Written History

[00:00.23] And I'm better now than I was
[00:02.60] When you saw that 22-year-old undeveloped kid runnin' from Sonny Liston
[00:06.30] I'm experienced now, professional, jaw's been broke, been lost
[00:09.87] Knocked down a couple times, bad
[00:12.47] Been choppin' trees, I done somethin' new for this fight
[00:15.84] I done wrestled with an alligator, that's right
[00:20.32] I have wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale
[00:24.38] I done handcuffed lightnin', throwed thunder in jail, that's bad
[00:30.21] Bad dude, bad, fast, fast
[00:33.73] I know you got him picked, but the man's in trouble
[00:37.24] I'ma show you how great I am
[00:39.24] Ahem, you are now rockin' with the greatest, nigga
[00:42.12] I'm the best, pound for pound, better weigh these niggas
[00:45.16] They bite my style like some crocodiles and gators, nigga
[00:47.79] Huh, you are now locked in with the greatest, nigga
[00:50.73] I treat the booth like a boxin' ring in Vegas, nigga
[00:53.77] I speak the truth, my philosophy is greater, nigga
[00:56.76] Don't eat the fruit without acknowledgin' the labor, nigga
[00:59.80] Weezy Baby, nigga, rockin' since the cradle, nigga
[01:02.73] Homey box office, HBO, cable, nigga
[01:06.07] I'm unstable, nigga, at the dinner table, nigga
[01:08.87] All I eat is rappers, I might have to Flavor Flav a nigga
[01:11.86] That bitch ate a nigga, meat and potatoes, nigga
[01:14.86] If she want some head, I'ma decapitate a nigga
[01:17.41] Evaporate a nigga, eradicate a nigga
[01:20.67] Slap you in your face like I'm playin' patty-cake, my nigga
[01:23.64] Eat the cake, never beat a woman for Ms. Cita's sake
[01:26.41] I beat the case, beat some pussy up and then delete, erase
[01:29.58] Headshots from a hundred feet away, but your feet okay
[01:32.56] Put you six feet away
[01:34.02] I ain't gotta say this all the time, nigga
[01:37.31] They know I'm the greatest of all time, nigga, yeah
[01:40.15] So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, uh
[01:43.01] So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, uh
[01:46.17] If you love that nigga, better blame that nigga, uh
[01:48.91] I'm up there, nigga, where you ain't at, nigga, yeah
[01:51.97] Fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, girl
[01:55.19] Don't fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga
[01:57.69] She say, "Wayne that nigga"
[01:58.98] Man's in trouble, I'ma show you how great I am
[02:06.21] Yeah, oh
[02:11.63] I ain't gotta say this every time, though
[02:13.62] I'ma make a statement every time, though, ovation and the encore
[02:17.32] I be lookin' in my kids' faces, where the time go?
[02:20.09] They know I'm amazin' and they moms know
[02:22.30] You know I'ma slay it every time, though
[02:24.76] You know I ain't playin', nigga, I'm coach
[02:26.86] You know that I'm fly, but never fly coach
[02:28.95] You know I ain't payin' for your time, ho
[02:31.26] This is not a bakery, don't ask me for no cake and shut your pie hole
[02:34.99] Every day, I'm wakin' up with odd hos, wakin' up in grind mode
[02:38.73] Standin' on bidness like a base, Barry Bonds toes
[02:41.72] You know that I'm safe wherever I go
[02:43.84] You know I'm an ape in every Congo
[02:46.39] You know I'm a freight train to a rhino
[02:48.73] Bust a nigga grape like I'm a wine-o
[02:50.70] Barrel make the Draco look like Gonzo
[02:52.93] I ain't gotta say this to remind folks
[02:55.23] They know I'm the greatest, even God know
[02:57.39] I ain't gotta say this all the time, nigga
[03:00.87] They know I'm the greatest of all time, nigga (nigga), yeah
[03:03.86] So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga (fuck that nigga), uh
[03:06.79] So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga (fuck that nigga), uh
[03:09.63] If you love that nigga, better blame that nigga (yeah, yeah), uh
[03:12.67] I'm up there, nigga, where you ain't at, nigga (yeah, yeah), yeah
[03:15.46] So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, girl
[03:18.25] Don't fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga
[03:21.14] She say, "Wayne that nigga"
[03:22.26] Yeah, I ain't gotta say this all the time, nigga
[03:25.15] They know I'm the greatest of all time, nigga
[03:27.31] I'm like what MJ is to LeBron, nigga
[03:29.66] Brady in his prime, nigga
[03:31.17] I'm like Tom Brady at 45, nigga
[03:33.32] I ain't even debatin' on retirin', nigga
[03:35.59] You could get the shady .45, nigga
[03:37.85] Born in the '80s, that's the greatest of all times, nigga
[03:40.81] You know how us gators are, we grind, nigga
[03:43.23] Great like Nick Saban, Roll Tide, nigga
[03:45.42] I'm like Coach Prime, nigga
[03:46.97] Come from poor times, nigga, now we pour Dom, nigga
[03:49.59] Life is a beach, don't push me to the shoreline, nigga
[03:52.39] Flow like cocaine, I give you some more lines
[03:55.09] Niggas know they don't wan' see me like a sight for sore eyes, nigga
[03:58.62] Yo' flow fine, nigga, mine's the best kind
[04:01.14] Niggas know they ain't fuckin' with my bars like ex-cons, nigga
[04:04.59] Yeah, it's flex time, nigga
[04:07.76] Look in the mirror and say, "Carter" six times, nigga
[04:11.55] Big time, nigga, no tick-tock, just bombs, nigga
[04:14.50] I ain't gotta say this all the time, nigga
[04:17.70] They know I'm the greatest of all time, nigga, yeah
[04:20.82] So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, uh (yeah)
[04:24.29] So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, uh (yeah)
[04:27.16] If you love that nigga, better blame that nigga, uh (yeah)
[04:30.03] I'm up there, nigga, where you ain't at, nigga, yeah
[04:32.71] So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, girl
[04:36.02] Don't fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga
[04:38.60] She say, "Wayne that nigga," the greatest
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