That's what I'm after tell me what I'm after 
 (I'm after the gold then after that the platinum) 
 Once again it's the real ill microphone enhancer 
 Smoking mcs coming down from lung cancer 
 The mace is in my hand but I'm not afraid to shoot ya 
 Nobody can see me - I am the future 
    So you know that no one can ever hurt me 
 Because I'm ill 
 (Like what) 
 Like herpies 
 And I really don't give a damn who you are 
 Mr. Funky man all hail m r funkular 
 Now in 1985 is when I first started to rock   
 Trying to do the human beatbox like 
 (Boom hah hah boom boom hah hah) 
 All over the place shooting spit in your face 
 Then when the beatbox start play 
 That's when I started rocking mic's 
 Make you wack mcs wanna fight 
 Because they always tried to battle me to see who is the best 
 So you know I have to roll on the quest 
 For what I'm after   
 (I'm after the gold then after that the platinum) 
 Hip hop and props that's what what we're after 
 (I'm after the gold then after that the platinum) 
 Stacks of those plaques - that's what we're after   
 If it's hip hop that makes yo knees knock 
 Turn us up box 
 I know you peep the sound, it's the lords on the block 
 It's the list now this is how I live now 
 Making people get down to my funky sound 
 Ever since I heard the sound I wanted to be down 
 Here's my demo tape won't you please pass it down   
 So I can get paid and have things like I said 
 A car, a yacht, a house with a maid 
 But wow! Slow down the party ain't that easy 
 Oh my God I think I let that video deceive me 
 No matter, as long as the rhymes are the phatter 
 I bet you billboard has me top of the ladder 
 Publishing like loving, I learned that from my cousin 
 Write your own tunes and you'll see thousands by the dozens 
 And after all that, if you gave back 
 All I want to see is the golden platinum plaque   
 Now it's 1995 
 And I finally got my foot in the door 
 Got props I want more 
 Cause I'm definitely not where I used to be 
 But I'm nowhere near where I wanna be 
 I wanna be able to go out and buy a golf range 
 And still walk away with change 
 Until then there's no time to be wasting 
 So I gotta keep on chasing, chasing   
 Well what I'm after - it's simple 
 Come on and peep the mental 
 This ghetto born kid blowing up on instrumentals 
 What's the matter oh I know you can't peep my pattern 
 My style is designed to shed light like a lantern 
 So click click now the light's directly on your ear 
 If you peep the sound then run and tell a peer 
 What happened - did you get locked by my rapping? 
 You had to, cause gold and the plat is what I'm after