You nah I mean? Be clear, baby
Funkmaster Flex, DMX
I'm fucking built for this shit right here
That "T" would help though
Here we go again
Yeah, check it out, y'all (uh, uh)
Check it out, check it out (uh)
Check it out y'all, check it out y'all
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Funk Flex, DMX (uh, uh)
It's Funk Flex, DMX (uh, uh)
It's Funk Flex, DMX
Straight Y.O. motherfucker

Now days cats and middleman, little man, ain't controlling shit (uh)
Talking 'bout holding bricks but ain't holding dick
Niggas talk real slick but that's about it
Soon as I see 'em headed my way, I cut 'em off quick (what?)
Must you beat me in my head every time I come through?
With shit like, "Everybody tells me I sound just like you" (damn)
But you not me, got me? And you can't live without me (uh-uh)
If I wasn't DMX, you wouldn't give a fuck about me (uh, uh what?)
Ain't about, "Dawg, I want to be just like you" (huh)
How about you wanting to be just like you?
You can do what I do, just in your own way
Shit, I dip niggas that ride dick every fuckin' day (aight?)
If you got talent, talent is yours, it can't be mine (uh)
And it take you where it's gon' take you, it'll be fine
Let me hit 'em with the rewind, do you and I'll do me (uh)
Truly you'll see how real you'll be (uh, uh, uh)

Do you 'cause what it boils down to is true
Do you 'cause you are held accountable for you
Do you, is that really what you want me to see?
Do you 'cause I'ma do me, truly (oowee)

Do you 'cause what it boils down to, it's true
Do you 'cause you are held accountable for you
Do you, is that really what you want me to see?
Do you 'cause I'ma do me, truly (oowee)

Ayo dawg, I got lyrics (uh-huh)
Ayo dawg, I got beats (word?)
Damn, is this the type of shit I gots to put up with in the streets?
Used to be able to walk, not have to talk to nobody (uh-huh)
Everywhere I go it's like I bring the whole party (damn)
It ain't about tryin' to follow or tryin' to be liked
But if we all see it through the eyes of the Lord, we see a light (c'mon)
Just let me get a hold of the mic and I'll teach you a little something (uh)
Lotta good things could go wrong because of a little frontin' (what?)
Express yourselves, be who you are
Mh-mh-mh, you're a shining star
You don't even know what you got inside
How the fuck you gon' find out? You keep wanting to ride (aight?)
Ayo, I ain't gon' let it slide no more, you're best to go for (uh)
What you know can't do you? Then what you flow for? (Uh)
You ain't gon' get there tryin' to be me, dawg
Look through your eyes (what?), See what you see

Do you 'cause what it boils down to is true (uh)
Do you 'cause you are held accountable for you
Do you, is that really what you want me to see?
Do you 'cause I'ma do me, truly (oowee)

Do you 'cause what it boils down to, it's true
Do you 'cause you are held accountable for you (uh)
Do you, is that really what you want me to see?
Do you 'cause I'ma do me, truly (oowee)

Like fuck it, you want to be me? Here's what you do (uh-huh)
Grow up neglected by both parents and still pull through (damn)
You gots to come up fucked up, get treated like shit (okay)
Then have your mother's new boyfriend smack you like a bitch (woo)
Turn into a killer but don't carry your shotty
'Cause the way it's goin' down right now, you gonna kill somebody (what?)
Get a dawg, walk the streets, learn what you need to learn (uh)
It don't have a cause but because you'll get burned (c'mon)
Rap for fifteen years without ever coming out
And be convinced that the world don't know what they talkin' about (aight)
Then get locked up every two years, for two years (uh, uh)
Keep it real, hold back all tears, face your fears (uh)
Become a man before your time, rap but live out your rhymes (uh-huh)
Let 'em know what's on your mind, then you'll get your shine (what?)
Due time, everything you dreamed will come true
But you won't be doin' me (What?), You'll be doin' you

Do you 'cause what it boils down to is true
Do you 'cause you are held accountable for you
Do you, is that really what you want me to see?
Do you 'cause I'ma do me, truly (oowee)

Do you 'cause what it boils down to, it's true
Do you 'cause you are held accountable for you
Do you, is that really what you want me to see?
Do you 'cause I'ma do me, truly (oowee)

Do you 'cause what it boils down to is true
Do you 'cause you are held accountable for you
Do you, is that really what you want me to see?
Do you 'cause I'ma do me, truly (oowee)

Do you 'cause what it boils down to, it's true
Do you 'cause you are held accountable for you
Do you, is that really what you want me to see?
Do you 'cause I'ma do me, truly

Copyright: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer(s): Claydes Smith, Dennis Thomas, Donald Boyce, Earl Simmons, George Brown, Irving Lorenzo, Larry Ogletree, Richard Westfield, Robert Bell, Robert Mickens, Ronald Bell