Listen 2 Me

Yeah (yeah)

Queen Latifah in the house, back for 1992 and '93

On through the decade, come on

Listen to me, hear me now

Listen to me, hear me

Listen to me, hear me now

Listen to me, hear me (flavor)

Listen to me, hear me now

Listen to me, hear me (flavor)

Listen to me, hear me now

Listen to me, hear me

People in Jersey, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

The people uptown, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

And people back in Brooklyn, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

And people in Jamaica, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

(Come on!)

Well it's a party over here, a party over there

In every nook and cranny, it's a party everywhere

And that you should have known

When I walk through the door

I'm told I got the flavor, I'm told I got the flow

Before you even try to diss me, let's get something clear

There ain't no fear between me and you, but the atmosphere

Hail to the queen and the sire

I'm lighting fires

Your style is wack, its two flat tires

It will only take a second, for me to just wreck it

Smoother than my body, buck naked

I don't have to prove shh...

Just keep doin' hits

And niggas be all on my two tits

And even if you think it's odd

I'm telling you, after every single rhyme, I thank God

For giving me the power to make your heads nod

Tony Dofat style, gotta keep 'em going wild

Listen to me now

Well in L.A., dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

The people in the bay, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

The people in D.C., dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

The people in Miami, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

Our people in Chicago, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

Our people in Detroit, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

The people down in Houston, listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

And everyone, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

What a beautiful day and I'm riding down the highway (uh)

On my way to the studio, gotta go, 'cause I slept late

I just came back from cool-ass Cali

Where Mandy, was bumpin' MC Ren's "In the Alley"

Driving so fast that no one could catch me

While I'm knocking "Gangsta Bitch" by Apache

This is the mood for making the hit hip-hop song

You should have known it was on

The places I've been (been), the people I've seen (seen)

And everywhere I go (go), it's "Give it to 'em, Queen!" (Queen)

'Cause hip-hop is for real (real), I'm dealing with the truth (truth)

'Cause all over the world (world), it's aggravated youth (youth)

So every time I grab the mic, you know that I could rock it

So I can have some fun and put some money in my pocket

You can always know the time, just recognize the sign

Can't nobody put a padlock on your mind

Listen to me now

The people in London, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

Our people in Atlanta, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

The people in Japan, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

The people in Seattle, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

Our people inna Germany, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

Our people in Rochester listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

Our people in Virginia, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

And everybody, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

Lover of the people (lover of people), living in the city (living in the city)

On and on (on and on, baby)

On and on (on and on, baby, come on)

Lover of the people (lover of people), living in the city (living in the city)

On and on (on and on, baby)

On and on (on and on)

You're rollin' with the vibe (vibe)

You get into the vibe (vibe)

You're rollin' with the vibe (vibe)

Just get into the vibe (vibe)

You gotta feel the vibe (vibe)

Just get into the vibe (vibe)

You're rollin' with the vibe (vibe)

Just get into the vibe (vibe)

Take a trip on back into the third verse

Of the originator of the concept of ladies first

You came along and tried to freak mine

To the contrary, 'cause I'm not your ordinary piece of feline

See I know the book, because I read it twice

If I bite the hook, then imma pay the price

Mama taught me Black was beautiful, when I was young

And told me all about where babies really came from

So you can hit the door with the theory

That all Black women are hoes, hear me?

East Orange is listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

The people down in Newark, dem listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

The people inna Trinidad, listening to me(yeah, listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

Our people in Boston are listening to me (listen to me, hear me now, listen to me, hear me)

Our people in Bermuda are listening to me (it's a Queen Latifah, Flavor Unit thing in 1993)

All North Carolina is listening to me

The people in, are listening (my girl 99 in the house)

The people in, are listening (Hip Hop is worldwide, so I'm out)

Lover of the people, living in the city

On and on

On and on (uh)

Lover of the people (lover of people), living in the city (living in the city)

On and on (on and on, baby)

On and on (on and on)

Listen to me, hear me now

Listen to me, hear me

Listen to me, hear me now

Listen to me, hear me

Listen to me, hear me now

Listen to me, hear me

Listen to me, hear me now

Listen to me, hear me