Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean & Kenny Rogers & Pharoahe Monch
Wyclef Jean & Small World
Wyclef Jean & Melky Sedeck & Dwayne Johnson
Wyclef Jean & Mary J. Blige
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean & Supreme C & Marie Antoinette & Hope
Wyclef Jean & Earth, Wind & Fire & The Product G&B
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean & Hope
Wyclef Jean & & BEAST (USA)
Wyclef Jean & Whitney Houston
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean & Small World
Wyclef Jean & Youssou N’Dour & MB^2
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean & Small World
This track is Wyclef’s response to Canibus, who laid the blame to him for the poor response of his debut album, “Can-I-Bus”, produced by Wyclef.
Canibus fired jabs at Wyclef on the title track of his 2nd album, “2000 B.C.” (“"You mad at the last album? I apologize for it / Yo, I can’t call it, moth...
[Chorus]
However you want it, you don't want it, 'cause when you get it, it hurts
Your body carried out the church
Mom, she be cryin', holdin' on to her purse sayin' ("Oh my baby!")
"They shoulda took me first"
However you want it, you don't want it, 'cause when you get it, it hurts
Your body carried out the church
Mom, she be cryin', holdin' on to her purse sayin' (Aah...)
[Verse 1]
Ayo, what y'all thought I was too busy writin' songs with Whitney Houston
'Cause "My Love's Your Love" will be my slugs with blood
For any thug that wanna bang and play orangutang
Find yourself in the river with the rest of them
Wake up, wake up, I'm in a nightmare dream
Where I found myself loadin' magazines after magazines
Ski mask on my face, gun on my waist
Fine pens shakin' in my hand as I write this next line
You look strange, shootin' victims at close range
And saw his vein burst from his neck, as I snatched his chain
Is this a Bible, I used to read the Gospel
Until I got betrayed by one of my twelve disciples
Which one, look through the crowd son
You could spot the traitor with a tattoo on his arm
The symbol is a microphone, an intellectual
A wannabe Rakim, but too extraterrestrial
I heard he's lethal and I'm too rusty to battle him
Me being rusty is like Biggie not being "Born Again"
It never happen, watch who you call fam
On MTV, he painted himself as the tin man
Predicted platinum, way before it happened
So that's why when you ship gold, you only sold aluminum
And now you wanna tell everybody I messed up your record?
C'mon!
[Chorus]
However you want it, you don't want it, 'cause when you get it, it hurts
Your body carried out the church
Mom, she be cryin', holdin' on to her purse sayin' ("oh my baby!")
"They shoulda took me first"
However you want it, you don't want it, 'cause when you get it, it hurts
Your body carried out the church
Mom, she be cryin', holdin' on to her purse sayin' (oh...)
[Verse 2]
You a thug? You ain't a murderer, just an undercover Caligula
Cuz when you saw the luger became silent like Caesar
Enough of this rap stuff, Sedeck take his watch
If I wasn't rappin', I'd take that stash in your left socks
Don't make me raise my voice 'cause I'm masterin' a coo
So, and besides when they find you you'll be bones
Mom say watch my peers, hangin' like chandeliers
Orderin' Don P, you couldn't pay for one beer
Perpetratin, a fraud, oh god, you ain't hard
Take thirty of y'all to murder one kid on the boulevard
You want Wyclef Jean, bring your same thug guys
Here's my advice, leave the ring with your bride
'Cause you ain't comin' back no more
We gon send you to a vacation for two, with crabs on the seashore
You freeze up, hold up I really thought you was psychotic
Is that tears in your eyes? You cryin' for your life
Kid you tellin' me what you did, you didn't wanna do
Watch what you say on record cuz it might come true
[Chorus]
However you want it, you don't want it, 'cause when you get it, it hurts
Your body carried out the church
Mom, she be cryin', holdin' on to her purse sayin' ("oh my baby!")
"They shoulda took me first"
However you want it, you don't want it, 'cause when you get it, it hurts
Your body carried out the church
Mom, she be cryin', holdin' on to her purse sayin' (oh...)
[Outro]
Should I take them? Should I wait?
Should I take them? Should I wait?
Should I take them? Should I wait?
I say "No Woman, No Cry" like I should own a piece of the estate
But at the tribute they didn't invite me
So I put in a call to Halis Alassi
He said be easy, ain't no need to bust a shot (Blow, blow, blow, blow)
Like Supercat said, yo the ghetto's red hot
Before bling, bling, bling it was bling, bling, bling
However You Want It was written by Jerry Duplessis & Wyclef Jean.
However You Want It was produced by Jerry Duplessis & Wyclef Jean.
Wyclef Jean released However You Want It on Tue Aug 22 2000.