Bad Boys
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Yeah, uh, uh
Turn me up a little bit
Yeah kid, Harlem on the rise
Yeah, turn me up a little bit more
Uh-huh, uh-huh, we like it
Uh-huh, uh-huh
Yeah, kid, Harlem on the rise (I like that)
This is the remix '98
And you don't want no problem with us guys (let's go)

I been around (uh-huh, uh-huh)
I been around the world (uh-huh, uh-huh)
I been around (uh-huh, uh-huh)
I been around the world (uh-huh, uh-huh)
I been around (uh-huh, uh-huh) (we ain't gon' stop)
I been around the world (uh-huh, uh-huh)
I been around (we don't even know how to stop)
I been around the world, yeah, yeah

Yo, now trick what? Lace who?
That ain't what Mase do
Got a lotta girls that'd love to replace you (uh-huh)
Tell it to your face, boo, not behind your back
Cats talk slick, we "nevermind" that (uh-uh)
Funny, never find that, puff dime sacks
Write hot stuff that make people say, "Rewind that" (rewind that)
People know, you go against the Harlem gigolo
Getcha hoe, lick her low, make your girl trick your dough
I represent honeys with money, fly guys and gents
Ride with the tints that be thirty-five percent
Hoes hope I lay, so I look both ways
Cop says, "Okay," so my tint smoke gray
No way, people leave without handin' me my chips
Got plans to get my land and my six
People outta town don't understand these hits
Pop champagne like I won a championship (uh-huh, uh-huh)

I been around (been around) (where you been?)
I been around the world (I been around)
I been around (been around) (where you been?)
I been around the world (where we been, playa)
I been around (where you been?)
I been around the world (let's stop playin')
I been around (uh-huh)
I been around the world (yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)

I was a one-bedroomer, dreamin' of a million
Now I'm in beach houses, CREAM to the ceiling (that's right)
I was a gentleman, livin' in tenements (yeah)
Now I'm swimmin' in all the women that be tens (yeah)
Went from Bad Boy to the Crushed Linen Men
Now my dividends be the new Benjamins
Chicks of all complexions, I like cinnamon
Mase, you got some girls, well, playboy, send 'em in (come on)
What you waitin' for, let the freakshow begin
How they came in a truck? (Nah Puff, that's a Benz) yeah
Mercedes, come her,e baby
You don't like the way it's hot and hazy
Never shady, you must be crazy
It's ridiculous, how they put their lips on this
Don't kiss right there, girlfriend, I'm ticklish
And I be switchin' Vs with a wrist full of Gs
Playa, please, I'm the macaroni with the cheese

I been around (yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
I been around the world (I been around)
I been around (been around)
I been around the world (where we been, playa)
I been around (where you been?)
I been around the world (let's stop playin')
I been around
I been around the world (what? What?)

You don't know who the hell I be
Can tell I be
Now hasta la vista, c'est la vie
Now what have we? A cat in a Bentley waggy
That keep cats saggy, roll with P-Daddy
Some be wantin' to bag me, girls be wantin' to stab me
I be more than gladly to tell a foe (check this out)
Yo, you ain't offendin' me (yeah, yeah)
It ain't like you the third son of the Kennedy
Or even in a mob where you can send for me (uh-huh)
But all this will be talk, you don't ever spend a G?
I know how it be (I know how it be)
You know me from before when I used to detour
Down to B-more, push the Eeyore
Days I just kick it
My crew buys Crystal just so we can spit it
All that expensive stuff just so that we can shit it
And be a lot of places that you niggas can't visit (yeah)
Don't talk it, 'cause I live it

I been around (yeah-yeah-yeah, what-what-what-what?) (Where you been?)
I been around the world (I been around)
I been around (where you been?)
I been around the world (where we been, playa) (uh-huh, uh-huh))
I been around (where you been?
I been around the world (let's stop playin')
I been around
I been around the world

I been around (where you been?)
I been around the world (I been around)
I been around (where you been?)
I been around the world (where we been, playa) (uh-huh, uh-huh)
I been around (this is the remix, 9-8) (where you been?)
I been around the world (BIG forever) (let's stop playin')
I been around (we won't stop)
I been around the world (we don't even know how to stop)

I been around (where you been?)
I been around the world (I been around) (uh-huh)
I been around (where you been?) (Big Nas, Hitmen, baby)
I been around the world (where we been, playa) (uh-huh, uh-huh)
I been around (Big Carl) (where you been?)
I been around the world (yeah) (let's stop playin')
I been around (Harlem on the rise)
I been around the world (you don't want no problem with us guys)

I been around (where you been?) (L-O-X)
I been around the world (I been around) (uh-huh)
I been around (where you been?) (Yeah, Little Justin)
I been around the world (where we been, playa) (uh-huh, uh-huh)
I been around (I see you) (where you been?)
I been around the world (Quincy) (let's stop playin')
I been around
I been around the world (uh-huh, uh-huh)

I been around (where you been?) (Yeah, yeah)
I been around the world (yeah, yeah) (uh-huh)
I been around (where you been?) (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I been around the world (yeah, yeah) (uh-huh, uh-huh)
I been around (yeah, yeah) (where you been?)
I been around the world (yeah, yeah) (let's stop playin')
I been around (yeah, yeah)
I been around the world (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I been around (where you been?)




I been around the world (9-8, it's not a game) (uh-huh, uh-huh)
I been around (we gon' keep on puttin' it on your asses)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of the song "Bad Boys" by Harlem World are about the artists boasting about their success and lifestyle. They are expressing their confidence and asserting their dominance in the music industry. The song features various artists from the Bad Boy Records label, including Mase, Puff Daddy, and The Lox.


The lyrics talk about the artists being well-travelled and having experienced the world. They emphasize their ability to attract women and live a lavish lifestyle. They mention their rise from humble beginnings to living in mansions and driving luxury cars. The artists also address their critics and those who try to undermine them, dismissing their negative comments and asserting that they are focused on their success.


Overall, the lyrics of "Bad Boys" convey a sense of triumph and self-assuredness. They showcase the confidence and swagger of the artists, who have made it big and are unapologetically enjoying their success.




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Andrew Morris, Christopher Wallace, David Bowie, Deric Angelettie Deric Michael, Ian Owen Devaney, Lisa Jane Stansfield, Mason Betha, Ronald Anthony Lawrence, Sean Puffy Combs

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