I rock (I rock) I roll (I roll) The illest mofo you know fo sho, cause I run this show I don't go slow Try to keep up with my hustle and flow Every single rapper has that song that makes him bada** But every time it's half-a**ed, and I'm not gonna have that Cause I'm a real cla** act, and my rhymes are abstract Nice guys will finish last, and that's just a sad fact But I'm already pa**ed that, it's something to laugh at I'm here to add tact cause most rappers lack that Gonna make an impact, fast like a heart attack If you wanna talk smack, my lyrics talk back They say you got a bad rap, but I don't know about that You're lucky as a black cat, I'll use you like a scratch pad Hurt you like a car crash, forget you like a flashback Shun you like an outcast and pretty much that's that I'm on the fast track, I carry like a half back Gonna make the news like a bomb dropped in Baghdad I'll make the fast cash with my unsurpa**ed craft Add and subtract stacks, take you back to math cla** I rock (I rock) I roll (I roll) The illest mofo you know fo sho, cause I run this show I don't go slow Try to keep up with my hustle and flow (yo) I rock (I rock) I roll (I roll) The illest mofo you know fo sho, cause I run this show I don't go slow Try to keep up with my hustle and flow So let me tell you why I aspire to be fly Cause I wanna cross the line between my dreams and the sky As long as I defy, the limitations don't apply So before I resign, I will refine the design Cause I'm not satisfied, the rap game's gone awry That sh** that you buy's on a steep a** decline And I'm rap's messiah, I'll turn water into wine Turn words into rhymes into lyrics that apply Too true to deny with a flow so divine And the lyrics I supply will serve as the guide Give sight to the blind with advice I provide From west to east side, to the rappers worldwide My time has arrived, my words bona fide They'll celebrate my coming like the fourth of July Cause many have implied that hip-hop has died But it will survive as long as I am alive I rock (I rock) I roll (I roll) The illest mofo you know fo sho, cause I run this show I don't go slow Try to keep up with my hustle and flow (yo) I rock (I rock) I roll (I roll) The illest mofo you know fo sho, cause I run this show I don't go slow Try to keep up with my hustle and flow