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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Eve
Vocals
Jadakiss
Vocals
Sheek Louch
Vocals
Styles P
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sean Jacobs
Songwriter
Jason Phillips
Songwriter
Darrin Dean
Songwriter
Chris Martin
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Rich Keller
Mixing Engineer
DJ Premier
Producer
Dominick Barbera
Editing Engineer
Don Elliot
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
(Ruff Ruff Ruff Ruff Ruff Ruff Ruff Ruff)
(Ruff Ryders)
(Don't get it twisted y'all)
(Ruff Ryders)
(Don't get it twisted y'all)
Recognize, Recognize, Recognize (Ruff Ryders)
Don't get it twisted y'all
Recognize, Recognize, Recognize (Ruff Ryders)
Don't get it twisted y'all
[Verse 2]
Now, I know y'all couldn't wait to hear Kiss over Premier
Kill you on tape then watch it over a beer
'Cause you ain't nothin' but a movie with extensive footage
That's the reason they gon' leave you with expensive bullets
Ain't none of y'all better than LOX
Have all of y'all dressed up in a suit, dead in a box
Me and my **** get Redd-er than Foxx
And I don't care if I love you, I still want head in the drop
**** runnin' round talkin' that Y2K shit
Crackheads is still gon' want that gray shit
That's why I'ma always cop the yay quick
So I suggest all of y'all stay off J dick!
Too hard for MTV, not black enough for BET
Just let me be
Give me all my royalty money, and let me re'
And I'ma have O's for six and halves for three
[Verse 3]
Recognize, Recognize, Recognize (Ruff Ryders)
Don't get it twisted y'all
Recognize, Recognize, Recognize (Ruff Ryders)
L to the O to the X
Recognize, Recognize, Recognize (Ruff Ryders)
Don't get it twisted y'all
Recognize, Recognize, Recognize (Ruff Ryders)
L-O-X ****
Don't get it twisted y'all
[Verse 4]
Ayo I give it to you point blank, in your mom's place
So like Point Break with a mask on with the president's face
Clear my space, when big Sheek crash the boards
Y'all ain't just mark ****, y'all Hallmark ****
With all that soft ass writin' might as well be in cards
You don't gamble with your life when I launch these torpedoes
That'll shoot the crap out your ass at Foxwood Casinos
Just me and my Gambinos, drunk as fuck
With a time parking lot DVD in a truck
I been drunk most my life, don't ask me why
Through ninth grade, I ain't go to high school
I went to school high
And I don't care what y'all got, that shit don't excite me
I'm black and deadly and my burner just like me
And I'm quick to stick one of y'all on tour at the Sheraton
See, what yours can be mine without inheritin'
Give up your chains and them little diamonds in your ear
Is it worth your family cryin' and the doctor yellin' "Clear", huh?
[Verse 5]
Don't get it twisted y'all
Recognize, Recognize, Recognize (Ruff Ryders)
L to the O to the X
Recognize, Recognize, Recognize (Ruff Ryders)
Don't get it twisted y'all
Recognize, Recognize, Recognize (Ruff Ryders)
L-O-X ****
Don't get it twisted y'all
[Verse 6]
If I knew heaven had a ghetto that was sweeter than here
You know that P will pack his bag and just leave next year
But I got a son to raise so I'ma stay in this hell
And I gotta gun to blaze if you play with the L
Dot O, dot X, dot at the end
We the **** that's gon' leave with the pot at the end
Never too young to die, or too old to live
Ain't it hard to bust your gun, go home and mold your kid?
I'm ashamed I sell crack but I'ma ride for the moment
Know the consequence, I'ma die with The Omen
Two is better than one, there's three of The LOX
Ki in a pot, key in the drop, key to the top
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost of rap
Three in a one, seein' a gun and usin' it, dog
Dope in a six, coke in a five, weed in a four
The ice is for my ****, but the heat is for y'all
[Verse 7]
Recognize, Recognize, Recognize (Ruff Ryders)
Don't get it twisted y'all
Recognize, Recognize, Recognize (Ruff Ryders)
L to the O to the X
Recognize, Recognize, Recognize (Ruff Ryders)
Don't get it twisted y'all
Recognize, Recognize, Recognize (Ruff Ryders)
L-O-X ****
Don't get it twisted y'all
Written by: C. Martin, Darrin Dean, David Styles, Jason Phillips, Sean Jacobs