Released: May 1, 2018

Songwriter: Lauryn Hill

Producer: Murda Beatz BlaqNmilD

[Intro: Big Freedia]
I wanna know who mothafuckin' representin' in here tonight
Brooklyn!
Uptown!
Hold on, hold on

[Pre-Chorus: Lauryn Hill Sample & Lauryn Hill]
Hold on
I keep lettin' you back in (Hey) you back in
How can I, explain myself?
Care for me, (Hey) care for me, you said you'd (Hey) care for me (What yall know about that)
There for me, there for me, said you'd be there for me
Cry for me, cry for me, (Yo, yo) you said you'd die for me
Give to me, give to me, why won't you live for me?

[Chorus:]
See this is Ex-Factor
He took the sample
My shit is classic
Here’s an example
Of how we niced it up on a rhythm so many wanna
Spice it up on a rhythm
See this is Ex-Factor
We took the sample
My shit is classic
Here’s an example
Of how we niced it up on a rhythm so many wanna
Spice it up on a rhythm (Listen)

[Verse 1:]
You know I'm only here 'til manana
Catch the plane so I can go to Punta Cana
Ripped up jeans and I'm Balenciaga mama
With dread dem who like to sing song, like satta massagana
I'm in the short natural like I'm Lola Folana
Birthed two lions codename Black Madonna
[?] head gear from Botswana
Backyard it's
[?] we no longer nana's
Watch that shit we go bananas
Watch that shit we go bananas

[Refrain]
I'm the original
I turned the paradigm
Who be the written * who be the mastermind
See how I sliced it up on this rhythm
So many wanna spice it up on this rhythm
I'm the original
I burned the paradigm
So many, wanna
See how I sliced it up on this rhythm
So many wanna spice it up on this rhythm

[Verse 2]
So stop actin' like you didn't grow up singing my songs
I stoop down on this bitch like I had wings on my own
I transcended speak truth like I wrote the amendments
Sorry if you offended it's the truth that I mean
Birds, beans, and, *pie, we take it the same
Mention my name its the same [?] they like [?] the brain
My shit still doin' the thing
My shit still raise the pain
Halabit* the world before we came
We conquered before we came
Emoji's and all flames
And the game was never the same
And the game was never the same
And the-

[Refrain]
I'm the original
I burned the paradigm
Who be the written [?] who be the mastermind
See how I sliced it up on this rhythm
So many wanna spice it up on this rhythm

[Chorus]
See this is Ex-Factor
He took the sample
My shit is classic
Here’s an example
Of how we niced it up it up on a rhythm so many wanna
Spice it up on a rhythm
See this is Ex-Factor
He took the sample
My shit is classic
Here’s an example
Of how we niced it up it up on a rhythm so many wanna
Spice it up on a rhythm
See this is Ex-Factor
He took the sample
This shit is classic
Here’s an example
Of how we niced it up it up on a rhythm so many wanna
Spice it up on a rhythm
Doo do do do do
See how we
Niced it up it up on this rhythm so many wanna
Spice it up on a rhythm
See this is Ex-Factor
He took the sample
This shit is classic
Here’s an example
Of how we niced it up it up on a rhythm so many wanna
Spice it up on a rhythm

[Outro]
God bless you guys
Come on thank you so much

Lauryn Hill

As one of the founding members of Fugees, Lauryn Hill has spit her truthful lyrics unlike any female rap artist in history. Being as informative as she is inspiring, Lauryn has received monumental success with her solo albums going multi-platinum.

Her classic, critically acclaimed debut album Miseducation of Lauryn Hill went outside of the box for female rappers of her kind, making listeners think about greater causes in their community and how to be a powerful female without selling yourself short. The album also proved to be a huge landmark in rap, as it combined rap, r&b and neo-soul into a unique and beautiful mixture, full of different religious stories and concepts.

Although she retired after the success of her debut, mostly due to her child, Lauryn continued to make appearances at different shows (including at a concert with Drake in 2014). Shortly after announcing her official retirement, Lauryn returned to the scene to release MTV Unplugged 2.0, a live album where she explored with folk, departing from her rap/neo-soul style. Hill is also set to perform tracks from Miseducation in 2018 on its 20th Anniversary.