Big L — Holdin It Down

[Produced by Pete Rock] [Intro: Big L & Pete Rock] Yea yeah, Flamboyant Entertainment Big L [Verse 1: Big L] Yo, y'all fellas like to stress them chicks Impress them chicks, spend money to dress them chicks I sex them chicks and send 'em home Corleone is known to be stoned When I bone, I'm rubbered up in case that shit full blown The other night around 8 P.M Pockets crazy slim, jumped out the grey BM Went to the ATM, took a thou' out Then later on, I had to wild out In the club, knocked some coward and his pal out Then afterwards went to the restroom, pissed Cristal out Now I'm thinkin' which chick number I could dial out? 'Cause it's L, the Harlem pimp, baby, for real I got more dimes than that Sprint lady, and that's ill Playa haters be givin' me harsh looks But I'm tryin' to sell records like Garth Brooks So F 'em all, when it's cold I throw the skelly on Illegal chips, keep my celly on Mega-ice is what I'm heavy on If it ain't Cristal, boo, I guess it's Perignon If the na-na's too tight, I throw some jelly on Yo, try to tax and watch the 9 mill burst I've been off the scene over three years and cats is still thirst To hear Big L drop an ill verse So all you unsigned cats that wanna battle - get a deal first I sport the bulletproof, fitted hat That attitude - you better get rid of that Wherever you floss is where you gon' get it at What? I stay strapped, I go to sleep with my steel Makin' figures while you broke cats is keepin' it real L is rap's most livest cat, I'm gettin' stacks While you askin' people "Do you want fries with that?" I rob fags in the staircase, no mask, bare-faced The one police wouldn't dare chase Keep my gear laced Do I walk around without papes? No way, pal Word up - my money longer than the O.J. trial [Chorus: Miss Jones] Harlem World keep holdin' it downnnnn Big L, Be The Long overdue (Big L) Do you still got it got it? ("It's so amazin'!") Yeah, yeah, yeah.. Harlem World keep holdin' it down, for Big L Nigga long overdue - niggas wanna know Do you still got it got it? ("It's so amazin'!") [Verse 2: Stan Spit] Stan Spit, yo, uh Yo what the hell y'all can tell Spit? Not shit I did a flick and bounced on L's shit Well shit, expect me to go platinum That's the only reason why I'm rappin' And since L passed, niggas expect me to make it happen With no release date, I sell in each state I'm the type to drive to Philly, for a cheese-steak So what I'm a Harlem king, doin' my thing My name ring - chains and dames what the fame bring After platinum it's the same thing And niggas'll never learn Til I pull the steel and make they lover burn You don't get another turn, game's over Here's my flamethrower Rearrange your Rover, Harlem soldier Wait til I get older - and we won't stop I thought Mase told ya Nigga Stan he do what he gotta And these haters can't do me nada Be in Nevada, with a lot of enchilada [Chorus: Miss Jones] Harlem World keep holdin' it downnnnn Big L, Be The Long overdue (Big L) Do you still got it got it? ("It's so amazin'!") Yeah yeah yeah.. Harlem World keep holdin' it down, for Big L Nigga long overdue - niggas wanna know Do you still got it got it? ("It's so amazin'!") [Verse 3: A.G.] Yo, yo move the fuck back A bring the heat, when I touch tracks These niggas beef then wanna chill? Fuck that These rap niggas with the mills, we deduct that I asked all my ghetto cats, where my love at Now where the brews, and the drugs at? Corrupt cats kept slug hats Asked the feds where the bugs at Puff with the dread, 'cause I puff, black High, til I die, and you can trust that All I wanna know - is the club packed? I see the haters sweatin' shorty, but I dug that She put my nut sack back where her lungs at - little ho And them niggas who owe, give up that Huh, it's me and Corle', like Eddie and Nolte Go 'head and provoke me Heard you rap, wanna rhyme? Better be dope B Still "Diggin", still livin', still givin' Y'all the ill written, still fuckin' like Bill Clinton [Chorus: Miss Jones] Harlem World keep holdin' it downnnnn Big L, Be The Long overdue (Big L) Do you still got it got it? ("It's so amazin'!") Yeah yeah yeah.. Harlem World keep holdin' it down, for Big L Nigga long overdue - niggas wanna know Do you still got it got it? ("It's so amazin'!") [Outro: A.G.] Big L