Lyrical Breakdown of Say What You Say - A Journey through Words and Rhymes

Heh, so I'm out the game huh?

Yo Dre, we ridin'?

Whatup

Well I'm wit'ya homie

Okay, well let's handle the small shit

I was born to brew up storms, stir up shit

Kick up dust, cuss till I slur up spit

Grew up too quick went through too much knew to much shit

Corrupt and I'ma pour it on like syrup, bitch

Thick 'n' rich, sick and twisted Mr. Buttersworth

Dre tole me to milk this shit for what it's worth

Till the cow just tilts and tips 'n' stumbles to earth

And if I fumble a verse, keep going

First take, I make mistakes, just keep it

No punches pull, no punches, that's weak shit

Fake shit if I ever take shit, I'll eat shit

Wasn't for him? Wouldn't be shit

Creep with me, as we take a little trip down Memory Lane

Been here longer than anyone in the game

And I ain't got to lie about my age

But what about Jermaine?

Fuck Jermaine, he don't belong speakin' mine or Timbaland's name

And don't think I don't read your little interviews and see what your sayin'

I'm a giant, and I ain't gotta move till I'm provoked

When I see you, I'mma step on you and not even know it

You midget, mini-me, with a buncha little mini-you's

Runnin' around your backyard swimmin' pools

Over 80 million records sold

And I ain't have to do it with ten or eleven year olds

'Cause what you say is what you say

Say what you say how you say it whenever you sayin' it

Just remember how you said it when you were sprayin' it

So who you playin' with, huh?

'Cause what you say is what you say

Say what you say how you say it whenever you sayin' it

Just remember how you said it when you were sprayin' it

So who you playin' with, huh?

Second verse, it gets worse, it gets no better than this

Amatuers drink veteran piss from a dixie cup

If you ever mix me up or confuse me with a Canibus or Dre with a Dupri

Will rub it in, every club your in, we'll have you black balled and make sure you never rap-a-fuckin-gain

Dre ain't havin' it as long as I'm here, play Devil's advocate

If there was some magic shit I could wave over the industry that could save it when I'm gone

And buried to make sure the tradition carries on, I would

If I could only use this power for good

I wouldn't, not even if I could

From the hood and I'm a hornet

And I'ma only sting when I'm cornered

And I'mma only sucker punch and swing without warnin'

And swing to knock somebody's fuckin head off 'cause I know, if they get up, I won't get a chance to let off

Another punch, I'm punk-rock, no one's punk

Don't give a fuck, white-Pac, so much spunk

When I was little I knew I would blow up and sell a mill or grow up to be Atilla, go nuts and be a killer

And I'm somethin of a phenom, one puff of the chron

I'm unstoppable, I'm alive and on top again

There's no obstacle that I can't conquer

So come along with us

C'mon!

'Cause what you say is what you say

Say what you say how you say it whenever you sayin' it

Just remember how you said it when you were sprayin' it

So who you playin' with, huh?

'Cause what you say is what you say

Say what you say how you say it whenever you sayin' it

Just remember how you said it when you were sprayin' it

So who you playin' with, huh?

Now anybody who knows Dre

Knows I'm about fast cars and Alize, partyin' all day

But I handle my business 'cause it work before play

Don't look for trouble but I'll serve you gourmet

However you want it, you could have it your way

You fuck my night up, I'mma fuck up your day

Bullet with your name, sendin' it your way

That goes for anyone who walks threw that doorway

'Cause this is my space, you invade it

Live to regret it and you die tryin' to violate it

Fuck around get annihilated, eyes dialated

Like my old lady!

'Cause what you say is what you say

Sometimes what you mean is two different things

Depending on your mood, if it swings, think too many things

Little hit of Dre's weed, I can do anything

Catch a contact, then I'm gone and I'm back

I speed write and my loose-leaf's my lanch pad

And I can pull any string

Don't have to prove anything

Catch a contract on your head

You headed West, talk shit about Dre?

You better get a vest, then invest in something

To protect your head and neck

And it's back and forth all day like Red and Meth

I joke when I say I'm the best in the booth

But a lot of truth is said in jest

And if I ever do live to be a legend I'mma die a sudden death

Five mics in The Source, ain't holdin' my fuckin breath

But I suffocate for the respect 'fore I breath to collect a fuckin check

'Cause what you say is what you say

Say what you say how you say it whenever you sayin' it

Just remember how you said it when you were sprayin' it

So who you playin' with, huh?

'Cause what you say is what you say

Say what you say how you say it whenever you sayin' it

Just remember how you said it when you were sprayin' it

So who you playin' with, huh?

Watch your fuckin' mouth

Yo this Timbaland, tell him I said suck - ti-tick - my dick