Your Loss

[Chorus: Mary J. Blige] You said you wouldn't mind so I'll go on without ya If you wanna shine, I'll bet you shine without me Cause I been too good to let you take me down [?] is that you drive me to drinking I'm feeling good and really good about me So now that I know how to get it for myself This is really your loss [Verse 1: Busta Rhymes] Now seen them was the days When a nigga ain't ever really had shit And a nigga might of stole some shit Cause a nigga ain't ever really Have a pot to piss inside of I was kinda hard-headed And I was the type That'll quickly put the ratch up to you Nigga being hard-headed And they never learn Till a mother fucker catch up to you Older folk in the neighborhood Did their very best to really come try teach us Every time they'd bounce they return Just to catch us on the corner smokin' them refers Do a lot of dirt, do a lot of crime on the block for bread While the older folk were on their way home from church Every single time they'd see use they shakin' they head At the time when a nigga really needed some money Know a nigga really followed deception All the older gangsters though a nigga needed direction So when the gangsters looked at a little nigga And they really seen they reflection Niggas gave me the trey eight special Said a nigga needed protection A lot of mu'hfuckers that I thought I was cool wit' Was kinda hatin' me under... the surface Niggas really wished the worst for me Like I'm 'posed to suffer But I wish the best for a nigga like you But what you don't know about me Is that I'm really destined for this shit Let's see you do it without me [Chorus: Mary J. Blige] You said you wouldn't mind so I'll go on without ya If you wanna shine, I'll bet you shine without me Cause I been too good to let you take me down [?] is that you drive me to drinking I'm feeling good and really good about me So now that I know how to get it for myself This is really your loss [Verse 2: Busta Rhymes] Lemme get up on my hustle And I hit the strip When I whip it and I dip and I boast Sometimes the street might Try to bite a nigga that's why I drive with the toast Sometime the block'll have a nigga feelin' Like a nigga crept with a ghost It's nothin' though cause you we been a hood That's why we reppin the most See the gutter life'll do it to you All you niggas on the grind And you go in to hustle for paper Nigga watch these broke niggas try to bring it to you No need to fight you to shine Cause I was one of them Hungry little hustlelin' niggas Who always gotta think big And you know a nigga stuck with the grind I wonder if it's really for the better or for the worse These niggas that you thought was the closest to you End up becoming them niggas thats Crossing the line first So I take it All inside cause I guess its all a part of our growth You know I gotta keep my eyes on a lotta niggas that I always Thought was my folks Violate in any way You think a nigga ain't gon' hurt you? Just cause you bitch don't mean you can't catch it Nigga better move from my circle I wish the best for dudes like you But what you don't know about me Is that I'm really destined for this shit Let's see you do it without me [Chorus: Mary J. Blige] You said you wouldn't mind so I'll go on without ya If you wanna shine, I'll bet you shine without me Cause I been too good to let you take me down [?] is that you drive me to drinking I'm feeling good and really good about me So now that I know how to get it for myself This is really your loss