[bridge]
if you could look at me now
[beanie sigel]
[verse 1]
my hair was knotty then
nose- snotty then
sweats, no pockets then
sweatin', no problems then
facts? off the potty then
news? watchin karate then...
muddas playin double dutch,
she was hop-scotchin' then
me- girl watchin' then
crooked little eye. (eye)
hump-back, tryna hump that
yes i (i)
couldn't play because i'm poo
they thought i was mockin them
gramz-
said i was devilish
been knew i was rotten then
school-
been dropped out,
neva really clockin' in
popz-
been dropped out,
neva really stoppin' in...
momz-
tryna lock me out
cops-
tryna lock me in
damn, devilish one with pellet-guns,
grew from,
sling-shotin' them, (uh)
to sling-shootin' them
dice all day,
kept hook shot-
nice all day
right hook fight
nice all day
nigga left for a night
to keep money right all day
break a night all day
[bridge]
if you could look at me now x2
[beanie sigel (background)]-
if you could look at me now
let me smoke with you young'in
[verse 2]
yo i was pop-lockin' -then
card-board boxin -then
me-
i was up the center
3-d-
lockin' in
strong-arm-
robbin then
started car-
poppin' in
me-
skinny toots, telly boots, marley park and el
got in trouble with passion
was from parkin them-
other jacks, diffeferent sets
started sparkin him-
i had the four-teen gauge,
my nigga larken then
how it made front page,
-he caught a spark from them
he got gauged in his leg,
still was walkin' then
8-toss, shook it off
kept sparkin' them
all heads aint help,
-we had more heart then them
we squashed that war,
got some wall,
-stayed apart from them
down in iraq, they give me dap,
i'm takin' pounds from clowns,
you shake my hand like a grown man (grown man)
ya aint see it like tony and old man,
mob-style ferreal,
this is my life-style ferreal.
(bridge)
beanie sigel (background)-
if you could look at me now
verse 3
...now its big buisnesses,
you see them big bentley-skids
you see them bee's on those shiny-ass
rims of his,
you can't find him in the woods,
with his kids with his
mob cookin breakfast with no s.w.a.t.
a good day this is.
you could bull-shit with rap if you want,
i pull the bull-shit to the back
and put rap in front.
now i'm state-prop flickin' it
state-prop stitchin' it.
i'm paper soldier yall,
your boy gettin' rich
i see a kids hair -knotty now..
they nose -snotty now
so what i do,
i try to turn they frown around
i make 'em smile a day
if only for a -while a day
i give them dollar-day
that's my ghetto -holliday
i must say for myself
i'm feelin proud today,
my life is shaped
like i run about a mile a day
i dedicate this to the one's that
counted me out
and looked at me down
just look at me now.
[speaking]
i know yall see me
look at me now man
i'm killin this shit
sheed, check your boy out man
your boy got buisnesses man
i done came up on my own nigga
i'm a ceo nigga
clothing line... cartoons, movies, name it nigga
bullshit with rap if you want,
...i'm a big-boy-toy driver nigga
with unlaced airforce 1's with no license-
holla at me nigga.
yall can't tell me shit,
look at me now. |