Ludacris - In the A lyrics

[Hook: Big Boi sample] I keep it playa while some choose to play it safe Boy check the resume, it's risky business in the A I keep it playa while some choose to play it safe Boy check the resume, it's risky business in the A In the A, in the A, in the A, in the A, uh A, in the A, in the A, in the A, uh A, in the A, in the A, in the A, uh A, in the A, in the A, in the A, uh [Verse 1: T.I.] I'm a Bankhead n***a, you can bank that n***a Looking for a s**a, well I ain't that n***a I'm looking for the money, where the bank at n***a I'm triple OG, outrank that n***a I'm cold, riding through the city on vogues 30 karats in the Rollie for the b**hes and the hoes Hanging out the window of a Bentley I just met my connect, dropped off snow in the bluff On James P. Brawley, ain't we ballin' Got a problem with it, n***a bang that 40 n***as nowadays just ain't like shawty Don't spit that c**aine like shawty Set it on fire, they flame ain't like shawty Flow don't go insane, I'm mental Blowing presidential, 20 bricks off in the rental We official ATLiens with plenty ye to sell again DEA on our tail again, well tell amigo mail again Dope boy, trap n***a sh** I did it Say you want a hundred bricks well I bet I get it Tell them other s**a n***as tryna rep my city K.I.N.G. b**h best get with it All I know is go get it, swag so silly Checks on deck, I'm racked up with it Got a house College Park, stay stacked up with it Got a Louis V bag, stay sacked up with it Big diamonds in my Cuban They won't be where we go shooting, mane In the A, it's undisputed We some legends, best to do it, mane [Hook] [Verse 2: Big Boi] King sh**, Buckingham Palace Til I'm bucking on a muthaf**in' beat goddammit, I Ain't lost a step, but some of y'all n***as flaw to d**h Since Player's Ball, I was called the best And now they only call me Daddy Fat Sax The Cadillac-a with the diamond in the back With the sunroof top My daddy said I'm lackin' the vitamin D the sun won't stop Shine brighter, rhyme tighter Than anybody in your top ten my nighga, my n***a Like a postman, I deliver See I'm the letter with the anthrax in it, pa** that, hit it Sniff it, snort it, then gon' take a bump shawty Uh, take a number cause I'm serving the chumps That wanna jump up and get beat down, I'm Brand Nubian Brand new again, never get old When I was little, boy they said I had a old soul Old gold Riding with some pimps on a ho stroll, now that's loco And you're local, and I'm global That means worldwide like a rising tide I'm gonna subside and rise again like clockwork C-Bone is gonna show you how the Glock work *brrat* Nonviolent though, no violence, just styling ho From the birthplace of MLK where everything ain't okay but KKK I'm more Malcolm than Martin, come get some, be a target Standing in the kitchen with the AK, aka the Choppa [Hook] [Verse 3: Ludacris] Now this is the A-Town, come on the premises if you wanna Play with d**h, you get stung like the Crocodile Hunter Got them racks, slanging them packs and no we can't leave them sacks alone Hired an a**istant cause my weed need a chaperone (Luda!) And then Big Boi will pa** the lighter I'm convinced that we started the California brush fires One, two, and it don't stop; So many whips at my crib Ya chick came, the b**h thought it was a road block Spending cash so fast, you'd think I'm foolish And I love chicks with a** so it arch like St. Louis Got chicks hugging my nuts like a speedo Cause when I'm on the mic, I go for broke like T.O But we know I'm rich and pay the bills at my mother house Atlanta cribs jealous cause I'm chilling at my other house Yeah you may be able to out-trap me But none of you n***as will ever out-rap me [Hook] [Outro: James David Manning] What is this that you say?! What's this you say? Is that what you say? Is that what you say?! Is that what you say? They stay out all night on the basketball court Practicing, and practicing their jump shot Practicing their hook-shot And practicing and practicing, and then they're qualified for the majors Well why can't you stay up all night practicing your multiplication Practicing your Chemistry, practicing your Physics Why can't you stay up practicing that?! If practice makes perfect, then why do you just specialize in fun things And not in the things that require effort, commitment, and sacrifice