Big Daddy Kane — Any Type of Way

[Intro: Big Daddy Kane] Uh Yeah Ayo Prem' man I be hollering at these cats man, you know Trying to make them understand the realness in this here game man you know This how serious it is on these streets Yo check it, uh... [Verse 1: Big Daddy Kane] Survival of the Fittest today, that's still the test I seen em kill the best, in this ghetto wilderness It's real in the field, cause they bring the drama hard Guliani got New York looking like it's Amistad Be whatever's clever, with the thought of slipping Thugs start to flipping, black women resort to stripping When they say, the drug game's dead, that's not a fable Hustlers is locked down or either got a label Either try to keep the heat on ya on the street corner Ya sleep, a week later your peeps mourn ya Stick up kids putting in working in Ps Your food stamps feed the next cat Turkey and Cheese Ain't no devourance, I speak it now in defense I'm only here to make dollar, outta knowledge, power, sense So be about the paper till your pockets are full Please stop with the bull, less is profitable, come on... [Hook: scratched by DJ Premier] "Making moves any type of way" "Straight gutter from the ghetto to the burb" "Take it back to the days of..." "Do or Die" "Straight from Bedstuy" "Know what I'm sayin" "Making moves any type of way" "Straight gutter from the ghetto to the burb" "Put these rapper's under pressure, till they break" "Ya'll know who this is" "You know" [Verse 2: Big Daddy Kane] If you in this for the cheddar, you better get it fast Cause in another minute, ain't gon be no middle class What you think this shit will last, time to Monopolize Streets got lots of guys and I know we got the size What I prophesize is the way to start the rise Cross the T's, dot the I's and we will not demise I come through the door, four four's to get at your's The Eye of the Tiger, no I'm coming with the claws It's my chance to get the finance, so why dance With proper guidance to take it to the next high stance I'm tryin to live incredible, get dat revenue Thinking ahead of you, that's your girl, let her through What you better do is try to chase the paper Society will rape ya when you fight forces of nature I been walked that path before so I do feel you The early bird will get the worm and drink it with Tequila Ya heard... [Hook: scratched by DJ Premier] "Making moves any type of way" "Straight gutter from the ghetto to the burb" "Take it back to the days of..." "Do or Die" "Straight from Bedstuy" "Know what I'm sayin" "Making moves any type of way" "Straight gutter from the ghetto to the burb" "Put these rapper's under pressure, till they break" "Ya'll know who this is" "You know" [Verse 3: Big Daddy Kane] I've been sitting outside building with this O.G Never will I forget the jewels that he told me He said when you holding, never show your wins In this ghetto, your friends flip on you like Doberman's Dat buldge in your pocket I see, you better hide While you at it, tuck that medallion inside Forget the microphone, you need the iron we squeeze So you can clap four like Siamese seals Distrust and greed, this was indeed Given by the man's and know we living by the land And life I tackle with my soul trapped inside this Tabernacle The only thing that's missing is the shackles Do what we gotta to enterprise with the dollar Create a different aura for the children of tommorow Therefore I kick styles to make my cash Come to me in big piles, then I'm out like 6 fouls Ya heard... [Hook: scratched by DJ Premier] "Making moves any type of way" "Straight gutter from the ghetto to the burb" "Take it back to the days of..." "Do or Die" "Straight from Bedstuy" "Know what I'm sayin" "Making moves any type of way" "Straight gutter from the ghetto to the burb" "Put these rapper's under pressure, till they break" "Ya'll know who this is" "You know"