Complex Magazine - Back to Basics lyrics

From jump, nicki has been criticized for
Swiping multiple pages out
Of Lil' Kim's book when
Those comparisons wore thin, everyone
Decided it was Lady Gaga she
Was biting but the mark of any great artist
And intelligent business person
Is the ability to adapt just look at Jay Z

Lady Gaga, like Nicki
Is lambasted for a lack
Of originality but Gaga's over the top
Alien-like fashion sense was all her own
She caught everyone's attention by
Wearing everything from floor length wigs
To ass-out leotards her
Timing was perfect her success seemed
Unattainable by any other female
Artist save for Adele then
I realized that she
Absolutely sounds like Madonna
And I got tired of hearing about
That damn meat dress turns out
I wasn’t alone how did Gaga attempt
To stay relevant? She became
An almost unrecognizable man at the 2011 MTV
Video Music Awards and a couple years
Later, birthed a giant bubble 'Lame, '
I thought, along with everyone else
As her career took a nose dive

And just when it seemed like
Everyone was tiring of
The antics, the voices, and
The ultraviolet wigs, and it looked
As if Nicki was going to fail in the same way
Gaga has, she morphed back
Into herself a gutter
Black haired chick from Queens who raps her
Ass off except this is not
The old Nicki she's in a new
Movie with Cameron Diaz she's
More mature, more rich, more stylish, and
More interesting that plasticky
Barbie persona, the
Annoying Roman character
And her American Idol
Bid, may have disappointed rap fans
But it made her a ing household
Name and now that most of America or
The world, rather is in her vortex, nicki is
Going natural and is back to scoop up
Her original fans in a short time
Nicki achieved the versatility that
Took Queen Latifah over
20-some odd years nicki can literally do
(and wear) whatever the hell she
Wants we should all be
Thankful that she's decided to
Come back to rap