Been This Way

Every MC, in this industry, wants one thingTo be the best, in the top of their gameYou want it? Come and get me![CHORUS]Do what you gotta do - come and get meI came from the struggle; I'm bringing my pain with meNothing you can say will ever lead me astray (yo)I been this way since back in the day YUPDo what you gotta do - come and get meI came from the struggle; I'm bringing my pain with meNothing you can say will ever lead me astray (yo)I been this way since back in the dayYo Shan, lets take 'emYou couldn't rock a joint with a mic and a pound of weedYou couldn't get a point across with a pen and a key a peeYou couldn't get high as me with two tabs of LSDCool as a cucumber with two sticks of celerySpit like watermelon pips from your juba lipsHands mo callus can see excel from the mics I ripMy rhyme patterns supreme mm the baddestFresh - woo - my flows the fattestYeah and I gotta do this for those that never had itBut climbed the ladder only to watch all their dreams shatterThey doubled my pain; I tripled my skills in hip-hopQuadrupled my strength, quintupled my props - yoI got it locked yo, album ready to drop yoAnd you can hit me with everything that you got yoBut I will not fall or trip over obstaclesIts logical I'm gonna run hip hop into the cortical[CHORUS]Do what you gotta do - come and get meI came from the struggle; I'm bringing my pain with meNothing you can say will ever lead me astray (yo)I been this way since back in the day YUPDo what you gotta do - come and get meI came from the struggle; I'm bringing my pain with meNothing you can say will ever lead me astray (yo)I been this way since back in the dayFirst two I stepped up and I made movesI stay true and like flows I paid duesAnd came thru sliced inviters like blade twoCos they knew I came to take out fake crewsAnd take YOUIf this is what it comes down toTrying to break thru and go triple platinum like Che Fu (true)Still I'm tighter then the Al Qaeda with corn breadLines heavy like if you wake the whole with Dawn RaidF*ck them and let them see I'm all yeahI went to the true school like DJ Sir VereSo who the, who the f*ck said that Scribe was in deepYo I'm deep like Mareko's voice tone when he speaksAnd I'm ill like Uneepa with skills to pay the bills this yearAnd MCs is getting cut like One Tree Hill, for realI'm still the baddest MC to grab a pad and a penGo tell ya friend Scribe is at it again. Yeah[CHORUS]Do what you gotta do - come and get meI came from the struggle; I'm bringing my pain with meNothing you can say will ever lead me astray (yo)I been this way since back in the day YUPDo what you gotta do - come and get meI came from the struggle; I'm bringing my pain with meNothing you can say will ever lead me astray (yo)I been this way since ...I complete the beat like the snare come crisp and clearI'm here to test MCs like it's their 5th form yearWe 'bout to find out who is and who isn't preparedAbout to make your arse disappear into thin airAsk DJ Shan; yo I've been up in hereYou'd better get it crystal clear your skill just doesn't compareThey're asking who's the best in the undergroundNo question the best is on the f*cken mic right now![CHORUS]Do what you gotta do - come and get meI came from the struggle; I'm bringing my pain with meNothing you can say will ever lead me astray (yo)I been this way since back in the day YUPDo what you gotta do - come and get meI came from the struggle; I'm bringing my pain with meNothing you can say will ever lead me astray (yo)I been this way since back in the dayYeah now come and get me, I'm waitingI'll still be here ... when you're ready