[Intro: Pete Rock]
Ah, excuse me everybody, please listen up
I do need your attention
Ladies and gentlemen (Set it off, man)
Check— Check me out— Check— Check— Check me out—
Check— Check— Check— Check me out— Check me out— (AZ, uh)
Check— Check me— Check— (Uh)
Ladies and gentlemen
Check— Check me— Ch— Ch— Check me—
Check— Check— Check me out, y'all

[Verse 1: AZ & Pete Rock]
This is grown man elegance mixed with ghetto allure
Fresh pair of Constructs and Louis store couture
No fucks, was a juvie, poor to the core (Uh)
Rose up from the Uzi all in the hall (Woo)
Bela Lugosi since the era of Kool G
Upset for lettin' up, but they never could lose me
Gucci, could see it all inside of my face
A n***a straight, this is fate, got phenomenal taste
The honorable great young Jedi (Jedi), bomb on the red eye (Uh)
Words I live by is off the tongue of my abuela (Uh-huh)
Shall I show and prove how I move? (Move)
It's hard to be cool when you a sparklin' jewel (Uh)
Check it, you either get it in or disconnect it
This is bigger than a record, tryin' to remake "The Message" (Ow)
Electric, hittin' every hood that I could (Could)
Those who understood, understand a n***a good (Uh-huh)
[Chorus]
Check— Check— Check— Check me out— Check me out—
Check— Check me— Check—
Ladies and gentlemen
Check— Check me— Ch— Check— Check me—
Ch— Check— Check me out, y'all
Check— Check— Check— Check me out— Check me out—
Check— Check me— Check—
Ladies and gentlemen
Check— Check me— Ch— Check— Check me—
Ch— Ch— Check me out, y'all

[Verse 2: AZ & Pete Rock]
Jotted in black ink, it's logic the math link
I'm a clash of a scientist and how a psychopath thinks
My higher half is a sphinx, my prior past is a jinx
It's why I graphically sit and let the factual sink (Woo)
City blocks is sizzlin', gunshots be riddlin'
Cops, opps and props, sky rock the adrenaline (Uh-huh)
Ya illin' and all you chasin' is crime (Uh)
Scrapin' up and gibberin', all you facin' is time (Time)
C74, what's a felony for?
You yellin' work you was sellin', what you tellin' me for? (What you tellin' me for?)
Smell of Dior, I'm chillin', could never get caught in my feelings
Love villains, but I talk to the childrens, they need it
Jail, death or a paraplegic
If you blessed by thirty and breathin', you succeeded (Uh)
Strategic, live from the top of New York
Alone all in my zone when I'm lockin' in thought (In thought)
[Outro: Pete Rock]
Check— Check— Check— Check me out— Check me out—
Check— Check me— Check—
Ladies and gentlemen
Check— Check me— Ch— Check— Check me—
Ch— Check— Check me out, y'all
Check— Check— Check— Check me out— Check me out—
Check— Check me— Check—
Check— Check— Check me— Check— Check— Check me out—
Check— Check me— Check me out—
Check— Check— Check— Check me out— Check me out—
Check— Check me— Check—
Ladies and gentlemen
Check— Check— Check me— (East New York)
Check— Check— Check me—
Check— Check— Check me out, y'all (AZ, Pete Rock)
C'mon
Brooklyn
Uh