[LL Cool J]
  You ever get to the point where you so frustrated
  you ready to give up?
  You ready to end it all?
  Don't do it dog, word up
  I don't care if you black, white, latin, asian, whatever
  We all go through pain
  When you can't think.. use your soul baby
    Preliminary discussions is over with, the verdict is in
  I took the rap throne back
  I reigned like krills in eighty-seven, my name is on the map
  It feels like a razor down the middle of my back
  They slept on my lyrical ability to blow
  Gave another nigga credit for inventin my flow
  I'm a child of God, witness the risin son
  From the cradle to the grave, I remain number one
  This thing of ours, got competition takin red showers
  Grievin mothers callin 1-800-Flowers
  My repoitoire burn your ashes in the urn
  Is it God or money that really make the world turn?
  Grab your gun, seperate the ones from the real funds
  Inhale deep and hold it in your lungs
  The streets was requestin some original LL
  A soundtrack for niggaz that was raised in {hell}
  They lookin for a leader that can guide 'em through the maze
  Smoke filled rooms, breathin in purple haze
  Po' nigga's on the bricks his whole life
  He ain't got nuttin to live for, so fuckin livin right
  But if you stay in the rain like hurricane
  Gold melts down but it don't fear flames
  Toxic, lethal, psychologically evil
  Genocide was committed on the black people
  And the ghetto is a trap with glass walls
  Should I sell drugs, be a rap thug, or play ball?
  We end up in the grave anyway
  The average cat and LL Cool J
  It's a never ending cycle, life and death
  Until then may my mic stay blessed, to the death
    [Chorus: LL Cool J]
    I CAN'T THINK! Why do I feel I'm losin my mind?
  I CAN'T THINK! Could it be the ill beats and rhymes?
  I CAN'T THINK! Even though I'm a one of a kind
  I CAN'T THINK! I want the paper, that's just the bottom line
  I CAN'T THINK! Mo' murder every day around the way
  I CAN'T THINK! I'd rather get paid and parlay
  I CAN'T THINK! It's all about survival God
  [scratched] - "You know the epilogue by James Todd" - [Biggie Smalls]
    [LL Cool J]
  Put your life on the line, you runnin out of time
  The coroner's callin, she know she on a nigga mind
  Amongst the dogs, real cats is hard to find
  Even a nigga MOMS hate it when he start to shine
  Get the money and run, dodge the devil and his sons
  Spit powerful parables like a sermon has begun
  Fuck the turntables up, leave the DJ awestruck
  Attitude is WHAT, keep the razor blade tucked
  Too much flossin'll get your reputation touched
  Too much rappin'll get your big mouth shut
  Protect your neck nigga, you'll get it in the gut
  You wearin a vest? What if you get your throat cut
  Sold your soul for a dollar, now you havin bad luck
  Used to keep a bad bitch in the crib baggin up
  Player here, player there, nigga turned you out
  but never told you beware
  Never told you that black love supposed to be shared
  and you never judge a woman by the texture of her hair
  Fancy cars and gold teeth, G-strings and things
  The almighty dollar replace the wedding ring
  The Ark of the Covenant was held by a king
  I ain't tradin my soul in for skins and chrome rims
    [Chorus]
    [LL Cool J]
  Think about it yo, think about it
  Think about it yo, think about it
  Think about it yo, think about it
  Think about it yo, think about it!
  The dawn, of a new millenium, came to pass
  The world revolves around sex or cash
  The black man's motto, "Kiss my ass!"
  Shorties in kindergarten are strapped, ready to blast
  All I ever seen was killers and dopefiends
  From FEDS Magazine to the heart of killer Queens
  Bronx and Brooklyn and everything up in between
  No matter what, you always got a Judas on your team
  Givin it to the world and I'm tellin it like it is
  Tossin lyrical daggers and sendin em in your wig
  Know where the body's buried, I ain't sayin where it is
  Raised inside the ghetto, but damnit I WANNA LIVE!
  The legendary master of lyrical combat
  But ain't no competition, ain't nobody to go at
  So I'ma take the time and spit a universal verse
  Hit the streets with a blessin and erase the curse
    [Chorus]