Funky Gripsta

By Ice-T

On Home Invasion

Released on March 23, 1993

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[Intro: Ice-T]

Yo, check this out

Getting wreck for 1993

The newest member of the Syndicate: A fourteen-year-old female

Yeah, that's what i said: a female

She's about to get cold buckwild

And show all you weak-ass suckers how to do it

Her name is Grip

I ain't fittin' to say no more

Yo Grip, tell' em what time it is


[Verse 1]

Yo, i'm the funky funky Gripsta and i'mma tell you how it is

I'm just a fourteen-year-old [?] i'm working showbiz

As a young-ass kid i was always trippin'


[?]

Always different from the rest 'cause [?]


[?]

[?] I'll tell you what's up

Yes i'm a female and i cannot be stopped

You try to disrespect me and your ass will get dropped

[?] to the concrete floor

Any nigga got beef, you can see the door

'Cause i'm a sister who ain't taking no crap


[?]

Like a gangsta, i'm always on the run

And anybody got beef with this, come and get some


[Chorus: x4]

Gotta get a grip, gotta get a grip, gotta get a grip, gotta get a grip

Go on, girl!

Yo Grip, i still think they think we're bullshittin'

Yo Aladdin, throw on some of that old gangsta shit

Yo Grip, wreck these motherfuckers for me, baby, come on, do this!


[Verse 2]

You think you got the right one

Baby, then make room for the left one

'Cause Grip's comin [?]

Like Kodak, i show my true colors

I'll play you like a [?]

I'm taking suckers who think they're just too bad

[?] something that you never had

So don't you even try to step to me


[?]

I'm not a racist but i'm kinda on the pro-black side

I'm just a funky dope sister

[?] that makes you wanna jump

And like, Yo-Yo, when i come up [?]

'Cause i'm a pro, a pro-ya

You don't know the

Lyrics that i'm kicking are harder than a soldier


[?]


[Chorus: x4]

Gotta get a grip, gotta get a grip, gotta get a grip, gotta get a grip

Go on, girl!


[Verse 3]

Make way for the Nubian


[?]

Grip's in the motherfuckin' house (Yeah!)

Grip's in the motherfuckin' house (Yeah!)

Grip's in the motherfuckin' house (Yeah!)

Grip's in the motherfuckin' house (Yeah!)

Yo Grip, flex on those motherfuckers one last verse


[Verse 4]

So just keep it to yourself


[?]

Not a sellout, G, My records will sell

'Cause i'm a young black woman

So you know i got clout

I'm [?] like a title and i'm knocking suckers out


[?]

[?] so tell me who's next

So step up to the pro 'cause i can't be stopped

And it's 187 on a undercover cop

And when it comes to my rhymes i never play games

I write what i fell, fuck the fortune and fame

'Cause i'm a strong black woman, my name is Grip

[?] my rhymes will make you trip

And when it's all over, you'll be shouting "Grip!"


[Outro: Ice-T]

Yeah, in your face 1993, Grip's in the motherfucking house, fool

All female MCs beware

Wait for the LP comin' out this year

Grip's in here