[Hook: Rap Samples] 



[Notorious B.I.G.: x4] 

I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal 



[Notorious B.I.G.:] 

It's rules to this shit 



[Intro: AZ] 

Yea, enough respect 

The Bad Boy, Death Row, No Limit 

Rap-a-lot, Roc-a-fella, Cash-Money, Ruff Ryders 

So-So-Def, The Inc. 

And all the incarcerated Scarfaces from ghetto to ghetto 

Now introducin' to you a new Empire 

Quiet Money Records and Hush Management 

Formely presents - yours truly 



[Verse 1: AZ] 

I'm praised for wicked word-play 

Emerge from my Earth days 

Was boxed in the Bird Cage 

Now flock wit the Mermaids 

A shorty wop, 'til I copped then I turned age 

Saw it unfold, certain laws are untold 

Unsolved Mysteries, coffins is closed 

A Carnivore trickery, cautions your road 

Any slip-ups will be huntin' your shows 

So neva get it twisted nigga, keep an Iron Biscuit witcha 

Beast promoted, the street's is coded 

For the Naked eye times is too deep to notice 

Yea I specialize in rhymes, but I peep the bogus 

On every known level, I'ma stone cold Rebel 

Clothes is crisp, I rolls Gold the Wrist 

I was schooled how to tuck, hide and hold the fifth 

How to crush, cut, divide and supply the sniff 

So if the truth ain't need, then the truth can't be 



[Hook: Rap Samples] 



[Notorious B.I.G.:] 

I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal 



[NaS:] 

Peeps that's into Drug money, Market into rap 



[Notorious B.I.G.:] 

I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal 



[Prodigy of Mobb Deep:] 

I'm fallin' and I can't turn back 



[Notorious B.I.G.:] 

I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal 



[NaS:] 

Peeps that's into Drug money, Market into rap 



[Prodigy of Mobb Deep:] 

The street's is ki's 



[Notorious B.I.G.:] 

I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal 



[Prodigy of Mobb Deep:] 

I'm fallin' and I can't turn back 



[Verse 2: AZ] 

From base potter to that hard rock white 

We all hustlers, live that hard knock life 

Some get knocked, and their Hearts not right 

Cuffed up in the air, met this charge that night 

We all know that the Narc's ain't nice 

But.. that's the price when your bars ain't tight 

The Beast within release within, you get caught-up lose trust 

You don't speak to friends, you lose lust 

Rarely fuck, you just seekin' Sin 

You know ducks stay glizzly and love to get busy 

The stakes is high, the bench is long 

A few wakes niggaz cry, you live, you gon' 

If you escape, rules apply, kids is born 

And the game won't change, it's the same ol' game 



[Hook: Rap Samples] 



[Notorious B.I.G.:] 

I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal 



[NaS:] 

Peeps that's into Drug money, Market into rap 



[Notorious B.I.G.:] 

I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal 



[Prodigy of Mobb Deep:] 

I'm fallin' and I can't turn back 



[Notorious B.I.G.:] 

I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal 



[NaS:] 

Peeps that's into Drug money, Market into rap 



[Notorious B.I.G.:] 

I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal 



[Notorious B.I.G.:] 

It's rules to this shit 



[Prodigy of Mobb Deep:] 

And I can't turn back 



[Verse 3: AZ] 

And my mind been back was since puffin' on the back-woods 

Clutchin' on them clappers, and duckin' from them crackers 

Neva been in Nappa, neva fuck wit no Rappers 

I'm so gon' wit it, but I'm so long winded 

Seen the worst, when I seen my first 

Body get caught, I was prolly this short 

The victim right beside me, stressed on the sidewalk 

But you neva seen a man cry, 'til you seen a man die 

The killer shots, the realer the co-op 

If you could realer, then it's similar plots 

Then if not, you won't familiar, you a squilar 

You no dilla you hot, fuck around get the whole block locked 

But neva me, I've been Boss playin', cookin' up sautéin' 

'Til I saw another dough, I had to force a nigga weighin' 

Now in all Black wit the Gloves and Hat 

I'm so deep in it, that I can't turn back 



[Hook: Rap Samples] 



[Notorious B.I.G.:] 

I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal 



[Prodigy of Mobb Deep:] 

I'm fallin' and I can't - 



[Notorious B.I.G.:] 

I've been in this game for years, the name is The Animal - Animal