Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, la, da-da, da (Big Queens, NYC)Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, la, da-da, daAh, ah, ah, ah, ah (Uh), la, oh, oh, oohOoh-ooh (Yeah), oh, ooh-ooh (Hit-Boy)They called me “Babyface” in eighty-eightOn 40th and Broadway they made me stay and waitCab service, car eighty-fiveTen minutes, they back in the carNot safe to drive, narcos are lookin’ (Woop, woop, woop)No secret compartments in the ride, so keep pushin’We get stopped, hide it between the seat cushionEither that, or just tuck it inside your bootDon’t throw it out the window yet, son, that’s all our loot (Not yet)See? They turned, they wasn’t after us, my nigga with me laughin’ (Yeah)He clutchin’ his gold Lazarus, made it home and he baggin’ up (What up?)I’m just a lil’ nigga smokin’ weed (Fried)I’m just tryna figure out who to be (Nas)Horse and Dula touchin’ paper (Uh-huh)Plus, Spud and Wallet Head, a lot of breadAnd I was talkin’ to TiaI went to her block, I was just happy to see herAnd low was how she did me (Ooh)She moved from Queens to Co-Op City (Ooh-wee)She said, “Visit me, that’s if you really miss me” (I did), show proofTen niggas outside her buildin’, that’s what I go through (Damn)1989, my baby mind was advancin’ (Yeah)Nike Air Trainer 3’s, two fingers on her hand, son (Ooh)I’m losin’ her slowly (Uh)Plus my other girl is startin’ to move on the homieHop in eighty-five, roll with me (Oh-oh)When I used to slideI used to call car eighty-fiveDon’t want no other driver on the job (Nah)Only car eighty-fiveYo, take me uptown to that smoke shop I like (Ooh)Car eighty-five
All blacked out tint (Running for my life)Everywhere we went, we took car eighty-five (Yeah, yeah)We gon’ ridePut that tape on I likeYou know that tape I like, turn that shit up (Oh, yeah)We gon’ smoke and ride (Ooh-ooh)Go to Times Square, we take it from thereJust ride (Ridin’ with car eighty-five)It’s FridayIt woulda been a good night to pick up shorty, but she on some other shit (Ooh-wee, ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah)In my peripheral viewNothin’ trivial ’bout me, just witness the truth, I’m certifiedThat’s been verifiedMy mere presence got other guys terrified (Woah, ooh)Slap oxygen out your esophagus (Ooh-ooh)I survived with stick up kids, was droppin’ shit (Ooh-ooh)The rotten apple’s the tabernacleThat’s NY, White Castles at midnightFish sandwiches, forty ounces and fistfights (Oh, ooh-wee)They even used car eighty-five to pull robberiesUse ’em as a getaway car and paid him properlyNext year the whole town strung outSwept the block where they hung outLook how far we’ve come now (Amen)Grab the duffel and run outSeven fiends in one house, hustle sun up to sundownWhat up? Summertime in NYIn the back seat of car eighty-five (Oh-oh, oh)The whole hood was tryna call car eighty-fiveAny car like that, any number that had that systemOr that cool ride (Yeah)You know that’d make your whole dayJust bein’ able to get up and goTo this day, I just like to rideLot of thoughts come to mind (Ooh-wee, oh, oh, ooh)