Big L — Holdin It Down Original Version

[Intro: Big L & Pete Rock] Yeah 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 them 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 gray BM Went to the ATM, took a thou' out Then later on I had to wild out In the club, knock 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 eff '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 nine 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 want to 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 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 OJ trial [Hook: Pete Rock (Turntable Scratching)] Harlem world, holdin it down L rhyme great, Nigga Long overdue They want know if you still got it? ("It's so amazin'!") Harlem world, holdin it down ("Big L") L rhyme great, Nigga Long overdue ("Big L, so amazin'!") [Verse 2: Party Arty] Them lil' niggas that be rapping on my block'll diss you If you not official, when i cock the pistol Lick a shot and hit you, spit the ox and rip you, plot to get you Nigga fuck boxing with you Brothers can't believe how the skills have gotten And I'm still mad plottin', the big apples mad rotten The rap cocking, I'm that hot and my gat popping I rap with the black stocking cap, over my face Taking over the place, put the toast in your face Open the safe, gimme the money the sculpture and the vase I run with niggas that'll throw a key of coke in your face Niggas'll sign anything when that dough in your face I put two in your asshole, tryna ruin my rap flow I spit like I'm chewing tobacco, we stack dough And pack fo' in the Range Rover Party Arty the flamethrower, game over [Hook: Pete Rock (Turntable Scratching)] Harlem world, holdin it down L rhyme great, Nigga Long overdue ("Big L") They want know if you still got it? ("It's so amazin'!") Harlem world, holdin it down ("Big L") L rhyme great, Nigga Long overdue ("Big L, So amazin'!") [A.G.] Yo, yo move the fuck, 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 nutsac, 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 [Hook: Pete Rock (Turntable Scratching)] (x2) [Outro: Pete Rock] To my man Big L Big shout to my man Mike Heron No doubt A.G Party No doubt