How I Got Over

The Roots How I Got Over Lyrics
1.Tunnel Vision

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2.DillaTUDE (The Flight Of Titus)

(Instrumental)


3.A Peace Of Light

Doo, doo-doo, doo dooooooo (de da da, dah)
Doooooooo (dah, doo da da, dah)
Doooooooo (dah, doo da da, doo)

Doo, doo-doo

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Doooooooo (dah, doo da da, dah)
Doooooooo (dah, doo da da, doo)

Doo, doo-doo, doo dooooooo


4.Now Or Never

Lyricist:P Coleman, J Grenhart, K Jenkins, T Trotter

Everything's changin' around me and I wanna change too
It's one thing I know, it ain't cool bein' no fool
I feel different today, I don't know what else to say
But I'ma get my shit together, it's now or never

Now or never, now or never
Now or never, now or never

Uh, I'm sick, sick of waitin' in vain, tired of playin' the game
Thinkin' of makin' a change, finally breakin' the chains
Every phase, every happenin', craze
When it's said and done, my head is right back in the haze

I'm ready for the next chapter and page to start actin' my age
And part ways with Black Thought from back in the days
I'm stargazin' from the back of the stage
Questionin' if who y'all praise is worthy of praise

What's the phrase, 'Bygones is bygones'?
Niggaz who used to be the underdog is icons
People say the light shines once in a lifetime
Is this meant like kind or crisis a little bit like mine?

I'm thinkin' not now but right now
I need some kind of sign that the future is bright now
I fuck around, 'Do The Right Thing' like Spike now
The quick and the dead, which one is my lookalike now?
I'm movin' ahead

Everything's changin' around me and I wanna change too
It's one thing I know, it ain't cool bein' no fool
I feel different today, I don't know what else to say
But I'ma get my shit together, it's now or never

Now or never, now or never
Now or never, now or never

Yo, opportunities lost because I blew 'em
On the sunniest days of my life, I cried through 'em
Moms is out the picture and Pops, I barely knew him
And I would pray to God but I'm tired of lyin' to Him

Tired of tryin' to run from the things inside of us
Got a lot of fam and a lot of admirers
Who tell me that I should aspire to change
But when I think of changin'
It's like why even try this shit?

My mind hazy and my thoughts, they get distorted
I know my good and bad deeds both get recorded
You do right so your soul can last
But my role was cast before I even auditioned for it

So I don't really see an end to my vice
It's just false reformation, no end to my strife
Feel the evil overpowerin'
You can go 'head, throw the towel in
'Cause nigga that's the end of the fight

When you can only see the tunnel at the end of the lights
Like South party over, it's the end of your life
And I'm out

Everything's changin' around me and I wanna change too
It's one thing I know, it ain't cool bein' no fool
I feel different today, I don't know what else to say
But I'ma get my shit together, it's now or never
Now or never, now or never
Now or never, now or never

When I look into the mirror and see my own image
It feel like there's something else far off in the distance
Something I wanna see but something that's resistant
And everyday the heart it in is growin' more persistent

I never noticed it before but now I can't miss it
And the constant pounding's drivin' me ballistic
I ran from it few years but it's still next to me
And it's growin' stronger, takin', leavin' less of me

I can't fight it now, I know it's just destiny
And I just wonder what's gonna happen when it catches me
Will it leave me face down, in a chest of pee
Or will it just start bringin' out the best of me?

But is the best of me really just the worst of me
And if so, yesterday could be my anniversary
In sinners' court, it's important to have church with me
I'm tryin' to get rid of these ghosts that's cursin' me

I feel a change is an absolute certainty
'Cause what's goin' on is a state of emergency
(State of emergency)

Everything's changin' around me and I wanna change too
It's one thing I know, it ain't cool bein' no fool
I feel different today, I don't know what else to say
But I'ma get my shit together, it's now or never
It's now or never


5.Walk Alone

Lyricist:R Friedrich, J Grenhart, K Jenkins, J Miller, G Spearman, T
Trotter

Trapped, no shield, no sword
The unbeaten path got my soul so sore
Allured by the lust, something money can't cure
The Devil want me as is, but God, He want more

Eyes closed, eyes open, great another day, here we go
Like a nigga woke up late in The Truman Show
Livin' life without a care, mean poker face
But I'm forced to play solitaire 'til I get up out of here

Move like a wanted man with a bounty on his head
Work alone, sleep alone, eat alone, daily bread
Countin' till my fingers' red, how you gon' judge a man
Walkin' in the shoes of a man with a broken leg?

Flame on the trail headed for the powder keg
Last place in the race I ain't never led
Like I ain't never bled, time to get up out of bed
Servin' in the army of one, it's on again

Walk alone, I walk alone, you know I walk all alone
I always been on my own ever since the day I was born
So I don't mind walkin' alone

Walk alone, I walk alone, you know I walk all alone
I always been on my own ever since the day I was born
So I don't mind walkin' alone

I'm in a chess match, I'm in a death trap
I'm tryin' to find out where the eggs in the nest at
I'm one blood when the sky turns jet black
No love in the world can correct that

I'm in a slow lane, I'm on my Cobain
I'm in the new spot tryin' to run a old game
I got a new chick, put out my old flame
No peace, no sleep, no love for a young beast

You can put me in a cage
You can put me in the jungle where the lion get blazed
There ain't no hell like the hell I raise
I'd die in the bed I made 'fore I lay with a love I loathe

I'm a snake in the garden of bones
I'm a loner in a world of clones
I'm the piece that don't belong, see I roam
Where the the Reaper roam 'til they put my name on a stone

Walk alone, I walk alone, you know I walk all alone
I always been on my own ever since the day I was born
So I don't mind walkin' alone

Walk alone, I walk alone, you know I walk all alone
I always been on my own ever since the day I was born
So I don't mind walkin' alone

The longest walk I'll probably ever be on
The Road to Perdition, guess I'm finna get my plea on
I pray these wings strong enough to carry me on
I promise every second felt as if it took an eon

Walkin' like the lost boys of Sierra Leone
The trail of tears what they got me like a Cherokee on
Between the ears somethin' I require therapy on
For the workin' to the bone like my name Robert Dion

I go above and beyond, the duty called, truly y'all
Even though they kind of blew me off like a booty call
Asked me if I'm just another muli or a movie star
Forced to face the music like a graduate of Juilliard

Walk alone, talk alone, get my Charlie Parker on
Make my mark alone, shed light upon the dark alone
Get my sparkle on, it's a mission I'm embarkin' on
A kamikaze in the danger zone far from home

Walk alone, I walk alone, you know I walk all alone
I always been on my own ever since the day I was born
So I don't mind walkin' alone

Walk alone, I walk alone, you know I walk all alone
I always been on my own ever since the day I was born


6.Dear God 2.0

Lyricist:J James, P Martinez, R Nichols, A Thompson, T Trotter

Dear God, I'm trying hard to reach you
Dear God, I see your face in all I do
Sometimes it's so hard to believe it
But God, I know you have your reasons

They said, 'He's busy hold the line, please'
Call me crazy, I thought maybe he could mind read
Who does the blind lead? Show me a sign, please
If everything is made in China, are we Chinese?

And why do haters separate us like we Siamese?
Technology turning the planet into zombies
Everybody all in everybody's dirty laundry
Acid rain, earthquakes, hurricane, tsunamis

Terrorist, crime sprees, assaults and robberies
Cops yelling stop, freeze, shoot him before he try to leave
Air quality so foul, I gotta try to breathe
Endangered species and we running out of trees

If I could hold the world in the palm of these
Hands, I would probably do away with these anomalies
Everybody checking for the new award nominee
Wars and atrocities, look at all the poverty

Ignoring the prophecies
More beef than broccoli
Corporate monopoly
Weak world economy

Stock market toppling
Mad marijuana
Oxycontin and Klonopin
Everybody out of it

Well, I've been thinking about
And I've been breaking it down
Without an answer

I know I'm thinking out loud
But if you're lost and around
Why do we suffer?
Why do we suffer?

Yeah, it's still me, one of your biggest fans
I get off work, right back to work again
I probably need to go ahead and have my head exam
Look at how they got me on the Def Jam payment plan

Well, I'm in the world of entertainment and
Trying to keep a singing man sane for the paying fans
If I don't make it through the night, slight change of plans
Harp strings, angel wings and praying hands

Lord, forgive me for my shortcomings
For going on tour and ignoring the court summons
All I'm trying to do is live life to the fullest
They sent my daddy to you in a barrage of bullets

Why is the world ugly when you made it in your image?
And why is living life such a fight to the finish?
For this high percentage when the sky's the limit
A second is a minute, every hour's infinite

Dear God, I'm trying hard to reach you
Dear God, I see your face in all I do
Sometimes, it's so hard to believe it


7.Radio Daze

Lyricist:J Barnes, R Friedrich, J Grenhart, K Jenkins, G Spearman, T
Trotter

And the radio daze kept us in the dark
And the satellite age brings us to the light
Some feelin' the pitch, some feelin' the bite
They ain't ready to talk, they're ready to fight

Never leave you alone
Never, never leave you alone
Never, never leave you alone

Never leave you alone
Never, never leave you alone
Never, never leave you alone

Yo, so what you searchin' for?
From birth born hurtin' and yearnin' for certain somethings
Lurkin' and murk 'em, got them turnin' this bed into a coffin
Burning over passions in this passion
Or more or less over what the past done passed us

'Cause see, the past tense, it never really passes
Phases that trap us and cage us like classes
Foggin' my glasses, lost in a mass mess
Task-less dilemma to match somebody's status

And I'm average as fuck, no car cats gassin' me up
Passin' bucks like a casual blunt
Granted hustlin' habits on the stumble, the mansion
While bums pass, askin' for a buck for some bagged bricks

Bad shit goin' down on the daily
While bad chicks pass in a Mercedez, damn
They say he's the bastard for chasin' 'em
Maybe, it's the patterns that make me that made me crazy

And the radio daze kept us in the dark
And the satellite age brings us to the light
Some feelin' the pitch, some feelin' the bite
They ain't ready to talk, they're ready to fight

Never leave you alone
Never, never leave you alone
Never, never leave you alone

Never leave you alone
Never, never leave you alone
Never, never leave you alone

Life is fiction, competition and contradiction
Petty perceptions, window dressing for misdirection
Love is a lotto, I know I know you know what I know
Hope is so hollow that's why winos follow the bottle

And people pressure make death a hidden treasure
A girly pleasure, lonely language inside a letter
It's now or never, move it, move it, love it or lose it
'Fore it's recruited, then included inside the stupid

It's things of nature, paid a player and say your prayers
Naysayers, the haters, the major players, the beggars
You 'bout it, 'bout it, don't allow it to pow without it
Then those who doubt it, do or die to death are cowards

The world is yours, and the world we can't afford
So ignore the law, start a fire, then start a war
If you're sick and tired of your access denied
Free will died long before Glydes and iPod

And the radio daze kept us in the dark
And the satellite age brings us to the light
Some feelin' the pitch, some feelin' the bite
They ain't ready to talk, they're ready to fight

Never leave you alone
Never, never leave you alone
Never, never leave you alone

Never leave you alone
Never, never leave you alone
Never, never leave you alone

Yo, it's too much strain, phenomenal gain
I'm goin' through things, headaches, abdominal pain
Tryin' to numb it with that kettle like I'm from the Ukraine
Check the blue flame, lighter runnin' out of butane

What's up with my destructive urge that's unproductive?
Choices I'm stuck with now startin' to fuck with
Contaminating family and close friends
Tellin' me to stop burnin' the candle at both ends

Ain't like I'm on a coke binge, hangin' in dope dens
Or life is just a pool of Patron I'm soaked in
The darker the covenant-slash-trainwreck for you to rubberneck
You ain't felt the true pain yet so you be lovin' that

Hit me up at black.gov like the government
Banana Republican, alien intelligence
Kill switch, real pissed, thinkin' of some ill shit
The stone the builder refused, he need to build with
Got immunized for both flus, I'm still sick
Via satellite, radio, the realness

And the radio daze kept us in the dark
And the satellite age brings us to the light
Some feelin' the pitch, some feelin' the bite
They ain't ready to talk, they're ready to fight

And the radio daze
And the radio daze
And the radio daze


8.How I Got Over

Lyricist:R Friedrich, J Grenhart, K Jenkins, T Trotter

(Uh, ha, huh, uh, ha, huh)
Out on the streets
(Yeah)
Where I grew up
(Ah, hah)

First thing they teach us
(Uh)
Not to give a fuck
(Yeah, come on, baby)
That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
(Oh)
Someone has to care

How I got over where the people come apart?
Don't nobody care about cha, only thing you got is God
Out here in these streets if you get down on your luck
You can stand up with a hand down but nobody give a fuck

Out here in these streets every man is for himself
They ain't helpin' no one else, it's a hazard to your health
Livin' life in these cold streets

(Hey)
Whose worryin' 'bout cha, babe
Runnin' around in these streets

Out on the streets where I grew up
(How I got over)
First thing they teach us not to give a fuck
(How I got over)

That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
(How I got over)
Someone has to care
(Ya)

When you on the corners too much drama
Livin' with the police right behind ja'
It's always more than a slight reminda
We livin' in a war zone like Rwanda

Before I go back to the heavenly Fatha
Pray for me if it ain't too much botha
Whatever don't break me or make me stronga
I feel like I can't take too much longa

It's too much lyin' and too much fryin'
I'm all cried out 'cause I grew up cryin'
They all got a sales pitch, I ain't buyin'
They tryin' to convince me that I ain't tryin'

We uninspired, we unadmired
And tired and sick of being sick and tired
A living in the hood where the shots are fired
We dyin' to live so to live we dyin', you just like I am

Out on the streets
(Uh)
Where I grew up
(How I got over)

First thing they teach us not to give a fuck
(How I got over)
That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
(Ya, somebody, somewhere)
Someone has to care
(Somebody's gotta care)

And I swear it isn't fair in suspended animation
We ain't tryin' to go nowhere out here in these streets
We're so young and all alone
We ain't even old enough to realize we're on our own

Livin' life in these hard streets where it's like they lost
their mind
Is there anyway to find? are we runnin' out of time out here?

Listen, hey, who's worryin' about cha, babe
Runnin' 'round in these streets

Out on the streets
(Uh)
Where I grew up
(How I got over)

First thing they teach us not to give a fuck
(How I got over)
That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
(Ya, somebody, somewhere)
Someone has to

Out on the streets
(Uh)
Where I grew up
(How I got over)

First thing they teach us not to give a fuck
(How I got over)
That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
(Ya, somebody, somewhere)
Someone has to

Out on the streets
(Uh)
Where I grew up
(How I got over)

First thing they teach us not to give a fuck
(How I got over)
That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
(Ya, somebody, somewhere)
Someone has to

Out on the streets where I grew up
First thing they teach us not to give a fuck
That type of thinkin' can't get you nowhere
Someone has to care


9.The Day

Lyricist:J Barnes, O Biddle, D Bryson, P Coleman, K Douglas, J Gray, K
Jenkins, K Newman, J Poyser, A Thompson, T Trotter, F Walker

When I wake up, I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer vision
I should start living today

'Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day
'Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day

Yeah, it's like every day I wake up
I stare into space and don't say much
Peer in the mirror, feeling dead from the face up
Coffee pots, cigarettes, morning Js, Baileys
Slowing down my day before it picks up the pace

Beats playing since the night before
Thinking 'bout writing songs
Feeling exhausted from times we toured constant
And plus the toxics I sip got me tall
Still tipsy, staring at the city
From the spot we call Los Angeles

Every day is like a blank canvas
Carving my initials in the planet like I brand it
Handpicked to live this life we take for granted
Like a child with an upright bass, we can't stand it

Smiling through the trouble we face, tryna manage
My way without pumping my brakes and staying stagnant
'Cause I can sit on my ass or just imagine
The madness I did on my path and paint the canvas

When I wake up, I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer vision
I should start living today

'Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day
'Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day

Before I rise and shine like a neon sign
I need the girl of my dreams to give me Einstein
And burn the marijuana like Buju Banton
Is my only bonafide break from these confines

I need a change of scenery like a mind tide
These kids bringing me the noise like the bomb squad
And everybody coming at me from the blindside
I'm tired, it's hard to open up my eyes wide

I listen to some theme music on the iPod
And walk around the crib doing little odd jobs
Checking my breath, take a view from this high rise
Feeling like I'm checking out a game from the sideline

I got to try different things in these trying times
Twenty-ten is different than it was in nine-five
It's come alive time, I picked a fine time
For getting open off life like a fine wine

When I wake up, I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer vision
I should start living today

'Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day
'Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day

Uh, yeah, Sunday morning, plan my day out
Whole new blueprint, brand new layout
Deep down still don't know if it'll play out
Before the first time, feel like I done found a way out

Skin getting clearer and it feel like I lost weight
Stop and say a prayer for the times I lost faith
Troubles of the world had me in a cross-face
Chicken-wing, sickening, liver so off-base

But now it's like I'm in the last lap of the car chase
And I finally understand my right to choose
My preacher man told me it could always be worse
Even the three-legged dog still got three good legs to lose

So you can stop and refresh the rules
Breathe in, breathe out, let it heal all your exit wounds
Something inside said that's the move
And made it today, I'll restart fresh and new

When I wake up, I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer vision
I should start living today

'Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day
'Cause today is gonna be
The day is gonna be

The day is gonna be
The day is gonna be
The day is gonna be
The day is gonna be

The day is gonna be
The day is gonna be
The day is gonna be


10.Right On

Lyricist:D Lawrence, J Newsom, D Price, A Thompson, T Trotter

Hit it

We should shine a light on
A light on
And the book of right-on's, right on
It was right on

We should shine a light on
A light on
And the book of right-on's, right on
It was right on

Yo, I try to get it how I live it
A lotta people counting on me, kinda like a digit
It's a cold world, I'm not frontin' like it isn't
It's no time for comin' up shorter than a midget

Ya'll know I'm a raise the bar though, like bitchin'
You see all them stars don't blink, you might miss it
It's precious cargo, you gotta be strong to lift it
The light comes in different types, be more specific

Shit, I'm black thought, what could be more prolific
For this love I go above, beyond the limit
I told ya'll I'm above and beyond the gimmick
I get into your head and spread like a pandemic

I never put myself in a race I can't finish
I'm well grounded, founded on the same premise
As any man with a hitlist, it's about business
Yo, can a brother get a witness?
Dig it, right on

We should shine a light on
A light on
And the book of right-on's, right on
It was right on

We should shine a light on
A light on
And the book of right-on's, right on
It was right on

Alright

Okay, I'm above and beyond hot
My measurement in watts
Time rate and flow of energy
Ain't never gonna stop

Pressure's on I won't pop
Microphone I won't drop
Gemstones, niggas caught me
Shit if I ain't in the spot

Still rhymin' on the hot
New star on the hip
I shine a light for the future
So my presence a gift

It's evident I'm heaven sent
With time and add it elements
Reference for what I represent
To show my benevolence

This is Philly
I'm rapping for the art of the city
Came from southwest Atlanta
Gave my heart to the city

With slugs flying, thugs crying
Every part of it's green
Nigga's shootin' up the club
Like they partyin' with Diddy

Get the diggy
I bring my incandescence to florescence
And In essence
I can burn out more energy per second

I put morning lesson
While I'm smokin' on the blessing
A switch hit like Pete Rose
Let's hit a session
Right on

We should shine a light on
A light on
And the book of right-on's, right on
It was right on

We should shine a light on
A light on
And the book of right-on's, right on
It was right on

Take it to the very top
I'm gonna do a snare roll


11.Doin' It Again

Lyricist:J Stephens, A Thompson, T Trotter

I keep it doing it again
Oh, I'm doing it again
Yes, I'm doing it again
I said, 'It would end'

Remix, rising up out of the flames like a Phoenix
Straining to carry the weight of my brain like a genius
Knowing I'm sowing seeds, let's see whose thumb is the greenest
If I said I mean it, I did it because I need it

Eat, sleep it or bleed it, write it down and then read it
Asphalt to the cement, your trash talk, delete it
I blast off then lay 'em out like a Tempur-Pedic
It's Black Thought, for certain I'ma win eventually

This unsung, underrated, under-appreciated
The one them underachievers had underestimated
Finally graduated, I'm one of the most hated
Something that's so sacred, nobody gon' take it

Face it, I keep doing it well
Doing it sans assistance, just do it yourself
Doing it below the radar, we doing it stealth
Doing it again for Illadelph, yo, who else?
We gon' do it again

I keep it doing it again
Oh, I'm doing it again
Yes, I'm doing it again
I said, 'It would end'

Yeah, aiyyo, I'm on a job, see my eyes focused where the prize
be
Even though they tried to rob me and sabotage the spot
Just like 'Pac when they got him in the lobby
Try to tax, you'll find me like Ronald Isley

I is a changed man, hanging with fans are probablies
Niggas used to know me, they don't even recognize me
Yep, the P-5-D is who the repertoire be
Doing it again just like Poitier and Cosby

I'm like Martin Luther King, you like Rodney
The difference is I give it everything inside me
Dear diary, the fans still swear by me
Even though I'm Late Night now, like Here's Johnny

Swimming with them great whites now, that's where to find me
Funny how it break right down but never mind me
Forever grimey, I guess it's just Philly shining
Rock roller, bi-polar like Phyllis Hyman

I keep it doing it again
Oh, I'm doing it again
Yes, I'm doing it again
I said, 'It would end'


12.The Fire

Lyricist:R Friedrich, K Jenkins, A Thompson, T Trotter

Ohh, the fire, the fire
Ohh, the fire, the fire

There's something in your heart
And it's in your eyes
It's the fire, inside you
Let it burn

You don't say good luck
You say, 'Don't give up'
It's the fire, inside you
Let it burn

Yeah, and if I'm ever at the crossroads
And start feeling mixed signals like Morse code
My soul start to grow colder than the North Pole
I try to focus on the hole of where the torch goes

In the tradition of these legendary sports pros
As far as I can see, I've made it to the threshold
Lord knows I've waited for this a lifetime
And I'm an icon when I let my light shine

Shine bright as an example of a champion
Taking the advantage, never copping out or cancelling
Burn like a chariot, learn how to carry it
Maverick, always above and beyond average

Fuel to the flame that I train with and travel with
Something in my eyes say I'm so close to having the prize
I realize I'm supposed to reach for the skies
Never let somebody try to tell you otherwise

There's something in your heart
And it's in your eyes
It's the fire, inside you
Let it burn

You don't say good luck
You say, 'Don't give up'
It's the fire, inside you
Let it burn

One love, one game, one desire
One flame, one bonfire, let it burn higher
I never show signs of fatigue or turn tired
'Cause I'm the definition of tragedy turned triumph

It's David and Goliath, I made it to the eye of the storm
Feeling torn like they fed me to the lions
Before my time start to wind down like the Mayans
I show 'em how I got the grind down like a science

It sounds like a riot on hush, it's so quiet
The only thing I hear is my heart, I'm inspired
By the challenge that I find myself standing eye to eye with
Then move like a wise warrior and not a coward

You can't escape the history that you was meant to make
That's why the highest victory is what I'm meant to take
You came to celebrate, I came to sever great
I hate losing, I refuse to make the same mistake

Ohh, the fire, the fire
Ohh
There's something in your heart
(The fire)
There's something in your heart
(The fire)

There's something in your heart
And it's in your eyes
It's the fire, inside you
Let it burn

You don't say good luck
You say, 'Don't give up'
It's the fire, inside you
Let it burn

Ohh, the fire inside you
The fire inside you
The fire inside you
The fire inside you


13.Web 20/20

Lyricist:J Miller, A Thompson, T Trotter, P Zayas

Yo, Jam boy magic, Mr. Fantastic
Masterful mind, the list that I've crafted
Fresh new trick to flip, I'm Dick Dastard
Half smooth criminal and half straight bastard

No mask when your flag get captured
First class, take you to the rap hereafter
Gone in a flash and yet, he gets faster
Sick when he hits the Mike like Mixmaster

This the Battle of Troy with no Pastor
Slicker than a can of oil with no castor
Chill in the front of the flight, outclass them
Bring your favorite rapper to fight, I'll trash him

Then I'll leave in a timely fashion
Uh, emcees get the tiny rations
Your girl hold me close as a tiny dancer
You got a death wish? Well, it's finally answered, prick

Yo, Jam boy magic, Mr. Sarcastic
Rap catalog consists of all classics
Blackness, tell your to fall backwards
Fuck a hood pass, my shit's for all-access

Killing tracks like this, we call practice
Any bullshit y'all twist, we call backwards
Jam boy sharp as a tack, we all cactus
Waiting on a big payback with no taxes

So if you follow the game, you might catch this
Act like an activist, you know, active
Nigga like me just has to spit acid
Sucker like you just has to get blasted

Ashes to ashes, Frasier to Cassius
No homo, y'all some pains in the asses
Get turned to toast like raising your glasses
When I'm on stage, girls swing from the rafters

Often nasty like Monster Mashing
Y'all know the voice is tight, hoarse and raspy
Can't place the face, kind of hard to catch me
Kings that pull strings like Dorothy Ashby

Jawns keep telling me I'm great like Gatsby
Caught like a felony, you can't slide past me
I'm low-key, kind of anti-flashy
Then I'm OG up in a black tie classy

Sun Tzu to Sun Rai, Gargemel, Mumm-Ra
Son of a shooter letting slugs from a gun fly
Should call a Mumbai with the bumbaclot
It's Black Thought, my sound's hard to come by

Last spotted on a yacht getting dumb high
Banging yacht rock with my squad from 215
Straight calling niggas out like the umpire
Any chump try'na front, word 'em up

Jam boy magic, Mr. Get-Busy, you get busy too?
Then get with me too, we'll get busy, dig me?
Smooth Remy, tool skinny but hold plenty
.22 long contact, new Bentley

No miles yet, curve backs and cruise and he
Bring it back when you through with it, roger that
Grip tenny, French mammies in Vic' panties
Lips candy, dick hard as a fifth of brandy

Hop in it for five minutes, then I'm finished
'Cause pussy is pleasure but I'm attending my business
Retractable roof, magical coupe disappearing
And reappearing, German engineering this McLaren

Hot Jacuzzis, watching movies, Glock and Uzis
Shots of Louis, busting cuties popping jewelries
Ooh ooh, Ultramag' MC in a M3
Whole body tatted straight up out a MP


14.Hustla

Lyricist:T Pentz, D Price, A Thompson, T Trotter

Let me tell you what priceless is, some advice to give
A sacrifice is what I made for the wife and kids
They say life's a bitch, but it's one life to live
I want my baby where that cake and the icing is

Out of them crisis-es, off of them vices-es
They see what we do and grow up in all likenesses
Really I don't wanna see 'em having to fight for this
Story of the family biz, I'ma rewrite the script

Daughter of a hip-hopper, hustla like her grand papa
Her destiny done been determined so you can't stop her
From being independent, earning paper and proper
More like a lawyer or a doctor, not a man watcher

That's where your man got ya, it's a big world out, yeah
I'm tryna make a black diamond or a pearl out, yeah
And hit the people to the way the world twirl out, yeah
And when I thank heaven for my little girl

Please let her be a hustla, baby, be a hustla
Hope my baby girl grows up to be a hustla
Let her be a hustla, baby, be a hustla
If not, then you're only a customer

Please let him be a hustla, baby, be a hustla
Hope my baby boy grows up to be a hustla
Let him be a hustla, baby, be a hustla
If not, then you're only a customer

Sugar Slim, I'm slicker than a squid, nigga no kids
No baby momma, Sugar freed from the drama
Sugar be where he wanna, no sweat like a sauna
No judge, your honor can't tell me how to raise mine

Figure that in due time, if and when I do find
True love, wooed up, maybe you can blue-line
Ooh I'm, caught up in the moment for the meantime
G I'm, all about the green like tree pines

See I'm, tryna get the scratch like a feline
Hoping that my seed don't know the struggle like me, I'm
Hustling to make a buck, make a buck and fuck it up
Fuck it up and suck it up, then go and make another buck

Get the money, get the money, that's what I know
I'm hoping that my seeds know a little more than I know
I know, I know but baby this what I know
If we ever settle down, well, baby, this what I hope

Please let her be a hustla, baby, be a hustla
Hope my baby girl grows up to be a hustla
Let her be a hustla, baby, be a hustla
If not, then you're only a customer

Please let him be a hustla, baby, be a hustla
Hope my baby boy grows up to be a hustla
Let him be a hustla, baby, be a hustla
If not, then you're only a customer