Artist: Royce Da 5'9" Album: Layers Song: Gottaknow Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com [Intro] "Presenting to you, the President of the United States." "The bullet being lodged an inch away from his heart, Reagan is launched into the operating room, and tells his doctors, 'I hope you're all Republicans.'" [Royce Da 5'9"] Cash rules everything around me, I ain't claimin I'm street I'm just sayin everything that surrounds me is concrete In the bubble-eyed ride all because I +Bubble+ like Don P Right beside me's a dime piece College girl lookin 'bout as good as I sleep That's cause I keep it low, the opposite of high-key Y'all niggaz got the wrong idea 'bout what's really goin on out here, y'all weird I see They told you keep your ears to the streets Y'all niggaz layin down and y'all ears out here in these streets I guess you took it literal Guess the only code you live by is forget-it code Uh, if I should get my own guilty verdict May the next man learn from it then flourish You could put it on the news, you could put my face on the front of a shirt in the latest video then blur it Y'all niggaz fuckin with the next nigga bitch Mostly attracted to her cause she the next nigga bitch One of my niggaz made a name for killin niggaz Now he on the slayin spree for Dilla niggaz, I call it the nigga niche Life is set up for you to dig a ditch God is lookin down on all bein carried by the crisp pallbearers like just ball player You ain't even gotta pull a trigger, you can still assist I'ma keep it real as this [Chorus: Royce Da 5'9"] Got to know when to roll from the madness Got to know when to give these niggaz passes Got to know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em Got to know when to beat these niggaz asses Got to know when the money ain't good money Got to know when somebody ain't good for ya Got to know when to open and when to close it When bein silent exposes and when it's golden Got to know all the "got to knows"... Got to know all the "got to knows"... [Royce Da 5'9"] God made us niggaz, then made us all breakable Then gave us all decision-makin that'll make or break a nigga People tryna blaze wit'chu just so they can lace a nigga All because of public sensationalism With brothers with faces that people see and can relate to When the place where the foundation of eating's higher population is based on popularity, gotta be careful where you place your wisdom All it takes is just one conversation where you unbeknownst to the fact you're talkin to an abomination at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong crime takin place, that'll put you away for a long grind Where it's locked, where it's not safe unless you know them combinations Yeah, it's just a way a man to be taken by the same thing that took his brother We don't learn from each other We learn to look the other, way when one of us in trouble That karma lookin to catch you, it's patient It'll wait 'til you think it would love to come get you Cause it know that women been the downfall of men, ever since pussy was discovered Dearly beloved, you soul-searchin for nothin Just follow the instincts the Lord versed you with Historically that feelin that you get in your gut been gettin ignored more than that poor person Who's livin under the gun in this cold cold world that we live in That's under the imminent control of the consumer and indigenous war merchants More religion and more churches Doctors, more nurses Cause it's the American way to make anything that'll finish you or drop you, for purchase Who said I couldn't buy my way into heaven? All I need is a bottle, a couple dollars, a couple people that'll keep me company And who love misery as much as me You got to know your pedigree Got to be yourself at all times, your true self at all times ain't gon' hesitate to let you know when you should let it be A lot of these brothers done died tryna follow they pride Gotta know the alert signs Them butterflies as reliable as your first mind genetically [Chorus] w/ static mixed in