Written History

And I'm better now than I was when you saw that 22-year-old undeveloped kid runnin' from Sonny Liston
I'm experienced now, professional, jaws been broke, been lost
I was down a couple times, I'm bad
I been choppin' trees, I done somethin' new for this fight
I done wrastled with an alligator, that's right
I have wrastled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale
I done handcuffed lightnin', thrown thunder in jail, that's bad
Bad dude, bad, fast, fast
I know you got him picked, but the man's in trouble
I'ma show you how great I am

Ahem, you are now rockin' with the greatest, nigga
I'm the best, pound-for-pound, better weigh these niggas
They bite my style like some crocodiles and gators, nigga
Huh, you are now locked in with the greatest, nigga
I treat the boot like a boxing ring in Vegas, nigga
I speak the truth, my philosophy is greater, nigga
Don't eat the fruit without acknowledging the labor, nigga
Weezy baby, nigga, rockin' since the cradle, nigga
Homie box office, HBO cable, nigga
I'm unstable, nigga, at the dinner table, nigga
All I eat is rappers, I might have to Flava Flav a nigga
That bitch ate a nigga, meat and potatoes, nigga
If she want some head, I'ma decapitate a nigga
Evaporate a nigga, eradicate a nigga
Slap you in your face like I'm playin' paddy cake, my nigga
Eat the cake, never beat a woman for sake
I beat the case, beat some pussy up and then delete a race
Headshots from a hundred feet away, but your feet okay
Put you six feet away

I ain't gotta say this all the time, nigga
They know I'm the greatest of all time, nigga, yeah
So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, uh
So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, uh
If you love that nigga, better blame that nigga, uh
I'm up there, nigga, where you ain't at, nigga, yeah
Fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, girl
Don't fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga
She say: Wayne that nigga

Man's in trouble, I'ma show you how great I am

Yeah, oh
I ain't gotta say this every time, though
I'ma make a statement every time, though, ovation and the encore
I be lookin' in my kids' faces, where the time go?
They know I'm amazin' and they moms know
You know I'ma slay it every time, though
You know I ain't playin', nigga, I'm coach
You know that I'm fly, but never fly coach
You know I ain't payin' for your time, ho
This is not a bakery, don't ask me for no cake and shut your pie hole
Every day, I'm wakin' up with hoes, wakin' up in grind mode
Standin' on business, like a base, Barry Bonds toes
You know that I'm safe wherever I go
You know I'm a ape in every Congo
You know I'm a freight train to a rhino
Bust a nigga grape like I'm a wine-o
Barrel make the draco look like Gonzo
I ain't gotta say this to remind folks
They know I'm the greatest, even God know

I ain't gotta say this all the time, nigga
They know I'm the greatest of all time, nigga (nigga), yeah
So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga (fuck that nigga), uh
So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga (fuck that nigga), uh
If you love that nigga, better blame that nigga (yeah, yeah), uh
I'm up there, nigga, where you ain't at, nigga (yeah, yeah), yeah
Fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, girl
Don't fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga
She say: Wayne that nigga

Yeah, I ain't gotta say this all the time, nigga
They know I'm the greatest of all time, nigga
I'm like what MJ is to LeBron, nigga
Brady in his prime, nigga
I'm like Tom Brady at 45, nigga
I ain't even debatin' on retirin', nigga
You could get the shady 45, nigga
Born in the 80s, that's the greatest of all times, nigga
You know how us gators are, we grind, nigga
Great like Nick Saban, Roll Tide, nigga
I'm like Coach Prime, nigga
Come from hard times, nigga, now we pour Dime, nigga
Life is a beast, don't push me to the shoreline, nigga
Flow like cocaine, I give you some more lines
Niggas know they don't see me like a sight for sore eyes, nigga
Your flow fine, nigga, mine's the best kind
Niggas know they ain't fuckin' with my bars like ex-cons, nigga
Yeah, it's flex time, nigga
Look in the mirror and say, "Carter," six times, nigga
Big time, nigga, no tick tock, just bombs, nigga

I ain't gotta say this all the time, nigga
They know I'm the greatest of all time, nigga, yeah
So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, uh (yeah)
So fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, uh (yeah)
If you love that nigga, better blame that nigga, uh (yeah)
I'm up there, nigga, where you ain't at, nigga, yeah
Fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga, girl
Don't fuck that nigga if I ain't that nigga
She say: Wayne that nigga, the greatest