hey joey yeah this is goin out to all the live motherfuckers know what i m sayin all the real niggas bronx brooklyn manhattan queens california la perla puerto rico whatever the fuck you re from know what i m sayin yeah the story takes place back in the south bronx where at the age of fourteen i was already to knockin off punks and suckers were scared to death every time i walked by i hear them niggas take their last breath see i just didn t give a fuck and if you had a sheep skin or leather bomber you was getting stuck that was the way it was one day i went to visit my aunt and stuck up my cuz see shit was fucked up back then no matter what the fuck i did i never had no ends and my moms was on welfare ayo i knew i had a father but the nigga was never there so what the fuck was i to do i m sick and tired to being the bummiest nigga out the crew i gotta get mine i gotta get cash i see a old man i m gonna rob him with the quick fast gimme your motherfucking loot papi i m gonna get paid and can t a damn thing stop me see i m tired of this poor shit and who the cops well they can suck my motherfuckin dick cause all them niggas ever do is harass that s why i get glad when i hear somebody smoked that ass just to let you know how i feel word em up the fuckin shit is real ayo it s real down on the down on the down on the reel to reel ayo the shit is real down on the down on the down on the reel to reel ayo it s real down on the down on the down on the reel to reel word the shit is real down on the down on the re re re reel to reel now i m sixteen and there s a brand new scene i m makin mad loot gettin paid off the dope fiends keeping shit in checking order and my main man tone was fucking everybody else s daughter see everybody knew in town that joe and tone had shit locked down and a nigga wouldn t test me it seems like every other day the fucking cops arrest me but the shit would never stick i make one phone call and be out right quick cause uncle dan had my back and now niggas gettin jealous cause they know i m living fat talkin shit around the way and on the block but never in my face cause they knew i packed the glock and my crew is mad deep a bunch of crazy puerto ricans so ayo don t sleep and all you bitch ass niggas know the deal check it out the fucking shit is real  ayo it s real down on the down on the down on the reel to reel ayo it s real down on the down on the down on the reel to reel the fuckin shit is real down on the re re re re down on the reel to reel ayo it s real down on the re re re reel to reel let me let ya know why i made this song brothers can t deal with the real word is bond i m sick and tired of these fake ass niggas sayin that they catchin bodies when they never pulled a trigger i know your style i ve seen it before you wear an army suit and now you think you re hardcore drinkin on your forties smokin on your blunts can t afford a chain so you wear gold fronts you re fakin the funk kid and you ll be gettin it up the ass if you ever did a fuckin bid it s time to separate the real from the phony the name is fat joe punk act like you know me i come equipped with the rough shit nowadays i can t believe the bull rappers come up with and all y all bitch ass niggas know the deal check it out the fucking shit is real ayo it s real down on the down on the down on the reel to reel ayo the shit is real down on the down on the down on the reel to reel ayo it s real down on the on the on the on on the reel to reel the fuckin shit is real down on the down on the down on the reel to reel word up i wanna say peace to my peeps the beatnuts mesanjarz of funk strickly roots my man full flex zulu nation jazzy j in the house diamond d the whole diggin in the crates crew and rest in peace to my man tony montana ayo i m out word is bond the shit is real fat fat fat fat joe s fat fat fat joe s in town town fat joe s fat fat fat fat joe s in town town fat joe s fat fat fat fat joe s in town town fat joe s fat joe s in town town 5