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