[Produced by DJ Premier]
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[Chorus]
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Represent, represent
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Represent, represent
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[Verse 1]
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Straight up, shit is real
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And any day could be your last in the jungle
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Get murdered on a humble, gunsll blast, niggas tumble
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The corners is the hot spot, full of mad criminals
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Who dont care, guzzling beers
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We all stare at the out-of-towners
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(Ayo, yo, who that?) They better break North
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Before we get the four pounders and take their face off
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The streets is filled with undercovers, homicide chasing brothers
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The Ds on the roof tryin to watch us and knock us
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And killer coppers even come through in helicopters
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I drink a little vodka, spark a L and hold a Glock for
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The fronters, wannabe ill niggas and spot runners
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Thinking it cant happen til I trap em and clap em
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And leave em done, wont even run about gods
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I dont believe in none of that shit, your facts are backwards
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Nas is a rebel of the street corner
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Pulling a TEC out the dresser; police got me under pressure
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[Chorus]
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Represent, represent
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[Verse 2]
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Yo, they call me Nas, Im not your legal type of fella
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Moët drinking, marijuana smoking street dweller
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Whos always on the corner, rolling up bless
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When I dress, its never nothing less than Guess
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Cold be walking with a bop and my hat turned back
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Love committing sins and my friends sell crack
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This nigga raps with a razor, keep it under my tongue
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The school drop-out, never liked the shit from day one
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‘Cause life aint shit but stress, fake niggas, and crab stunts
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So I guzzle my Hennessy while pulling on mad blunts
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The brutalizer, buddha-sizer, accelerator
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The type of nigga who be pissing in your elevator
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Somehow the rap game reminds me of the crack game
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Used to sport Ballys and Cazals with black frames
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Now Im into fat chains, sex and TECs
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Fly new chicks and new kicks, Heines and Becks
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[Chorus]
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[Verse 3]
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No doubt, see my stacks are fat, this is what its about
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Before the BDP conflict with MC Shan
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Around the time when Shante dissed the Real Roxanne
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I used to wake up every morning, see my crew on the block
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Every days a different plan that had us running from cops
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If it wasnt hanging out in front of cocaine spots
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We was at the candy factory, breaking the locks
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Nowadays, I need the green in a flash just like the next man
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Fuck a yard, god, let me see a hundred grand
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Could use a gun, son, but fuck being the wanted man
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But if I hit rock bottom, then Ima be the Son of Sam
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Then call the crew to get live too, with Swoop
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Barkim, my brother Jungle, Big Bo cooks up the blow
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Mikell chop it; Mayo, you count the profit
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My shit is on the streets, this way the Jakesll never stop it
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Its your brain on drugs, to all fly bitches and thugs
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‘Nuff respect to the projects, Im ghost, one love
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[Chorus]
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Represent yall, represent
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Represent yall, represent
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Represent yall, represent
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Represent yall, represent
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[Outro]
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One time for your mothafuckin mind
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This goes out to everybody in New York
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Thats living the real fucking life in every projects, all over
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To my man Big Will, hes still here
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The 40 side of Vernon, my man Big L.E.S
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Big Cee-Lo from the Dime, Shawn Penn, the 40 busters
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My crew the shorty busters, the 41st side of Vernon posse
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The Goodfellas, my man Cormega, Lakey the Kid
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Cant forget Drawz, the Hillbillies
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My man Slate, Wallethead, Black Jay, Big Oogie
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Crazy barrio spot, (Big Dove), we rock shit a lot, PHD
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And my man Preemo from Gang Starr
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94 real shit yall (word up Harry O)
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Fuck yall crab-ass niggas though!
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[Nas posse]
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Bitch ass niggas! Bitch ass niggas!
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You bitch ass motherfuckers!
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Come to Queensbridge, motherfucker!
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Yeah, yeah, lets bring it back
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Thats just a warm up
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‘Cause I can– on anybody, anybody
