Released on June 11, 1996

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[Intro]

Norty Cotto on the boards

The sautéer


[Verse 1]

The bulletproof full of vigor for all y'all niggas

I spent my winter in bubble gooses

Drinkin’ gin up with fruit juices

Loud music, mixin' fluids and herbs 'til my body refuse it

I blacked out a few nights, I had the chills, the sweats

I swore to the Lord, "I’ll stop if I live to see the next"

Next cypher roll around again

I'm puffin' mad body bags and gettin' wild again

My people moundin' up, they marinatin' the fire shit

When it's my turn to burn, I'm blazin’ up and gettin’ wired

Escaping for a minute, my mishaps and plights

With a slight recollection of that last cypher night

But I'ma blaze a L in the air anyway like Nike

And if I die, bury me with notebooks and mics

Give my cash to my crew, split it 54 ways

Make sure y’all maintain, I might resurrect in three days

And when I come back, my objective is to strike with a vengeance

I'm paying pass without my proper dues or my respect, kid

Scorpion like Sticky

Instinct remains extra sharp and extra crispy

Get needles, get thread, it still can't fix me

You grab me by my tail, my deadly sting leaves you history


[Chorus]

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin’ mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)


[Verse 2]

I'm known to get wilder by the hour, the minute, the second

I wanna hit tricks with more hits than records

Show love to the streets, give 'em nothin' but classics

Dispose of these hoes like roaches on boric acid (No doubt)

Drastic measures I'm takin' for those fakin'

I believe in revenge and no forms of retaliation

No negotiations once I get started

I represent the Big East, so recognize my conference

I'm confident, I wouldn't call myself cocky

Put my shit out myself when that last label dropped me

Fuck around this time and sell mad copies

And prove to them snakes they ran they whole shit sloppy

Watch me, have to be no gimmicks, no tricks

No niggas in the background writing my shit

The bulletproof LY, lyron, lyricist

Fully loaded with a motive, always comin' equipped


[Chorus]

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)


[Verse 3]

I'm not your standard female rapper, so motherfucker, don't label me

I aim to be higher than that, so check yo' stats

Production, bumpin' another Kenny Parker track

I wrote this shit, my last shit and that

Don't ever test me, love, 'cause I can get quite tipsy

Been flushin' White Russians and I still ain't dizzy

'Bout to master my craft without a class or act

What up to Todd G and Trappy D where it's at

My heart's in this, yeah, I'm takin' that chance

Last year, the Final Four, this year, the big dance

Gettin' realer with skills hittin' heads 'til they bleed

Studio MC's, I hate y'all more than I hate the rolled weed

And that's my word, my word bond and word life

Too many featherweights steppin' up and grabbin' mics

Non-contenders, good pretenders, though

Nothin' won't stop my left-left-right combo

And I know it's too real for y'all, I don't feel for y'all

I wish y'all all just go

But bitch ass, I'll see you at the next big bash

Make sure you bring your so-called sight, so


[Chorus]

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)

I spent time writin' rhymes and gettin' mad bent

(The 54th Regiment, you got to represent)