[Intro: Ma$e]
Brandy, Darkchild, Ma$e Kid
Harlem on the rise
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on

[Verse 1: Ma$e]
I went from Helly Hansen to mini mansions
The girls in Aruba doing belly dances
Spent half of my advance on jars from Branson
To make it through my circumstances
But you know I'm wiser now, move like Keyser now
Got a butter soft leather just to hide my pound
Got a house in the valley, come and find me now
Got enough dough to buy the town
So, I might give a six to my chick, Benz to my mom
Crib so big, it look like the center gone
Give her a couch just to spill Henney on
And been a don since Lotto's and Benetton, come on

[Verse 2: Brandy]
Some people say that I am not the same girl
They say I think that I am in my own world
What makes them think that I have changed? Yeah
A little dough cannot erase my problems
Me like you, I have to try and solve them
Yes, everything is quite the same, woah
[Chorus: Brandy]
I'm just tryin' to be me (Be me)
Doin' what I gotta do (Doin' what I gotta do)
Some people think that I'm (That I'm)
Just sittin' on top of the world (Sittin', sittin' on top of the world)
I'm just tryin' to be me (Yeah)
Provin' what I gotta prove (Provin', oh)
Some people think that I'm (That I'm)
Just sittin' on top of the world (Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Sittin' on top of the world (Yeah)
Sittin' on top of the world

[Post-Chorus: Brandy]
Sittin' on top of the world, top of the world, top of the world, top of the world
Sittin' on top of the world, top of the world, top of the world, top of the world (Yeah, yeah)

[Verse 3: Brandy]
I wonder why it's often said that my life's
A fairy tale and everything is alright
I wish that you could know the truth, yeah
My life is real, so please don't get it twisted
Problems the same and gotta be dealt with
These are the things I wish you knew, oh, oh

[Pre-Chorus: Brandy]
Always in someone's eye
So many questions why
How is it to be down with me, with me
Afraid to express myself (Yeah, yeah)
Always me and someone else (I need)
I need to be free (To be free)
But it's not that easy (Oh)
[Chorus: Brandy]
I'm just tryin' to be me (Tryin' to be me)
Doin' what I gotta do
Some people think that I'm (Sittin')
Just sittin' on top of the world (Sittin' on top of the world)
I'm just tryin' to be me
Provin' what I gotta prove (Provin', no, no, no)
Some people think that I'm (That I'm)
Just sittin' on top of the world (Sittin' on top of the world)
Sittin' on top of the world

[Bridge: Brandy, Ma$e]
Don't understand why (Don't understand why)
(Brandy, Brandy, Brandy)
Why so many people think I don't (Woo, woo, woo)
(Your love's sweet as candy)
Have friends who knew me back (Friends who knew me back when)
When this was my dream, was my dream (No, no, no)
(Yeah, kid, Harlem on the rise)
Nothing has changed
(And you don't want a problem with us, guys)
I still do the same things (Oh)

[Verse 4: Ma$e, Brandy]
Yo, you can cut the talkin' short if it ain't about cake
I ain't sittin' on top, I want a house on the lake
I'm that snotty-nosed cat wit' a new BM
If you mess wit' Bran, then I got to bruise your chin
I be with Puff, the girls be like, "Who's his friend?"
If I hit a chick once, she'd probably move me in
So, you gotta tell me right now, either you wit'
The cats who make the hits or the ones that see the chips
Slow down, Ma$e, you're killin' 'em, but don't stop it
What's the use of buyin' a weight if I'mma have to chop it?
I used to love the lady till I learned her logic
She only mess with Ma$e, no, the money ain't no object
If it ain't Cris, he won't pop it
If it ain't platinum wit' ice, he won't rock it
If it don't cost 60, he don't drop it
If it don't come with TVs, he don't cop it
You can stop it
Yeah, yeah, yeah, what, what, what?
[Chorus: Brandy]
I'm just tryin' to be me (I'm just tryin')
Doin' what I gotta do (Oh, oh)
Some people think that I'm (Think that I'm just sittin' on top)
Just sittin' on top of the world (World)
I'm just tryin' to be me
Provin' what I gotta prove (Provin' what I gotta prove)
Some people think that I'm (Woah, ooh)
Just sittin' on top of the world (Sittin' on top of the world)
Sittin' on top of the world

[Outro: Ma$e, Brandy]
Yeah, yeah, Brandy on top of the world, uh (Oh, oh)
Darkchild on top of the world, uh (Sittin' on top of the world)
Ma$e be on top of the world, what?
Harlem World be on top of the world, uh (Sittin' on top of the world)
Brandy on top of the world, uh (Top of the world, top of the world, top of the world)
Darkchild be on top of the world (Sittin' on top of the world)
M-A, dollar sign, E all over the world (Top of the world, top of the world, top of the world)
Brandy all over the world (Sittin' on top of the world)
All over the world
All over the world (Sittin' on top of the world)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, what, what?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, what, what, what?
Sittin' on top of the world