The Interview lyrics

[Interviewer:] Good evening, ladies & gentleman
How you doing out there tonight? We have a special guest in the house
The illustrious, Sugar Tongue Slim
We're going to sit down and talk with him
So Slim, where you from?

[Verse: STS]
Southwest ATL, Ralph Lauren to the socks, can't you mother f*cking tell?
West end to the point, n*ggas, that's my joint
People know me around there, so I can go where I want

[Interviewer:] The name Sugar Tongue Slim, how'd you come up with that?

[Verse 2: STS]
Well just listen to the wordplay displayed in the raps
And besides all that, I'm a god damn mack
Try to keep it P.C., but see, n*ggas want facts

[Interviewer:] Now how did you get started as an artist? Did you always wanna emcee?

[Verse 3: STS]
Naw, I wanted to be an M.D., and I ain't talking Dre Beats
Speak like Ye beats, from the soul when I speak in prose or in poetry
Used to do slam just to make a little cash
So with these words I bust n*ggas' ass
[Interviewer:] My bad, don't mean to cut you off but looking at your writing I can see the poet background, it's not that surprising. Realizing that, what made you choose to rap?

[Verse 4: STS]
n*ggas told me I should write one, it ended up a nice one
Next thing you know, I was just nice son (Word... word)

[Interviewer:] Now is it true you used to meddle in the mack game, and rack brains and pretty young things that do whatever for the change?

[Verse 5: STS]
I claim responsibility
A couple hoes literally, was on the right path until they met my ass
My bad, my flaw, I saw opportunity and took it
I don't sell crack, nor do I cook it
So look it, my crooked connects put me in check
This is how the game goes, got my pimpin' correct

[Interviewer:] Now may I interject, how did you go from poetry to pimping? They both just seem sort of different

[Verse 6: STS]
Well actually, the way they use words is what attracted me, naturally
Besides the perks and pus*y, and the salary that's tax free
But fact me a little book, unbeknown to most
And I ain't talking champagne when I prose a toast
The most elegant embellishments of street life
And I was at a point in time I couldn't see right
[Interviewer:] Wow, seems like you've seen a lot in your life so let's switch gears and talk about your peers on the mic. Who you like?

[Verse 7: STS]
Of course I'm a 'Kast fan, Jay, Big, Nas, 50, Em and then some Redman
But damn, now who did I forget to say, I like The Roots
Oh yea, Common Sense and Kanye, Weezy [?] in the deck
Tip, I do respect, Clipse fan since [God Damn?]
And [Plush?] liver than my man, [Stay-p?] and The Lox
I wanna thank Free for hopping on the track free
And [?]shouts out to Peedi-P

[Interviewer:] Now tell me this, on your songs when you say [GOAL?]. What you talking about?

[Verse 8: STS]
Naw' man, I'm saying GOLD, it's an acronym
Gentleman of Leisure & Development
I'm trying to get the whole world yelling it

[Interviewer:] Okay, tell a bit about Demand More and what's changed?

[Verse 9: STS]
sh*t, I don't know more mother f*ckers know my name
Naw', it's been cool, people really take notice
I got some things in the works, but it's my main focus
My greatest [opus?] yet to come, I'm just umm'
At the [stu?], with groove and them
Trying to make a move with him
[Interviewer:] Uh hu, so it's the new age, internet is the new craze. People have a way of putting music out in new ways. Does that affect you, good or bad what would you say?

[Verse 10: STS]
My whole Demand More campaign is internet based
Obviously the piracy is a problem, but the irony
Is n*ggas whole album ain't even worth buying, be
It's the artist who are artist suffer
Talking real rap n*ggas, not them ringtone mother f*ckers
And interdependency in numbers like the majors
Labels ain't putting in the labor, they can't receive the paper
All they see is views on the YouTube
And naw', I ain't impressed by these new dudes, they doo-doo

[Interviewer:] So who is Sugar Slim and why should I buy into him?

[Verse 11: STS]
For the same reasons that you don't buy into them
See I extend myself to you with every verse I do
It's purpose in my poetry, that's deeper than the booty-do
Reminiscence of hootie-hoo, like 'Dre before the dreads
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik still in my head
Still in my mind, I find time to find piles of jewels
So when I shine, it looks good on you

[Interviewer:] Well, thank you STS for your time, I know you stay on your grind. For extra footage, you can check us out online. Before we go, is there anything else you wanna let 'em know?

[STS:]
What up T.S.B. [?] Demand More