Encore ’07
Thank you thank you for comin' out tonight
Ladies and gentlemen
I am the president of Dirty Money Records
(What the hell are you waiting for?)
New York City
Who you know fresher than
Nick'? Riddle me that
Mami you itty bitty can't mirror me back
Everybody gon' see where I'm lyrically at
Used to hate Nicki, now they givin' me dap
I live and I learn, but I wait my turn
I'm always on the run, got weight to burn
Ease off the gas, then I make a turn
Three off the pass, they don't play like her
Why I can't just be ill?
Why when they see me
Bitches gotta to go "Ew"?
Why my lil' nigga, still gotta sell krills?
Why I'm this hot and still didn't get a deal?
The rain and the pain, I done paid my dues
I'm ready for the game, I done laced my shoes
Everything I say believe I'm gon' do
Came out the coop, Petite Vuitton boots
Can I get an encore I know you want more
I know you sick of all them girls
They such a bore
But it's my time I need y'all to roar
It's my time I need y'all to roar
(What the hell are you waiting for?)
After me, there shall be no more
It's my time I need y'all to roar
(What the hell are you waiting for?)
Look what you made me do
Look what I made for you
Know when I paid my dues
That I would aim for you
Straight from the streets of Queens
And yet it seems the only thing they know
Is that I push a beam
All they see's a pretty face
How I ride the base
So I put my hoodie down just to hide my face
They don't see the tears I cry
The fears I hide
Tend to keep my cares inside
It's merely pride like my grandmother
I wonder if she next to pop
Said the next time I seen her
She would be in a box
Damn she was right, she was dead right
How was I to know
That would be her last night?
If I could turn back the time
Dear God, somehow could you press rewind?
Won't come when I call, but He just in time
So I come when He call, like I'm next in line
When you got something good why
The Devil gotta ruin it?
Guess she never know
I be the best bitch doing it
Tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of
Walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow just
Caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is
Another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just
Caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is
More than I can take
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
I've become so numb
Can I get an encore i know you want more
(I've become so numb)
But it's my time I need ya'll to roar
It's my time I need ya'll to roar