Me steady rhyming  and I'm so sick and tired of
 Being forced to put suckers in their place
 You make me mad enough to punch you in the face
 But I'm not trying  so never sound like I don't bone to pick with you
 Show and prove that you can stand on your own two
 I speak the poetry  dissing those who keep on quoting me
 Try to play me  cease it, you don't know me
 So smile in my face, behind my back take a line or two
 I'm not an idiot, so who you think you lying to?
 Queen Latifah's here to lay the law down
 So speed it up or shake it around because it's a showdown
 The 45 King is arising, suprising, hypnotising star, he's up to par
 So I hope you've prepared yourself for what you're in for
 This is Latifah's Law

 BMW's and gold rope chains don't impress me
 Or get you closer to the point you can undress me
 Get skeezed, you nose will bleed, that's how they live life
 Prepare to feel the wrath of the giver of all life
 Fire and desire make you go a little higher
 When I grab the wire of the mic
 And get hype, I'm sorry you sound dot
 Cause I roll like the homicide squad
 You must be broke and, hoping that I'm soft but I'm dope and
 Left you in the litter to consider coping with
 Life, it's trife yeah, but these things happen
 You need to make it better, stop trying to be the mack again
 Get a grip on the African way
 Cause there's a sucker born every day
 Crime's the way for you to see what the Queen saw
 And this is Latifah's law

 Now DJ Mark made up a beat that he can bring you
 And I of course supply the rhyme that you can swing to
 The Flavor Unit keeps all, and keeps a way to band
 And slides keep the hardcore fall, cause I'm heavy-handed
 Whip out a .45 caliber pen and begin
 A funky message from beginning to end
 Peace be to Africa, can't forget my other land
 Won't fulfill my heart unless I speak about the motherland
 You say you're living right, but we know it's nonsense
 In case you forgot, just check your conscience
 At showtime, I blow lines, you don't get yours, I get mine
 Your showtimes, you behind, the Queen Latifah divine
 Rule number one: don't step across the line that I drew
 Number two: don't take credit for something that you didn't do
 Number three: check your heart, every man has a call
 It's time for me to go, but I'll be back, y'all