Saigon - One Foot in the Door lyrics

[Jay-Z interview about Saigon] [Intro - Saigon] Yeah, Preme ("The kid Saigon") co*ks**ers thought they was gonna buy my soul, for a couple hundred thousand ("The kid Saigon") Yeah know I'm saying Illuminati for a car and a shiny chain, for a watch, a shiny watch Nah n***a, I'm Saigon (Press the reset, man) Never, I'm Saigon (Don't do it) [Verse 1 - Saigon] Y'all want me to make up a character and be it That's what I gotta for you people to have to see it Why should I have to get shot in my back to achieve it Or be dead or paraplegic for these cats to believe it I breathe it, I dun went on the internet and been a wreck Say Rick Ross and 2chainz should get chin checked But then I drop thirty minutes of intellect That woulda been neglected had I not pegged it with disrespect Say no disrespect Everybody got they own set of problems, I got dirt, i gotta disnfect It's f**ing absurd, swerve like I'm huggin' the crub ... [?] Pimpin in the top ten, right behind Rakim In front of Big Daddy Kane ("no sir"), nah I'm only playin I ain't f**in with Kane, but it's a lotta n***as Y'all can name and I tear em n***as outta the frame Bang this in your old school box, ain't the Ipod days This for n***as that had high top fades This for n***as with the (?) That rocked shell tops when it was (?) Stocking (?) for the waves I can take you to the days [Be]fore the greatest story was ever told I was letting in barellas on low Shooting up clubs, gunfire coming from both ways Couple n***as was targets, couple just caused strays Now I said selling coke pays in the Illmatic days Nowadays they offer you coke, go that(a) way Sai's an anamaly (anomaly) family You ain't got the grammar and goin hand to hand with me is insanity You need to examine me Take a close look at the crook That the valley and the brook cold cooked Take a look at the work that I put Two albums, some mixtapes and a book And I only got one foot [Hook - Saigon] One foot in the door, but I fell on my knee One more, without that I am just unsure I wanna give it my all, wanna go balls to the wall But I only got one foot in the door I got one foot in the door (x3)(w/ scratches by DJ Premier) [Pre-Verse - Big Daddy Kane] Okay, Okay, I see what you doing with it baby You down in the sprint position and whatnot man Waiting for someone to pa** the baton in the money marathon That's what it is, you know you can't just run with it, you got to come with it So um, I'll be up there waiting for you at the finish line [Verse 2 - Big Daddy Kane] You know it's something bout that name Big As in me Small's a pun, we all can gun Remorse is none, cause we bosses, son And this is sh** that you don't see often, son Now line 'em up so I can body off sets I need to rhyme in front of volleyball nets So y'all can catch that sh** that went over your head [Outro - Saigon] These n***as dead Kane, I swear to god they're dead Swear to God, it's The Yardfather man I ain't holding back no more on these motherf**ers man Shoutout to legendary BDK n***a, Brooklyn's own Motherf**er Big Daddy Kane DJ Premier, I got one foot in the door Preme take us out of here the right way baby, Hip-Hop n***a [Scratches + Samples - DJ Premier]