[Intro] ~#**************#~ Uh-huh ~#**************#~ [Verse 1] ~#**************#~ Early on the wake up, cunning as the father of the 12 sons of Jacob ~#**************#~ Shake up the world, cake crumbs ~#**************#~ Cover my gold teeth, cufflinks, waiters ~#**************#~ Lobster sauce on aprons, pardon, thats the chef ~#**************#~ Burgundy on the breath, uncertainty when I step ~#**************#~ Dancin to every song like its a contest ~#**************#~ Singin to Stevie Wonder Happy Birthday ~#**************#~ Celebratin years of flows and crazy wordplay ~#**************#~ Seasoned, Im leavin my forties, Im a griot ~#**************#~ Deep as Deepak Chopra, dress socks and loafers ~#**************#~ Family only, Im holdin hands with a cold piece ~#**************#~ Bow to the old me, Im officially OG ~#**************#~ Might throw a Roast Me, wonder what will the jokеs be ~#**************#~ Watchin em imitate my cool dеmeanor ~#**************#~ Its a new decade, Im in a whole new arena ~#**************#~ Roll the dice in this life and I hit the Fever, get it! ~#**************#~ [Chorus] ~#**************#~ Wolf out of NYC, this is prophecy ~#**************#~ Know this was meant to be, evolve constantly ~#**************#~ Half a century ~#**************#~ Put your glasses up, represent for me ~#**************#~ (Represent, represent) Represent for me ~#**************#~ Represent, represent, represent for me ~#**************#~ Fly from infancy to half a century ~#**************#~ Ah-ha, represent ~#**************#~ [Verse 2] ~#**************#~ Cryin faces for the double agents watchin my every move ~#**************#~ Go tell em I cant sit still, I never do ~#**************#~ Let them think of all the places I led them ~#**************#~ Go look at it through an all-age spectrum ~#**************#~ Still winnin, never a better move ~#**************#~ Who they claim to be today? Man, they can never choose ~#**************#~ We all got a set of tools we gotta use to push through ~#**************#~ Like I did and Esco is my nom de plume ~#**************#~ Party in the penthouse, live, fill all the rooms ~#**************#~ With beautiful vibes, thats the way to calm the goons ~#**************#~ Champagne flutes, my cigars pop balloons ~#**************#~ Bowties get untied when the clock hit 2 ~#**************#~ A 73 baby — I say a speech, maybe ~#**************#~ Besides the Littles and Joneses, Hip-Hop made me ~#**************#~ Born in New York, I hope the Most High keeps you ~#**************#~ I wish at least fifty on all my good people, fever ~#**************#~ [Chorus] ~#**************#~ Wolf out of NYC, this is prophecy ~#**************#~ Know this was meant to be, evolve constantly ~#**************#~ Half a century ~#**************#~ Put your glasses up, represent for me ~#**************#~ (Represent, represent) Represent for me ~#**************#~ Represent, represent, represent for me ~#**************#~ Fly from infancy to half a century ~#**************#~ Ah-ha, represent