Yeah yeah, uhh, uh-huh

Brand Nubian, yeah yeah, check it

Intro/Chorus:

You don't have to drive a fancy car

Just for you to be a shinin' star

No matter who you are, no matter who you are

Verse One: Grand Puba

Uhh, now it started it off for me in apartment 6C

Project style, ate government cheese for a while

Pop Duke wasn't there cos he had to do a bid

so momma love stuck with these bad ass kids

She used to say keep your head up, always think positive

and never be ashamed of who you are or where you live

Teenage years I had to struggle doing that

Shorty say "Don't talk to him, girlfriend, look where he live at

Crib probably crawlin with roaches and rats

plus cats be in his hallways with the drugs and the gats"

I used to try and honeys used to walk on by

Now I'm damn near 20 and still ain't got no ride

Caught a record deal, now them same old chicks that used to walk on by

go out their way to say hi

But they gets none

That's why I'm with the same girl from the same projects that I come from

because.......

Chorus (x2)

Verse Two: Sadat X

Well this is that time that you've waited for

Three linked from what was said to be extinct

You say take my weed-smellin ass home, I'm grown

More thirst than if I swallowed sand bags

Not fiending enough to go out and grab bags from women

I swear if we don't hear this on the air

I'll be down at the station

Your broadcast from Monday has now been switched to no day

With the class team that I'm with, we stay fit

Just like the calm before the twister hit

Brand Nubian name is gonna blister shit

We raise