Kano - Intellectual

[Verse 1: Fatlip]

I must admit on some occasions

I went out like a punk and a chump

Or a sucka or something to that effect

Respect I used to never get

Cause all I got was upset

When niggas used to be like ("What's up, fool?! Nigga, what's up?!")

And tried to sweat a nigga like the Lip

For no reason at all I can recall niggas throwing Cs in my face

Down the hall I'm kickin' it in the back of the school eating chicken at 3

Wondering, "Why is everybody always pickin' on me?

I tried to talk and tell them, chill, I did nothin' to deserve this

But when it didn't work, I wasn't scared, just real nervous and unprepared

To deal with scrappin' no doubt

My pappy never told me how to knock a nigga out

But now in '95 I must survive as a man on my own

Fuck around with Fatlip, yes, ya get blown

I'm not tryin' to show no macho is shown

But when it's on, if it's on, then it's on

There comes a time in every man's life

When he's gotta handle shit up on his own

Can't depend on friends to help you in a squeeze

Please, they got problems of their own

Down for the count on seven chickenshits don't get to heaven

Til they faced these fears in these fear zones

Used to get jacked back up in high school, I played it cool

Just so some real shit won't get full blown bein' where I'm from

They let the smoke come quicker than an evil redneck

Could lynch a helpless colored figure and

As a victim I invented low-key

Till the keyhole itself got lower than me

So I stood up and let my free form form free

Said I'm gonna get some before they knockin' out me

I don't sweat it, I let the bullshit blow in the breeze

In other words, just debris

Can't keep running away

I'm Iverson at the two guard, automatic scoring

Want a woman that's doin' it, got her own stash

Some Halle Berry, S-