Busta Rhymes - What Do You Do When You're Branded(2002)

[00:00.03] Branded, scorned as the one who ran
[00:03.74] What do you do when you're branded and you know you're a man?
[00:09.10] Wherever you go, for the rest of your life, you must prove you're a man
[00:19.18] See now I'm back wit the force
[00:20.05] Read about the kid from the front to the back of the source
[00:22.79] You see me back on the course
[00:24.63] Scream on every beat until my voice get crackled and horse
[00:27.38] Front seat niggas never sit in the back wit a boss
[00:29.11] Fuck the fact that it cost, the pricetag of the Porche
[00:31.86] Will cost ya life, have ya motha feel an immaculate loss
[00:34.55] But of course, come and speak to the best
[00:37.36] And watch me spit a jewel sharper to carve the meat of your flesh
[00:40.03] You lookin' weak in the chest, you see the street is a test
[00:42.75] Women on the stoop smokin' holdin' a seed to they breast
[00:45.53] You see the street is a mess
[00:46.42] Strugglin', holdin' a couple pounds of weed then the rest
[00:49.14] Now I proceed to the rest of my niggas keepin' it fresh
[00:51.80] Though we must stay on the grind I supersceded the stress
[00:54.60] We always seem to finesse from the east to the west
[00:57.31] You know we keep the teflon from the street to the vest
[01:00.02] Kill that nigga slow like how you get defeated in chess
[01:02.73] Got you under pressure, hairline receaded effects
[01:05.59] Hot air niggas I only feel the heat from your breath
[01:08.28] Rap niggas beef in they album probably needed the press
[01:10.97] And as a man I never found the slightest need to impress
[01:13.65] Another man because I'm proud and I believe that I'm blessed
[01:16.30] But yo, I always found the need to address these weaker niggas
[01:19.13] That speak to the street always keepin' the people abreast
[01:21.84] Now you've been
[01:22.76] Branded, scorned as the one who ran
[01:26.39] What do you do when you're branded and you know you're a man?
[01:31.88] Wherever you go, for the rest of your life, you must prove you're a man
[01:36.40] Higher science and I'm changin' the crime in
[01:45.59] I watch my son 'cuz you'd be fuckin' wit the child of a giant
[01:48.26] I'm in a place stuck between bein' lovin' and violent
[01:51.04] Becomin' more of a threat when I move subtle and silent
[01:53.79] Then set it off to be the only one to quiet the riot
[01:55.59] My destiny's the only thing between the sky and the pilot
[01:58.23] Relate, it's like bustin' a 3-8
[02:01.00] Be late, I be takin' most of the brick leavin' a pile outta shape
[02:03.76] I never quit watchin' these niggas tryin' to hide they mistake
[02:06.59] Takin' a shit watchin' they body floatin' by in the lake
[02:09.27] Make it quick you weak niggas, better try to escape
[02:12.00] And create the quickest way to reach the fire escape
[02:13.84] Snitch niggas always quick to go and lie on a tape
[02:16.50] But it's okay 'cuz super hero niggas die wit a cape
[02:19.21] It's so great to watch them finally break, stand aside from the fake
[02:27.49] Street niggas gotta slide for the take
[02:28.31] Bein' broke and not bein' able to buy me a steak
[02:29.22] Stackin' my paper so see now I can buy an estate
[02:31.90] So I rely on the love and I reply to the hate
[02:35.73] So much pain in the struggle my whole body'll ache, come on
[02:36.66] From the gates, so awake that was the plan of my fate
[02:38.41] Now, I'm straight, got me my own knife and fork on my plate
[02:41.12] Wanna scorch a debate, wait, do me a favor nigga jus' remember
[02:43.92] The date 'cuz you been
[02:45.75] Branded, scorned is the one who ran
[02:47.52] What do you do when you're branded and you know you're a man?
[02:48.46] Wherever you go, for the rest of your life, you must prove you're a man
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