R.A. The Rugged Man - Lessons lyrics

"R-A what's the lesson for today Rugged Man" - Sadat X "I am the legendary..R-A" - Sadat X [Verse 1] Yo aiiyo people wonderin' where the f** I been At the VIP section they ain't lettin' me in They say; maybe if you had Dr. Dre or Timbaland They say; a white boy need a black boy to win Uhh Bubba Sparxx did it and so did Slim Just Blaze is hot now why don't you get with him I watch mad rappers bite my sh** and blow up And make millions of what I created, that's tough luck I first started gettin' coverage around the same time Steve Stout used to carry kid and placed luggage I seen rappers turned from s** symbols in hard throbs To bein forgotten now they out lookin' for jobs I seen EPMD break up I seen my little brother Max fall asleep and he ain't never wake up So when I rhyme listen, seriously When I spit I'm givin' you the truth clearly who I really be It's an audio version of reality TV I had deals from Russell Simmonds to Master P Even five year old white girls be rappin' today On the playground like 'go shorty it's ya birthday' (Go, go, go..) "Here's a little story I got ta tell" "I am the legendary" "R-A" "Rugged Man" [Verse 2] Yo yo yo I seen good days sun rays church sundays Made love made war been rich been poor Lost friends lost hoods lost my dough Seen beef between Bad Boy and d**h Row I seen deceased take the life for my sisters kid Six months on the Earth is what he had to live I seen Biggie Big L Big Pun pa** away Buffy from the Fat Boys, Jam Master Jay I mumple 'fore they blew up with Mystikal and Jay-Z The Neptunes came to see me at D & D I knew this chick named Norah a lounge singer A year later she a six Grammy award winner I seen flatliners I seen cannabisses I seen Lil Zane see I seen mad misses You ran through that ten percent disses I seen A & R's get fired for takin' pisses Stop whinin' and b**hin' nobody listens Who else riskin' they career they stick to be indifferent Switchin' the tradition stickin' to this sh** they really livin' I don't care what's hittin Listen this is my f**in' life that I'm spittin' "Here's a little story I got ta tell" "I am the legendary" "R-A" "Rugged Man" [Verse 3] I made peace with myself now how bout that I hated life I wanted to die a few years back I was mentally ill it's hard to come back from that But I got through it now I got my sanity back Y'all are like H-B-O fighters get the money and fame Get beat up like Klitschko and Sugar Shane Or get beat like Vernon Forrest or Prince Naseem And you all turn p**y when you get that green I got love for Havoc from Mobb Deep When I was broke sleepin' in the street He hooked me up with a free beat Alchemist you still my little buddy Althought you stole that Royce the 5"9 +The King+ beat from me I ain't down to sign autographs and shake ya hands I don't want trendy a** followers as fans I don't wanna sell records, I don't wanna be big I don't want MTV runnin' up in my crib I don't wanna be light in the music biz I don't want fans that don't know who G Rap is "Here's a little story I got ta tell" "I am the legendary" "R-A" "Rugged Man" "Here's a little story I got ta tell" "I am the legendary" "R-A" "Rugged Man" "what's the lesson for today Rugged Man"