Sixteen Strong

[Verse 1] I'm under bright lights Shining like you've never seen me before this Ugly kid, all my flaws are enormous But these flows are gorgeous, so out of this world You can catch me in that two-door DeLorean, darling Spanish girl in the passenger, we going exploring She said "I wanna come to your show Can we both be together? I keep things on the low" I said, "Make me up some tacos and we'll see where it goes" My pen's much more passionate than yours You ain't rapping for the rafters, you just rapping for the whores I be rapping for the masters that be preaching like a pastor Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I'm the trinity, bastards Teachers see my ass up there, reciting these lines Now they know I'm not quiet, I'm just ahead of my time Captain of the late '90s, I'm the head of my time "Someone told me you's a rapper, man, I thought they were lyin'" So I gave 'em that [Hook] Sixteen strong (repeated) And then we gon' ride, and then we gon' roll Just to let you know (sixteen strong) (x2) [Verse 2] Man, I'm the king of South Brunswick, it ain't even worth bragging about So I ain't stopping 'til the cameras is out Snap-snapping when your man come about Looking like the main attraction I ain't handling no actions with you amateurs now And yeah I'm seventeen, still got a sixteen strong The careers you dreamed up haven't lived this long Cause rappers looking for a way in like they hunting for Shawn Or Marlon, smart talking but I'm far from Harvard 40K, top ten, so highly regarded Plus the flow go slightly retarded, so holla Bitches, stronger than your normal competition My unorthodox composition could leave Bach shocked And make Mozart jump out of his wig Go so hard, flow god, with power to jump over towers and shit 'Bout to make a batter bow in this bitch Bada-bow! It's the Fall Classic when I'm on the mound and I pitch I got it! [Hook] Sixteen strong (repeated) [Bridge] This how I feel right now! (x4) [Verse 3] They say you never see diamonds until you seen rocks And you ain't never seen doors open until you seen locks But I been down to Earth, I been left out So now I'm headed for the stage, and not in that crowd I'm playing for a different game that you ain't been 'bout Soft-talking rappers ain't been loud Since '97 I been killing shit, now It's all a flash, I look back, I got myself saying "wow!" This is for the homies that were with me, before my name all blew up For the kids that were watching Rugrats, before they all grew up Sometimes you wanna go back, when you're kicking with the kinfolk Like it's 2000-and-something, with my cousins, all playing that Nintendo And yeah, I still got some candy wrappers laying on the floor from last night, man, I am still a kid I still go like three days in a row without making my bed, I feel alright, I'm just a kid! Now these people that are telling me to mature, they don't know who they dealing with It's more important that I'm still a kid It's more important that I'm just a kid November's Coldest This how I feel right now!