[Hook:]
Take it personal.
[Verse 1:]
I never thought that you would crab me,
Undermine me, and backstab me,
But I can see clearly now the rain is gone,
The pain is gone, but what you did was still wrong.
There was a few times I needed your support,
But you tried to play me like an indoor sport,
Like racquetball, tennis, pool, whatever,
All I know is that you attempted to be clever.
Nevertheless, cleverness can't impress,
‘Cause now you've been exposed like a person undressed,
I can see through you, because I'm the Guru,
Now what you gonna do when I step to you?
And when I pay you back, I'll be hurtin' you,
And this ain't no threat so take it personal.
[Hook:]
Take it personal.
[Verse 2:]
Rap is an art, you can't own no loops,
It's how you hook ‘em up and the rhyme style, troop.
So don't even think you could say someone bit
Off your weak beat, come on, you need to quit.
I flip lines and rhymes that never sound like yours,
There oughtta be laws against you yappin' your jaws.
Originality overflows, in the end,
The truth is, that you wish you could live the
Life I live and kick the lyrics I kick,
But bear in mind that you can't think as quick.
So Premier drops beats for me to say verses to,
And if I sound doper, then take it personal.
[Hook:]
Take it personal.
[Verse 3:]
Don't be mad ‘cause I don't come around the way
Like I used to, I don't have time these days.
I'm keepin' busy makin' power moves,
And don't try to say I don't remember you.
You shouldn't let your jealousy show like that,
I stopped comin' by ‘cause of the way you act,
Tellin' my business to kids I don't even know,
You're like a daytime talk show, and that's low.
So you can tell everyone, that I'm jerkin' you,
And if you don't like it, kid, take it personal.
[Hook:]
Take it personal.