Released on March 24, 1998

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[Intro]

Here we go...


[Chorus]

Life is a blast when ya know what you're doin'

Best to know what you're doin', 'fore your life get ruined

Life is a thrill when your skill is developed

If you ain't got a skill or trade, then shut the hell up!


[Verse 1]

My rhymes is like droppin' your head on cement

Crackin' it open, hopin' to make a dent; I'm hell-bent

On resurrection, per-fection

Lesson #1: rekindle the essence

Rap ain't about bustin' caps and fuckin' bitches

It's about fluency with rhymin ingenuity

All of this is new to me

See, I peep rhymes with scrutiny

Under a microscope, I walk a tightrope

A thin line between insanity and sanity

Mixed with a little vanity, boostin' the morality

With Hiero hospitality, soon to strike it rich like calories

Salaries – ahh... sounds like a plan

And, I will expand Hip-Hop as well

Might even kick a little impromptu, to stomp you

Weaklings, speaking things foreign to the human ear

That, you will fear now, whether you like it or not

My plots bring a little light on the situation

End all the stipulations

The shit you wastin' time on, you pawns – it was planned like that

But we can fight back, like David Horowitz

And say "we want no more of this"

And put it in a cryogenic status

Replace it with the latest in technology

Hip-Hop policies that demolish ya follies

Olly olly oxen free, get off of me

You can't see this, your defeatist attitude'll get you nowhere fast

I tend to my task 'cause –


[Chorus]

Life is a blast when ya know what you're doin'

Best to know what you're doin', 'fore your life get ruined

Life is a thrill when your skill is developed

If you ain't got a skill or trade, then shut the hell up

Life is a blast when ya know what you're doin'

Best to know what you're doin', 'fore your life get ruined

Life is a thrill when your skill is developed

If you ain't got a skill or trade, then shut the hell up!


[Verse 2]

Don't even start on the next man, let's scan – your situation

You still have no patience

Flip on niggas, rob niggas, even family

All the way up to your Moms – ya can't stand to be

In the house, but when you kicked out, you beggin' to come back in

Then the same old skit happens

You say you rappin', but you don't know the essence

Just 'ho slappin',' 'bustin' caps' is your message

Plus, every time I put some scrill down, you steal it

If that's your way of teachin' me a lesson, I don't feel it

Your raps reflect your life and that's a shame

'Cause the way ya soundin', you must think that it's a game

I can see if you came from the ghetto, but you came from the meadow

You really need to let that go

You got no respect for Hip-Hop, and you tryin' to rhyme

Biding your time, and I find it a crime

I even tried to bury the hatchet, man

'Cause we all African

You wanna be a rapper? Start practicin'

You can't even flow right

Spend most of your time fuckin' hoes, gettin' in fights

Hangin' out, with no mission in life

And you're missing your life, and you'll be missing out on life

I won't sweat you for that G you stole

'Cause if you're still alive, I'll be there to see you fold

Told ya!


[Chorus]

Life is a blast when ya know what you're doin'

Best to know what you're doin', 'fore your life get ruined

Life is a thrill when your skill is developed

If you ain't got a skill or trade, then shut the hell up

Life is a blast when ya know what you're doin'

Best to know what you're doin', 'fore your life get ruined

Life is a thrill when your skill is developed

If you ain't got a skill or trade – shut the hell up!


[Bridge]

You could be a rapper, an actor, a gun clapper

A comedian providing laughter as a bachelor

A pastor of a chapter, a doctor, a lawyer, a fireman

Hired hand, whether boy or girl

It's your world – your future, you control it

Whatever you do, early on, is how you mold it

I recorded, sold it, told it to you

Mr. Del wouldn't tell you nothin' that ain't true, because


[Chorus]

Life is a blast when ya know what you're doin'

Best to know what you're doin', 'fore your life get ruined

Life is a thrill when your skill is developed

If you ain't got a skill or trade, then shut the hell up!


[Outro]

Think you're able to label the Hiero sound?

You still haven't found a comparable variable

You think you're able to label the Hiero sound?

You still haven't found a comparable variable

All you marks...

YEAH!

(This the freshest shit, and you know it...)