[Stat Quo - Chorus] Im the next one next one Motherf-ckers can’t f-ck with me with me Got a problem shorty come get me, get me Nah I ain’t Dr. Dre nah I ain’t Eminem or 50 Dog I’m Stat
[Verse 1: Stat Quo] As I think back retract From the classroom to the trap Freida’s only son had to hustle for scraps It’s hard to relax when your wage minimum being broke F-ck with my adrenaline before Dre and Eminem I was tryna get on demo tapes state to state Performing at clubs and doing whatever it takes Relying on faith hoping my dreams take shape And my fate meeting (?) I would wait for these A&R’s say I ain’t grind bitch Spending my last dime on this studio time sh-t A lot of folk told me I was stupid for tryin’ this Situation crucial feds off in my climate Home environment taking pictures of me it was ugly The spot got hot scene felt like curry Had my vision blurry to underground Atlanta Hit the streets me and Zeke put a plan together Shorty it’s now or never down to do whatever You see the rainfall came but I had to bear that weather Look your boy need cheddar like a mill or better I was fed up but the benefit was worth the effort
[Stat Quo] I’m patiently waiting used to get love Now the same n-ggas hating wanna give me slugs Partner don’t get it separated or twisted you cant fade it Stat’s the wrong motherf-cker to play with understand me
[Eminem] If you opened up your ears long enough to listen you may hear what you have been missing out all of this time I’ve been put in a position to put all this in position so quit your bitching learn how to rhyme get signed and get your shine
It’s like this and like that ‘n’ ah Welcome to Statlanta Shady Aftermath ‘n’ uh my brand new rapper from Atlanta who goes by the name of Stat Quo introducing our new excuse to keep producing continue to do music use it and expand it and make rap grow the hottest new sh-t on the planet on the new plateau but don’t confuse it you don’t understand it lemme break it down for you to show you how we do sh-t so that you cats know this is Statlanta 101 cuz we don’t want noone walking out this mothaf-cka’ with tunnel vision to anyone with questions you want answer just ask and we’ll try to unmask ‘em and maybe explain why so few cats blow just spit the truth when you get in this booth and do that dough that there boy (?) you already knew that though, is he the greatest from the ATL we got haters all day to debate us so we’ll just say this its water from a ducks back (?) Go
[Stat Quo] I got caviar (?) box chevy dreams CD covers, TV screens the booth or the block might go to triple beam Im’a make it right, hear me, huh huh f-ck what your saying God put me here to shine (?) white collar crime the rhyme or the crime, MPC or the nine I’ma make it, I need my huh huh I couldn’t care less, f-ck y’all you don’t make or break me real n-ggas love me, p-ssy n-ggas hate me now b-tches ride for Stat Quo they know The A-Town (?) didn’t no other label offer me no deal til they found out Shady aftermath was interested then they started to beg (?) this aint no gimmick this the south and I be that kid just ride through (?) the time your gonna find your on a great trip (?) we on some extraordinary sh-t the piece of the puzzle that fit, it’s Stat Quo son of a b-tch