Song: Hardball ~~ 2001 ~~ 3:59
Artist: Lil’ Bow Wow, Lil’ Wayne, Lil’ Zane, Sammie and Jermaine Dupri
LP/CD: Hardball S/T ~~ So So Def ~~ 2001
Composers: Jermaine Dupri~LaMarquis Jefferson~Zane Copeland~Lil’ Wayne~Kenneth Gamble~Leon Huff

Throw me the ball and watch what I do wit’ it
Uh-huh, uh
Uh, we got Bow Wow in the house
Uh, my man Lil’ Zane and, huh, Lil Wayne
Sammie, sing to me

Strike 1, caught you by surprise
Strike 2, right before your eyes
Pitch 3, this one’s to the wall
Ain’t no fun like a game of hardball

When I step to the plate, the outfield gets back
‘Cause they know I’m the over-the-wall type of dog
So many back-to-back kids, they call me Little Sammy Sosa
Double ??? all the roasters
Y’all know I don’t roast ya when its time to compete
On the field, on the court over, any hot beat
The break and you know it when you see your clone
And right now that’s all I see goin’ on (Holler at me)
Game time, all I think about is bringin’ home the trophy
If your team’s better than mine, you really gotta show me
Really gotta beat me, really gotta trash talk
Mistreat me and send my squad back home
‘Cause I don’t lose too much, matter fact I ain’t never lost at all
When I’m playin’ hardball
So if you on the mound ‘bout to pitch to me
Understand I’m like Griffey, I kick ‘em to the wall

Strike 1, caught you by surprise
Strike 2, right before your eyes
Strike 3, ooh, I got you out
Without a doubt I got you out

Strike 1, caught you by surprise
Strike 2, right before your eyes
Pitch 3, this one’s to the wall
Ain’t no fun like a game of hardball

This goes out to them jocks that stand on my jock
Throwin’ a pop
Keep pitchin’, I’m in the kitchen makin’ ready or rock
It’s usually preferred, I be choosy with all my words
Throwin’ eggs at them chicken heads, beggin’ on the curb
???, a fast baller with a curve
Have them slidin’ home tellin’ their fiends that’s in the 3rd
I’m sure you done heard who I’m doin’ and what I’m doin’
What’s false and what’s true and (Girl, listen)
When it come to this game, they call me Zane McGuire
That other kid was just a mark so I made him retire
See, we all got a base and we hold our own
But when I come up to bat we gon’ all come home
In the past year it’s on ‘cause they all know what the drill
It’s goin’ outta the field into your automobile
And I hope it ain’t your Range Rover that you spent your change over
I’m in the dugout with my tongue out, play a game with it

Strike 1, caught you by surprise
Strike 2, right before your eyes
Strike 3, ooh, I got you out
Without a doubt I got you out

Strike 1, caught you passed you by
Strike 2, right before your eyes
Pitch 3, this marks to the wall
Ain’t no fun like a game of hardball

They call me Young Wheezy, ride ricas
You know i’m gettin it hot it’s them n****s
And you think you know
And I keep the chrome best, swingin’, slingin’ that iron
Pitch on the block like Nolan Ryan
Too ***** for TV, you won’t see me, I’m right in the streets
I’m a hustler, people, my life in the streets
Watch the game, get your wife in the sheets
My watch, my chain and my teeth cost
That way I would never cheap talk
And I call my little sweetheart, she call me Sweet Daddy and she gladly
Love the way that daddy bat it, yeah, baby
Wheezy wheeza player baby and I don’t share babies
So if you searchin’ for some n**** , ain’t nothin’ here baby
Catch me doin’ near 80 in a your lady’s Bently
Goin’ out and Wheezy never hit a foul
A hot guy don’t hit pop flys, I knock it up out the park
And after the game’s over we gon’ meet up after dark

Strike 1, caught you by surprise
Strike 2, right before your eyes
Strike 3, ooh, I got you out
Without a doubt I got you out

Strike 1, caught you by surprise
Strike 2, right before your eyes
Pitch 3, this one’s to the wall
Ain’t no fun like a game of hardball

Strike 1, caught you by surprise
Strike 2, right before your eyes
Strike 3, ooh, I got you out
Without a doubt I got you out

Strike 1, caught you by surprise
Strike 2, right before your eyes
Pitch 3, this one’s to the wall
Ain’t no fun like a game of hardball

Transcribed by: Char Star
Uploaded on: September 27, 2001