99 Problems

Album: The Black Album (2003)
Charted: 12 30
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  • If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son
    I got ninety nine problems but a bitch ain't one

    I got the rap patrol on the gat patrol
    Foes that want ta make sure my casket's closed
    Rap critics that say he's "Money Cash Hoes"
    I'm from the hood, stupid?what type of facts are those?
    If you grew up with holes in your zapatos
    You'd celebrate the minute you was having dough
    I'm like "Fuck critics" you can kiss my whole asshole
    If you don't like my lyrics, you can press fast forward?
    Got beef with radio if I don't play they show
    They don't play my hits, well, I don't give a shit, so
    Rap mags try and use my black ass
    So advertisers can give 'em more cash for ads, fuckers
    I don't know what you take me as
    Or understand the intelligence that Jay-Z has
    I'm from rags to riches, niggas I ain't dumb
    I got ninety nine problems but a bitch ain't one, hit me

    [Chorus]
    Ninety nine problems but a bitch ain't one
    If you having girl problems I feel bad for you son
    I got ninety nine problems but a bitch ain't one, hit me

    Year's '94 and my trunk is raw
    In my rear view mirror is the motherfucking law
    I got two choices y'all, pull over the car or, hmm,
    Bounce on the devil, put the pedal to the floor
    Now I ain't trying to see no highway chase with Jake
    Plus I got a few dollars I could fight the case
    So I, pull over to the side of the road
    I heard "Son, do you know why I'm stopping you for?"
    Cause I'm young and I'm black and my hat's real low
    Or do I look like a mind reader, sir? I don't know
    Am I under arrest or should I guess some mo?
    "Well you was doing fifty-five in the fifty-four", uh huh
    "License and registration and step out of the car
    "Are you carrying a weapon on you, I know a lot of you are"
    I ain't stepping out of shit, all my papers legit
    "Well do you mind if I look around the car a little bit?"
    Well my glove compartment is locked, so is the trunk and the back
    And I know my rights so you goin' need a warrant for that
    "Aren't you sharp as a tack? You some type of lawyer or something?
    "Somebody important or something?"
    Child, I ain't passed the bar, but I know a little bit
    Enough that you won't illegally search my shit
    "Well we'll see how smart you are when the K-9 come"
    I got ninety nine problems but a bitch ain't one, hit me

    [Chorus: x2]

    Now once upon a time not too long ago
    A nigga like myself had to strong arm a ho
    This is not a ho in the sense of having a pussy
    But a pussy having no goddamn sense try and push me
    I tried to ignore 'em, talk to the Lord
    Pray for 'em, cause some fools just love to perform
    You know the type, loud as a motorbike
    But wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight
    The only thing that's goin' happen is I'ma get to clapping and
    He and his boys goin' be yapping to the captain
    And there I go trapped in the Kit Kat again
    Back through the system with the riff raff again
    Fiends on the floor scratching again
    Paparazzi's with they cameras, snapping them
    D.A. tried to give a nigga shaft again
    Half a mil for bail cause I'm African
    All because this fool was harassing them
    Trying to play the boy like he's saccharine
    But ain't nothing sweet 'bout how I hold my gun
    I got ninety nine problems being a bitch ain't one, hit me

    [Chorus: x2]

    Having girl problems I feel bad for you son
    I got ninety nine problems and a bitch ain't one

    You're crazy for this one, Rick, it's your boy Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Slow K from Malawi KarongaHe uses implicature even more, I salute J
  • Hunter from Marshamellow, Vathis is like the only rap song that i like, kause i kan relate to it, alot
  • Derk from New York, NyIce-T and Trick Daddy recorded songs called "99 Problems" before Jay-Z. All three versions have different lyrics and different beats.
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