[Intro: AZ] 

Yes, yes, ladies and gentlemen 

I'll like to thank you for your support, love 

Not only to me, but to the whole hip-hop industry itself 

We as a whole, we've been weathering in the Storm 

From the start, 30-plus years ago to now 

But uh, like all weapons of hate, we perceiver 

So allow me to speak not only for me 

But on behalf of the hip-hop coalition 

Every hood, every ghetto across the United States of America 



[Verse 1: AZ] 

Yea, as a youngin' I was sittin'- spittin' sponge-in' 

Just learnin' the life, and Christ second comin' 

Well mannered and nice, got advice from women 

But when the money get tight, the stomach start grumblin' 

It was some of then, wasn't all Hammers then 

Went in the Benz, it was kingpin and bubblin' 

We started huddlin', puttin' in, and jugglin' 

A shear later we straight, no more strugglin' 

But that was only the start 

The love between homey started fallin' apart 

I guess anything's addictive when it's callin' your heart 

Death and incarceration had us all in the dark 

We was done, some'll say "we had a beautiful run" 

And the beauty is skin deep was beneath the slums 

I was numb, that was like speakin' in tongues 

So relax, I adapt within a week I was sprung 

Spoke facts on the track, it's like squeezin' a gun 

No more crack, all the boys on my back hearin' "RUN" 

Yea, I changed & came, all them years, on the stairs G Rap & Kane 

I felt pain, them beamers still lurkin' my brain 

But the ways is the most high is to preserve to explain 

It was the fame, that focused me, perfected my game 

And like that, there's so many others that this rap will remain 

And in exchange, we give fans the force of the reign 

To feed, nurture, and breed, and be the voice of the slain 

It's a shame, but that real shit come wit the life 

And in order to obtain you gotta sacrifice 

It's like cuttin' your bitch shorter, don't pass on fights 

I'ma tourer, so you know all my facts is right 

Plus my Aurora is like used spoilers on the porch at night 

So be polite, just go for them critics that write 

This is Rap, we from the hood, just tryin' to get a slice 

Some'll bite, but the most just coast wit ice 

And rock a little chain, get a little brain 



[Immediately changes to AZ talking] 



Ha ha-ha ha, yea, hey, it is what it is 

You know Rap has no rules 

See my enlightener he-he once told me once said 

"If there is no devilish-men, then there won't be Godliness" 

"One can't exist without the other" 

Knaw'mean?, it's like a Doctor is only needed to heal 

And he caters to the sick, so the sick must exist, ya heard? 

A Minister - he only gives sermon to - uh you know - 

Those seeking for forgiveness - so them sinners must exist 

You know? it's simple simplistic, ha ha-ha ha 

It's AZ the GOD - Constantine - Quiet Money for life 

This is What I Do, I'm here