Celeb Reality

[Verse 1] I'm from a place where shit can never phase you Day to night, so fast, the clyde paid you You didn't have phase two, slip hat, steel wrist Real reps, the street made due I popped up so fresh for '88 Rep on the plate and still I never left my crew I never sweat but other odd jobs I did do I did two summers in BK, a feverish flu I caught, I ought to be crazy the way I brought it back Part of that was seeing it first hand and all of that Came from my parents and rain from the sky But it made them, ask me where they're from, I don't play dumb I don't play no part that I can't finish off I don't wait 'til your day start, I take it apart I met so many others while I was on the come up We from L.A., it's only natural we think we one up We think we rise with the sun, we think we fall with the moon We think we hot shit, we can't tell December from June I'm not knockin' the land that got it poppin', it's true Without L.A., you can't spell the name of my crew I knew some others who knew someone in show biz They introduced us, already know him Her, different places, so many faces Went to high school with Nicole Richie, she had braces I could never fuck with school, wasn't into this My other classmate was Mikey from Incubus My other girl wasn't wifey, more like porno chick My friend Alan, they now call him Alchemist It's a trip, I think Ethan Brown made me rap I be wonderin', "Dawg, where the fuck you at?" Understandin' the red, that's how you get in the black Some came up and some never makin' it back, back.. [Interlude] Haha, yeah You know I've seen a lot of people come up, right? (DJ Skee) Let me tell you 'bout it, come on, uh [Verse 2] John Legend and Michael with no car, yo I guess that was a car, I don't really call that a car, though I knew celebs before they blew, too many to count I got news, nothin' new under the sun, you know I been out I be keepin' with my peoples on the regular And I be peepin' old friends who now competitors I remember will.i.am was called Will 1 X That's not a diss but I still got the tape in my deck I got an old friend who made Celeb Rehab I watch it, can't stop laughin', he plottin', coppin' three bags I do me, I'm on the wave with a gift A certain rapper don't remember when he didn't have a lift I could bring up old dirt first, but now that's past tense Side note: I knew Mark Ronson before the accent Side note: It's 3 AM, I'm still rappin' (Thank you, thank you) It's 3 AM, you're still clappin' I met B-Real before "Time 4 Sum Aksion" Knew the deal before people started askin' Simple questions, never thought to ask before it happened Do kush before the fashion Got the green thumb between these gloves with the hash print With the cash in hand and my passport stamped Nothing I can't do, the new people's champ