Say What You Say

Heh, so I'm out the game, huh? (Huh, huh)

Yo, Dre, we ridin'?

Whatever (Ha-ha)

Well, I'm wit' ya, homie

Okay, let's handle the small shit

I was born to brew up storms, stir up shit

Kick up dust, cuss 'til I slur up spit

Grew up too quick, went through too much, knew too much shit

Corrupt, and I'ma pour it on like syrup, bitch

Thick and rich, sick and twisted, Mr. Buttersworth

Dre told me to milk this shit for what it's worth

'Til the cow just tilts and tips and stumbles to Earth

And if I fumble a verse, keep goin'

First take I make, mistakes, just keep it

No punches pull, no punches, that's weak shit

Fake shit, if I ever take shit, I'll eat shit

Wasn't for him, wouldn't be shit

Creep with me as we take a little trip down memory lane

Been here longer than anyone in the game

And I ain't got to lie about my age — But what about Jermaine?

Fuck Jermaine! He don't belong speakin' mine

Or Timbaland's name and don't think I don't read

Your little interviews and see what you're sayin'

And I'm a giant, and I ain't gotta move 'til I'm provoked

When I see you, I'ma step on you and not even know it

You midget, mini-me with a bunch of little mini-you's

Runnin' around your backyard swimming pools

Over 80 million records sold

And I ain't have to do it with 10- or 11-year-olds

'Cause what you say is what you say, say what you say

How you say it whenever you sayin' it, just remember

How you said it when you was sprayin' it, so who you playin' with

Huh? (Huh, huh, huh)

'Cause what you say is what you say, say what you say

How you say it whenever you sayin' it, just remember

How you said it when you was sprayin' it, so who you playin' with

Huh? (Huh, huh, huh)

Second verse, it gets worse, it gets no better than this

Amateurs drink veteran piss

From a Dixie cup, if you ever mix me up

Or confuse me with a Canibus or Dre with a Dupri

We'll rub it in, every club you're in, we'll have you blackballed

And make sure you never rap a-fuckin'-gain

Dre ain't havin' it, long as I'm here to play devil's advocate

If there was some magic shit I could wave

Over the industry that could save it when I'm gone

And buried to make sure the tradition carries on, I would

If I could only use this power for good I wouldn't, not even if I could

From the hood, and I'm a hornet

And I'ma only sting when I'm cornered

And I'ma only sucker punch and swing without warning

And swing to knock somebody's fuckin' head off

'Cause I know if they get up, I won't get a chance to let off

Another punch, I'm punk rock, no one's punk

Don't give a fuck: white-Pac, so much spunk

When I was little I knew I would blow up and sell a mil'

Or grow up to be Attila, go nuts and be a killer

And I'm something of a phenom, one puff of the chron'

I'm unstoppable, I'm alive and

On top again, there's no obstacle that I can't conquer

So come along with us (C'mon!)

'Cause what you say is what you say, say what you say

How you say it whenever you sayin' it, just remember

How you said it when you was sprayin' it, so who you playin' with

Huh? (Huh, huh, huh)

'Cause what you say is what you say, say what you say

How you say it whenever you sayin' it, just remember

How you said it when you was sprayin' it, so who you playin' with

Huh? (Huh, huh, huh)

Now anybody who knows Dre knows I'm about

Fast cars and Alizé, partyin' all day

But I handled my business, 'cause it's work before play

Don't look for trouble, but I'll serve you gourmet

However you want it, you can have it your way

You fuck my night up, I'ma fuck up your day

Bullet with your name, sendin' it your way

That goes for anyone who walks through that doorway

'Cause this is my space, you invade it

Live to regret it, and you'll die tryna violate it

Fuck around, get annihilated, eyes dilated

Huh, like my old lady?

'Cause what you say is what you say, sometimes what you mean

Is two different things, depending on your mood if it swings

Think too many things, little hit of Dre's weed

I can do anything, catch a contact

And I'm gone, and I'm back, I speed write

And my loose leaf's my launchpad — And I can pull any string

Don't have to prove anything, catch a contract

On your head, you headed West, talk shit about Dre

You better get a vest and invest in something to protect

Your head and neck — And it's back and forth

All day, like Red and Meth, I joke when I say I'm the best

In the booth, but a lot of truth is said in jest

And if I ever do live to be a legend

I'ma die a sudden death; five mics in The Source?

Ain't holdin' my fuckin' breath, but I'll suffocate for the respect

'Fore I breathe to collect a fuckin' check

'Cause what you say is what you say, say what you say

How you say it whenever you sayin' it, just remember

How you said it when you was sprayin' it, so who you playin' with

Huh? (Huh, huh, huh)

'Cause what you say is what you say, say what you say

How you say it whenever you sayin' it, just remember

How you said it when you was sprayin' it, so who you playin' with

Huh? (Huh, huh, huh)

Watch your fuckin' mouth

Yo, this Timbaland, tell him I said suck my dick