Jadakiss - Ground Up lyrics

[Chorus: Luis Santiago and Jadakiss] Now you gotta be careful in my town (yeah) You know I’m the man with my crown up (yeah) My goons pull your skirt and f** a clown up (yeah) We build this empire from the ground up (yeah) Ground up (ground up), ground up (ground up) Chopper leave a body looking ground up (ground up) Ground up (ground up), ground up (ground up) Chopper leave a body looking ground up (HA-HAAAEEH!) [Verse 1: Jadakiss] Uh, now what? I got the regulators to mound up Go ahead and thank us for elevating the town up That boy ‘Kiss is a ba*tard, you gotta see him He giving out free caskets and mausoleums My first tour, I copped work off my per diem Emotional motherf**ers hurt, that a EM At least a quarter mill for the V, the for-eign So n***as that’ll k** you for free just off a DM Damn shame what they did to his body You know me, I keep a alibi, slid to the party Mingle with a couple skeezers, dark caesar, ducardi To top it off, all white so they know that I’m godly Yeah, crooked n***as get set straight When you increase the d**h rate, it’s less hate Umm, real n***as can relate though True master of ceremonies, what’s the ratio? Impossible for me to get full off your plate, bro I ain’t tryna make new friends, I’m tryna make dough And they gon’ do what I say so (k** k** k** k** k** k**) That’s the Camp Crystal Lake flow [Chorus: Luis Santiago and Fabolous] Now you gotta be careful in my town You know I’m the man with my crown up My goons pull your skirt and f** a clown up (I only f** with ground up n***as) We build this empire from the ground up (word) Ground up, ground up Chopper leave a body looking ground up (you gotta be from the mud with this sh**) Ground up , ground up (yeah) Chopper leave a body looking ground up [Verse 2: Fabolous] Ayo, I built this from the ground up, that’s how I found patience Came up from the mud and that’s how you foundation Don’t stop, pop that, that’s if you found hatin’ Face down, a** up, that’s how you found facin’ No witnesses, that’s all that they found, casings I dipped in Crystal Lake and that’s how I found Jason (k** k** k** k** k** k**) That Bentley Bentayga, straight violation The truck so fire, it came with a dalmation Hit the lights, co*k the ladder, then slide down slow Them n***as don’t want now smoke, they better lie down low These bars are still flaming, never died down flows And I know some fire hoes that slide down poles, wow I’m used to the sirens I don’t jump when I hear shots, I’m used to the firin I come from the COD but got used to the wirin I could talk it ’cause I live it, I just use my environments See these old n***as washed, and I used to admire them Now they begging for a job but they used to be hiring Ain’t no use of retirin if you still inspirin She ain’t ground up like Cookie She can’t share my empire then, n***a [Chorus: Luis Santiago] Now you gotta be careful in my town You know I’m the man with my crown up My goons pull your skirt and f** a clown up We build this empire from the ground up Ground up, ground up Chopper leave a body looking ground up Ground up , ground up (yeah) Chopper leave a body looking ground up