Released: November 29, 1990

Featuring: Tony M.

Songwriter: Tony M. Prince

Producer: Prince

[Intro]
MC T on a hit and to make sure I don't miss
Kick the beat as this fool persists

[Verse 1]
Step off me, get the hell off, well I'm riding
Flowing with this funky beat, you suckers keep on tryin'a
Diss this, uh-uh, I ain't having it
Sucker duck, understand my schedule work too heavy
I'm a man, I mean, sometimes it seems hammer claim
But I can still cop a lean and explain to you
An MC who's got beef, I'm giving grief to disbelief
You said that I was new to this well put me on your hit list
I'm 'quipped to rule, and I squash all the bull

[Hook]
We got our own ideas!
We got our own ideas!
Yeah

[Verse 2]
Antogonistic action, it's just a fraction
Of what I feel for you, I'll take my time in a rhyme
Yo, let's bust a move, I'm steppin' with confidence
Yes I know it's evident, a backseat to you that's irrelevant
You see it's like this, you shot and missed, and now it's my turn
You learn, you mess with the fire, you burn. and it's a heat up
Situation sticky
You're the duck, huh, I won't be picky, I'm bassin'
You're chasing a dream that I'm livin'
You stupid pigeon, cause even with the high flow, I keep a low pro
You step off on me, and that's a sho' nuff n.o
I mean a no-go
Yeah, something like that

[Hook]
We got our own ideas! (yeah, yeah)
We got our own ideas! (yeah, yeah)

Fuck it, you're tryin' to step on my tip, yeah

[Verse 3]
I'm a brother with a purpose (pump it up, T)
So I'll take my time and serve this right
Despite the negativity
Never want society to get the best of me
You sold out, just another fool, holdin' out
On the pockets of my brothers tryin' to get clout
Step back, cast the vapors, your vision's blurred, check out my behaviour
Calm, cool, never sweat the issue (so what you're saying?)
What I'm saying is that we're past due
Gotta stand up and be counted, can't you see the trouble keeps mountin', boy
And I won't stand for it, so get off
Cause I'm about to have a fit
You can't step unless you step legit
Enough talk y'all, this is it, let's get ill with this
Yeah, yeah

[Modified Hook]
Suckers are trying to step off on my tip
We got our own ideas!
Suckers are trying to step off on my tip
We got our own ideas!
Suckers are trying to step off on my tip
We got our own ideas!
Suckers are trying to step off on my tip

[Verse 4]
As I roast, you toast - can't stand the heat of the aftermath
The worst you ran with you dis just to get a laugh
The brother you ridiculed
They say you're the king of rules
Yeah, time for school, time for walking
I'm stalking, you're talking
As you run your mouth down, I'm chalking up another way of
Gettin' paid in dividends
In the end, my friend, its just a verbal blend
Yeah, get with that

[Modifed Hook]
What's up?
We got our own ideas! (yeah)
What's up?
We got our own ideas! (yeah)
Brothers be jocking, freaks keep clocking
Brothers be jocking, skeezers are clocking
We got our own ideas!
Skeezers be on my tip (yeah)
Trying to get with this
We got our own ideas!
Skeezers be on my tip (yeah)
Trying to get with this
Skeezers be on my tip (yeah)
Trying to get with this
Skeezers be on my tip (yeah)
We got our own ideas!

[Outro]
Trying to get to this
Clocking, I got my own ideas
And they ain't got nothing to do with what's in here
See ya next year, 91, in full effect
I'm getting ign'ant
(yeah, yeah)
We got our own ideas! (yeah, yeah)

Prince

An American singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and actor that produced 22 RIAA-platinum albums during his 40-year career, Prince may be known for one of many different things – his turn as “The Kid” in the iconic film/album/8 ½ minute ballad “Purple Rain”, being the writer behind the acclaimed anthem “Kiss,” rivaling Michael Jackson at the pinnacle of his career, being the inspiration behind censorship laws, or being the artist addressed as an unpronounceable symbol throughout the 1990s—but while many know of Prince, most don’t fully understand the impact his legacy left on this world.

Going by many aliases throughout his life, Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 7, 1958 with his father’s (John L. Nelson) stage name as his own given one. Growing up, Prince suffered from serious epileptic seizures at a very young age, but he had wrote his first composition of many by age seven, and outside of his love for basketball, he wanted music to be his purpose in life. His tumultuous childhood, witnessing alcoholism and abuse, caused him to find refuge in neighbor André Cymone’s home in his teens, where the two competed in local band competitions, leading to Prince’s introduction to Morris Day alongside music with his cousin’s band 94 East, leading him to be courted by record labels and ultimately signed to Warner Bros. Records with complete creative control; at 19, his debut album, For You (1978) was released – Prince played all 19 instruments on the record.

Influenced by the likes of Miles Davis, Rick James, and James Brown, Prince desired to form a music dynasty and after the success of his next albums – the platinum-selling Prince (1979), the sexually-charged Dirty Mind (1980), and politically-motivated Controversy (1981) – he negotiated for the ability to form his own label and manage artists of his own. Prince’s trademark sexual/religious rhetoric within pop-and-dance, funk-rock sound gained him a following, but his opening slates for Rick James and The Rolling Stones were both negatively received and facing bankruptcy, the young artist began to reach for mainstream popularity. Cashing on the drug-influenced doomsday mania of the times, 1982’s 1999 easily achieved that mainstream appeal, landing him on MTV, music charts, and radio stations across the world.