Artist: Royce Da 5'9" Album: Tabernacle: Trust the Shooter Song: Universe (Interlude) Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com [Intro: Royce] You fuck with me, respect me I fuck with you, respect you You come for me, expect me It's natural Uh, I'm at you [Chorus: Royce Da 5'9"] I fuck with you respect you, you fuck with me respect me You come for me expect me, I'm at you To me that shit is natural, see that's just, the universe workin It's natural, see that's just, the universe workin I fuck with you respect you, you fuck with me respect me You come for me expect me, I'm at you To me that shit is natural, see that's just, the universe workin boy It's natural, see that's just, the universe workin [Royce Da 5'9"] I seen it all, done it all, I guarantee y'all there's gon' be some soul searchin involved if we done lost one of ours We was taught be a boss, money, cars, beatin off And somethin with the engine in the trunk dawg with three exhausts Decision makin free at cost, discount me then we'll talk Cause talk is cheap, momma 'cross the street tryna see us off to college, we out here against all of the non-belief My Walkman is playin Malik, Jamal and Bahamadi' Still haven't figured out yet what I want my sound to be Still rough around the edges fightin and wavin around the piece In response to that 9/11 that night when I got that beep Or that shit just got tied to me I just wanted to rhyme and everything that flashed in front of my eyes felt like some trick photography I had to go to open mics to show a different side of me There's more to me than hoppin over fences bro, it's gotta be My callin, I gotta put my all in, the entire me I'm starvin, momma pressin five, collect callin nine times in like two, days Now it's time to find new, ways To put that 5 and that 9 to use, ayy There's significance in numbers, as a young'n I thought of my first corny punchline from a chick who sucked my dick the longest I was like, "If I stick my dick in her ear I wonder if the bitch can hear me cummin/comin" Haha, niggaz from around the way I grew with is in the kitchen peelin onions while they momma's drop the tears that's from it AK's that gunnin to this day I still hear the drummin I'm A1, I figured I'd end up with straight A's in somethin Them growin pains were like Novocaine, boy they made us numbin I followed my gut like I ate a compass I put all of my trust in my native stomach My uncle O-Z got rich before me told me to save my money and showed me dough he gave me none of And he ain't even my shady or my crazy uncle That's just on my momma's side, we ain't gon' talk about my father's side Ain't nothin over there but a bunch of drug use and homicide I been through some things that should've left me traumatized But didn't, see these were just experiences, I was 10 My father tried to spank me with his hand not knowin I'm holdin a pen Before he knew it the pen went straight through his hand Imagine me, him and my mom at the hospital tryin to explain this one y'all Doctor like "Wow, you were tryin to that hit that kid pretty hard" I had to talk to the cops like "Look, this is just who we really are!" Montgomery's my nigga, Montgomery's my nigga When my uncle was livin he couldn't baby-sit me for long Cause he might pop and turn somebody high-top to a Gumby right in front of me And I'ma need to get blood wiped out my onesie my nigga Montgomery's my nigga, Montgomery's my nigga Sometimes I wanna just die, sometimes I just wanna cry rivers But I got to stay alive for my mother, my son and my sister My daughter, my wisdom, all that I have is all that I give them [Outro: Royce Da 5'9"] I fuck with you respect you, you fuck with me respect me You come for me expect me, I'm at you To me that shit is natural, see that's just, the universe workin boy It's natural, see that's just, the universe workin boy I fuck with you respect you, you fuck with me respect me You come for me expect me... {*fades out*}