Artist: Big Shug 
Album:  I.M. 4-EVA
Song:   Basically
Typed by: Gemini_20502K@Yahoo.com

[Intro]
Nothin but the real seen! Big Shug! AH HA!
Keep it movin baby seen! AH HA!

[Verse One]
Hello niggas, it's your man, Big Shug
Y'all know me, Murder Pan still the hood
Chill Brooklyn, with my niggas Guru and them
Some like me, but some niggas wasn't my friends
Kept it movin, loved hip hop so much
In the mecca I stayed in touch, with the weapon firmed and clutched
By my side, or in the trunk of my ride
'Cause I really didn't trust them guys
'92, toured with EPMD
Redman, K-Solo, 'Preme and G
Das EFX was all the rage
But I seen niggas act pussy, when we was backstage
No problem, this wasn't the streets, it was show
So I observe niggas and I worked my flow
Kept quiet, 'cause that's how bad boys move
And I ain't have nothin to prove, AH HA!
Debut, fuck around, lay around
Now Big Shug done came, the talk of the town
Empire was the management
And my nigga Jeru, was still damagin, for real
Years later, I guessed the nigga played himself
Now we still got time, to get to the wealth
Still love him, he just made a bad move
Foundation them still my dudes, for real
Years later, now them dudes see my ass
Pause, I still spit against the law
Still tap jaws, still spit it quite raw
Basically Shug's ya paw, it's what it is

[Chorus]
Basically, I break buds and smoke trees
Step through the fire, against my enemies
While you niggas take the time, to think of lines
I just grab the microphone and rhyme, AH HA!
Basically, I break buds and smoke trees
Step through the fire, against my enemies
While you niggas take the time, to think of lines
I just grab the microphone and rhyme, AH HA!
  
[Outro]
It's crazy man, how dudes be gettin caught up in the smoke in the studio
And start believin that they all these things you know
And then they spit forth some garbage, that we supposed to digest
It's kinda crazy because it is a form of entertainment
And it is about gettin paid, but it's not as complex as niggas try to make it seem
You feel me? I'm in this music man not for the sake of you but for the sake of us
Now all I know is real hip hop man, trust and believe man
It will come through in the end, you must weather the storm man
With all this garbage floatin around, we will come through
Real dj's stand up! basically, AH HA!
HEYYYYY!!! OH OH OH!!!! BASICALLY!!! HEY!!!
OH OH!!! HEYYYYY!!! OH OH OH OH!!! BASICALLY!!!
OH OH! WALK THROUGH THE FIRE!!! JAH!!! BLESS UP! BLESS UP!
HEYYYYYY!!!