Say ho, say ho By the way yo I said shake your like way back in the day-yo By the way yo, say ho say, say
And it out now Who is the cat out on the town And make the whole dining room turn head round Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the trunk with the bass on Who be riding up in the rise elevator Other tenants who be praying they ain't the new Mr Nigga, Nigga They try to him like a chump cause he got what they want
He under thirty old but already he's a pro Designer slung low cause his pockets stay swoll' afford to get up and be anywhere he go V.I.P. at the club, backstage at the (Yes y'all) the best crib, the clothes whips on the road neck and wrists on froze (say word) Checks O's o-o-o-o-ohs all across the globe watch got three time-zones Keep the digital up to his dome Two assistants, two accounts, two homes One problem; even the O's on his check The po-po stop him and show no "Is there a problem officer?" Damn straight, called race That the jake (woo-woo) to give chase Say they want you successful, but that ain't the You large, your skin is dark they flash a light in your face
Now, who is cat out on the town Maitre'd wanna take a year to sit him down Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the with the bass on crunk Now, who is the cat at Armani wears With the tourists who be asking him, do you work Mr Nigga, Nigga Nigga
Yo, the Abstract the Mighty Mos Def White folks got it muffled beneath they breathe "I say it" But say it out loud again When they get they close associates and friends You know, sneak it in with they at the job Happy hour at the bar while this song is in car And even if they've never said it, lips sealed They actions reveal how hearts really feel Like, late night I'm on a first flight The only brother in sight the flight attendant fright I sit in my seat, 2C She officially talking about, "Excuse me" Her lips up into a tight space Cause she don't believe that I'm in the place Showed her my boarding pass, and then she sort of All embarrassed put an extra lime on my water An hour later here she by walking past "I hate to be a pest but my son would love autograph" (Wow, Mr. Nigga I you, I have all your albums!) They stay on nigga on american roads And when you travel abroad they got world law Some folks get on a plane go as please But I go seas and I get over-seized Heathrow, me and my people They think that a synonym for negro Far away places, customs agents They think the dark face is smuggle in they cases inspected, now we arrested Attention directed to of our intestines Urinalysis by X-rays Interrogated and detained til damn near the day No evidence, no and no regard Even for the big american rap For us especially, us especially A Mr Nigga VIP jail just for me "If I knew you were I'd have baked a cake Just got shoe-polish, painted my face" They say they want you successful, but they make it stressful You start keeping pace, they start up the tempo
Now, who is cat out on the town trooper wanna stop him in his ride, pat him down Mr Nigga, Nigga He got the speakers in the trunk with the bass on Now, who is the cat with the hundred bill They gotta send it to the back to make the shit is real Mr Nigga, Nigga Nigga, Nigga
You can laugh and Michael Jackson if you wanna Woody Allen, molested and his step-daughter Same press kicking on Michael's name Show Woody and at the playoff game, holding hands Sit and just bug, think about that Would he get that type of dap if his was Woody Black? O.J. found by a jury of his peers And they been fucking with that nigga for last years Is it fair, is it equal, is it just, is it Do you do the shit when the defendant face is white? If boys doing it, well, it's success I start doing, well, it's suspect Don't me, my folks is poor, I just got money America's five centuries deep in money You see a lot of caked up, yo straight up new, y'all living off of slave traders paper But I'm a live though, yo I'm a live I'm putting up the big for my kids yo Got my mom the fat crib yo I'm a get her pretty bay windows I'm a cop a home to provide in A safe for seeds to reside in A whip for my whole family to ride in And if I'm still Mr Nigga, I find it suprising