[Wyclef] (PJ´s!) I was born in the PJ´s So I gotta rep for the PJ´s
The elevators with the pissy hallways Bangin on the project walls, all day
Yo if it wasn´t for the PJ´s y´all probably never heard of me Y´all be like, "Who the hell is Wyclef, and what´s a Fugee?" I´d probably be standin on a corner - watch you approach Steal ya dope, sell ya coke, then snatch ya rope Run for brokes with the cash and the jewels Bullseye, I hold my breath when I shoot The reason you should hold ya breath - cuz most thugs When they breathe and shoot tecs, they aim right but shoot left Now they flesh being swept off the surface
If you ain´t B.I.G., you ain´t Notorious So why ya man reckless, side-ballin like he holding heat Someone bring him a bed, for the permanent sleep Weight beneath Jacob´s Ladder and the Aftermath Don´t matter if you use a desert eagle as your armor Blood splatter, glass shatter through the project slums Another one in the obituary column, son
(PJ´s!) I was born in the PJ´s So I gotta rep for the PJ´s The elevators with the pissy hallways Bangin on the project walls, all day (PJ´s) I gotta make noise for the PJ´s Wrote my first rhyme in the PJ´s You can hear it in my speech, I´m from the PJ´s
The PJ´s! PJ´s
Before I was signed, I used to move on the crime All I wanted to do was rhyme, rhyme, rhyme Line for line, I make the blind man walk in a straight line To prison - and take a message to Shyne Peace God from the PJ´s to Ground Zero It´s a "Hardknock Life" but "The Sun´ll Come Out Tomorrow" Walk with a shadow through ghettos, playin in every borough You would think rap was rock the way I carry heavy metal It such a shame, cocaine in ya veins, screamin "Teen Spirit" grippin the shottie like Kurt Cobain
In the projects God, nuttin come easy Gotta deal with the grimy, greasy, the sleasy Move like a professional, young thug funeral What, you thought this was another Pepsi commercial? Nah it´s the Art of War, when you least expected it Wyclef the president, the PJ´s elected him
Yeah, and to the teachers that said I wouldn´t live And my remains would be found under the Verrazano Bridge Well I´m alive teach! So put ya theory to rest I ain´t Makaveli but I might fake my death Make no mistake, I´m a hip-hop artist
Before the diamond in the Billboard, the hood charted it Surburbia bought it, we bootlegged it, we couldn´t afford it Cuz in the PJ´s we underground like black markets The ´P´ stand for public housing The ´R´s for respect that ya get, when ya hold down ya set The ´O´s for ounces that we flip into ki´s The ´J´s for the judgement handed by the ju-ry The ´E´ is for enter, at your own risk You know the ´C´ - that´s for the cats that´s out to get rich And the ´T´... trust no one And the ´S´ is for the snitches - you know the outcome...