We Run Things (It's Like Dat)

Which babies in the area you know (It's y'all that y'all, It's y'all that y'all) (It's y'all that y'all) It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all We represent the hip hop, but not the rap y'all It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all We represent the hip hop, but not the rap y'all It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all We represent the hip hop, but not the rap y'all It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all We represent the hip hop, yeah Back in the days before I signed a line When the baby face never got paid to rhyme When Kane released Raw and everything was fine Before the rap industry messed with my mind I used to run to the jam snot nosed and all Never tried to be hard, never tried to play the wall MCs grab the mike tap the head and begin Flowed for four minutes then passed to the end But nowadays 'cause rap pays You got a million rappers and a thousand DJs All wanna talk about how much they flip Runnin off at the mouth so much ya tongue was kicks But that's aight, I represent the real hip hop Because rappers just rap but MCs get props And we run styles no styles no run we Bush Babees run things represent who you be It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all I represent the hip hop, but not the rap y'all It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all I represent the hip hop, but not the rap y'all It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all (we run things) (Things run we) I represent the hip hop, but not the rap y'all It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all I represent the hip hop, yeah It's a every style, nah gonna live like people do Make a new style from run you How does the Ambush crew a-pass through? I make we tell them what for do Me say mercy, worse he bitter like circy No have to bust a shot to make a next man hear me Rush me, comin' from the music industry Everybody wan fe be a bad man, them crazy Easy an MC, a why do them, a why do them Them would-a use we, nah just to reach the top rung But in the know we know we never sell out fe dem They ask them the question and it's like them hear den If reggae music and hip-hop upon friend A message we're send To tell the all uh them, united we with or divided It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all We represent the hip hop, but not the rap y'all It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all We represent the hip hop, but not the rap y'all It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all (we run things, things don't run we) (we run things, things don't run we) we represent the hip hop, but not the rap y'all It's like this y'all, (we run things, things don't run we) It's like that y'all We represent the hip hop, yeah It's been a while since you heard somebody rhyme like this The fortified mental grimy that you can't dismiss At the top of the list because the masses insist It's a must that I create to elevate from the abyss The mind must be nourished so the truth can flourish As the rubbish is discourage by the explosional floodage Of my verb as I infiltrate your state the least when the energy's released You can tell its coming from the east So cease with your ranting and your raving And all the misbehaving that you claim with your name In order to maintain that status on the mic apparatus Everybody wants to try to sound the phattest or the baddest That's not the case when your standing face to face in the place to be With the face to see from inner space, so Face the facts and tell truth to the nation Mr. Man and that's my representation It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all We represent the hip hop, but not the rap y'all It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all We represent the hip hop, but not the rap y'all It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all (we run things, things don't run we) (we run things, things don't run we) we represent the hip hop, but not the rap y'all It's like this y'all, It's like that y'all (we run things, things don't run we) We represent the hip hop, yeah (so anything we do without fe do properly oh) We run things, things don't run we, we run things, things don't run we We run things, things don't run we, so anything we do without fe do properly oh We run things, things don't run we, we run things, things don't run we We run things, things don't run we, so anything we do without fe do properly oh