Pete Rock, C.L. Smooth - Appreciate lyrics

2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?
2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?
2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?
2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?

First of all, you better count your blessings
Cause when you got CL
Now you got back all your connections
In return, while we live and we learn
Then you know what it is
To only build a bigger future for the kids
In peace, in war, let's take it to the floor
Every time we take two steps
The crowd takes four
Lay the heat, how I come to the street
How I cut through the beef
Let me handle that
That's why you make me chief
It's packed, what they wanting is here
Can we weather the storm? Six minutes
CL smooth you're on
All the anger and the fear was
In the dressing room prayer
That we came out to light it up
And put it in the air
That's real, so holla back at ya boy
Step aside Leroy
To all my ladies who bought tickets, enjoy
Cause i spit it and you gotta get with
It and you'll never forget it
Yes, I brought the best style, count 'em all

"2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?"
To the fans and to all
My people that supported us
"2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?"
To the mama and the daddy
And everything they taught us
"2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?"
Tell them kids they gotta stay in
School or ride with us
"2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?"
When it all goes down, baby, All We Got is Us

Tell 'em this is history in the making
Avoiding disasters
This run is for the green jacket I fit
The masters my crew havin' business savvy
Put it in through my office
The security is tight and
The secretary is gorgeous
That's official, me and Pete in the lab
That's what they want
Pushin' that real hip hop up to the front
The game's been good to me
Preserved my youth
Not only did it capture my goals
It told me the truth
Look how my hustle made a living
Paid and driven
See why they tour around the world
Came to save us from prison
It's great, I'd rather love than hate
You think it fell out the sky
I'm here to tell you, why believe in faith
Hard work payin' off and
Them wishes comin' true
Vault open and you out to lunch
And left us two
Now you know we can't let that
Pass to get that cash
We in the big numbers, count 'em all

"2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?"
To the fans and to all
My people that supported us
"2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?"
To the mama and the daddy
And everything they taught us
"2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?"
Tell them kids they gotta stay in
School or ride with us
"2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?"
When it all goes down, baby, All We Got is Us

Why my Uncle Doc left me
Everything when he died
And when pop passed, two weeks later I cried
And when great grandma left it all went crazy
Now all I had left was grandma Pam
That's my baby
Can't talk bad about me, she'd tell 'em
Why we need to give her all her
Roses while she could smell 'em
I live for this moment used
To stay how we were
How my mother came to her in
A dream and told her corey will come out of
This deep dark depression, stand by me
Give my insight a resurrection and heal me
And fill me with your guidance and love
Got a thing
This little woman who brought back the thug
Let's grind
Ghettos of the Mind while I'm in my prime
I left so y'all can catch up
I'm ahead of my time
Your legacy and that lazy boy
Say it ain't fear
My next generation triple my digit's
Add 'em up like

"2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?"
To the fans and to all
My people that supported us
"2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?"
To the mama and the daddy
And everything they taught us
"2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?"
Tell them kids they gotta stay in
School or ride with us
"2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?"
When it all goes down, baby, All We Got is Us