The Shit Is Real Lyrics

The Shit Is Real

Yeah
This is goin’ out ... to all the live motherf**kers, knowhatumsayin’
All the real niggaz, bronx, brooklyn, manhattan, queens, california
La perla, puerto rico, whatever the f**k you’re from, youknowhatumsayin’
Yeah

Verse one:

This story takes place, back in the south bronx
Where at the age of fourteen I was ready to knockin’ off punks (yeah!)
And suckers were scared to death
Every time I walked by I hit them niggaz take their last breath (ahhh..)
See, I just didn’t give a f**k
And if you had a seed skin, I let the bomba you was getting stuck (word!)
That was the way it was
One day I went to visit my aunt, and stuck up my cous
See, something was f**ked up back then
No matter what the f**k I did, I never had no ends
And my moms was on walfare
Aiyyo I knew I had a father, but the nigga was never there
So what the f**k was I had to do
When sick and tired to bein’ the bummiest nigga out the crew
I gotta get mine, I gotta get cash!
I see an old man, I’m gonna rob him with the quick-fast
Gimme your motherf**king loot, popi
I’m goin’ to get paid and can’t a damn thing stop me
See, I’m tired of this porshit
And who the cops? well they can suck my motherf**kin’ dick!
Cause all them niggaz ever do is harass
That’s why I came glad when I heard somebody swooped that as* (*gunshot*)
Just to let ya know how I feel, word’em up
The f**kin’ sh*t is real

Chorus: (*background cuts "down on the real"*)

Aiyyo it’s real
Aiyyo the sh*t is real
The f**kin sh*t is real
Aiyyo it’s real

Verse two:

Now I’m sixteen and there’s a brand new scene
I’m makin’ mad dupe, gettin’ paid off the dope fiends (word)
*? deep in shit? * the checkin order,
And my main man tone was f**kin everybody else’s daughter
See everybody knew in town that joe and tone had sh*t locked down
And a nigga wouldn’t test me
It seems like every other day the f**king cops arrest me (yea!)
But the sh*t would never stick
I make one phone call and he’ll be out by quick
Cause uncle tan had my back
And now niggaz gettin’ jealous cause they know I’m livin’ fat
Talkin sh*t around the way and over block
But never in my face cause they knew I’d clap the glock
And my crew is mad deep
I’m punchin crazy puerto rican, so why yo don’t sleep (word!)
And all you bit*h as* niggaz know the deal, check it out
The f**king sh*t is real

Chorus

Verse three:

Let me let ya know why I made this song (why!? )
Brothers can’t deal with the real, word is bond
I’m sick and tired of these fake as* niggaz
Sayin’ that they’re catchin’ bodies when they never pulled a trigga
I know ya style, I’ve seen it before
You wearin’ army suit, now you think you’re hardcore
Drinkin on your 40’s, smokin on your blunts
Then afford a chainsaw, yo there ho fronts ,yeah
You fakin’ the funk, kid
And you’d be *? kidnapped? * the as* if you ever did a f**king bid
It’s time to separate the real from the phony
The name is fat joe, punk, act like you know me
I come from crypt with that ruff shit
Nowadays I can’t believe the *? bull/boo? * rappers come up with
And all y’all bit*h as* niggaz know the deal, check it out
The f**kin sh*t is real

Chorus

Outro:

Word up!
I wanna say peace to my peeps, the beatnuts
Messengers of funk, strictly roots
My man four flex, zulu nation
Jazzy j in the house
Diamond d, the whole diggin’ in the crates crew
And rest in peace to my man tony montana
Aiyo, I’m out, word is bond
The sh*t is real

(*premier cuts "fat joe’s in town"*)