Back up offa me
Back up offa me
Back up offa me
And when they're throwing pussy best believe you catching something
Back up offa me
I got money to make and not a minute to waste
(Ya know)
I need space when I'm trying to create, you need to just
Back up offa me
Ya trying to walk in my shoes, I know you won't fit it
Won't you, get out my face? Better stay in ya place
Back up offa me
Sports, entertainment, academics, business or politics
(Yeah)
I'm fed up, how much can I take? Yo, you need to just
I don't owe you, you want Hi Tek to do a record for you
(Shh)
(Hey yo, muthafucker hold up)
Ain't no crutches in the crew, my crew a crew of equals
Back up offa me
Back up offa me
Henry Abernathy, from 51st Street
This is grown man business, be your own man
That's supposed to be his rap name or somethin' like that?
Talib Kweli
No, right now, somebody's daughter is backstage
Back up offa me
(See me in the cut)
Dodge the paparazzi, I don't want to see no lady die
I can't feed you, I already gotta kid
(Tryin' to roll up)
What, you thought that your shorty was going to act her age?
(Back up offa me)
I tell ya right now, as soon as I bag his groceries
Shit was cool when we was teen-agers, we grown men
That's more Kobe beef than Japanese restaurants
I got money to make and not a minute to waste
Back up offa me
But I gotta book of rhymes, I gotta book of rhymes
It's the white girl in Colorado, but guess who's Kobe?
(Here we go yaw)
Just 'cause I know you and ya flow too
Yeah man, this nigga
Tone, what is this? I know he ain't talkin'
I'm surrounded my babies than Ashanti songs
I ain't trying to sign I'm just the artist nigga
You think you do,well you're probably wrong
Jump off, statutory rape, now you done for
(Yeah, hey)
Back up offa me
Back up off you, you need to back up off me
I got money to make and not a minute to waste
(Hey)
Ya know what I'm sayin'?
(Yup)
(Hey)
But ya coming at me like you don't know me
They're like a pimp only hoes sweat them
Nigga, you talkin' bout me, know what I'm sayin'?
Nigga, do you
If he come back around the block
(We can roll up)
Back up off you
(See me in the cut)
Ya know what I'm sayin'? I'm a take lika-lika little snapple bottle
I need space when I'm trying to create you need to just
Stand up on ya feet, I thought we was homies
And just crack him across his forehead
Fed up, how much can I take? Yo, you need to just
Back up offa me
Back up offa me
If he comes in my line at the grocery store
(Back up offa me)
Get your own respect Duke, that ain't mean or evil
(Tryin' to roll up)
Won't you, get out my face? Better stay in ya place
Fed up, how much can I take? Yo, you need to just
Tried to tell you not to fuck with these debutants
Back up offa me
(Hi-tek)
Don't need diseases or cases, ain't trying to catch nothing
But I'm serious, if he come back around the block
Oh baby, I know ya don't get it
(Hi-Tek)
Ya find hoes that swallow dick for dollars quick
Young broads, roll up in gangs, like the Young Lords
Back up offa me
Back up offa me
(How hot is that?)
When I do a show I like to catch the ladies eyes
How a nigga try to regulate that's not his?
Back up offa me
(Yup)
Always wanna make sure you keepin' it real, keepin' it real nigga
(Nope)
(Hey yo, muthafucker hold up)
So niggas is checking for you
I need space when I'm trying to create you need to just
You my people, but I don't need you moanin' and groanin'
Who you think put him on? Okay, I put him on
(Oh we can roll up)
There's more to it, you won't get it
Nigga's name is Henry Abernathy, that's his real name
I know that nigga talkin' bout me, know what I'm sayin' man?
He just gonna go out there and get money with out me
Won't you, get out my face? Better stay in ya place
I'm just trying to rhyme and go the hardest, nigga
(Yup)
Comfortable, 'cause niggas get respected for you
Back up offa me
Back up offa me
Radio suckers never play me 'cause I don't let them
Back up offa me
It's a master-slave relationship, but guess who's Toby?