With the class team that I'm with, we stay fit
Shorty say, "Don't talk to him, girlfriend, look where he live at
Of creation of motivation, in my family there's no relation
No matter who you are, no matter who you are
You don't have to drive a fancy car
Not fending enough to go out and grab bags from women
Just for you to be a shinin' star
Just like the calm before the twister hit
No matter who you are, no matter who you are
God's working hard on the streets for the love of the peeps
You don't have to drive a fancy car
It's more than gettin' money and gettin' bent
Caught a record deal, now them same old chicks
They got us willing to be killing off our population, full-time occupation
And never be ashamed of who you are or where you live
Word life, 'cos you're a shinin' star
No matter who you are, no matter who you are
No matter who you are, no matter who you are
All hands meet to shake, for Pete's sake
Mark this print, I feel like we've all been sent
Just for you to be a shinin' star
No matter who you are, no matter who you are
Well this is that time that you've waited for
Pop Duke wasn't there 'cos he had to do a bid
You don't have to drive a fancy car
Watch how it all go down and unfurl
Just for you to be a shinin' star
Just for you to be a shinin' star
For your little man, for your little girl, from Cheryl to Earl
We need to turn it around like oscillation
You don't have to drive a fancy car
But they gets none that's why I'm with the same girl
You don't have to drive a fancy car
Project style, ate government cheese for a while
So momma love stuck with these bad ass kids
That used to walk on by go out their way to say, hi
Brand Nubian name is gonna blister shit
Brand Nubian straight rate policy for the world
Plus cats be in his hallways with the drugs and the gats"
To me that's how it's gotta be peace to prodigy and Mobb Deep
No matter who you are, no matter who you are
Just for you to be a shinin' star
Three linked from what was said to be extinct
Understandings highest elevation, the foundation
You say, "Take my weed-smellin' ass home"
Walk right past the brothers and they can't speak
A four-letter word seldom heard amongst my nation
Crib probably crawlin' with roaches and rats
Now I'm damn near 20 and still ain't got no ride
We raise the flags in three places
You don't have to drive a fancy car
I'm grown more thirst than if I swallowed sand bags
Uhh, now it started it off for me in apartment 6C
I used to try and honeys used to walk on by
She used to say, "Keep your head up, always think positive
Your broadcast from Monday has now been switched to no day
Employ black faces from midnight blacks to light tan
I swear if we don't hear this on the air I'll be down at the station
Or watch it all burn to the ground from frustration
Lord Jamar, I'ma show love to all my people who show
Brand Nubian cats spread
Just for you to be a shinin' star
Let's break the ice, life livin' love, love livin' life
Niggas bring their ass in the clubs every week
Teenage years I had to struggle doing that"
From the same projects that I come from because
