Yo, yeah yeah, alight after this particular practice run

I'ma practice both verses, after this, I want you to find a spot

That's close to when the beat drops to the rewind point

For the locate point

You ain't gotta be on that all night, this the soundtrack

Yo, yeah, check it

Okay, alright, huh okay The other night I was up at farmers, politician wit some bloods

They told me, "Yo L, in the streets you ain't gettin' no love

And ever since the X's and the jiggas came out

My niggas ain't tryin' to the hear that smooth *** you talk about

What's up wit that cat Canibus, some played you out

Why you didn't answer back correctly, *** was that about?"

As I sip on some henny, and try to explain some things

About the life of a legend, and all the drama it brings Been gone a long time, had a lot of *** on my mind

I decided I don't want to reach my goal if it means losing my shine

Streets is hip-hop and I'm hip-hop, so the streets is mine

Ballin' as long as you been livin', that's a long time

Hard to stay hungry when your pockets are so fat

You hit a hot one in every city on the map

And niggas keep sleepin' and you keep coming back

You know better than the gat, but niggas still wanna clap It feels so good to be back where I belong

The streets is where I belong

They had me locked down much too long

Hey hey

It feels so good to be back where I belong

The streets is where I belong

They had me locked down much too long

Hey Some say, "L that's cool, but see times have changed"

Niggas got red bandannas, and the grill in the range

That gold *** is dead, niggas rock platinum chains

Trade O.E. for Henny, Colt 45 for champagne

Hustling niggas found they way into the game

Extorting all these so called ballers wit big names

And you gotta have a squad, 'cuz running from def ain't safe

I know you living good, but ain't no smile up on our face I'm like a villain, I'm representing on my lyrics

And force feed the world, even if they don't want to hear it

As far as Canibus go, my man is hittin' his ex-broad

I'm getting head from his new piece while 20 gang-bangers applaud

You came up with that bull***, some heads sucked it up

Then you dropped that garbage album and totally ***ed it up

I coulda told ya I knew your moms from the after-hours spot

When I used to be up in Canada with the dreads on a black block Before you dick rode lost boyz for a ticket our to Jersey

But being the man I am, I tried to show ya mercy

I coulda told the world the way ya label hates your guts

And how me and Wyclef, got together to set you up

And how he gave me half your budget, don't believe me look it up

Ya A and R promotion niggas, they helped me hook it up

I hate to be responsible, for destroying your career

A one-hit wonder, huh no wonder you disappeared I coulda told the world, you get your lyrics from the Internet

Then spit 'em word for word like you really a rap vet

How you take metaphors from books and put 'em in your rhyme

And how you really from Canada and you been frontin' all this time

I heard your second album, that *** is garbage too

LL Cool J and I did this to you

On that note he said, "Yo L, you the man"

I said, "Peace, one love and drove off in the Lex Land" It feels so good to be back where I belong

(Yeah nigga, the jig is up nigga, huh ha, you know what I'm sayin')

The streets is where I belong

(All that bull*** you was talking)

They had me locked down much too long

(Don't mean ***, you finish now)

Hey hey

It feels so good to be back where I belong

(I'm still the man nigga )

(The vanguard award is in my mother***in' living room)

The streets is where I belong

(You know what I mean? Come get that ***, ***)

They had me locked down much too long

(What)

Hey Mic still on my arm nigga, word up

Both arms, I'ma get another one nigga

You know what I'm sayin'

This LL you know how I get down

You should of known, when you did it

He probably did it to get some fame

But is this really what you want?

Ha ha ha