Hear me, DJ, hear me Big Shug from the underground, feel me? Hear me! Uhh, hear me Big Shug baby, here we go
You don't play my music, so you play what's hollow The music that the simple people can follow With the nursery rhyme most designed for the clown dancin Stick around for 10 years, what are the chances? I'll tell you next to nothin, I'm not bluffin And you'll be relieved of your scratchin and cuttin You corny anyway you no heart DJ Why the program directors tell you what to play But you front on air, tryin to say what's hot But you got police escorts to the parking lot Don't get me wrong some DJ's keep it real And know exactly how Big Shug feel This is the deal, play the crook music f'real I represent how all the underground feel Don't be scared, come see despair Guns drugs hoes, flippin everywhere Hard workin people tryin to make a buck Young wild ass niggaz who don't, give a fuck In the words of the late, great, Headquarters Head up, eyes and ears open Niggaz bring the rope in, let's do these muh'fuckers 'Til they hear what we got to say, hear me~!
[Chorus: repeat 2X] It is what it is, hear, what I'm sayin All my cats who get amped up and start to sprayin Don't make us come see you, we not playin Or they'll find your body deep in the woods decayin
[Big Shug] Hear me DJ? I don't drink Haterade Spots around the world my music's still played So what I'm sayin, is get e'ryone paid E'rybody on stage, e'rybody backstage And if they whack the crowd'll let 'em know Youse a DJ you don't control the show Cause you fucked up careers, and don't even know That's why niggaz stomp you out, at your show And you fake promoters, tryin to pay that short money It's 2006, niggaz is not dummies You will be haunted, Malibu's Most Wanted Don't make me scare your punk-ass white, that's right I've been doin this for 13 years Many come and go but I've still got my career That's cause I keep it real And I'm underground - hear me.