Big Daddy Kane - Stop Shammin' Lyrics
One-fifty-eight lewis avenueBetween lafayette and van buren, that was back duringThe days of hangin on my bed-stuy blockWith spence and mitch, followin my cousin murdochAll the brothers were real, goin for what they feelBy the way, peace to my man sha and big nealNow in ninety-three Im still bein meYou think my fridgerator aint full of olde e? huhA lot of times I get fly with a suit and a tieYeah I went from rags to riches but I still rock the saggy britchesAnd I dont try to act brand newEatin escargots and usin words like rendezvousThe ghetto life Ive seen a lot overcomeMake a little money and then forget where they came fromLivin a plastic lifestyle, youre more false than denturesDont make me pull your file -- stop shammin!Stop, hold-up, pause, wait (2x)[kane] stop shammin!Stop, hold-up, pause, wait (2x)[kane] stop shammin!Stop, hold-up, pause, wait (2x)[kane] stop shammin!Stop, hold-up, pause, wait (2x)So why you wanna be what youre not?And claim to have things that you know you aint gotYoure just a fantasizer -- spendin all your moneyOn lustrous pink oil moisturizerJust to make your hair curly and thinYou say, black is beautiful, but then you go and bleach your skinMoney youre worse than yacubCause their are eight stages of graft and you broke down to twoPlus you got a bad case of jungle feverAnd nmmana-nah-nah I just cant believe yaIts quite obvious you dont wanna be a black manSo whats next - youre gonna join the klu klux klan?You sold out to your race and its a big disgraceYou cant look your own people in the faceYou wonder why it aint no black schools or hospitalsYoure makin millions of dollars and its pitifulThat you can donate to leukemia all the timeBut you cant give the nation of islam a dimeThey mention muslims, you change the subjectYou cant even shake farrakhan hand in publicThat whole busy attitude is a shamUmm bro, umm brother, umm.. brougham, stop shammin!Stop, hold-up, pause, wait (2x)[kane] stop shammin!Stop, hold-up, pause, wait (2x)[kane] stop shammin!Stop, hold-up, pause, wait (2x)[kane] stop shammin!Stop, hold-up, pause, wait (2x)Change the groove and funk it up a little bitI look in the mirror, at times I say, damn black caesar;Howd you get to be the woman pleaser?Cause I remember when girls didnt notice meAnd now they wanna come and talk to me like jodeciIts strange, how back in the days I couldnt get with emNow all of a sudden the honies they wanna give me rhythmWell ima hit it, but still I show no pitySo I hope you dont think you gonna be in my next videoAnd many brothers I never even ran withBe actin like they been hangin with me since I was a kidI mean just to get a piece of the actionMan they start rememberin more times than michael jacksonBut I cant fade to the tag-alongsThat want me to drag em onFrontin like a friend just so I can put em inBut you cuttin yourself paper thin - stop shammin!Stop, hold-up, pause, wait (2x)[kane] stop shammin!Stop, hold-up, pause, wait (2x)[kane] stop shammin!Stop, hold-up, pause, wait (2x)[kane] yo, stop shammin!Stop, hold-up, pause, wait (2x)[kane] and Im out
