[Intro] 

It's your boy Skillz y'all 

You know how we do it 

And it's that time of the year 

So I might as well get to it 

Matter of fact 

Year in review homes, I'm takin' it back 

So would y'all mind an '05 recap? (I like that) 

Aiight, well listen 



[Verse] 

It started off with Game, yeah his album was crack 

And just like that, bam, the west coast was back 

I mean, homes did his numbers plus he had a lot to say 

Beefin' with Bleek and Buddens but he ain't want it with Jay 

Speakin' of the west, the boy Houston tried to ride out 

I bought your album dog, but you ain't have to gouge your eye out 

Dabbled in paparazzi and got a quick check 

I took that picture of Nelly and Ashanti that you saw on the net 

And then rappers was gettin' knocked, lawyers was no option 

When Kim took the stand, man we had just lost Cochran 

Nas and Kelis both said "I do" 

Eddie Murphy got divorced but he was married to a dude 

Tigga left Rap City and we ain't know what to think 

Irv turned himself in and took the Murder out the Inc. 

Then Jamie got his Oscar, after that he was set 

He smashed "Ray", but "Stealth"? Well that was for the check 

Chappelle took fifty mil amd then he slid out the door 

The hottest thing on TV, that be "The Bobby Brown Show" 

Poor Bobby, dude still tryin' to be a star 

But will it ever happen? Hmm... aww hell to the nah 

Then cats started beefin', I ain't too sure why 

Jada and 50, 50 and Joe, then Flip and T.I. 

And I'm beefin' wit' Mickey D's man, y'all dead wrong 

Talkin' 'bout payin' rappers to mention Big Macs in their song 

We do rap from the heart, y'all better have some respect 

Alright, Big Mac! Big Mac! Big Mac! Now where's my check? 

"Ordinary People" was a hell of a song 

And I ain't the only one who got sick of hearin' "Who is Mike Jones?!" 

I'm like the next man, I got love for the south 

We know your name Mike, I'm just wishin' you'd close your mouth 

And then "I'm a--I'm a hustler," that joint was wicked 

But soon as Cass got to poppin', man them boys came to get him 

Mariah, she came back, she had our support 

Mike Jackson, innocent, moonwalked right out of court 

Nick Cannon and Christina, man they was havin' relations 

And then 50 kicked Game out at the radio station 

How can two men go so hard and diss each other? 

Then at the press conference look like they 'bout to kiss each other? 

And then Free and AJ quit and the world'll never know why 

I miss her too AJ, but damn, did you have to cry? 

Well if it don't make dollars then it don't make sense 

And it's sad cuz BET ain't really been the same since 

And this is not speculation y'all, I'm statin' the facts 

So would y'all mind if I continue? (I like that) 

Alright well listen 



Cats gotta hustle and you just can't stop it 

R. Kelly, well his hustle happened to be "Trapped in the Closet" 

Dude went all out, he was like a full fledged actor 

Had us hangin' on every word like chapter for chapter 

But he never went to trial, how soon y'all forget 

By the time his case come up we'll be on Chapter 106 

Destiny's Child said the group thing had lost its flavor 

And everybody read Superhead's book except Fantasia 

DipSet started poppin' and brainwashed the kids 

No matter where you went you couldn't escape Jeezy's ad libs 

Yeah, the Snowman went to work 

And once they found out what it meant, they banned the damn t-shirts 

Ying Yang did their thing with The Whisper Song 

They locked Kim up, but they let my man Sigel come home 

And then Gwen Stefani came with "Hollaback Girl" 

Looked like she had been in Harlem hangin' with black girls 

T.O. was playin' games, but he kept on teasin' us 

Turned his back on his team and messed their season up 

Ma$e came back to rap but we had heard that before 

And "Run's House", well that was damn near like "The Cosby Show" 

We found out the real truth about Jay and Dame 

Hov skated on dude and kept the Roc-A-Fella name 

Then Dame's show debuted and the ratings was wack 

"Ultimate Hustler", well umm, I don't know about that 

Eminem went on tour and filled up all the seats 

But when the "Curtain Call" came, he found it hard to sleep 

It's better you than me Em, huh, cuz it couldn't be Skillz 

I couldn't have that kind of bread and spend it on sleepin' pills 

Be for real cuz Common's "BE" album was ill 

I got sick of rappers smilin', showin' their grills 

And Eve had a porno, but if you blinked it was gone 

And then Suge got shot by dude was some pink pants on 

Ciara and Bow Wow, they started datin' right 

I mean he's three feet, there's no way that he's layin' the pipe 

And then all rap music was comin' from the south 

Tom Cruise got whipped so he jumped on the couch 

But that was nothing, we was headed to a bigger arena 

Because we all got burnt by this woman named Katrina 

God's daughter sat in the water and came from around the back 

She wasn't a cutie, but trust me, her eye was all that 

And she ain't have a home but had a jones for guys that was black 

She looked down at New Orleans and was like (I like that) 



The news was so sad, it was like a modern day slaughter 

And I ain't even gonna talk about what was floatin' in that water 

See, it was sort of like watchin' a 9/11 sequel 

Then Kanye said Bush didn't care about black people 

We was all like "Yeah, what he's sayin' is true" 

But I'm like 'ye, white people just started carin' about you! 

I mean his album still sold, he ain't really blow his chance 

But he set us all back with that damn "Gold Digger" dance 

And then we lost Luther, the number one singer for soul 

And then the league hit the players with a new dress code 

LeBron was cool but other cars was mad at it 

Cuz if Shaq get one suit made, there goes all the fabric 

On VH1 Big Daddy Kane was the man 

HU Homecoming somebody tried to shoot up Cam 

Botched carjackin', nah fam, that was wrong 

Them dudes was just tryin' to shoot theyself 

Cuz they like "The Whistle Song" 

I might start singin' homie, don't provoke me 

T-Pain had a hit singin' karaoke 

And then 50 looked crazy on the cover of GQ 

He put his movie out, and yeah Usher did too 

But keep your mind on your music cuz your actin' is through 

So much for the movies, mmm I guess it do what it do 

And Trina and Lil' Wayne, they both came out happy 

But this a sad day when we dancin' to "Laffy Taffy" 

And I ain't hatin' on the South cuz most of it is raw 

"Oh I think they like me," nah I don't think I like none of y'all 

So in that '06 we gon' have to make that fire 

I send my respects out to Tookie and my man Richard Pryor 

Jay-Z declared war but then he changed his plans 

Cuz by the end of the show he was shakin' Nas's hand 

Even Diddy let The L.O.X. come back and get their paper 

After Kiss said he was gonna hit 'em with a refrigerator 

I made an indie album, next one is ready to go 

Me and all the DJs in the world shout out my man Justo 

And the "Stop Snitchin" thing y'all, it ain't gon' work 

I told y'all I saw a seven year old with a "Stop snitchin" shirt 

And don't get me wrong homie cuz I ain't tryin' to be a preacher 

But I'm like "Man who snitched on you? Your kindergarten teacher?" 

If it make the news, Skillz gonna put it in the mix 

Til then Happy New Year y'all, welcome to 2006 

yeah!