Hip 2 Da Game

I'm hip to the game (Right)

I'll always be the same (True)

'Cause whether I'm broke or got fame

Sunshine or rain

Ain't a damn thing change

I'm hip to the game (Right)

I'll always be the same (True)

'Cause whether I'm broke or got fame

Sunshine or rain

Ain't a damn thing change

Finesse fell off, that's what some figure

You better see Mary Blige and get the 4-1-1, ****

I rock rappers frequently

I'm like Stevie Wonder, I can't see a brother beatin' me

Wanna throw joints? You'll get spanked, fella

Wanna talk dough? I'm seein' more cash than a bank teller

Wanna talk girls? You can't follow this

I've been through more skins than the average dermatologist

I'm no joke on a fast or slow tip

Pockets stay so thick, be on some down-low shit

I turn M.C.'s red fast

I never sell out, fuck that, yo, I'm dead ass

I'm rollin' like TNT

When it comes to this, ain't another brother seein' me

That's why opponents always get scared

'Cause I make my brothers go, ayo, now that's that shit there

I'm hip to the game (Right)

I'll always be the same (True)

'Cause whether I'm broke or got fame

Sunshine or rain

Ain't a damn thing change

I'm hip to the game (Right)

I'll always be the same (True)

'Cause whether I'm broke or got fame

Sunshine or rain

Ain't a damn thing change

Brothers better lounge when I pass through town

(You better recognize)

Don't know? Better ask around

Word, life, I'm not a new figure

They say good things come to those who wait, I'm overdue, ****

I lounge and rock tunes

The way I be savin' the day, give me a cape and a costume

But, no, it's not Batman, it's the original black man

That goes back like the Gap Band

I don't run scams, got dumb fans

Yo, I'm one man that's quick to toast a **** like a sun tan

People wondered, would I rock again?

Shit, rap without Finesse is like life without oxygen

It's no quiz, I get biz, you know what the deal is

Rap ain't shit if it ain't real, kid

Can't a rapper outplay me

(Do your thing, kid)

Word, life, no doubt, baby

I'm hip to the game (Right)

I'll always be the same (True)

'Cause whether I'm broke or got fame

Sunshine or rain

Ain't a damn thing change

I'm hip to the game (Right)

I'll always be the same (True)

'Cause whether I'm broke or got fame

Sunshine or rain

Ain't a damn thing change

I don't stutter, I'm so butter, like no other

Word, I'm that funky type of soul brother

I get stupid but I'm dumb wise, I'm one guy

That can rock a party from night until sunrise

You can't mess with the rap lord

That's like sayin' you can dunk when you can't touch the backboard

I got the smooth rep

I got styles that kung-fu motherfuckers didn't use yet

How long I've been rockin' raps?

Since **** was wearin' Lee's

Mark necks and sportin' stocking caps

Plus I be flippin' figures

In 9-5 and beyond, best believe I got some shit for ****

I'm hip to the game (Right)

I'll always be the same (True)

'Cause whether I'm broke or got fame

Sunshine or rain

Ain't a damn thing change

I'm hip to the game (Right)

I'll always be the same (True)

'Cause whether I'm broke or got fame

Sunshine or rain

Ain't a damn thing change