Uh, uh, uh      Lord have mercy, Jesus Christ   He's just nice, He just slice like a Ginsu   Look at the life that I been through   I'm the last real nigga alive, that's official      Lord have mercy, Jesus Christ   He's just nice, He just slice like a Ginsu   Look at the life that I been through   I'm the last real nigga alive, that's official      Y'all don't know about my Biggie wars   Who you thought 'Kick In The Door' was for?   But that's my heart, y'all still trippin' of this Jigga shit   Real niggas listen up and I'mma tell you how the whole thing start      Off top I brung Queens up from hard times   Rockin' at the Fever, streets was all mine   It was my version of the blues, droppin' our schools   The crack epidemic had rap representin' new rules      So I, got in 'em shoes, tried 'em, wore 'em   Wasn't a perfect fit, so I couldn't sport 'em   Young murderers ride, I knew all 'em   Jungle got shot, Will died, we was warring      I wrote it in my album   I was 18 when Lake seen the Island   And Lord held me down and   My surroundings started changing   I had a baby, I was making my rounds with AZ      Niggas started noticing my flow and was open when   The Golden Child closed 'em in with more style than them older men   Puff tried to start a label, Prince Rakeem had formed Wu-Tang   Snoop and Dre had a new thang      So Puff drove his new Range through Queens bridge Projects   He let me drive it, before Ready to Die hit   BIG and I hit blunts performing at the Arc   Next thing you knew, BIG blew and all the balling starts      He had Kim and his crew, I found Fox   Only niggas in New York with number one charts   BIG was ahead of his time him and Raekwon my niggas   But dig it they couldn't get along      That's when Ghost face said it on the Purple tape   Bad Boy biting Nas album come awake   BIG told me Rae was stealing my slang   And Rae told me out in Shaolin BIG would do the same thing      But I borrowed from both them niggas   Jigga started to flow like us, but hit with 'Ain't No Niggas'   Had much Versace swagger BIG admired the Brooklyn knight   And it took him in as Iceberg the rapper   Today don't know nothing, about this bullshit   There's more shit than wanting to be this King of New York shit      Uh, uh   Lord have mercy, Jesus Christ   He's just nice, He just slice like a Ginsu   Look at the life that I been through   I'm the last real nigga alive, that's official      Lord have mercy, Jesus Christ   He's just nice, He just slice like a Ginsu   Look at the life that I been through   I'm the last real nigga alive, that's official      Rap became a version of Malcolm and Martin   Rest in peace Will, Queens bridge live on   There's some ghetto secrets I can't rhyme in this song   There's some missing pieces I had to leave out      I had lot trust for Steve Stoute   At some point till I got to know him   We old friends, but what's loyal?   Puff soaked Interscope offices   With champagne bottles on Steve   And Steve thought the drama is on me   'Cause previously it would have been      Against whoever friends forever   However, I learn with some niggas it's all business   But I'm a street dude with morals   To diss niggas with Jigga too much   He used to say Jay wanted my spot   I laughed, stayed home, never hung a lot      A quiet man who used to be alone planning   Baby moms thought I was too quiet, couldn't stand it   She hit the streets, later on she hittin' the sheets   With a rapper who wanted me on his songs thinking he strong   I taught her how to watch for cars that might follow   Taught her street shit that I know her weakness was shine yo      But that's her, I ain't mad baby, it made me stronger   Now I get my paper longer   Illmatic, I was boss it was written I flossed   One of the most creative LPs ever to hit stores   In the Firm I learned I am Nostradamus   QB's Finest, Oochie Wally, faced more problems   I gave it all up so I can chill at home with mama   She was getting old and sick so I stayed beside her      We had the best times, she asked would I make more songs   I told her not till I see her health get more strong   In the middle of that, Jay tried to sneak attack   Assassinate my character, degrade my hood   'Cause in order for him to be the Don, Nas had to go   The Gam-B-I-N-O rules I understood   What y'all want, see, I already had      The Gift and The Curse?   Fuck that shit, the first shall be last   I'm the man's man, a rapper's rapper   G-O-D S-O-N, they'll be none after   I was Scarface, Jay was Manolo   It hurt me when I had to kill him and his whole squad for dolo      Uh, uh, uh   Lord have mercy, Jesus Christ   He's just nice, He just slice like a Ginsu   Look at the life that I been through   I'm the last real nigga alive, that's official      Lord have mercy, Jesus Christ   He's just nice, He just slice like a Ginsu   Look at the life that I been through   I'm the last real nigga alive, that's official