Yo fellas I'm back and I'm hard as ever
Where'd you think I was gonna go
Yeah, whatever hard, hard
Shut up you guys hard, you can't sing

Been workin' hard in the studio
Workin' day and night
Stayin' up and singin' 14 hours
Tryin' to get it right

I'd rush home right after school
You see I couldn't hang out and be cool
I had a mission I could not be dissin'
Baby, uh, that was my rule

You didn't think I'd come back this hard
You didn't think I'd come back this hard
You didn't think I'd come back this hard
You didn't think I'd come back this hard

Rockin' and bumpin', thumpin' and funkin'
Like this groove yeah, I had to make you move
I had a mission that I could not be dissin'
'Cause this diva had a point to prove

Some people said
(Huh)
Where could she be?
Backin' some band way down in Mississippi?
(No)
Smackin', whakin', jackin' this groove in time
With the rhythm of hip hop in mind

You didn't think I'd come back this hard
You didn't think I'd come back this hard
You didn't think I'd come back this hard
You didn't think I'd come back this hard

Everyday
Coast to coast
People what could it be
What's up with me

Well, I'm back with a brand new story
I gotta fresh mix 'Tarpan's laboratory '
You see, the fella's hook me up from A to Z
1, 2, 3 it's me 'Shanice'

And I'm pullin' other suckers
Ho, card, you didn't think I'd come back this hard 'boy'

You didn't think I'd come back this hard
You didn't think I'd come back this hard
You didn't think I'd come back this hard
You didn't think I'd come back this hard

Uno, dos, tres, cuatro
Hard, hard, hard, hard, hard
Hard, hard, hard, hard, hard

You didn't think I'd come back this hard
You didn't think I'd come back this hard
You didn't think I'd come back this hard
You didn't think I'd come back this hard