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Ras Kass

John Austin IV, (born September 25, 1976) better known by his stage name Ras Kass, is an American rapper. He is a former member of the hip hop supergroup The HRSMN along with Canibus, Killah Priest, and Kurupt. also a member of the group Golden State Warriors with Xzibit and Saafir. Editors of About.com also ranked him number 30 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007). more »

Year:

1998

4:57

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featuring Jazze Pha 

[Ras Kass] 
I been around the world once  had your fiancé twice 
I ain't nothin' nice  but every lifestyle got a price 
Kiss my momma on the cheek cause her love was deep 
Like Keith Sweat  but the deeper the streets get 
The deeper the beef get 
Enough fatal attraction to ??? your vet 
Cause everybody want to have it ??? and sh 
Now  ??? is my ??? over night  insight 
I write like six hundred thousand kilobytes 
Yes I'm on one, European cars, Cuban cigars, rap stars, 
Glass ceilings to the inevitable cap dealing for sexual healing 
I lack feeling, voted for black women like Terry Macmillan 
Save a prayer for me, I was told no guts no glory 
I shed a tear once in a while, too 
But a soldier gots to do what he gots to do 
I once ??? in ??? for Rupert Murdoch, I thought you knew 
It is what it is 

Hook: 
[Jazze Pha] Nowadays, that's the way it is 
[Ras Kass] Why do we do what we do when we do what we must, that's 
how it is, and how it is is kinda fucked up 
[Jazze Pha] It's sad to say, but things just ain't the same no more 
[Ras Kass] Why do we do what we do when we do what we lust, it is 
what it is, and how it is is kinda fucked up 

[Ras Kass] 
If the pussy is free, then talk is cheap 
Then again, it's probably cheaper to keep her 
Back in the days, all a nigga needed was suede pumas and a beeper 
Now they all expecting condos, briquettes and pet cheetahs 
See ya when I see ya 
And by then I know the motors she bogus I noticed they jockin the rims on 
the ??? 
I learned early to trust God when moms was like [you wear all that Nike 
shit] 
You need to swoosh your ass and get a job 
My occupation be operation, more horsepower than Daytona 
Cause I'm a rider, like Wynonna 
Being nice is a vice, the gift is naturally mine 
That's like grand verbalizing not knowin the time 
See, my partners commit crimes servin federal ??? 
Confined to a six by nine regretin the wrong shit he did 
I swig, wishing we was still little kids 
But we grown men now homey, it is what it is 

Hook 

[Ras Kass] 
Hip hop ain't even fun 
In these strange days, rappers is getting done 
Like Jericho won 
Within two months, two major artists got slumped 
I whispered 'God rest the dead' and let the ??? pump pump 
Kept a ??? since about eleventh grade 
Rock the Donna Carren shades 
Cause I don't like to dream about getting paid 
But I'm afraid I do 
Trying to organize a team, willing to empty magazines 
This supreme fiends for cream 
We need g's, like Mary Magdelline and born again Christians 
Ain't a politician cause I already got your vote 
True, I want your money but I ain't a preacher no 
I don't even love the dough 
But if you don't work you don't eat, so I want all I can get before I go 
I love what money can get 
It's elementary evidently, the custom convertible Bentley tently 
It is what it is 

Hook x2 

[Jazze Pha] 
There are things that we can change 
Some things remain the same 
That's just the way it is 
Way it goes, yeah 
There are things that we can change 
But most things gon' stay the same 
It's the way it is 
You better believe it, ooh yeah 

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