Pete Rock - Pains and Strife lyrics

[Phife] Now in this hip-hop world I happen to live in, heads be b**hing It's a wonder that when the punks walk, they don't be switching Someone always got something to say, and I be itching To verbally bust their whole f**ing frame, I ain't kidding Nothing wack over here, moneygrip, I'm always hitting And being that my name is Phife Dawg, I just be sh**ting All over the track by Diamond, f** a rumor If you try to bite this style you might catch a brain tumor Nowadays it's eather the Heather or cheddar, f** the babbling Put your money where your mouth is or there'll be no battling Don't play yourself and get dissed by Malik, it's too embara**ing Take it straight to your face like Vin Rock, f** the Samaritans I'm out to get the cheddar, no deals, I ain't having it Never to work again in my life, f** Blake Harrington East Coast representation, as well as West Rub daddy speak, better listen, diggey knows best [Diamond] I'm swerving on MC's with these degrees The only cheese you've seen is from promotional fees, please I don't congregate with small timers I leave you scratching your head like Alzheimer's In a corner with four-timers smoking pretty women With this city rhythm I get witty with them Big D a.k.a. Ben Grin, I send men defending You run home and then send Your whole team back, scoped out I lean back Focused on greenbacks, n***as want to see me in green slacks Upstate doing a bid But I got plans reclined at the Sands With my team, in the name of cream Sipping on Jim Beam, still scoped your scheme It seems to me, it's obvious, it seems to be jealousy f** it if it means the beat Cause I dream to be the next one on the top I might blow up, but I won't go pop f** the props, I want to breeze with the cheese And my squeeze in the Florida Keys Pains and strife, let me live my life Born into a world that's trife Like a knife I cut through the mazes State to state smashing down stages, overcome with... (Repeat 2x) [Diamond] I'm off the hook, no more working off the book I often look at how MC's turn soft and book Look, you couldn't fade this renegade ]From when it's made, plus your rhymes are minute made What's the deal, for real I watch you Got you under my skin like Sinatra Raise the stakes, see I believe it pays to make A thousand ways to take your tasty cake [Pete Rock] Hit the spotlight, and let me get right Crowd anticipation when we rock the mic It's like s**, good to the very last nut Every word that we say, every cliche So check the survery, Phife Dawg rhyming with Diamond n***as get astounded, all simple like Simon Cream, working on plots and schemes To hit big clientel to the fullest, so represent, kid Pains and strife, let me live my life Born into a world that's trife Like a knife I cut through the mazes State to state smashing down stages, overcome with... (Repeat 2x)