[00:00:00] Straight Outta Now Rule - Brand Nubian [00:00:02] Written by:L. Dechalus/W. Dixon/R. Hall/D. Murphy/Lord Finesse [00:00:16] Straight outta now rule brand nu keepin cool [00:00:20] We drop a jewel and never stoppin what we do [00:00:22] Always do what we must everything that we touch [00:00:25] Is going platinum plus coming thru in a clutch [00:00:28] Straight outta now rule brand nu keepin cool [00:00:31] We drop a jewel and never stoppin what we do [00:00:33] Always do what we must everything that we touch [00:00:36] Is going platinum plus coming thru in a clutch [00:00:39] Aladion [00:00:40] Is 85th on some shady sh*t [00:00:42] Bark is much worse than your bite like a baby [00:00:44] Pit [00:00:44] In the pitch dark of the night you's afraid to [00:00:47] Get exposed [00:00:47] Like the sunlight which rose in the morning [00:00:50] Froze in a gunfight forcing those who run with you [00:00:53] To reevaluate [00:00:53] Affiliations [00:00:55] We salivate from hunger placed in f**ked up situations [00:00:58] And wonder when retaliation will occur [00:01:00] Build destroy h he or her [00:01:02] It's time to fill the void niggas kill the noise [00:01:04] To the young boys you f**kin with a grown ass [00:01:06] Man [00:01:07] Watch your tone or get acquainted with the back of [00:01:09] My hand [00:01:10] Nubian brand steadily influencin fans [00:01:13] For other rappers we gon' ruin your plans [00:01:15] What we doin stands as a motto [00:01:17] Like grace jones' nipple to the bottle [00:01:19] We pioneer and never follow [00:01:21] We're out for the lion's share now watch me take [00:01:23] It there [00:01:24] Yeah my verbal clarity speaks for my popularity [00:01:27] Sell 5 million cds and give the proceeds to my [00:01:29] Favorite charity [00:01:30] Son I ain't gonna super splash you with no fantasy [00:01:32] Island sh*t [00:01:33] I mean I work hard for what I got and [00:01:35] I be thankful for what I get [00:01:36] And if you practice spit your verbs properly not sloppily [00:01:39] Like monopoly you can end up with cheese whips and [00:01:41] Property [00:01:41] Oh d*mn silly of me I forgot to let y'all [00:01:43] Know [00:01:43] It's one thing you should never do in this game [00:01:45] And that's sell your soul [00:01:47] I make a lot of sense then I go and [00:01:49] Make the dollars [00:01:50] Work hard like blue collars ghetto scholars is hard to [00:01:52] Follow [00:01:52] Niggas say it's real rough today and I say what [00:01:54] You say [00:01:55] They promised me 40 acres and a mule and all [00:01:57] I got was a project and a [00:01:58] Subway [00:01:58] I stay positive niggas mistake that for not hard [00:02:00] Nigga I'm god walk thru north america like master farrad [00:02:04] Me and my squad separating the peas from the pod [00:02:06] No bodyguard f**k around and roll a tank thru your [00:02:08] Yard [00:02:09] Yeah [00:02:09] Straight outta now rule brand nu keepin cool [00:02:12] We drop a jewel and never stoppin what we do [00:02:15] Always do what we must everything that we touch [00:02:17] Is going platinum plus coming thru in a clutch [00:02:20] Straight outta now rule brand nu keepin cool [00:02:24] We drop a jewel and never stoppin what we do [00:02:26] Always do what we must everything that we touch [00:02:29] Is going platinum plus coming thru in a clutch [00:02:32] Man these dick in the butt rappers could get shot [00:02:34] In the face [00:02:35] Dragged thru the streets and probably left some place [00:02:37] I seem shootouts in the park [00:02:39] Ball games turned tragic b*tch niggas gettin smacked and smacked [00:02:43] Again [00:02:43] In front of they girl and she's throwing away that [00:02:46] Ass [00:02:46] And I ain't really asked for it coss a lot [00:02:49] Of niggas tore it [00:02:50] And yes my man hav had bought me something from [00:02:52] Va [00:02:52] I was gonna hit him with doe but he ain't [00:02:54] Reall want no shorts [00:02:55] Coss we had worked together and he knew I was [00:02:57] True blue [00:02:58] Man I swore I would never go to va again [00:03:00] Until I found out who killed my best friend