WHO WE BE

M3

What's up to everyone, this in the place to be

I'm glad we could come together, we're making history

You won't see this again in half a century

Telling you who we be, E-M-C

Yo, I'm Wordsworth, W-W, Words for short

Mirror Music solo LP, y'all heard my thoughts

Yet I'm humble but I'm confident

Sophisticated and provocative

Novelist without all the obvious

Monotonous, many other accomplishments

Plus songwriter, storytelling and battle rhymer

I was born brighter

Being from Brooklyn, New York, it just naturally comes

MC and poet all packed into one, done

Ayo, what up? My name's Strickland from Milwaukee, U.S

Yeah, I can sing, I can dance, but see I talk to you best

I done did a lot of things but what I ought to do next

Is explain how M3 done simply brought you the best

I been signed to many labels who I fought to impress

They ain't hear me though, so I had to walk with the rest

I deserve much more but they offer me less

So here I be with E-M-C, who you thought was the best, what

What's up to everyone, this in the place to be

I'm glad we could come together, we're making history

You won't see this again in half a century

Telling you who we be, E-M-C

I'm Punchline, Lower East Side, place I reside

One half of Punch and Words, competition get served

These labels work my nerve, try killing my vibe

But I receive a gold plaque by doing records with Tribe

Grammy nominated, my position validated

Niggas took my style and ate it

Lyricist Lounge show, yeah we made it

I love hoes, keep my mind on my dough

I'm sorta like Terrence Howard 'cause I hustle and flow

Yeah, I'm Masta Ace from Brownsville, Brooklyn

Where many a chain is snatched and pocketbook tooken

Taken, it's also the home of Central Booking

Castors stealing checks off your Nikes if you not looking

I went five albums deep while half the world was sleep

Once wrote a speech about the system in my Jeep

From 1988 to 2000 and change

It's incredible I'm still doing my thing, it's a blessing

What's up to everyone, this in the place to be

I'm glad we could come together, we're making history

You won't see this again in half a century

Telling you who we be, E-M-C

Telling you who we be, E-M-C