Royce da 5'9"

Featuring: Dr. Dre

Songwriter: Royce da 5'9"

Producer: Mel-Man Dr. Dre

* hidden bonus track; written by Royce for Dr. Dre

[Hook: Royce Da 5'9"]
I might make it look easy, that's just the way I be pimpin'
Makin my money, that's just the way I be pimpin'
They wouldn't leave me, that's just the way I be pimpin'
You might not believe me, that's just the way I be pimpin'

[Verse 1: Dr. Dre]
I'm livin a motion picture, me and my niggas
In sixteen bars we'll make the big screen ours
What is this? Everybody's jiggy now, is the hustle that good
In everybody's city now, or do they act good?
I pimp on the street, I pimp in my sleep
And when I snore it sounds like I'm sayin, "Where's my money?"
I ain't playin, I'm out there like, "Where's my honeys?"
You gotta be a pimp to understand just how I'm layin
Fuck a Lex Bubble; I'm rich, and after this
I'mma be rich all over again, except double
See you ain't so hard; if you ain't burnin rubber
In somethin with numbers after the dot, you ain't no star
Me and my whole crew, done either shot a nigga or been shot
And if you check us out, ain't no scars
Hint - steppin to me is suicide
And that basically means that you could die, true superfly

[Hook]

[Verse 2: Dr. Dre]
My life's in the fast lane, that's when I knew I had game
Class came, I had hoes but didn't know they last name
In school, when you niggas was tradin clothes
Me and my niggas was tradin hoes like what they fadin fo'
Carry my books you ho, I had 'em slavin yo
I get skulled then I played the ho like, "Way to go"
Patrollin the halls holdin a black mac-11
Under the black leather, platforms, a hat with a feather
I was so naughty, drivin a gold Audi
All we did was throw parties and show up, with Gold Gotti
Handsome, and some, I'm the one you ran from
Cause you could only be the man in the shit that I was banned from
Make this shit seem easy, fiends need me
Make the most conceited chick in this bitch seem sleazy
Pleased at what I'm doin
And to all y'all pimp niggas, pimp on, and I'll see y'all at the reunion

[Hook]

Royce da 5'9", real name Ryan Daniel Montgomery, is undoubtedly one of the underground rap kings of Detroit. The Michigan MC is a long-time collaborator of Eminem’s, meeting him in December 1997, and is noted as one of the greatest lyricists in hip-hop’s history (in 2012, The Source ranked him as the 48th greatest lyricist of all time in their top 50, this questionable ranking unsurprisingly being scrutinized by many as a gross misjudgment).

Although critics have previously cast shade on his ability to create a well-rounded body of work, many, critics included, considered his sophomore effort, Death is Certain (2004), to be a strong album. To learn more in-depth about his solo discography, read this page (the page listed is old, so it is not updated).

Royce is the Bad half of Bad Meets Evil (with Eminem), ¼ of Slaughterhouse (alongside Crooked I KXNG CROOKED, Joe Budden and Joell Ortiz), and ½ of PRhyme (with DJ Premier). Royce currently operates a independent record label, Bad Half Entertainment.

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