Written History

[Intro: Muhammad Ali]
And I’m better now than I was when you saw that twenty-two-year-old undeveloped kid runnin’ from Sonny Liston
I’m experienced now, professional, jaw’s been broke, been lost
Knocked down a couple times, bad
Been choppin’ trees, I done somethin’ new for this fight
I done wrastled with an alligator, that’s right
I have wrastled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale
I done handcuffed lightnin’, throwed thunder in jail, that’s bad
Bad dude, bad, fast, fast
I know you got him picked, but the man’s in trouble
I’ma show you how great I am

[Verse 1: Lil Wayne]
Ahem, you are now rockin’ with the greatest, nigga
I’m the best, pound for pound, better weigh these niggas
They bite my style like some crocodiles and gators, nigga
Huh, you are now locked in with the greatest, nigga
I treat the booth like a boxing ring in Vegas, nigga
I speak the truth, my philosophy is greater, nigga
Don’t eat the fruit without acknowledging the labor, nigga
Weezy Baby, nigga, rockin’ since the cradle, nigga
Homey box office, HBO, cable, nigga

I’m unstable, nigga, at the dinner table, nigga
All I eat is rappers, I might have to Flavor Flav a nigga
That bitch ate a nigga, meat and potatoes, nigga
If she want some head, I’ma decapitate a nigga
Evaporate a nigga, eradicate a nigga
Slap you in your face like I’m playin’ patty-cake, my nigga
Eat the cake, never beat a woman for Ms. Cita’s sake
I beat the case, beat some pussy up and then delete, erase
Headshots from a hundred feet away, but your feet okay
Put you six feet away

[Chorus: Lil Wayne]
I ain’t gotta say this all the time, nigga
They know I’m the greatest of all time, nigga, yeah
So fuck that nigga if I ain’t that nigga, uh
So fuck that nigga if I ain’t that nigga, uh
If you love that nigga, better blame that nigga, uh
I’m up there, nigga, where you ain’t at, nigga, yeah
Fuck that nigga if I ain’t that nigga, girl
Don’t fuck that nigga if I ain’t that nigga
She say, “Wayne that nigga”

[Interlude: Muhammad Ali & Lil Wayne]
Man’s in trouble, I’ma show you how great I am
Yeah, oh

[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]
I ain’t gotta say this every time, though
I’ma make a statement every time, though, ovation and the encore
I be lookin’ in my kids’ faces, where the time go?
They know I’m amazin’ and they moms know
You know I’ma slay it every time, though
You know I ain’t playin’, nigga, I’m coach
You know that I’m fly, but never fly coach
You know I ain’t payin’ for your time, ho

This is not a bakery, don’t ask me for no cake and shut your pie hole
Every day, I’m wakin’ up with odd hoes, wakin’ up in grind mode
Standin’ on business like a base, Barry Bonds toes
You know that I’m safe wherever I go
You know I’m an ape in every Congo
You know I’m a freight train to a rhino
Bust a nigga grape like I’m a wino
Barrel make the Draco look like Gonzo
I ain’t gotta say this to remind folks
They know I’m the greatest, even God know

[Chorus: Lil Wayne]
I ain’t gotta say this all the time, nigga
They know I’m the greatest of all time, nigga (Nigga), yeah
So fuck that nigga if I ain’t that nigga (Fuck that nigga), uh
So fuck that nigga if I ain’t that nigga (Fuck that nigga), uh
If you love that nigga, better blame that nigga (Yeah, yeah), uh
I’m up there, nigga, where you ain’t at, nigga (Yeah, yeah), yeah
So fuck that nigga if I ain’t that nigga, girl
Don’t fuck that nigga if I ain’t that nigga
She say, “Wayne that nigga”

[Verse 3: Lil Wayne]
Yeah, I ain’t gotta say this all the time, nigga
They know I’m the greatest of all time, nigga
I’m like what MJ is to LeBron, nigga
Brady in his prime, nigga
I’m like Tom Brady at forty-five, nigga
I ain’t even debatin’ on retirin’, nigga

You could get the shady .45, nigga
Born in the ’80s, that’s the greatest of all times, nigga
You know how us skaters are, we grind, nigga
Great like Nick Saban, Roll Tide, nigga
I’m like Coach Prime, nigga
Come from poor times, nigga, now we pour Dom, nigga

Life is a beach, don’t push me to the shoreline, nigga
Flow like cocaine, I give you some more lines
Niggas know they don’t wan’ see me like a sight for sore eyes, nigga
Your flow fine, nigga, mine’s the best kind
Niggas know they ain’t fuckin’ with my bars like ex-cons, nigga
Yeah, it’s flex time, nigga
Look in the mirror and say “Carter” six times, nigga
Big time, nigga, no tick-tock, just bombs, nigga

[Chorus: Lil Wayne]
I ain’t gotta say this all the time, nigga
They know I’m the greatest of all time, nigga, yeah
So fuck that nigga if I ain’t that nigga, uh (Yeah)
So fuck that nigga if I ain’t that nigga, uh (Yeah)
If you love that nigga, better blame that nigga, uh (Yeah)
I’m up there, nigga, where you ain’t at, nigga, yeah
So fuck that nigga if I ain’t that nigga, girl
Don’t fuck that nigga if I ain’t that nigga
She say, “Wayne that nigga,” the greatest