Make No Mistake

You won't see nobody like me for like twelve other years You see what they do all the time I'm a different level, is you crazy? You can't even coach my type of style They style is regular It's easy for you, but it's hard for me To forget the things we did 'cause we had to eat At least that's what we said when we did the deed Some lost they lives, some still ain't lose a wink of sleep I said what I said, you can tell 'em you heard it from me I told a few lies in my time, but never once over a beat Make no mistake It's no more room inside the safe It's safety in numbers But brothers hatin' others Patiently waiting for the day you make that and then you up out of here without a trace Not a whole lot left to say Unless you state your name when they start the tape (That part) Hey, young fellow, here go another story 'bout back in the day What's-his-name backed it out on Avenue A Everybody back in the way Stammering and stuttering, make no mistake We flying, but my foot fluttering on the brakes They quickly cut her and I'm guilty too, how I'm flipping Crime & Punishment and playing in they face (Mama, I'm so sorry) I'm talking since it was Fat Joe, Big Pun and Triple Seis Lord as my witness, I was squinting through a cloud of haze Stutter, drop, dip, euro-step, when they say it's off-beat, that's when I know I got 'em on skates (I got 'em on skates) Needle in the arm how he made his escape People stay stuck in they ways Who am I to judge? Blow me a dub 'fore I even wash my face This system will take your ancestral traditions and twist 'em, indigenous mountain villages makin' coca paste Still living hand-to-mouth, make no mistake I never liked the guy, but gave him some grace Only to find out I was right the first time, I hide everything in the rhymes, that's why I need it dark onstage Make no mistake What you should've did just sit on your shoulder What you could've been haunts you as you get older What you should've did just sit on your shoulder What you could've been haunts you as you get older What you should've did just sit on your shoulder What you could've been haunts you as you get older Baby Secret tells lots of secrets, so you'll never know what she'll say next Hold me close and whisper And she looks so real, the way her lips move like yours I like to whisper in the dark You can have fun keeping secrets together What kind? If we told, they wouldn't be secrets anymore I know a secret, do you?