The Rep Grows Bigga - GangStarr

You do your first bid and dirt to get your name known 
You never talk too much to get your spot blown 
Now you're no longer just a face in the crowd 
You're gettin so much respect that niggaz might as well bow 
And movin up with your hustle like you planned it 
Rakin dough like the world's greatest bandit 
Always got one eye open  for the stick up kids postin 
So much cream chumps they can't understand it 
Ladies flock to your jock like it's golden 
Curious, to test the weight you be holdin 
but you ain't got no time, to be chasin felines 
If she's the chick that you pick then she gets chosen 
People treat you like you're ghetto royalty 
And all your staff shows you utmost loyalty 
You paid your dues, refuse to lose in this scenario 
The rep grows bigga, you're a legend and a hero 

Your fame has gotten larger than your life 
You've got a harem of bitches and killer niggaz that's hype 
They got your back, but you so fly you don't need em 
You shit what you're eatin so you don't peep the proceedings 
They start schemeing, feeling that you're too swollen 
and that's the reason why your cash and stash gets stolen 
You start perspiring, because you're paranoid 
Still another confrontation that you couldn't avoid 
Prepare for drama, as if you were a stunt man 
Back in the days you was a forty and a blunt man 
Today you're a Willie, now the weather's too chilly 
New York City ain't the place to be frontin 
Over your shoulders day and night's where you look 
Your so-called fam ran a scam, and you got shook 
Go back to square one, better go talk to your son 
See reps grow bigga in the life of a crook 

Years ago, we were new jacks to this scene 
Showed some effort, made fat records, but still saw no green 
Know what I mean? They tried to stifle us 
Nigga you could not believe how really ill and trife it was 
Fed up so we headed on a serious mission 
Wishin, that we could better