RA, what's the lesson for the day? Rugged man

I am the legendary

RA

Ayo, people wondering where the fuck I been

At the V.I.P. section, they ain't letting me in

They say, "Maybe if you had Dr. Dre or Timbaland"

They say, "A white boy need a black boy to win"

Uh, Bubba Sparxxx did it and so did Slim

Just Blaze is hot now, why don't you get with him?

I've watched mad rappers bite my shit and blow up

And make millions off what I created, that's tough luck

I first started getting coverage around the same time

Steve Stoute used to carry Kid N' Play's luggage

I seen rappers turn from sex symbols and heartthrobs

To being forgotten, now they out looking for jobs

I seen EPMD break up

I seen my little brother Max fall asleep and he ain't never wake up

So when I rhyme, listen

Seriously, when I spit I'm giving you

The truth, clearly who I really be

It's an audio version of reality TV

I had deals from Russell Simmons to Master P

Even five-year-old white girls be rapping today

On the playground like, "Go shorty, it's your birthday"

Here's a little story I got to tell

I am the legendary

RA

Rugged man

Yo, yo, I seen good days, sunrays, church Sundays

Made love, made war, been rich, been poor

Lost friends, lost lawsuits, lost my dough

Seen beef between Bad Boy and Death Row

I seen disease take the life of my sister's kid

Six months on the earth, that's all he had to live

I seen Biggie, Big L, Big Pun pass away

Buffy from the Fat Boys, Jam Master Jay

A month before they blew up with Mystikal and Jay-Z

The Neptunes came to see me at D&D

I knew this chick named Norah, a lounge singer

A year later she a six Grammy award winner

I seen Flatliners, I seen Canibuses

I seen Lil' Zanes, yeah, I seen mad misses

You Antoinette ass bitches get ten percent disses

I seen A&R's get fired for taking pisses

Stop whining and bitching, nobody listen

Who else risking their career to stick to being different

Switching the tradition, sticking to the shit they really living?

I don't care what's hitting

Listen, this my motherfucking life that I'm spitting

Here's a little story I got to tell

I am the legendary

RA

Rugged man

I'm at peace with myself now, how 'bout that?

I hated life, I wanted to die a few years back

I was mentally ill, it's hard to come back from that

But I got through it, now I got my sanity back

Y'all are like HBO fighters, get the money and fame

Then you get beat up like Klitschko and Sugar Shane

Or get beat like Vernon Forrest or Prince Naseem

Yeah, you all turn pussy once you get that green

I got love for Havoc from Mobb Deep

When I was broke, sleeping in the street

He hooked me up with a free beat

Alchemist, you still my little buddy

Even though you stole that Royce Da 5'9" Da King beat from me

I ain't down to sign autographs or shake your hands

I don't want trendy ass followers for fans

I don't want to sell records, I don't want to be big

I don't want MTV running up in my crib

I don't want to be liked in the music biz

I don't want fans that don't know who G Rap is

Here's a little story I got to tell

I am the legendary

RA

Rugged man

Here's a little story I got to tell

I am the legendary

RA

Rugged man

What's the lesson for the day?

Rugged man