[Intro] Ahh, excuse me everybody Please listen up, I do need your attention "Ladies and gentlemen" "Set it off man" Ch-ch-check me out, ch-ch-check-check me out (AZ, uhh...) Check-check-check check me out, check me out Check me, check me-check "Ladies and gentlemen" Ch-ch-check me, ch-ch-check me Ch-ch-check me out y'all [Verse 1: AZ & (Pete Rock)] This is grown man elegance mixed with ghetto allure Fresh pair of constructs and Louie store couture No fu*ks, was a juvie, poor to the core Rose up from the Uzi all in the hall (Wooo!) Bela Lugosi since the era of Kool G Upset for lettin' up, but they never could lose me Gucci, could see it all inside of my face A ni**a straight, this is fate, got phenomenal taste The honorable great young Jedi (Jedi!), bomb on the red eye (Uh) Words I live by is off the tongue of my umbrella (Uh huh) Shall I, show and prove how I move? (Move) It's hard to be cool when you a sparklin' jewel (Uh) Check it, you either get it in or disconnect it This is bigger than the record, tryin' to remake The Message (Aaow!) Electric, hittin' every hood that I could (Could) Those who understood, understand a ni**a good (Uh huh) [Chorus: scratches] Check-check-check, check me out-check me out Check me, check me-check "Ladies and gentlemen" Ch-ch-check me, ch-ch-check me Ch-ch-check me out y'all Check-check-check, check me out-check me out Check me, check me-check "Ladies and gentlemen" Ch-ch-check me, ch-ch-check me Ch-ch-check me out y'all [Verse 2: AZ & (Pete Rock)] Jotted in black ink, it's logic the math link I'm the clash of a scientist and how a psychopath thinks My higher half is a sphinx, my prior past is a jinx Is why I geographically sit and let the factual sink (Wooo!) City blocks is sizzlin', gunshots be riddlin' Cops, opps and props sky rock the adrenaline (Uh huh) Ya illin', and if all you're chasin' is crime (Uh) Scrappin' up and gibberin', all you're facin' is time (Time) C74, what ya felony for? You yellin' work you was sellin', what you tellin' me for? (Huh?) Smell of Dior, I'm chillin', could never get caught in my feelings Love villains, but I talk to the childrens, they need it Jail, death or a paraplegic If you blessed by 30 and breathin', you succeeded (Uh) Strategic, live from the top of New York Alone all in my zone when I'm lockin' in thought (In thought) [Chorus: scratches] Check-check-check, check me out-check me out Check me, check me-check "Ladies and gentlemen" Ch-ch-check me, ch-ch-check me Ch-ch-check me out y'all Check-check-check, check me out-check me out Check me, check me-check Ch-ch-check me, ch-ch-check me out Ch-ch-check-check me out Check-check-check, check me out-check me out Check me, check me-check "Ladies and gentlemen" Ch-ch-check me, ch-ch-check me Ch-ch-check me out y'all [Outro: Pete Rock] East New York, AZ, Pete Rock... Come on, Brooklyn, uhh