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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
AZ
Vocals
Nas
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Derrick Johnson
Songwriter
Anthony Cruz
Songwriter
Arthur Phillips
Songwriter
RICHARD RUDOLPH
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Pete Rock
Producer
Jamey Staub
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Word up, hey, I had the joint out
****, don't ask me what I want, know what I'm saying?
I'm like
[Verse 2]
Gimme, just gimme, for the NYC
Gimme what you can't get back
We keep it real, y'all
Gimme, why don't you gimme the world?
Gimme what you can't get back
For the five boroughs
[Verse 3]
Yo, it's hard to show resistance when money getting ****
Need my assistance to stack figures, beyond non-existence
Fuck keeping my distance 'cause being poor produced persistence
Plus please, a hundred G's, I had me blocking out a jail sentence
I'm recognized by the illest of individuals, killers, and criminals
Even willies that's really into jewels
But skeptic on who I cling to
'Cause every single **** that swing through ain't my man
Just 'cause we mingle
[Verse 4]
To mistake shit, even females be feeding off that fake shit
Filled with envy and hatred but my high helps me escape it
Temporarily, though it don't worry me
The wise verbally nourish me, properly, with that inner city, urban GC
I fuck with those beyond my age bracket
'Cause they analyze and map it, get the papers and stack it
Leaving no trace to track it, kingpin thinking tactics is accurate
That mack shit, living the lifestyle we feel relaxed with
[Verse 5]
Just gimme, pimp lines and dollar signs
Just gimme, rolling trees, stacking G's
Gimme what you can't get back
True that, I thought you knew that
Just gimme, money getters, the high bidders
Why don't you gimme the world?
Rolling with us
Gimme what you can't get back
For the five boroughs
[Verse 6]
So, in God I trust, I lust for a eight fifty deluxe
And until I touch a million plus, ain't much to discuss
Diamonds and double digits, Gianni Versace down with lizards
It's realism so I visualize it to live it
Moving cleverly, with intentions of longevity
Strong pedigree got me touching papers
Others that never see G
So do the crest in my claw, fluorescence symbolizes the essence
You're sailing in a sweppeffervescence
[Verse 7]
Drug investments, a street thug's plug, the assurance
But informers that have you wanted for warrants
'Fore you get enormous
Life's a performance, so players, play with endurance
'Cause for more cents, any villain's willing to get more intense
They tried to break us but all it did was just make us
Travel across acres for papers, bonafide money takers
'Cause though we know, somehow we all gotta go
As long as we're leaving, thieving, we'll be leaving
With some kind of dough, so
[Verse 8]
Just gimme, pimp lines and dollar signs
Just gimme, rolling trees, stacking G's
Gimme what you can't get back
True that, I thought you knew that
Just gimme, the money getters, the high bidders
Why don't you gimme the world?
You're rolling with us
Gimme what you can't get back
It's real, NYC
[Verse 9]
Just gimme, QB
Just gimme, BK, VT
Gimme what you can't get back
See me, AZ, y'all, represent
Just gimme, yeah, the street life is trite, right
Why don't you gimme the world?
Represent
Gimme what you can't get back
Life's a bitch and then you die
Written by: AZ