Dont Even Try It Lyrics - Singles - Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince

Yo jeff whats shakin man 

Whats up dude 

Ay man remember that girl you know when I was walking to school 

She used to diss me everyday (yeah) 

Man the record came out she called me 2 days ago 

Man my phone is off the hook with people asking me for tapes and free records 

I aint with it 

Word man 

Bust this 

This rap is for the people in the past who were against me 

Who snapped at every opportunity to diss me 

Put me down like I was nothing treated me like a jerk 

Now I'm seeing the pay off of all my hard work 

But now that its my records on the reel 

Somehow all of a sudden it's a whole new deal 

For those in the past who dissed me don't deny it 

What? Your sorry? Don't even try it 

Word man 

People are a trip 

Putting everybody down what's up with that 

Word man I gotta let em know I gotta 

Bust this 

I used to know this girl by the name of teresa 

I did all I could to make her release her 

Emotions to me but she just wouldn't do it 

She built up a wall and I couldn't break through it 

I used to walk to school everyday of the week 

Watching teresa walk on the other side of the street 

One day I finally got my heart up to speak 

She dissed me and dismissed me with a smack on my cheek 

So I bought 6 bottles of new fancy cologne 

But all I got from teresa was 

(leave me alone) 

Bought new clothes to wear every place 

But all Teresa would say was 

(get out of my face) 

So I gave up this quest for Teresa 

But then on the day my record was released 

A strange thing happened when it came on the radio 

Teresa broke her neck just to say (hello) 

I looked at her I said you must be foolish 

Why did you ignore me on the way to school if you were interested she said 

(oh I apologise) 

I looked deep into her dark brown eyes 

I said you ignored me for months on end 

Now all of a sudden you wanna be my friend 

You didn't talk before so don't talk now what be quiet 

What you really like me? Don't even try it 

Man she had a lot of nerve man (word) 

But man she ain't have half as much nerve as that record producer 

The one that dissed us man 

What up 

When I first started rapping I had one idea 

And it was set in my mind very vivid and clear 

I knew that I wanted to be a rap artist 

I'll give my all and work my hardest 

But when I took my song to a record producer 

He told me that I better go drink some rap juice or 

Something because my song was really absurd 

He said that it was the worst trash that he'd ever heard 

Yo my ego was shattered he busted my groove 

I could hear him cracking up as I left the room 

I thought my song was good but he busted my bubble 

The title was girls ain't nuthin but trouble 

Hopefully I found domeone who had faith 

He lifted my ego back up into place 

His name was dana goodman (chill) he thought the song was on track 

So two weeks later it was out on wax 

It busted up the charts like a hydrogen bomb 

Up up up it climbed climbed climbed 

People eat their words that said I couldn't achieve 

Now they have no choice bit to believe in me 

Then no sooner than my record came out 

That same old producer started calling my house 

One night he called me about half past 12 

I've got some cash if you wanna sell 

I said you big stupid half wit idiot 

I told you before that my record was a hit 

I just laughed like some kind of kid 

Now don't you regret what you did 

I wish you'd get off my tip now that's my request 

See he who laughs last always laughs best 

Okay I'll be reasonable you wanna buy it 

Okay I'll sell it psyche don't even try it 

You know what I'll tell you sumthin 

I got this so hard man 

I'm a tell you sumthin 

Yo prince you remember when we first started out 

How we used to go to all the parties just to rock the house 

Word man I remember those good days well 

Well chill out man cause I got a story to tell 

About five years ago I began my quest to be the best DJ in the whole US 

There was a lot of DJ's striving in my spot 

They were putting me down every chance I got 

Never cut me a break on any given night 

They used to all look at me and say 

(Jeff's alright) 

but when your magnificent cuts were released 

all of that left has ceased (word) 

when you and I used to do our shows 

All the crowd would say is Ho 

Yeah time after time we were tearin it up 

While you rock the mic and I rocked the cut 

But now that I'm making a name for myself 

All those DJ's are like 

Yo Jeff whats up 

All that stuff is dead nope I ain't with it 

The'yll push me on the street and say 

(yo Jeff how bout a ticket man) 

to your very next show 

but I say no 

and I tell them where they can go 

I cant believe that they have the nerve 

To hop on my tip now 

Yeah man word 

Just the other day homeboy approached me on the street and said 

"yo jeff how bout a record for free" 

man the way you dissed me you better go buy it 

but man we're friends for real don't even try it 

man straight up you know how it is 

word 

maybe they'll know not to diss next time 

we let em know 

cause I aint with it 

aight jeff chill