VERSE 1
Nas:
Yea, yea, yea, yea...
Uh, yo
Ladies love what I've been through
Blood on my Timb boots
Snub noses club closes down when my mens shoot
But she cant stand I'm sharing everything with the fam
That means them too
Flat screen, Benz coupe
Plus I entertain bosses
At my Spanish-style, Lagafell furnished up fortress
But look at miss thing in Alexander McQueen
Jizette Bizatti the sexiest body
And I bet you see properly
Heard how I love 'em and leave 'em
But she still wanna suck him and eat him
'Cause I'm a poet, a preacher, and a pimp with words
A thief who stole her heart a prince she deserves
Kelis:
I should have know by the way that you stare
Eyeing passes by like your rich but life ain't fair
But ya make my record skip, make my record skip
Make my record skip, make my record skip
HOOK -
Kelis (Nas):
I woulda never talked to you if I'da known you was a popular thug
Hey, popular thug (your damn right)
I woulda never talked to you if I'da known you was a popular thug
Hey, popular thug (your damn right)
VERSE 2 -
Nas:
I take
I dont ask for nothing
You fake
I look past your frontin' for cash I'm a glutton
I'm a bad influence yo have your marriage ruined
By hanging with me you get ass from some new chicks
My life's influent cash and music
Honeys I hit hear my song they get mad and lose it
'Cause I'm a sex crazed bastard
I hit Kelis with a cushion cut engagement ring
We done, that's it
Kelis:
I should have seen in the way you touched my hand
Shuffling your car keys, it sounded like a gentleman
But ya make my record skip
make my record skip
Make my record skip, make my record skip
HOOK -
Kelis (Nas):
I woulda never talked to you if I'da known you was a popular thug
Hey, popular thug (your damn right)
I woulda never talked to you if I'da known you was a popular thug
Hey, popular thug (your damn right)
I woulda never talked to you if I'da known you was a popular thug
Hey, popular thug (your damn right)
I woulda never talked to you if I'da known you was a popular thug (yea, yea, yea, you know)/
Hey, popular thug (your damn right)
VERSE 3 ?
Nas:
I dont mean mug or ice grill
'Cause I dont have to
My eyebrow shaped like a half moon and I dont raise em
The kid you cant budge him or faze him
My money's amazing
Honey, Black, Puerto Rican, and Asian
What a mean look
me and you
the king is hooked
Got you the Cayenne green Porsche to push
They off the hook
Giving haters nightmares walking
You smothered by a popular gangstaperfect boyfriend
Kelis:
I should have heard it in the way you said my name
While I analyze your tone you were formulating game
But ya make my record skip
make my record skip
Make my record skip
make my record skip
HOOK -
Kelis (Nas):
I woulda never talked to you if I'da known you was a popular thug
Hey, popular thug (your damn right)
I woulda never talked to you if I'da known you was a popular thug
Hey, popular thug (your damn right)
I woulda never talked to you if I'da known you was a popular thug
Hey, popular thug (your damn right)
Hey, popular thug (your damn right)