[Intro]
Keepin' it real
Keepin' it real (Real)
Keepin' it real
Keepin' it real (Real)
Keepin' it real
Keepin' it real (Real)
Keepin' it real
Keepin' it real

[Verse 1]
I know you know I got the hip-hop (Real)
Non-stop body-rockin', mad props
I got parties clockin' minds, not cheap shots
Because I'm droppin' flavor (I'm keepin' it real)
I got to hit you with the fat beats
That keeps the heads shakin'
As we smash these flakes makin' cash
We crash these straight fakin' gangsters (I'm keepin' it real)
I'm the educated, underrated, overstated
Suckers made it, suckers played it, suckers raided
Don't you hate it how they faded
All the great except the latest style
Created by the greatest rappin', rhymin'
Rhythmic-climbin' funky timin', rhyme-designin'
Lyric-chimin', hard as diamond
Yes, it's mine and I'm inclinin' minds to rhyme
And I ain't lyin' (I'm keepin' it real)
[Chorus]
(Just keep it real)
(Real)
(Just keep it real)
(Real)
(Just keep it real)
(Real)
(Just keep it real)
(Keep it real!)
(Real)
Keepin' it real
Keepin' it real (Real)
Keepin' it real
Keepin' it real (Keep it real!) (Real)
Keepin' it real
Keepin' it real (Real)
Keepin' it real
Keepin' it real

[Verse 2]
I never hit you with the fake hard, barn yard (Real)
Country bumpkin facade, bogart
Bunch of frontin' upstart, undercard
Up-and-comin' rappers, yo (I'm keepin' it real)
I'm tired of hearin' all the bang-bang
Same thang as everybody shots ring
Gangs gain momentum as the rap game's slang change
And ain't nobody really (Keepin' it real)
I'm the innovating, motivating
Stimulating, elevating, resonating
Renovating, emulating, perpetrating
Combinating, denigrating
Escalating, dominating
Insane, mundane, no name, lame brain
Rappers came to entertain the same game
Gain fame and get a name, but ain't nobody (Keepin' it real)
[Chorus]
(Just keep it real)
(Real)
(Just keep it real)
(Real)
(Just keep it real)
(Real)
(Just keep it real)
(Keep it real!)
(Real)
Keepin' it real
Keepin' it real (Real)
Keepin' it real
Keepin' it real (Keep it real!) (Real)
Keepin' it real
Keepin' it real (Real)
Keepin' it real
Keepin' it real

[Verse 3]
I'm never comin' with the fly guy, (Real)
Get high, Image of a rye dry white lie
Givin' us a closed eye
Why die before I hit the heavens, yo (I'm keepin' it real)
I got to get it while I'm on Earth, re-birth
My ancestors were here first, dispersed
By what you heard with each verse I reversed
The image of a ghetto, yo (Keepin' it real)
No stereotypical, nothin' is typical (Just keep it real)
Comin' like a god or a mythical figure
My visual's somethin' like a magical, mystical (Real)
Force of residuals (Just keep it real)
On the mic I'm flier than visual, on like a signal (Real)
I drop it like a anvil, stand still (Just keep it real)
Sit back and watch a man build and chill (Real)
As I proceed, the plan will slam, kill, (Just keep it real)
Anybody game and, yo (I'm keepin' it real) (Real)
[Outro]
(Keep it real!) (Real)
(Keep it real!) (Real)
(Keep it real!) (Real)
(Keep it real!) (Real)
(Keep it real!) (Real)
Keepin' it real (Keep it real!) (Real)
Keepin' it real (Keep it real!) (Real)
Keepin' it real (Keep it real!) (Real)
Keepin' it real (Real)