Work - Gang Starr

[00:00.24]"Are you working? What kind of work do you do?"
[00:08.34]- Uh -
[00:08.79]"Boy - boy - boy -
[00:09.60]What is it you wanna do when you grow up?"
[00:11.49][Chorus]
[00:11.70]Aiyo, I'm gonna be on ti-dop, that's all my eyes can see
[00:14.79]Victory is mine, yeah surprisingly
[00:17.37]I've been laying, waiting for your next mistake
[00:19.89]I put in work and watch my status escalate
[00:22.17][Verse 1]
[00:22.35]Now, I'm gon' start collecting props, connecting plots
[00:24.60]Networking like a conference ‘ cause the nonsense is yet to stop
[00:28.35]Jakes shake me down, haters wanna take me down
[00:30.69]Break me down, CLAP! – all they heard was a sound
[00:32.97]Yo, I scoped it out, I took your weak dream and choked it out
[00:35.79]Your bitch don't really got no ass, she just poked it out
[00:38.52]On the D-low, I'm saying you versus me though?
[00:41.04]We can do this shit right here in front of your people
[00:43.35]See, time is money, kid and BS walks
[00:45.96]And to me it's funny, kid when you meatheads talk
[00:48.45]I see feds stalk, they wanna dig up the dirt, son
[00:51.21]Is it me they hawk? ‘ Cause I be putting in work, son
[00:53.61][Chorus]
[00:53.82]Aiyo, I'm gonna be on ti-dop, that's all my eyes can see
[00:56.25]Victory is mine, yeah surprisingly
[00:58.89]I've been laying, waiting for your next mistake
[01:01.35]I put in work and watch my status escalate
[01:03.69][Verse 2]
[01:03.87]You cornballs get stonewalled, blackballed, I own y'all
[01:06.84]The veteran, running my plan, I'm the better man
[01:09.57]Crazy raw, doing my job like the mob
[01:12.12]Blazing y'all and disappearing in the fog
[01:14.58]Or a mist and chicks can't resist what I kick
[01:17.07]They be begging for attention or some more of the dillznick
[01:19.86]Word up, baby, someone may have to get hurt up, baby
[01:22.56]Shit is mad shady, but I got to get the gravy
[01:24.99]Platinum respect like the force of a TEC
[01:27.45]Keep you hitting the deck, feeling heat in your chest
[01:30.33]Banging your thoughts with the hot onslaught
[01:32.52]A kid got shot on the spot for going where he should not
[01:35.25]Viciously, I make history instantly
[01:37.98]Those other lame-ass loser-ass niggas, they can't **** with me
[01:40.65]I'm doing my thing now to lamp later on
[01:43.02]Paid in the shade with some fly gators on
[01:45.57]But now I'm grimy as they get, mud on my pants and shirt
[01:48.12]I bet you niggas out here know, I be putting in work
[01:50.34][Chorus]
[01:50.55]Aiyo, I'm gonna be on ti-dop, that's all my eyes can see
[01:53.37]Victory is mine, yeah surprisingly
[01:55.98]I've been laying, waiting for your next mistake
[01:58.44]I put in work and watch my status escalate
[02:03.45]"Fu-fu-fully qualified pro
[02:05.13]In this business of rap"
[02:06.69]"Fu-fu-fu-fully - qua-qua-qua-qua - qualified pro
[02:10.29]In this business of rap "
[02:12.21]" Fully -fu- fully qualified pro
[02:15.51]In this business of rap "
[02:17.13]"Are you working? What kind of work do you do?"
[02:19.71]"Boy, what is it you wanna do when you grow up?"