapsody]
Yeah, grand return like Jordan '98
Know bol like Cakalate that I'll be one of the greats
Like +Lake's+ Ricki, cause I talk slicky like snakes
Claim you dope but like Nicole Ritchie, you holdin no weight
Unless you Ricky, Drake, Jay, or Andre or Kanye
Slim pickin guess you lucked up on my come-up you see
Cause I'm on it, Free Willy the whale, T.I., Wayne post-jail
I'm nice when most can't even rightly spell
Polite well, oh hail XXL
Tryin to cover pages in yo' next XXL
Cause I'm next, what? You waited three years?
I've been waitin 27, can't explain my tears
A +Joy+ like Pete Rock and Jay and Kanye
And Bright Lady double nights, callin home momma
For change 87 octane, ga**in me up
Make change like two quarters, five dimes to a buck
To progress low stress like Westside side
L.A. Dodgers dodgin me, my flow cyanide
Carolina rise, mom and pops watch me struggle lots
Couldn't read me like CBCD purple plot
For hip-hop, I made it work and blew up spots
Huh, Captain James Kirk, ain't it funny yeah
Uh, I sit and look back a bit
A little girl, MC Lyte, pretendin to be that sh**
And Jay, all day, workin to be that slick
Likely one mixtape away from really masterin it
I got it, Sudoku write it, hah one thru nine
I rhyme, shinin, a problem, yeah that's me poppa
Proper to damn-near showstopper, in a truck
and doorknockers, heh - it's the Return of the B
R to the A to the P-S, yeah O-D-Y
Because I'm hot and like doors, I got it locked - Rap
R to the A to the P-S, yeah O-D-Y
Because I'm hot and like doors, I got it locked - Rap
R to the A to the P-S, yeah O-D-Y
Because I'm hot and like doors, I got it locked - Rap
R to the A to the P-S, yeah O-D-Y
Because I'm hot and like doors, I got it locked - Rap
[Outro]
Yeah... shout-out to all my B-Girls on the block
Who still make it hot
Sha Rock, Salt-n-Pepa, Spinderella
Jean Grae, Lauryn Hill, Bahamadia
MC Lyte, Queen Latifah yeah, Digga-Digga
Digga-Digga Rah Digga, waddup
Da Brat, Shortie No Mas~! Lady of Rage
Missy-Missy-Missy Elliott, E-V-E
Roxanne Shante (Ladybug!) Lil' Kim
Foxy Brown (Invincible!)
Nicki Minaj, waddup! I see you, shawty!
Yeah, Monie Love (Lady Luck, Paula Perry!)
And my homegirl Estelle, Mia X, Trina
Shawnna - DTP, (Eternia!) Amil
Yo yo... Yo-Yo! Charli Baltimore, Remy Ma, wa**up girl?
Ms. Jade, Bo$$, Oaktown 357 yeah
Lin Que, Nonchalant, Ms. Melodie and Harmony
JJ Fad, and the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, Mary J. Blige
Jazzy Joyce, Nitty Scott... one love, Amanda Diva
N-Tyce (Tiye Phoenix) D.C., RAtheMC
Brittany Street, Sonya Blade, Lyric Jones
and Carolina's own Shelly B
T-Boz, Chilli, rest in peace Left Eye
And rest in peace Aaliyah... REST IN PEACE, AALIYAH!
And all my B-Girls around the world
My lil' B-Girls, Jada and Jordan, Rayan, Janisa, Kendell
Heh, Armani, YEAH!