Artist: AZ Album: The Format Song: The Animal Typed by: DaSun_Akbar@HotMail.Com [Hook: Rap Samples] {Notorious B.I.G.} *X4* I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal {Notorious B.I.G.} It's rules to this shit [Intro: AZ] Yea, enough respect +The Bad Boy+, +Death Row+, +No Limit+ +Rap-a-lot+, +Roc-a-fella+, +Cash-Money+, +Ruff Ryders+ +So-So-Def+, +The Inc.+ And all the incarcerated Scarfaces from ghetto to ghetto Now introducin' to you a new Empire +Quiet Money Records+ and +Hush Management+ Formely presents - yours truly [Verse One: AZ] I'm praised for wicked word-play Emerge from my Earth days Was boxed in the bird cage Now flock wit the mermaids A shorty wop, 'til I copped then I turned age Saw it unfold, certain wars is untold Unsolved mysteries, coffins is closed A carnival trickery, caution your role Any slip-ups will be hauntin' your souls So neva get it twisted nigga, keep an iron biscuit witcha Beast promoted, the street's is coded For the naked eye times is too deep to notice Yea I specialize in rhymes, but I peep the bogus On every known level, I'ma stone cold rebel Clothes is crisp, I rolls gold the wrist I was schooled how to tuck, hide and hold the fifth How to crush, cut, divide and supply the sniff So if the truth ain't need, then the truth can't be [Hook: Rap Samples] {Notorious B.I.G.} I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal {Nas} Peeps that's into Drug money, market into rap {Notorious B.I.G.} I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal {Prodigy of Mobb Deep} I'm fallin' and I can't turn back {Notorious B.I.G.} I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal {Nas} Peeps that's into Drug money, market into rap {Prodigy of Mobb Deep} The street's is ki's {Notorious B.I.G.} I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal {Prodigy of Mobb Deep} I'm fallin' and I can't turn back [Verse Two: AZ] From base powder to that hard rock white We all hustlers, live that hard knock life Some get knocked, and their hearts not right Cuffed up in the AM and discharged at that night We all know that the Narc's ain't nice But - that's the price when your bars ain't tight The Beast within, release within, you get caught-up, lose trust You don't speak to friends, you lose lust Rarely fuck, you just seekin' sin You know thugs stay grizzly and love to get busy The stakes is high, the bids is long A few wakes niggaz cry, you live, you gon' If you escape, rules apply, kids is born And the game won't change; it's the same ol' thang [Hook: Rap Samples] {Notorious B.I.G.} I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal {Nas} Peeps that's into Drug money, market into rap {Notorious B.I.G.} I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal {Prodigy of Mobb Deep} I'm fallin' and I can't turn back {Notorious B.I.G.} I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal {Nas} Peeps that's into Drug money, market into rap {Notorious B.I.G.} I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal {Notorious B.I.G.} It's rules to this shit {Prodigy of Mobb Deep} And I can't turn back [Verse Three: AZ] And my mind been backwards, since puffin' on them back-woods Clutchin' on them clappers, and duckin' from them crackers Neva been in Nappa, neva fuck wit no rappers I'm so gon' wit it, but I'm so long winded Seen the worst, when I seen my first Body get caught, I was prolly this short The victim right beside me, stretched on the sidewalk But you neva seen a man cry, 'til you seen a man die The killer shots, the realer the guap If you could realer, then it's similar plots And if not, you won't familiar, you a squealer You no dealer you hot, fuck around get the whole block locked But neva me, I've been Boss playin', cookin' up sautéing' 'Til I saw another door, I had to force a nigga way in Now in all black wit the gloves and hat I'm so deep in it, that I can't turn back [Hook: Rap Samples] {Notorious B.I.G.} I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal {Prodigy of Mobb Deep} I'm fallin' and I can't -- {Notorious B.I.G.} I've been in this game for years, it made me an animal -- animal