"You Know What I Mean" lyrics
Now I tell you like it is and there's no doubt
Every day I feel like checkin' out
With the pressure to life riding on my back
Couldn't talk about a thing if I didn't spit facts
But I always pushed and always tried
Cause the last thing I wanna do now is die
Life ain't long for a young black man
Tryna make money, doin' all he can
Selling dope but don't you hope he would go in and clap
But the boy makes money and he makes it fat
With the 50's on top and the 20's on bottom
Trues and vogues, oh yes he's got em
Why you sweating homeboy, you wouldn't give him a thing
So he went and bought his own fat diamond ring
Spendin' way more money than you spend your rent
So if you givin' out trouble, don't give it to him
Cause he had it before and he'll have it again
Checkin' out of this life on a trip to the pen
Did you want it that way, if you did it's a shame
Cause when the boy gets out he'll be running that game on you
You know what I mean, Vern
I tell you crime is a mother but it's oh so real
Gettin' robbed by a fiend, you might get killed
When you living that life it's like shooting dice
Roll craps that's sick, you might lose your life
I looked up to you when you walk this ground
Now you barely can't see it if I don't look down
Everybody's got a dream and that's to live
That life you always wished you did
Drive a big Cadillac, have your own big house
Gotta do what you can or you'll be checkin' out
With the bills unpaid and your family in debt
Did you really want to gamble, shouldn't make that bet
Losin' ain't fun when you never win
You're goin' broke and you know it if you lose again
I tell you first things first, no time to waste
Stop dragging, homeboy, ya can't hang with the pace
Cause if you do it like that you're getting left back
Sitting there thinking about smokin' that crack
Give it up, cause when it blows
You're checkin' out, when you're broke, there it goes
Hit it
Breakdown
I finally got a chance to just to chill on out
And tell you what I think life's really about
Gettin' paid all the time, tryna make that rhyme
When I'm really just sayin' what's on my mind
I thought about making love, call it female funk
Made it rhyme on time, then I made it bump
I'm always talking 'bout all the things I get
But now I'm talking 'bout making raps that hit like this, baby
I can't be fake
I'll be spitting my rap for the big Bank's sake
Wouldn't front at all but I just might sigh
Every hour on the hour, I'm flying by
People wanna get all in my life
Some ugly young girl said she's my wife
It's not even true, she couldn't be my lady
Some big fat girl said she had my baby
I can laugh all night at a cap like that
But I kick on back, just spit this rap
Cause I'm just that way and I hope you see
I'm checkin' out, homeboy, so don't mess with me
Too $hort, checkin' out
Ya know
What I mean, Vern?
Every day I feel like checkin' out
With the pressure to life riding on my back
Couldn't talk about a thing if I didn't spit facts
But I always pushed and always tried
Cause the last thing I wanna do now is die
Life ain't long for a young black man
Tryna make money, doin' all he can
Selling dope but don't you hope he would go in and clap
But the boy makes money and he makes it fat
With the 50's on top and the 20's on bottom
Trues and vogues, oh yes he's got em
Why you sweating homeboy, you wouldn't give him a thing
So he went and bought his own fat diamond ring
Spendin' way more money than you spend your rent
So if you givin' out trouble, don't give it to him
Cause he had it before and he'll have it again
Checkin' out of this life on a trip to the pen
Did you want it that way, if you did it's a shame
Cause when the boy gets out he'll be running that game on you
You know what I mean, Vern
I tell you crime is a mother but it's oh so real
Gettin' robbed by a fiend, you might get killed
When you living that life it's like shooting dice
Roll craps that's sick, you might lose your life
I looked up to you when you walk this ground
Now you barely can't see it if I don't look down
Everybody's got a dream and that's to live
That life you always wished you did
Drive a big Cadillac, have your own big house
Gotta do what you can or you'll be checkin' out
With the bills unpaid and your family in debt
Did you really want to gamble, shouldn't make that bet
Losin' ain't fun when you never win
You're goin' broke and you know it if you lose again
I tell you first things first, no time to waste
Stop dragging, homeboy, ya can't hang with the pace
Cause if you do it like that you're getting left back
Sitting there thinking about smokin' that crack
Give it up, cause when it blows
You're checkin' out, when you're broke, there it goes
Hit it
Breakdown
I finally got a chance to just to chill on out
And tell you what I think life's really about
Gettin' paid all the time, tryna make that rhyme
When I'm really just sayin' what's on my mind
I thought about making love, call it female funk
Made it rhyme on time, then I made it bump
I'm always talking 'bout all the things I get
But now I'm talking 'bout making raps that hit like this, baby
I can't be fake
I'll be spitting my rap for the big Bank's sake
Wouldn't front at all but I just might sigh
Every hour on the hour, I'm flying by
People wanna get all in my life
Some ugly young girl said she's my wife
It's not even true, she couldn't be my lady
Some big fat girl said she had my baby
I can laugh all night at a cap like that
But I kick on back, just spit this rap
Cause I'm just that way and I hope you see
I'm checkin' out, homeboy, so don't mess with me
Too $hort, checkin' out
Ya know
What I mean, Vern?
