Talib Kweli - Back Up Off Me Lyrics
(Talib Kweli)Whoa, yeah, yeahWhen you doing you, and you real fly with itIt's like niggaz always wanna check you, know what I'm saying?Always wanna make sure you keeping it real, keeping it realNigga, nigga do you(Hook)(Hi-Tek)Back up offa me, back up offa me(Talib Kweli)Won't you get out my face, better stay in your placeI'm fed up, how much can I takeYo, you need to just(Hi-Tek)Back up offa me, back up offa me(Talib Kweli)I got money to make, not a minute to wasteI need space when I try to createYo, you need to just(Hi-Tek)Back up offa me (see me in the Cut')Back up offa me (trying to roll up)Back up offa me (or we can roll up)Back up offa me (ay, yo, mother*****er, hold up)(Verse 1)(Talib Kweli)Ton', what is this?I know he ain't talking, this is grown-man businessBe your own man, stand on your own feetI thought we was homiesBut you comin' at me like you don't know meYou think you do, but your probably wrongArms around you buy more babies than Ashanti songs, oh babyI know you don't get itTry to walk in my shoes, I know you won't fit itJust 'cause I know you and your flow, tooThere's more to it, you won't get it, I don't owe youYou want Hi-Tek to do a record for youSo niggaz is checking for youCut the bull, 'cause niggaz get respected for youGet your own respect dude, that ain't mean and evilAin't no crutches in my crewMy crew a crew of equals (yup)Shit was cool when we was teenagers, we grown menYou my my people, but I don't need you moanin' and groanin'I can't feed you, I already got kidsNow a nigga tries to rig relationships that not hisI ain't trying to sign, I'm just an artist, niggaI'm just trying to rhyme and go the hardest, nigga(Hook)(Verse 2)(Talib Kweli)Radio suckers never play me 'cause I don't let themThey like a pimp when they ho's sweat themWhen I do a show, I love to catch the lady's eyeDazzi(?) papparazzi, I don't wanna see no lady dieSports entertainment, acadaemics, business, or politicsThe fine ho's swallow dicks for dollars quickYoung broads all up in gangs like the Young LordsJump forward, statutory rape, now you done forWhat, you thought that shorty 'bout to act a rageRight now, somebody's daughter is backstageIt's a master-slave relationship, and guess who TobyIt's the white girl in Colorado, and guess who KobeTried to tell you not to ***** with these debutantesThat's more Kobe beef than Japanese restuarantsDon't need diseases or cases, trying to catch nothingAnd when they thowing *****, best believe you catching somethingSay "hi" to Tek(Hook)