Discipline

You gotta hold your head up

Yo, just because I want to, it don't mean I will

And just because I'm angry, it don't mean I'd kill

And just because she looks good, it don't mean I'd hit it

And just because I'm horny, it don't mean I'm with it

Just because I make records, it don't mean that I'm gassed

And just because I'm rapping, don't mean I chase ass

Just because I'm wiling, don't mean I can't stop

I got discipline, baby, and I use it a lot

People, here's somethin' that you should be considerin'

Things could turn bitter when you don't use disciple

You might wake up the next day, upset and in fear

Bugging out, yapping 'bout, how the fuck did I get here?

Who the hell is this stranger staring all in my face?

Now you're wishin' you hadn't positioned yourself in that place

Think, just in case you shoulda took more precaution

A good time can become a nightmare so often

Like this **** I know that met these chicks on tour

They rocked him to sleep, robbed his ass for cash galore

Skated off in the night without a trace or a hint

Scheming, tantalizing, and dressed up in lace and shit

Caught that kid out there all high and dumbfounded

Made him think he was getting some pussy

He just knew he was gonna pound it

Situations like this will make you think twice

That's why, instead of preaching death in my songs, I breathe life

Baby, won't you take the time?

Let me know what's on your mind

Just because I'm yours don't make it right

Baby, won't you take the time?

Let me know what's on your mind

Slow down, baby, now, let's make it right

Tycoon thug, he made a ten-thousand dollar investment

Now he's not to be messed with, makes the girls get undressed quick

He's on some big muscle chest shit, posted by the exit

That's my man, he's the owner, yeah, he be on some next shit

Said, we'd make a few million by the next millennium

Told me to keep dropping jewels like a triggerman putting lead in him

Like Flava said, I tell these hoes to kill the noise

You know your pops told you, watch them New York boys

All night, the ladies be like up in my mug

Tranquilized then they're trace dancing up on my drug

Fly honeys, they hold me down like always

The same cat that used to get blunted down in the hallways

I love the cutie-pies, never the zootie-pies

I got discipline, I want the crew to rise

Situations like this'll make you think twice

Instead of preaching death in my songs, I breathe life

Baby, won't you take the time?

Let me know what's on your mind

Just because I'm yours don't make it right

Baby, won't you take the time?

Let me know what's on your mind

Slow down, baby, now, let's make it right

Ladies, here's something that you should be considerin'

Things could get bitter when you don't use disciple

Imagining yourself living lavish and plush

Hanging with the cat who be spending cabbage and buying stuff

However, don't be too clever with your endeavor

And don't let too many men receive your treasure

Most cats be thinkin' with their bozack

I admit, in the past, I was tryna break these hoes' backs

And skate, without giving up a dime

You know them fly ladies had a good fucking time

Copping me some Timberland with a jacket that match and

Girls nowadays want a pigeon for chicken scratch

And I ain't giving up Nathan

Long as my game expands, it's my discipline they're hatin'

Situations like this will make you think twice

That's why, instead of preaching death in my songs, I breathe life

And just because I want to, it don't mean I will

And just because I'm angry, it don't mean I'd kill

And just because she looks good, it don't mean I'd hit it

And just because I'm horny, it don't mean I'm with it

Just because I make records, don't mean that I'm gassed

And just because I'm rapping, don't mean I chase ass

And just because I'm wiling, don't mean I can't stop

I got discipline, baby, whether you do or not

Hey, baby, won't you take the time?

Let me know what's on your mind

Just because I'm yours don't make it right

Baby, won't you take the time?

Let me know what's on your mind

Slow down, baby, now, let's make it right