Nas - Who Knew

I never knew I...
I never knew I...Mic check, one, two
I never knew I...Who would`ve knew
I never knew I...Who would`ve known
I never knew I...Fuck with authority
I never knew I...Motherfucker comes out
I never knew I...Sells a couple-a million records
I never knew I...And these motherfuckers hit the ceiling

I don`t do black music, I don`t do white music (nope)
I make fight music, for high-school kids
Put lives at risk when I drive like this
I put wives at risk with a knife like this
Shit, you probably think I`m in your tape deck now
I`m in the back seat of your truck with duct tape stretched out
Ducked the fuck way down, waiting to straight jump out
Put it over your mouth, and grab you by the face, what now?
Oh. You want me to watch my mouth? How?
Take my fucking eyeballs out and turn them around? (look)
I`ll burn your fuckin` house down, circle around
And hit the hydrant so you can`t put your burning furniture out (oh my god, oh my god)
I`m sorry there must be a mixup
You want me to fixup lyrics while our president gets his dick sucked? (sound of Ken Kaniff leering )
Fuck that. Take drugs. Rape sluts.
Make fun of gay clubs. Men who wear makeup.
*Get it aware. Wake up. Get a sense of humor.
Quit tryin` to censor music. This is for your kids amusement. (the kids!)
But don`t blame me when little Eric jumps off of the terrace.
You should`ve been watching him. Apparently you ain`t parents.
I never knew I...knew I would get this big
I never knew I...knew I`d affect this kid
I never knew I`d...get him to slit his wrists
I never knew I`d...get him to hit this bitch
I never knew I...knew I would get this big
I never knew I...knew I`d affect this kid
I never knew I`d...get him to slit his wrists
I never knew I`d...get him to hit this bitch

So who`s bringing the guns in this country?
I couldn`t sneak a plastic pellet-gun thru customs over in London
And last week I seen a Schwarzenegger movie
Where he`s shooting all sorts of motherfuckers with an uzi
I seen these three little kids up in the front row
Screaming "Go!" with their 17-year old uncle
I`m like "Guidance?
Ain`t they got the same moms and dads who got mad when I asked if they like violence?
And told me that my tape got `em to swear
What about the makeup you allowed your twelve-year-old daughter to wear? (hm?)
So tell me that your son doesn`t know any cuss words
*When this bus driver`s screaming at him, fucking him up worse" (fuck ? you little fucking prick)
And fuck was the first word I ever learned
Up in the third grade flipping the gym teacher the bird (look)
So read up, `bout how I used to get beat up
Peed on, be on free lunch, and change schools every three months
My life`s like, kinda what my wife`s like (what?)
Fucked up after I beat her fucking ass every night (Ike)
So how much easier would life be
If nineteen-million motherfuckers grew to be just like me

`Cause I never knew I...knew I would get this big
I never knew I...knew I`d affect this kid
I never knew I`d...get him to slit his wrists
I never knew I`d...get him to hit this bitch
I never knew I...knew I would get this big
I never knew I...knew I`d affect this kid
I never knew I`d...get him to slit his wrists
I never knew I`d...get him to hit this bitch

I never knew I, knew I`d, have a new house or a new car
Couple years ago I was more poorer than you are
I don`t got that bad of a mouth do I?
Fuck shit ass bitch, cunt, shoobie-do-doo-wa (woops!)
Skeebie-ba-be-wop, a-Christopher Reeves
Sonny Bono, skeezes, whores, & hittin` some trees (hey!)
How many retards will listen to me
And run in the school shootin` when they`re pissed at the teach-
-er, her, or him, is it you? Is it him?
Wasn`t me. Slim Shady said to do it again.
Damn! How much damage can you do with a pen?
Man, I`m just as fucked up as you would`ve been
If you would`ve been in my shoes, who would`ve thought
Slim Shady would`ve been something that you would`ve bought
That would`ve made you get a gun and shoot at a cop
I just said it, I didn`t know if you did it or not

`Cause I never knew I...knew I would get this big
I never knew I...knew I`d affect this kid
I never knew I`d...get him to slit his wrists
I never knew I`d...get him to hit this bitch
I never knew I...knew I would get this big
I never knew I...knew I`d affect this kid
I never knew I`d...get him to slit his wrists
I never knew I`d...get him to hit this bitch

How the fuck was I supposed to know?