[Intro]

(R.A., what's the lesson for today Rugged Man

I am the legendary

R.A.)

[Verse 1]

Yo, ayo people wondering where the fuck I been

At the VIP section they ain't letting me in

They say, "Maybe if you had Dr. Dre or Timbaland"

They say, "A white boy need a black boy to win

Uhh Bubba Sparxx did it and so did Slim

Just Blaze is hot now, why don't you get with him?"

I watch mad rappers bite my shit and blow up

And make millions of what I created, that's tough luck

I first started getting coverage around the same time

Steve Stoute used to carry Kid n Play's luggage

I seen rappers turned from sex symbols and heartthrobs

To being forgotten, now they out looking for jobs

I seen EPMD break up

I seen my little brother Maxx fall asleep and he ain't never wake up

So when I rhyme listen, seriously

When I spit I'm giving you the truth clearly who I really be

It's an audio version of reality TV

I had deals from Russell Simmonds to Master P

Even 5-year-old white girls be rapping today

On the playground like, "Go shorty it's your birthday" (Go, go, go)

[Chorus]

(Here's a little story I got to tell)

(I am the legendary

R.A

Rugged Man)

[Verse 2]

Yo, yo, I seen good days, sunrays, church Sundays

Made love, made war, been rich, been poor

Lost friends, lost lawsuits, lost my dough

Seen beef between Bad Boy and Death Row

I seen disease take the life from my sister's kid

Six months on the Earth, that's all he had to live

I seen Biggie, Big L, Big Pun pass away

Buffy from the Fat Boys, Jam Master Jay

A month before they blew up with Mystikal and Jay-Z

The Neptunes came to see me at D&D

I knew this chick named Norah, a lounge singer

A year later she a six Grammy award winner

I seen Flatlinerz, I seen Canibus's

I seen Lil Zane, yo I seen mad misses

You Antoinette-ass bitches get ten percent disses

I seen A&R's get fired for taking pisses

Stop whining and bitching, nobody listen

Who else risking their career sticking to be indifferent, switching the tradition

Sticking to this shit they really living? (I don't care what's hitting)

Listen, this my motherfucking life that I'm spitting

[Chorus]

(Here's a little story I got to tell)

(I am the legendary

R.A

Rugged Man)

[Verse 3]

I'm at peace with myself now, how 'bout that?

I hated life, I wanted to die a few years back

I was mentally ill, it's hard to come back from that

But I got through it now, I got my sanity back

Y'all are like HBO fighters, get the money and fame

Then you get beat up like Klitschko and Sugar Shane

Or get beat like Vernon Forrest or Prince Naseem

Then you all turn pussy once you get that green

I got love for Havoc from Mobb Deep

When I was broke sleeping in the street, he hooked me up with a free beat

Alchemist, you still my little buddy

Even though you stole that Royce Da 5'9" 'The King' beat from me

I ain't down to sign autographs and shake your hands

I don't want trendy-ass followers for fans

I don't wanna sell records, I don't wanna be big

I don't want MTV running up in my crib

I don't wanna be liked in the music biz

I don't want fans that don't know who G Rap is

[Chorus]

(Here's a little story I got to tell)

(I am the legendary

R.A

Rugged Man)

(Here's a little story I got to tell)

(I am the legendary

R.A

Rugged Man)