[Intro]
A big up, woy
Yes, ha ha ha
Oh boy, it's big trouble in the place
I'm in the place, I'm in the place, I'm in the place
I'm in the place, I'm in the rashole place
I'm in the place, I'm in the place, I'm in the place
I'm in the place, I'm in the ras—
I'm in the place, I'm in the place, I'm in the place
Check it, yo, check it, uh

[Verse 1]
Just when you thought you was nice
In comes the rude boy that they call Phife
Since the year of '89, I'vе been around the world twice
And evеrywhere I go, they say the same shit (That kid is nice)
Gotta give a shout to my everyday peeps
The ones who knew the time, the ones that never did sleep
'89 twas the year when I entered the game
Nobody knew my face, nobody knew my name
But I knew from day one that this here wasn't game
Gots to do this 'cause I love this, so motherfuck the fame
Gotta represent with the correct mindframe
Since Tip and De La put me on, hip-hop has never been the same
My eyebrows lift when Tip or Shah' say "Kick a rhyme"
I simply go for broke, because I'm no joke
I learned to freestyle early because I couldn't afford a pencil
Or better yet a dime that I could lend to Mr. Wendell
A lot of emcees talk, say they wish to take me out
They figured I'd lose my touch just because me down south
But you know good and well that Malik ain't havin' that
I could live in fuckin' Greece, still in all, I won't slack
I'm sayin' though, my brother, you know there ain't no other
So tell your main bitch that the Diggy still loves her
Got that raw daddy flow, my idol's Maya Angelou
And by all means I'm gettin' paid 'cause Mighty Lighty said so
I drop you emcees in a line like a game of dominoes
So here we go, here we go, here we go
Yes, see, in the East we gets biz, uh
Phife Diggy is the man, kid, whoomp there it is
Gots to give a shout to Walt, since '87, he's had my back
Pa dukes, ma dukes, my little brother named Zack
My main purpose in life is to be no one but Phife
Just when you thought you was nice, now break it down
[Refrain]
If you think that I'm gonna be good to you
If you think that I got what you need
Sure, you're right
(Bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippee yay
Phife Dawg got somethin' for you, baby)
Now if you think that I'm gonna be good to you
If you think that I got what you need
Sure, you're right
(Bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippee yay
Phife Dawg got somethin' for you, baby)

[Verse 2]
Now I'm the type of emcee to toot my horn like Lena
Before I hit the stage I'll take a sip of Aquafina
I used to date Sabrina, or better yet Selena
Who had more fuckin' lumps than half-cooked farina
You know my stee', the illy-illy emcee
Phife Diggy, still knockin' off fleas
Yo, plus how I bring it on the freestyle note
Fuck what you heard, my shit is capital 'D', dope
Yes indeed, I give you what you need
You try to test me, you're smokin' too much weed
Yo, bust it, how we bring it, and everybody sing it
And like Mint Condition, no doubt, we fuckin' swingin'
[Outro]
Ha, it's like that yo, check the flow, yo
Ha, word up, word up
Yeah, now break it down
Ha, Jay Dee, hold it down
Detroit status, what, we is the baddest, what
New York status, what, we is the baddest, uh
Chicago status, what, we is the baddest, uh
Saint Louis stats, what, we is the baddest, what
H-O-U, stands for Houston
ATL, you know juice then
It's like that, pa, check it out, pa