I play drums on my kneecaps
And freestyle to my feet taps
Big L on TV — I wanna be that
Mind blown — like: Man, did you just see that?
And I did
At 17 years old
But I ain’t never smoke weed though
And I ain’t never seen a shotgun
Or try to escape from cops run
Well, I lied to my Mom once
And I stole a dollar from my Pops but
I doubt that’s what rap fans did
A middle-class fat kid in glasses
Mom’s askin': Derek, what the hell’s wrong?
I need a story to sell songs
Wait, let me get this call son
Then we can talk about your problems
She said hello to the bad news
Drop the phone on a Jordan’s shoes
The cancer came back and it spread quick
Three weeks later, she left
Shit…
I play drums on my kneecaps
And freestyle to my feet taps
Big Pun on TV — I wanna be that
Mind blown — like: Man, did you just see that?
I play drums on my kneecaps
And freestyle to my feet taps
B.I.G. on TV — I wanna be that
Mind blown — like: Man, did you just see that?
And I did
Pops on the sofa
In front of Captain Morgan and Mosins
His drinking used to be a joke but
The liquor became his focus
Drank from morning to no-sun
Passed out — and the second he woke up
He hit the liquor store before it open
On the first name basis with the owner
Drove the car home loaded
Thank God the cops never pulled him over
Or he never lost control of the Oldsmo
And killed somebody, cause he wasn’t sober
I told him — Dad, you better stop with that
He laughed as he twisted off a bottle cap
His liver had enough of the drinking
Skin started turning yellow like the Simpsons
They say he never was the same since Mom left
The pain turned him into an alcoholic
He drank cause he missed her
Before I knew it, he was with her
Shit…
I play drums on my kneecaps
And freestyle to my feet taps
2Pac on TV — I wanna be that
Mind blown — like: Man, did you just see that?
I play drums on my kneecaps
And freestyle to my feet taps
ODB on TV — I wanna be that
Mind blown — like: Man, did you just see that?
And I did…