Hip 2 Da Game

[Hook]
I’m hip to the game (Right!)
I’ll always be the same (True!)
‘Cause whether I’m broke or got fame, sunshine or rain
Ain’t a damn thing changed
I’m hip to the game (Right!)
I’ll always be the same (True!)
‘Cause whether I’m broke or got fame, sunshine or rain
Ain’t a damn thing changed

[Verse 1]
Finesse fell off, that’s what some figure
You better see Mary Blige, and get the 411, nigga
I rock rappers frequently
I’m like Stevie Wonder, I can’t see a brother beatin' me
Wanna throw joints? You’ll get spanked, fella
Wanna talk dough? I’m seein' more cash than a bank teller
Wanna talk girls? You can’t follow this
I’ve been through more skins than the average dermatologist
I’m no joke on a fast or slow tip
Pockets stay so thick, be on some down-low shit
I turn MC's red fast
I’ll never sell out, fuck that! Yo, I’m deadass
I’m rollin' like TNT
When it comes to this, ain’t another brother seein' me
That’s why opponents always get scared
‘Cause I make brothers go, “A-yo, now that’s that shit there!”

[Hook]
I’m hip to the game (Right!)
I’ll always be the same (True!)
‘Cause whether I’m broke or got fame, sunshine or rain
Ain’t a damn thing changed
I’m hip to the game (Right!)
I’ll always be the same (True!)
‘Cause whether I’m broke or got fame, sunshine or rain
Ain’t a damn thing changed

[Verse 2]
Check it
Brothers better lounge when I pass through town
(You better recognize!) Don’t know? Better ask around
Word life, I’m not a new figure
They say “Good things come to those who wait” — I’m overdue, nigga
I lounge and rock tunes
The way I be savin' the day, gimme a cape and a costume
But, no, it’s not Batman, it’s the original Black man
That goes back like the Gap Band
I don’t run scams, got dumb fans
Yo, I’m one man that’s quick to toast a nigga like a sun tan
People wondered, would I rock again?
Shit! Rap without Finesse is like life without oxygen
It’s no quiz I get biz, you know what the deal is
Rap ain’t shit if it ain’t real, kid
Can’t a rapper out play me
(Do your thing, kid!) Word life, no doubt, baby

[Hook]
I’m hip to the game (Right!)
I’ll always be the same (True!)
‘Cause whether I’m broke or got fame, sunshine or rain
Ain’t a damn thing changed
I’m hip to the game (Right!)
I’ll always be the same (True!)
‘Cause whether I’m broke or got fame, sunshine or rain
Ain’t a damn thing changed

[Verse 3]
I don’t stutter, I’m so butter like no other
Word, I’m that funky type of soul brother
I get stupid, but I’m dumb wise
I’m one guy that can rock a party from night until sunrise
You can’t mess with the rap lord
That’s like sayin' you can dunk when ya can’t touch the backboard
Hah! I got the smooth rep
I got styles that kung fu motherfuckers didn’t use yet
How long I been rockin' raps?
Since niggas was wearin' Lee’s, marked-necks, and sportin' stocking caps
Plus, I be flippin' figures
In ‘95 and beyond, best believe, I got some shit for niggas

[Hook]
I’m hip to the game (Right!)
I’ll always be the same (True!)
‘Cause whether I’m broke or got fame, sunshine or rain
Ain’t a damn thing changed
I’m hip to the game (Right!)
I’ll always be the same (True!)
‘Cause whether I’m broke or got fame, sunshine or rain
Ain’t a damn thing changed