* this is a remake of ed o.g.s "i got to have it"
We gonna do it like this, yo this is aceyalone
Giving a big shout out to ed o.g. and the b.u.l.l.d.o.g.s.
Yo whole rock this, look
Yo brown is my complexion, I got that electric connection
Now who needs some protection?
We rocking hip-hop, come in and turn your gun off
Gave you the mic and off the head you coulnt come off
I only say it cause nobody wants to shoot ya
Id rather teach you science and work on the future
Aceyalone aint not a phoney not by any means
And by any means necessary be supreme
I am the poet to flow with and get lyrical
I write songs like smokey and the miracles
Im from l.a., city of the big bang
But everywhere around the world they screaming "get thangs!"
And at the same time Im screaming out "i want mine!"
It aint nothing really new under the sunshine
But sometime you got to put away the fun time
Get it cause you only living one time, I got to have it
360 knowledge of self (I got to have it!)
Records all over the shelf (I got to have it!)
The wind underneath my wings (I got to have it!)
Money and fancy things (I got to have it!)
The food for my family to eat (I got to have it!)
The raps that can ride these beats (I got to have it!)
My own piece of this earth (I got to have it!)
For everything life is worth (I got to have it!)
I got to have it in the 2 triple o
Its either work nine to five or you rip a flow
Or rob a nigga, but how low can you go?
I aint a thief, I just want relief for sho
I got to get mine, no different from everybody trying to get theirs
So I was getting prepared
Instead of spitting shots through the air, maybe getting the chair
Yeah I got ta got ta, have it have it
Like peas and carrots, broccoli and cabbage
Bread and butter, now did I stutter?
Dont you utter another word, you mouth is in the gutter
And I cant take it, dont want nothing from you
And I cant stay, I got this bitch something to do
And its more important than michael jordan
Or operah winfery or billy cosby
To the death like a kamikaze, huh, I got to have it
360 knowledge of self (I got to have it!)
Records all over the shelf (I got to have it!)
The wind underneath my wings (I got to have it!)
Money and fancy things (I got to have it!)
The food for my family to eat (I got to have it!)
The raps that can ride these beats (I got to have it!)
My own piece of this earth (I got to have it!)
For everything life is worth (I got to have it!)
See I want everything that I dont have
So dont laugh when I tell you that I want half
But I dont want your half, I just want my half
And on my behalf, put it on a phonograph
Cds tapes, packaged with a photograph
And respect the ancestors when we walk the path
Talk the math, speaking like a genuine
Bless the gods, bless the mic, and then you rhyme
And keep it going until you end up at the finish line
And when you see the light beaming, then its time
We kick a four or ? ? ? this without a space ship
Dont want to take your life, I know I cant replace it
So while youre sitting around the house getting wasted
You know youre not using your full potential now youre facing
And plus, aint nothing wrong with riding the bus
So put on your nikes and kick rocks, I got to have it
360 knowledge of self (I got to have it!)
Records all over the shelf (I got to have it!)
The wind underneath my wings (I got to have it!)
Money and fancy things (I got to have it!)
The food for my family to eat (I got to have it!)
The raps that can ride these beats (I got to have it!)
My own piece of this earth (I got to have it!)
For everything life is worth (I got to have it!)
Uh, all right, do it like that
