Yo, a red alert y'all, a red alert y'allnA now we toot on the horns and ring on the bellsn'Cause I am the man with the clientèlenRock a rhyme for me and then a rhyme for younnAnd everybody catch, the boogaloo flunAnd like the apple to the peach, the cherry to the plumnnI used to think I was Run, I really thought I was kingnnYo, in my, in my imagination's, creation I had to get paidnI had a better way to dead 'em, so the suckers were slayednI gad to get up and smash 'em, beat 'em down and bash 'emnStompin' through the Garden, fully hardened to the maximnnRhymin' like an animal, the cannibal kingnEat a sucker, break a nucca but I never could singnHad a beef with every rapper, I could see 'em for milesnAnd when I saw 'em, had to floor 'em, leave 'em layin' in pilesnnMade a dollar while I holla, had to follow me 'roundnRappers fearin' when they hearin' Run was breakin' 'em downnNow' every time I had to rhyme, my job was thoroughly donenAnd I never lost a battlennI used to think I was Run, I really thought I was kingnnYo, yo, now I was sittin' up in Cali from the alley in QueensnBreakin' records, never know exactly just what it meansnSellin' records, makin' money just to throw in the airnRockin' sneakers, bustin' speakers, every day a new pairnnNothin' borin', steady tourin', livin' life without carenAnd if I wasn't on the cover of your paper was rarenEven mami would remind me and rewind me the truthnSucker fellas out there jealous, I was rough in my youthnn'Raising Hell' and steady yellin', freezin', rockin' the GoosenAnd in the summer, on the come up, I was clockin' the lootnNow, come with me and let's remember how we rock it for funnIt's your mommas favorite rappernnI used to think I was Run, I really thought I was kingnnYo, now back in Hollis makin' dollars was a serious daynSo me and D we had to get it then we split it with JaynChoppin' it up and flip a buck and drive a sucker awaynNever smilin' steady, whylin' never needin' to playnnMe and Butter, Hollis Crew and how we do it with RaynComin' down and throw it down and then we be on our waynNow, reminisce 'cause it was thisnAnd that's just how it was donennI used to think I was Run, I really thought I was kingnI really thought I was king