Princess of the Posse

Basslines affect me when my rhymes direct meForgive the crowds, O Lord, they know not why they sweat meBiting's against the law in the place that I liveSo I lock up the door with the keys to my cribThe call me the high priestess of this hastaAlthough I'm not a dread and not a rastaThere's never been a word I can't masterI've always been, a piddly pastorI reign, the lesson of todayYou have to listen to each and every single word I have to sayBecause the Ruler Lord Ramsey is on my sideAnd I'm the princess of the posse, so yo, take it lightThe Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool oneShe rhyme on my record and she ram jam me gunThe Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool girlShe rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA, the worldYou try to dissect my rhymes to see if there's a patternI bounced it all around you like the rings around SaturnLet me know now if you'd like to protestAnd proceeding a greeting, or would you rather progressOnto a higher plateau, to the peak and I'm taking it slowEnough for you to see the knowledge and to knowI'm the Q-U-E-E-N, L-A-T-I-F-A-HQueen of the Army Posse, the DLA which isGet live alright, you standing there chewing on your fingernailsNervous, watching me doing the live thingSinging like a bird sing, ringing like the phone ringI'm the Queen and you're the underlingI'm never following, I follow nothingThe princess of the posse is a cool oneThe Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool oneShe rhyme on my record and she ram jam me gunThe Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool girlShe rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA, the worldI'm the queen of the clan, with a mic in my handI step over suckers to position myself to rule this landIt's a concoction, for my abilityTo show the skeezers the meaning of humilityCause they don't know I'm the one to fly one or twoI'm snatching hearts cause I'm Latifah and I want toI find it necessary to tell you to get off my tipI'm kicking gold, so grab a hoe and get a good gripStop the lying, the tryingThe time buying, you've been denyingYou're dependent on me, the princess of the posseI got the cards, so I'm dealing a death blowYou're taking no crowns, put that on ceaseMy DJ's name is Mark the 45 King to the possePeace, got to let you know where I come fromThe princess of the posse is a cool oneThe Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool oneShe rhyme on my record and she ram jam me gunThe Princess of the Posse, me say she a cool girlShe rhyme Brooklyn, the Bronx, USA, the worldNow take run the familyMe say me have to do it for the R.E. posseYou try to be down, you can't take the crownMaybe from someone else but not me (Repeat 2x)