[00:00.09]Radio speaker :[00:00.45]Yeah baby, it's[00:01.02]Phil ? live at[00:02.91]Night Talk we're talkin' about musical genius[00:05.49]R.A. The Rugged[00:07.17]Man let's take some calls, find out what you guys think # 1[00:10.26]Caller: Yo,[00:10.59]R' s definitly one of the illest liricist[00:13.38]I've ever heard, that's real # 2[00:15.54]Caller: R.[00:15.84]A. man, he's comin' out, guns blazin' baby,[00:18.48]BOOM, watch out # 3[00:19.50]Caller: He's very intelligent, he's a positive model in rap # 4[00:22.86]Caller: I went to a show last week, he was the bomb...[00:25.38]He was better than[00:26.19]Michael Jackson # 5[00:27.12]Caller: He's so sexy ,[00:28.80]My girl said he has an 11 inch cock, couldn't walk ? # 6[00:31.41]Caller: Yo[00:32.16]R.A. is worldwide man, he's goin platinum, quadruple, and big time # 7[00:36.57]Caller: First time[00:37.23]I saw him,[00:38.13]I knew he had a star quality, he's a superstar [Verse 1][00:41.55]Ayyo, here's the whole story, the whole true, "He's retarded"[00:44.64]Here's how my whole ******** career started[00:47.22]Back in '88 it was about battle rappin' and shootin' guns off at house parties, say "HO" (BANG! BANG!BANG!) ? before rhymin'[00:53.79]No complainin' , no money, no fame, still maintainin' 1991, now my whole career started bustin'[00:59.88]You see in on stage shows, guess the crowd jump in[01:02.07]Let the kids come on[01:03.00]Tommy Boy,[01:03.30]Mercury, Priority wanted me[01:05.28]Russell Simmons, and 9 other record companies[01:07.98]Sendin limousines out to pick up my broke ass[01:10.53]Feedin' me stakes, buyin' me hookers,[01:12.48]I hope that **** last[01:13.62]I was used to have no cash,[01:15.24]I got gats[01:16.17]White trash, why they wanna sign my ass ? '92 the whole industry was on my ****[01:21.24]I signed to[01:21.84]Jive Records, and ****ed up the whole **** [Chorus][01:24.93]You're a shinin' star[01:26.40]You're a superstar[01:27.45]Ooohhh.. Large star[01:30.24]But you gonna be large[01:30.81]You're a shinin' star[01:31.68]You're a superstar[01:32.76]Ooohhh.. Yeah, right [Verse 2][01:34.35]Now I'm stuck on a wack label[01:36.18]They say, "You see the way you behave Now wonder why the label hate you"[01:39.66]They say "He's a beast, he's a creature Keep him in the other room, don't let him see Aaliyah"[01:44.10]Banned from the building,[01:45.30]I don't wanna see ? "He just don't know how to play the game right He could be large than life"[01:50.07]They try to turn the label caucasian[01:52.08]They signed me,[01:52.80]Whitey Don and the[01:53.82]Insane Clown[01:54.78]Posse And they signed the[01:56.46]Backstreet[01:57.03]Boys and Britney[01:58.11]It's a pop label, what the **** they want with me[02:00.54]Forget R.[02:01.05]Kelly, I' ma do that rippin' out your cunt ****[02:03.24]I flipped the **** out and did some dumb **** ? looked at me,[02:06.18]I got a gun ****[02:07.29]I ain't gonna give that commercial run hit[02:09.69]Instead I gave your label suck ****[02:11.28]Try to press charges against me[02:13.17]Suited me, blackballed me[02:14.73]My lawyer wouldn't even call me [Chorus][02:17.76]You're a shinin' star[02:19.14]You're a superstar[02:20.16]Ooohhh.. Large star[02:22.65]But you gonna be large[02:23.40]You're a shinin' star[02:24.42]You're a superstar[02:25.68]Ooohhh.. Large star[02:28.53]You're a shinin' star[02:29.79]You're a superstar[02:30.69]Ooohhh.. Large star[02:33.60]But you gonna be large[02:34.11]You're a shinin' star[02:34.92]You're a superstar[02:36.12]Ooohhh.. Yeah right [Verse 3] '95,[02:38.40]I'm broke out the ass, no doe[02:40.50]Watchin' everybody else around me blow[02:42.87]Trackmasters,[02:43.74]Mobb Deep,[02:44.52]Keith Murray[02:45.36]Biggie and[02:45.90]Puff, I'll admit it,[02:46.95]I was jealous as ****[02:47.88]I was so pathetic[02:49.56]No doe under ugly chick[02:51.18]With a no doe fetish, all my old hoes jetted[02:53.85]Went from hearin' "You're a star kid"[02:56.04]To hearin' "He ain't talented, he's garbage" ? ****ty ? there's no market '96,[03:00.72]I got a gun now[03:01.74]I remember[03:02.49]I was bout to kill[03:03.09]Jeff Henster[03:03.96]Moved back in with pop duke and my handicapped brothers and sisters, and we had no loot[03:09.18]That's when the[03:09.60]Feds came by[03:10.56]And surrounded the house[03:11.91]They had automatic weapons, and was pullin' em out[03:14.64]And the moral of the story is all that glamour and glitz **** (what?)[03:18.51]**** that ****,[03:19.20]I don't need it [Chorus][03:21.00]You're a shinin' star[03:22.44]You're a superstar[03:23.52]Ooohhh.. Large star[03:25.95]But you gonna be large[03:26.82]You're a shinin' star[03:27.72]You're a superstar[03:28.80]Ooohhh.. Yeah right[03:29.88]Radio speaker:[03:31.05]Yeah baby, it's[03:31.92]Phil ?, we're back live at[03:33.69]Night Talk[03:34.50]The subject:[03:35.34]R.A. the Rugged[03:36.69]Man... What happened to that guy?[03:39.03]We're takin' calls # 1[03:39.87]Caller: Yo,[03:40.23]R's the true definition of a wack ass, ***** ass, punk ass[03:44.85]MC, 'na mean # 2[03:45.75]Caller: R.[03:46.08]A., You're goin' down boy like a piece of ****,[03:48.03]BOOM! # 3[03:48.24]Caller: I see him at the mall, he grab my ass and ? on my tits # 4[03:52.62]Caller: I went to a show last week, it sucked so bad he was in it underwear, spittin' underwear, he's so disgusting # 5[03:58.17]Caller: Yeah, my girl ****ed him, she sad he had a little 2 inch ****, and couldn't keep it hard # 6[04:02.37]Caller: R.[04:04.35]A. ? Mmm... ?[04:04.47]Heard his label drop him, guy's a loser # 7[04:06.96]Caller: Yo anybody seen that guy[04:08.16]R.A. around, heard he's ****in broke # 8[04:10.41]Caller: Yeah,[04:13.95]I don't think[04:14.55]R.A. is that bad guy nd everything just cause he's losing and shit, and[04:17.76]I, before..[04:17.94]Radio speaker:[04:18.81]I think we might have[04:19.56]R.A. the Rugged[04:20.28]Man on the line now,[04:21.66]R.A, is that you ? # 8[04:24.12]Caller: Uuuh...[04:24.33]NO!