What the Fuck Is Up?
N.O.R.E. Lyrics

Yo I be doin this shit, since a little juvenile
I've been in the game since I was young

Niggas know my style hurt like it's root canal
My flow is painful like a root canal

It's like a little tooth, when it first grows in
My style is like a new tooth, fresh and growing

It's like buyin a new car, and get towed in
My rhymes are like a new car that breaks down immediately

I wrote Queens, who ever they are, U.S.A.
I represent Queens in the USA

Niggas think I'm Mexican, they askin is you S.A.?
People mistake me for a Mexican and ask if I'm from South America

I'm like Crome Parelli, ya first class, we coach shit
I'm like Crome Parelli, high-class while others are coach

While ya factor be in, it's on some coke shit
While you're dealing with the mainstream stuff, I'm on some hardcore, coke-dealing shit

Yo it's still high up on Washington Heights
There's still drug-dealing going on in Washington Heights

They ain't got no elevators, gotta walk up flights
There are no elevators, so you have to walk up flights of stairs to deal drugs

Aiyo the drug game is sour, plus it limited power
The drug game is getting harder, and it's not as powerful as it used to be

You hit the coke man, nigga like gimme an hour
If you buy coke from me, I can get it to you within an hour

Y'all I ball rough, like the Knicks against Utah
I play rough like the rough basketball game between Knicks and Utah

Aiyo I'm going subtile, tiger bone let the juice bar
I'm trying something new, like drinking tiger bone at a juice bar

Anticipated, aiyo have niggas hater rate it
Anticipated by my fans and hated by my haters

It's thug shit, and that's the only rate, I rate it
It's tough and gangsta, and that's the only rating it needs

Yo, yo, aiyo lately, my gat been on safety
Lately I've been playing it safe with my gun

And I've been starvin for ass, even in scatekey
I've been desperate for attention even in small places like a skate rink

It check for I.D. and hit it like Muhammed Ali
I hit it like Muhammed Ali, checking for ID first

Fly like a butterfly, you sing like a lullabye
I'm swift like a butterfly, while you're boring like a lullaby

You gotta rob, 'cause this reach is steel
You have to steal because my influence is too strong

You on the S.O., I can hit a hundred and peel
I can get away quickly from the police

Yo I keep navigation, yo you know the deal
I always know where to go, you know how it is

That's the mininum, then you know a nigga minimize
That's the minimum I expect, then I minimize with whatever I can get

Anything less than that is just uncivilized
Anything less than that is not even acceptable

For the youth I pop my chain, 'cause it was thin
I show off my chain for the younger generation because it's thin

I had to put it back together with my safety pin
I had to fix my chain with a safety pin

CNN once again, yo we do it again
CNN is back, doing our thing again

While we never could lose, ya never could win
We can never lose because we always come out on top

We on Hot 97, you ain't get no spin
We're on Hot 97 and you're not getting any radio play

I call you Benedict, yo kid 'cause you've been a dick
I'm calling you Benedict, because you've been a traitor like Benedict Arnold

Y'all niggas is crummy, y'all ain't even shit
You guys are worthless and not even worth my time

Thugged out, Scarlett a set that ass up
I'm thugged out and ready to set someone up

Have you gassed up, like i'mma gone give ass up
I'll make you think you're getting lucky, but I won't actually give it up

Have my niggas come thru masked up, disturb ya nut
I'll have my friends come over with masks, and cause chaos

Leave you there, stuck and put 3 in ya gut
Leave you there, helpless, with three bullet wounds in your stomach

What? nigga, I look good with a scar on my cheek
I look good with a scar on my cheek, what's your problem?

I'm thin from my hips to the prod of my feet
I'm very thin, from my hips down to my feet

I see ya man peek, from the drug seat of the jeep
I see your man watching me from the drug seat of the jeep

But I'm a straight thug bitch, you can't handle this
I'm a gangsta chick, and you can't handle me

And If ya girl act up, I'mma smack that bitch
If your girl acts up, I'm going to smack her

You should of let that broad now, that I'm scandalous
You should have warned your girl that I'm a troublemaker

Fake playas, gettin hurt, then shit it don't play yaself
Fake players end up getting hurt, don't play yourself

And ask me for the digits, ya need to quit it
Don't even bother asking me for my phone number

And me and my girls, we all got the same face
Me and my girls look very similar

If you ain't in the same level then stay in ya place
If you're not on our level, then stay in your place and don't try to compete

Wanna diss me, 'cause I cut you down quickly
You want to insult me, but I can shut you down fast

I'm Hillary to this shit, you still f**kin with Lewinsky
I'm the top dog in this game, and you're still messing around like Lewinsky with Bill Clinton

Chorus
What the f**k is up? (Hey You!)