You motherfuckers better do your job and roll up   And watch how we roll up and   I can't control it, can't hold it, it's so nuts   I take a sip of that n'gak, I wanna fuck   I take a hit of that chronic, it got me stuck      But really what's amazing is how I keep it blazing   Towel under the door, I'm smokin' to the Days Inn   Puff, puff then pass, don't fuck up rotation   Hypnotic for Henny, now nigga that's a chaser      Turn nothin' to something now pimpin' that's the Savior   Best things are green now pimpin' get your paper   High off the ground, our status skyscraper   Cool off thinkin' we local, come on homie, we major      We major?   Come on, homie, we major   We major?   Come on, homie, we major      We major?   Come on, homie, we major   We major?   Come on      Feeling better than some head on a Sunday afternoon   Better than a chick that say yes to soon   Until you have a daughter, that's what I call karma   And you pray to God she don't grow breasts too soon      Projects to' up, gang signs is thrown up   Niggas hats broke off that's how we grow up   Why else you think shorty's write rhymes just to blow up?   Get they first car and then IRS show up      He ain't never had shit but he had that nine   Nigga come through flickin' and he had that shine   Put two and two together in a little bad weather   Gon' be a whole family on that funeral line      Ask the reverend was the strip club cool   If my tips help send a pretty girl through school   That's all I want like wino's want they good whiskey   I ain't in the Klan, but I brought my hood with me      You motherfuckers better do your job and roll up   And watch how we roll up and   I can't control it, can't hold it, it's so nuts   I take a sip of that n'gak, I wanna fuck   I take a hit of that chronic, it got me stuck      But really what's amazing is how I keep it blazing   Towel under the door, I'm smokin' to the Days Inn   Puff, puff then pass, don't fuck up rotation   Hypnotic for Henny, now nigga that's a chaser      Turn nothin' to something now pimpin' that's the Savior   Best things are green now pimpin' get your paper   High off the ground, our status skyscraper   Cool off thinkin' we local, come on homie, we major      We major?   Come on, homie, we major   We major?   Come on, homie, we major      We major?   Come on, homie, we major   We major?   Come on, homie, we major      I heard the beat and I ain't know what to write   First line, should it be about the hoes or the ice?   4-4's or Black Christ? Both flows would be nice   Rap about big paper or the black man plight      At the studio console asked my man to the right   What this verse sound like, should I freestyle or write?   He said, ?Nas, what the fans want is 'Illmatic', 'Stillmatic'?   Picked up the pad and pencil and jotted what I feel      Been like 12 years since a nigga first signed   Now I'm a free agent and I'm thinking it's time   To build my very own Motown   'Cuz rappers be deprived of executive 9 to 5s      And it hurts to see these companies be stealing the life   And I love to give my blood sweat and tears to the mic   So y'all copped the LPs and y'all fiends got dealt   I'm Jesse Jackson on the balcony where King got killed      I survived the livest niggas around   Lasting longer than more than half of you clowns   Look, I used to cook before I had the game took   Either way my change came like Sam Cooke      Feeling better than I ever felt before today   Like better late than never it's orientation   Still we can make it better throwing all your cares away      You motherfuckers better do your job and roll up   And watch how we roll up and   I can't control it, can't hold it, it's so nuts   I take a sip of that n'gak, I wanna fuck   I take a hit of that chronic, it got me stuck      But really what's amazing is how I keep it blazing   Towel under the door, I'm smokin' to the Days Inn   Puff, puff then pass, don't fuck up rotation   Hypnotic for Henny, now nigga that's a chaser      Turn nothin' to something now pimpin' that's the Savior   Best things are green now pimpin' get your paper   High off the ground, our status skyscraper   Cool off thinkin' we local, come on homie, we major      We major?   Come on, homie, we major   We major?   Come on, homie, we major      We major?   Come on, homie, we major   We major?      Feeling better than I ever felt before today   Like better late than never it's orientation   Still we can make it better throwing all your cares away      Can I talk my shit again? Can I talk my shit again?   I can't believe I'm back up in this mu'fukka   I'ma be late tho'   I figga out what I'm finna wear, yeah      The Roc is definitely in the building   Good music def in the building   I gotta say what's up to Tony Williams   On the vocals, fiends rock good music don't you agree   Don't you agree?      And John Brion on the keys right now   And Warren Cambele on the keys right now   So they asked me, why you call it late registration man?   'Cause we taking these motherfuckers back to school   And if you know this part, feel free to sing along      Feeling better than I ever felt before today   Like better late than never it's orientation   Still we can make it better throwing all your cares away      You can't do what we do baby   You can't do what we do baby   You can't do what we do baby   Yeah