Fat Joe: Intro

[sample of "If and When" by The Three Degrees + Fat Joe]I can see loneliness, heading my wayThe light, of love has blown out (it's a new day y'all)Now your shadow's gone away, you took awayyyyy[Fat Joe speaking over sample - can't be heard]Crack, uhhYes, things of that nature, uhhYeah, uh, yoNo I'm not lettin y'all take me out the gameAnd no I ain't lettin y'all niggaz ruin my name - it's CRACK! [echoes]... That's right, the welcome mat on the ground ain't the sameDamn right ya homey Joe done changedLet's be honest y'all niggaz left me to die on that cold December dayBUT, I survived; so much if you thought Iwould pull up in the corner and die, not I... No people, not meAs long as Streetrunner keep makin them hot beatsI +SHIT+ on you haters on that 'Beat Novacane'Make hits for the ladies with my niggaz Cool and Dre, CRACK! [echoes]... Know if you mention the nameYou mentionin, Big Pun, Terror Squad and the painAnd the pain has been the only status cat in the gameRelevant, {?} so much niggaz love to take aimCause I'm...Yeah I'm lonelyIt's hard bein the only real nigga in this shit manCook Coke Crack, Terror era's the Squad cocksuckersThings of that natureIt's a new regime it's a new day cocksuckers[sample: "I need your love"]I spit blaze all, napalm, the mic technicianCoulda blazed y'all but gave y'all a slight conditionNever to defy my wishesI'm the king of NY, all these other niggaz liars and bitchesWho you know spit dope, with a name like CookNiggaz say, that he ain't, but ain't I good?Got the whole fuckin industry shook; matter fact the streetsCause all the killers come home clappin for meAin't no peace on the streets with these Spanish kidsJust another cop beating in Los AngelesYup! You guessed it the President didn't say shit'Nother vacation, chillin in Camp DavidAnd they wonder why the hood's so hotMy pops locked up, my moms cooked rockAnd just the other day Lil' Troy got shotover a 2 dollar dice game, way to lose your life mayneYeah, this is things of that natureYou gon' get a variety of shit, a-ha-haIt's a new day, new regime, new changeYou don't like it fuck youBut thanks to e'rybody who bought this albumBig Pun forever, Ton' Montana foreverUhh, Kato, yeah - CRACK! [echoes]SHIT on y'all niggaz[R&B sample to fade]