[ti:I Don't Understand It] [ar:Big L] [al:Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (Explicit)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.76]I Don't Understand It - Big L [00:02.02]Lyrics by:L. Coleman/Rodney Lemay [00:03.24]Composed by:L. Coleman/Rodney Lemay [00:20.22]There are too many M C's who are overrated [00:23.29]They ask me they wasn't even supposed to make it [00:25.82]In the rap biz they don't know what rap is [00:28.37]So give it up become a actor or a actress [00:30.88]Or a producer 'cause you fail to use the [00:33.10]Mic right so take flight before I bruise ya [00:35.66]For sayin those bull crap wack raps on wax [00:38.22]You need to get smacked sit back and rip that contract [00:41.09]Hey yo I'm serious Big L ain't playin games [00:43.35]I should get foul and buck wild and start sayin names [00:46.51]But deep down inside you know who you are [00:48.40]Your rhymes are not up to par you fake superstar [00:51.29]And that really gets on my nerve [00:53.45]When a rapper gets the credit that he don't deserve [00:55.89]Goin platinum and don't have no soul [00:58.61]Some rappers are mad nice and don't even go gold [01:01.55]I don't like the way it's goin down [01:03.44]Because it should be the other way around [01:05.72]I don't understand it I don't understand it [01:08.21]I don't understand it I don't understand it [01:10.80]I don't understand it I don't understand it [01:13.62]How M C's take this rap game for granted [01:16.94]M C's what's goin on [01:19.08]I don't understand man how rappers cold transform [01:22.10]One minute you're hardcore and raw [01:24.16]That's what you was known for but not no more [01:26.75]You changed you rearranged [01:28.32]You're not the same your raps are plain [01:29.97]That explain why you lost your fame [01:31.90]Used to be on top then you fell like rain drops [01:34.74]You turned pop now you no longer gain props [01:37.24]Who's fault is that nobody's but your own black [01:39.64]Used to make fat tracks jack but now you're stone wack [01:42.30]So M C's don't ever step out your range [01:45.13]Remain the same [01:46.18]And only change with the time [01:47.82]Unless you get dropped like a dime [01:50.02]Go for yours like I'm goin for mine [01:51.90]But if you're rough stay rough if you're dap stay dapper [01:54.83]And never try to look or even sound like another rapper [01:57.70]Just fulfill your own needs [01:59.26]Some rappers wore gold chains and now they're wearin beads [02:01.83]I don't understand it I don't understand it [02:04.26]I don't understand it I don't understand it [02:06.86]I don't understand it I don't understand it [02:09.74]How M C's take this rap game for granted [02:12.05]I don't understand it I don't understand it [02:14.54]I don't understand it I don't understand it [02:17.12]I don't understand it I don't understand it [02:19.95]How M C's take this rap game for granted [02:22.99]This is how it should be done [02:24.92]I'm not the one and my raps is strong like rum [02:27.93]But some M C's grab the mic and sound dumb [02:30.52]Plus slum how come rap skills they have none [02:33.52]And I wonder how the hell they records sell [02:35.58]They raps are stale and frail [02:36.85]They're false like fairy tales [02:38.48]Your technique and everything you speak's weak [02:40.76]You got a little airplay because of your beats [02:43.30]Your fame and your name but your lyrics are lame black [02:45.79]Step to this and get ran over like train tracks [02:48.32]Your raps border wack and you went on tour with that [02:50.94]Crap don't understand it 'cause rhyme skills you lack [02:53.30]I got more soul that Nike Airs givin M C's nightmares [02:56.15]Rappers be frontin hard and rhymes they don't write theirs [02:59.22]But still call themselves M C's [03:01.30]Please how could that be [03:03.13]I don't understand it I don't understand it [03:05.66]I don't understand it I don't understand it [03:08.24]I don't understand it I don't understand it [03:10.99]How M C's take this rap game for granted [03:13.27]I don't understand it I don't understand it [03:15.84]I don't understand it I don't understand it [03:18.26]I don't understand it I don't understand it [03:21.20]How M C's take this rap game for granted [03:23.41]I don't understand it I don't understand it [03:25.97]I don't understand it I don't understand it [03:28.57]I don't understand it I don't understand it [03:31.41]How M C's take this rap game for granted [03:33.63]I don't understand it