On The Real

[E. Ness:]

From the depths of the sea back to the block

Loch Ness motherfucker representing up top

Nuts in your mouth, sort of like a gumdrop

Drum roll, be-de-de-de-de-de-de, I'm gun ho

My story unfolds right before your eyes

Niggas swallow my career then read between the lines

You never will appreciate the vast amount of time

That I put into my craft, it's more than beats and rhymes

Confined to a cell with a pen and a pad

To discipline the potential I already had

Took a crack at this rap shit, go hard for once

Too many 40 bottles of beer, too many blunts

As the days turn to weeks, weeks turn to months

Been sentenced, you knew what I was doing from the jump

Fell into a slump, climb my way up out the hole

Damn, Devil tryna steal my soul

[Chorus: DJ scratches]

"Now I'm the average nigga in the street life God

I try to beat trife odds"

"New shit is real"

"Now I'm the average nigga in the street life God

I try to beat trife odds"

[Rapper Big Pooh:]

Yo, I hear the rumors, they grow like tumors

But when you have humor, you learn to laugh it off

Niggas cast you off then they toss you to the side

I'm a backseat driver just here for the ride

Been sick and tired, Rapper been denied

But I don't care now cause I ain't scared of hard work

Read a couple books, my vocabulary stretched

I think it's time now to put my seeds in the dirt

Do a track here, do a track there

'til I attract the attention of my rapping peers

Got a few cheers, heard a few boos

Gather up some tools, time to make a move

Time to make news, put my name on the scene

Get a little fame, make a lot of cream

I'm living the dream while you all mad

I just took advantage of the chances that I had

[Chorus: DJ scratches]

"Now I'm the average nigga in the street life God

I try to beat trife odds"

"New shit is real"

"The only way I can escape is by vocals"

"I try to beat trife odds"

"Nevertheless"

"Now I'm the average nigga in the street life God

I try to beat trife odds"

"Nevertheless"

"The only way I can escape is by vocals"

[Jozeemo:]

Jo' Mo cock back, squeeze at your cantaloupe

That you can quote, plus I'm fresh off the banana boat

Violence is in my DNA, what can I say?

And the game is the only thing I know, I came to play

Damn right I got dreams... "But dreams don't keep the lights on"

Fuck being wrong, damn right I got fiends

Yeah I rap but the hood in me, I should've been dead

But I'm still here, God must've seen some good in me

I ain't getting the respect that you should give me

So my attitude like "I wish a nigga would", hear me?

Drugs, I done sold that, blocks, I controlled that

Ballers wanna shine? Nice chain! Let me hold that

Usually I hold back but now you need to learn about me

Those who've never hit the bottom shouldn't be concerned about me

Non-believer number two, it's your turn to doubt me

Fire to the fuel, how the fuck you 'posed to burn without me?

[Chorus: DJ scratches]

"Now I'm the average nigga in the street life God

I try to beat trife odds"

"New shit is real"

"The only way I can escape is by vocals"

"I try to beat trife odds"

"Nevertheless"

"Now I'm the average nigga in the street life God

I try to beat trife odds"

"Nevertheless"

"The only way I can escape is by vocals"