Released: March 26, 1996

Songwriter: Busta Rhymes DJ Scratch

Producer: DJ Scratch

[Intro]
This is dedicated to all those who don't see it coming...

[Chorus]
You can live true, baby, you can live trife
Whatever way you chose, you got to leave your life
Ayo, you're running out of time, and you 'bout to cross
The finish line, the finish line
You can live true, baby, you can live trife
Whatever way you chose, you got to leave your life
Ayo, you're running out of time, and you 'bout to cross
The finish line, the finish line

[Verse 1]
And, yo! I can't afford to waste a second
Steppin' with my eyes on niggas checkin' on my weapons
Every millisecond, motherfuckers say they true to this
But when they grab the microphone they shit sound like stupidness
Hah, mad to pull another vicious scandal
I know that you can't handle when I hip from other angles now
Feel my hot wax, burning from my melting candles
You can't take the heat, so you switch from boots to wearing sandals
This is for example! Shit will make a nigga curse
When worse comes to worst, you be the first to disperse now
We don't BELIEVE your man was living like that
Hoping to find that nigga see exactly where his heart was at
It's a damn shame how Son know your style, know your name
Watch how he pull your file, make you wish you never fuckin came NOW
Even the hardest motherfucker has his final day
So kill that shit you talkin, and be about your fuckin way

[Chorus]
You can live true, baby, you can live trife
Whatever way you chose, you got to leave your life
Ayo, you're running out of time, and you 'bout to cross
The finish line, the finish line
You can live true, baby, you can live trife
Whatever way you chose, you got to leave your life
Ayo, you're running out of time, and you 'bout to cross
The finish line, the finish line

[Verse 2]
Yo, everyday I see you on the block smoking
With a bunch of niggas scoping on how they can split you WIDE open
You don't even know what's going on up in your circle
Awful murder niggas itch to leave you black blue and purple
Ahh, your man came to put you on and tried to make you breathe
Hit you with some shit that left you flippin mad in disbelief
You just can't believe that niggas that you smoke with is on it
And the way they rass they really got to bust yo' shit!
Thought your man was joking, paid no attention to the situation
Got with your crew and just continued smoking
Now your man sit and watch you panic
In any other situation you'd be fronting like you gigantic
I guess all that fronting is your main talent
It's apparent, he can see right through you like you transparent
Hah, aiyyo you need to watch your back you running out of time
Watch your step, cuz you only inches from the finish line

[Chorus]
You can live true, baby, you can live trife
Whatever way you chose, you got to leave your life
Ayo, you're running out of time, and you 'bout to cross
The finish line, the finish line
You can live true, baby, you can live trife
Whatever way you chose, you got to leave your life
Ayo, you're running out of time, and you 'bout to cross
The finish line, the finish line

[Verse 3]
Now, there's about a million motherfuckers on your trail
Quick to bust your shit for every single time your words failed
I'm watchin' all the moves you makin' fuck the speculatin'
Super-bitch nigga you just be fakin' if I'm not mistaken
Every move you fake you dig your grave a little deeper
Come around me with that shit I'mma flip it to my brother's keeper
Listen to this: overstress my emphasis
I insist to fix and bring the noise as long as I exist
Now you walk around the streets with all that shit you speak
And step inside the club just to receive the illest ass beating
HOO! Take a look around you get no type of sympathy
Impatiently, I sit and watch you die in your own iniquity
Hah, now you out dead and stinkin', and your eyes are no longer blinkin'
Time caught up quick, with your little BITCH way of thinkin'
Ahh, watch you diminish, while your niggas have to put a finish
On your misleading false image

[Chorus]
You can live true, baby, you can live trife
Whatever way you chose, you got to leave your life
Ayo, you're running out of time, and you 'bout to cross
The finish line, the finish line
You can live true, baby, you can live trife
Whatever way you chose, you got to leave your life
Ayo, you're running out of time, and you 'bout to cross
The finish line, the finish line
You can live true, baby, you can live trife
Whatever way you chose, you got to leave your life
Ayo, you're running out of time, and you 'bout to cross
The finish line, the finish line
You can live true, baby, you can live trife
Whatever way you chose, you got to leave your life
Ayo, you're running out of time, and you 'bout to cross
The finish line, the finish line
You can live true, baby, you can live trife
Whatever way you chose, you got to leave your life
Ayo, you're running out of time, and you 'bout to cross
The finish line, the finish line

[Outro]
Word is bond, bond is life
You shall be willing to give your life
Before your words shall fail
All those who out there frontin', misleadin' they peoples
Actin' other than they really are
It will catch up to you player, word is bond
So that's, specifically, to all those fake motherfuckers
Living out here on that bullshit
Trying to act like they know what the fuck's going on

Busta Rhymes

Busta Rhymes is a Grammy-nominated rapper, producer, and actor. Born Trevor George Smith, Jr. on May 20, 1972 in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, he would later move to Uniondale, Long Island but attended high school in Brooklyn with the likes of JAY-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., and Special Ed. Prior to his graduation from Uniondale High School in 1990, Busta joined Dinco D, Charlie Brown, and Cut Monitor Milo to from Leaders of the New School. The group opened for Public Enemy and their frontman Chuck D gave Chill-O-Ski the name Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George “Buster” Rhymes.

Leaders of the New School released two albums, A Future Without a Past… (1991) and T.I.M.E. (The Inner Mind’s Eye) (1993), before splitting after an intense interview with Yo! MTV Raps. Busta’s popularity began to rise with his appearances on A Tribe Called Quest’s “Scenario” in 1991 and its remix in 1992, as well as the remix to Craig Mack’s “Flava in Ya Ear” in 1994.

This led to Busta releasing his platinum debut album The Coming in 1996, featuring the platinum single “Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check.” Busta’s subsequent four albums all went platinum, while It Ain’t Safe No More… and The Big Bang achieved gold status. He also released several international hits, including “Dangerous,” “What’s It Gonna Be?” with Janet Jackson, and “I Know What You Want” with Mariah Carey, as well as being featured on the #1 hits “Don’t Cha” with the Pussycat Dolls and “Look At Me Now” with Chris Brown and Lil Wayne.