Released: May 19, 1998

Songwriter: Dame Grease DMX

Producer: Dame Grease

[Skit]
I'm sayin' though yo, I been hearin' shit about this kid X, man
I think that nigga bullshit, man, word up
Yeah
Been hearin' mad shit about he be robbin' niggas and shit
Yeah, what you know about that?
I'm just sayin' man, what people be sayin'
You know what I'm sayin'?
What people, who?
All types of people
Crack heads or what? Drug addicts?
Naw, naw niggas be sayin' he robbin' niggas and stuff like that
That's, that's wack yo, that's bullshit yo
You rob niggas, what the fuck you talkin' 'bout?
I'm sayin' I, I do mine but he rich
He a rich nigga, he don't need to rob nobody
Come on man, nigga
You ain't never rich in this world, the fuck you talkin' 'bout?
You know, I know your pops, he told me
You's a little knucklehead mothafucker
You need to raise, you need to stop
You need to go to the mosque or sumthin'
You need to get your shit together, man
You out here listening to all these niggas on the corner
Smokin' blunts and 40's, and all that shit
That shit look cool and all that? That shit ain't cool, man
Y'know what I'm sayin'? Your head-

DMX

Earl Simmons better known by his stage name DMX (An acronym for DarkMan X) rose to fame in the late 1990’s.

His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80’s.

To date, his best-selling album is his 1999 album …And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single “Party Up (Up in Here)”.