[Verse One] [Man-U-Ill]:
What else can I do?
I be giving you my heart and my brain
I'm just a Man the words more then just a part of my name
My target the same I just gotta sharpen my aim
Which I'm doing as we speak as a marksman I train
sh** don't happen overnight, I'm in this market to gain
Want more than a car and a sparkling chain
Don't need a deal or check to talk to a dame
I still get 'em wet like a walk in a rain
f** what you heard
I'mma put the talkers to shame
Is it me, or is everybody talkin' insane
Walkin' the same
sh** is real awkward and lame
Meanwhile I'm tryin' to maintain, I'm still caught in the game
Take money to make money so my wallet is drained
I'm investin' cause I know what I'm recording is flame
I just want to make a livin', keep the stalkers and fame
It's a givin' ain't no way I'm doin' all this in vain
[Chorus]:
I've been hopin', prayin', wishin'
My flow is what they've been missin'
I don't think that they've been listenin'
Been listenin'
Think they've been listenin'
I've been hopin', prayin', wishin'
My flow is what they've been missin'
I don't think that they've been listenin'
Been listenin'
Think they've been listenin'
[Verse Two] [Man-U-Ill]:
What else can I think?
I don't know, do I look stupid or something?
Swear they your mother, brother, lover but the truth is you frontin'
To the sound of my voice, chicks and dudes get to jumpin'
So I don't wanna hear nothin' once the music is pumpin'
Paid my way through school, amusing and stuntin'
Was always way too cool to lose it for nothin'
Still make my own rules, I'mma do what I'm wantin'
Conversate with no fools, keep it movin' and cuttin'
Sharply in direction of a beautiful somethin'
Goin' through Hell, Heaven is what I'm pursuing and wantin'
If you can't deny me that then you're ruinin' nothin'
Just wastin' your time thinkin' that what you're doin' is somethin'
Against all odds, I continue to truckin'
I'mma blow the roof off any venue I'm up in
It's writin' in my mind so my pens doin' nothin'
Exquisite with the rhyme, instrumental or nothin'
[Chorus]:
I've been hopin', prayin', wishin'
My flow is what they've been missin'
I don't think that they've been listenin'
Been listenin'
Think they've been listenin'
I've been hopin', prayin', wishin'
My flow is what they've been missin'
I don't think that they've been listenin'
Been listenin'
Think they've been listenin'
[Verse Three] [Man-U-Ill]:
What else can I say?
I say it now, probably said it before
I'll probably say it again to express it some more
If I don't say it enough, you'll forget it for sure
And it'll be like I ain't said it at all
And I ain't talkin' for nothin' so instead of ignore
You should listen unless it's too much for your head to endure
Unless your brain lack the power to remember and store
Or you thinkin', "Why the f** should I remember you for?"
If you talkin' hip hop I should be mentioned for sure
While some of these others cats shouldn't be mentioned at all
I still struggle and hustle, tryin' to get in the door
Run in the street, tryin' to say ahead of the law
Even when I get rich, I'll break bread with the poor
But they ain't takin' advantage, I won't let 'em, hell naw
You ain't better than me, I'm no better than y'all
But I'mma make the most of me to be better for sure
[Chorus]:
I've been hopin', prayin', wishin'
My flow is what they've been missin'
I don't think that they've been listenin'
Been listenin'
You should start listenin'
I've been hopin', prayin', wishin'
My flow is what they've been missin'
I don't think that they've been listenin'
Been listenin'
Think they've been listenin'