[DMX]
  Uhh, uhh, uhh, c'mon!
  Woo! Uh-huh
  Yeah, more real life (grrrrrrrrrr)
  That's how it is baby, you know it's real
  More real life, you know it's real (grrrrrrrrrr)
  From the dog, y'know?
  You know it's real, uh-huh
  You know it's real (grrrrrrrrrr)
  Shit is always real baby, forever
    My peoples say they got love for the dog right?
  They holla like "Whattup dog?" Alright
  Cause no matter what streets in a dog's life
  And I'm the type of dog gon' go all night
  Some cats think that it's a game that we're playin here
  You keep thinkin it's a joke, I ain't playin here
  Fuck around if you want, I leave billionaire
  Do what, go where? Shit I'm stayin here
  This whole motherfuckin rap shit is all mine (WHAT?!)
  Just thought I'd let you know one mo' time (uhh)
  Shit, I ain't said nuttin when it was yo' time
  Now, niggaz is mad, cause "Ain't No Sunshine"
  And you cats won't like it when the rain hits (UHH!)
  That's the nigga X on the same shit (uh!)
  And if you wanna see how fucked up the game gets?
  Watch what they do when you ain't shit
    [Chorus: Stephanie Mills]
  What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
  You're crazy about my styyyyyyyyyle
  What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
  Tell me nowwwwwwwwwww.. ohhhhh-ohhhhhh
    [DMX]
  Uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh
  Every cat I meet like, "Show me love!"
  Every girl I meet like, "I want a hug!"
  Shit I might be just tryin to pick somethin up
  Can I get an autograph -- man, what the fuck?!
  Is the love gon' be the same when
  we start to realize that the game ends (uh-huh)
  Even me, will I have the same friends? (uhh)
  Even when I ain't got the same Benz (UHH)
  What about when the dough get low (woo!)
  Shoulda peeped money from the get-go
  Disappeared, ain't that a bitch yo?
  Now you know, that's that bullshit yo
  Can't forget all them fake "love you" bitches (uh-HUH!)
  Take 'em to the room, wanna fake you bitches (uh-HUH!)
  Walk through the mall wanna touch you bitches (uh-HUH!)
  Listen! I got a wife, I don't trust you bitches (c'mon!)
    [Chorus: Stephanie Mills]
  What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
  You're crazy about my styyyyyyyyyle
  What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
  Please don't have me acting wild
  What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
  Tell me nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
  Tell me now, tell me now (WHAT?!)
  Tell me (WHAT?!) what you gonna tell me? (WHAT?!)
  Tell me (uh) tell me (uh)
  What you gonna tell me?
    [DMX]
  Holla at the boy if you know the truth
  See what I'm doin, I'm tryin to show the youth
  Trust me I been through it so I got the proof
  Give 'em somethin to eat that ain't gon' break a tooth
  And everybody knows how I get down (c'mon)
  Show the dog love when he hit town (c'mon)
  They don't give a fuck who I'm with now (c'mon)
  V.I.P. don't give a fuck where I sit now (aight?!)
  All this shit changed but it's still the same
  But you gotta do it in order to play the game
  Keep shit brief when you say my name (f'real)
  Give me the love, nigga fuck the fame (f'real)
  When the shit is gone, where you gon' be? (hmmmmm)
  When I look no more, what you gon' see? (hmmmmm)
  Shit, a muh'fucker lookin hungry (aight?!)
  And even then, is you gon' love me?
    [Chorus 2X: Stephanie Mills]
  What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
  You're crazy about my styyyyyyyyyle
  What you gonna do when I'm nothing?
  Tell me nowwwwwwwwwww.. ohhhhh-ohhhh
    [Stephanie and DMX ad lib to fade]