"you ain't seen money in your life, when it comes to this cheese ya'll like three blind mice" jay-z "I need to slow down moving through life at a high speed, watching all the slow runners pass by me" prodigy of mobb deep
If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be lyrically, Talib Kweli Truthfully I wanted to rhyme like Common Sense But I did five mill' - I ain't been rhymin like Common since- Jay-z
Renegade - Jay-Z feat Eminem I especially like Em's 2nd verse: See I'm a poet to some, a regular modern day Shakespeare Jesus Christ the King of these Latter Day Saints here To shatter the picture in which of that as they paint me as a monger of hate and Satan a scatter-brained atheist But that ain't the case, see it's a matter of taste We as a people decide if Shady's as bad as they say he is Or is he the latter - a gateway to escape? Media scapegoat, who they can be mad at today See it's easy as cake, simple as whistlin Dixie while I'm wavin the pistol at sixty Christians against me Go to war with the Mormons, take a bath with the Catholics in holy water - no wonder they try to hold me under longer I'm a motherf*ckin spiteful, DELIGHTFUL eyeful The new Ice Cube - motherf*ckers HATE to like you What did I do? (huh?) I'm just a kid from the gutter makin this butter off these bloodsuckers, cause I'm a motherf*ckin...
I said, I'll ride with you if you can get me to the border The sheriff's after me for what I did to his daughter I did it like this I did it like that I did it with a whiffle ball bat
Music is like magic, there’s a certain feeling you get when your real and you spit and people are feeling your sh*t. This is your moment, and every single minute you spend trying to hold onto it cause you may never get it again. So while you’re in it, try to get as much sh*t as you can and when your run is over just admit when its at its end. Cause I’m at the end of my wits with half this **** that gets in I got a list here’s the order of my list that it’s in. It goes, Reggie, Jay-Z, Tupac and Biggie, Andre from Outcast, Jada, Kurupt, Nas and then me. But in this industry I’m the cause of a lot of envy, so when I’m not put on this list the **** does not offend me. That’s why you see me walk around like nothing’s bothering me. Even though half you people got a f*ckin problem with me. You hate it but you know respect you’ve got to give me The press's wet dream like Bobby and Whitney. Nate hit me. --Eminem, "til I Collapse" Verse 2
Eyes on the prize, Shawn knew I had to Had to had to get these chips Had to make moves like Olajuwon Started out sellin dimes and nicks Graduated to a brick -Jay-Z It drops deep as it does in my breath I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined I think of crime when I'm in a New York state of mind -Nas
From 1989 - It's a Big Daddy Thing - "Warm it Up, Kane" Come, get some, you little bum I take the cake but you can't get a crumb from the poetic, authentic, superior Ultimate - and all that good **** I'm the original, Asiatic, acrobatic There you have it, now get dramatic Creatin drama when I'm on the scene And I pack em in mean, like Bruce Springsteen I profile a style that's mild and meanwhile put on trial a rap pile to exile Make you tumble and stumble, in a rumble just CRUMBLE And I'm still calm and humble You need another helpin hand to swing on I stand alone, but still you gotta bring on your Batman and Robin, Cagney and Lacey Starsky and Hutch, but they still can't face me And if may make this one thing here clear that's for you not to come near, PERIOD So I ain't buggin or delirious My swift tongue's like a sword, that's how severe it is And I can slice and dice a Fisher Price MC that thought he was nice into Minute Rice Single-handed, I ain't with that band stuff Cause Cee'll scratch a record like flakes of dandruff And the mic I ravage, not like a savage but in my own way of doin damage As I design the genuine line Now who flattop rules in eighty-nine? Warm it up, Kane (16X) Take two other men with soul that you probably know Deadly as Scarface, but bright as the Cosby show Don't attack rappers, but make everyone hush They step to me, but can't stop the bumrush I make material, rich and imperial The unique technique I speak is all original You like to sag and drag and gag Same old same old, but Poppa's Got a Brand New Bag So put the mic down boy, you can't work it Due to wack lyrics, it's bout to short circuit So toss the sauce across to the boss, no remorse You lost, with force, of course, a holocaust First I caught ya, then put ya through torture You moved wrong my son, so I taught ya Just like a guardian, that put your body in the mood to groove with the smoove way that I'm partyin Competition may find it spectacular Scheme and fiend to take a bite like Dracula and waste the taste, cause ain't no sugar here So come near if you dare, you BOOGA BEAR You start hallucinatin like Magic The wrath gets tragic, but Kane won't have it Cause you tried to juice me when you're bluffin Slowed the pace, so I had to start rushin So pick a VC date, cause you're history Here comes Kane Scoob Scrap Jay and Mister Cee And this is one thing to us we ain't new to The crew'll cast a spell on the crowd just like voodoo I'm the man you can't hold back and all competition appears to be weak I meant to say wack, a vision of blur Just them thinkin I'm competitin, I say, "Huh!" Warm it up, Kane (16X) (leaving out the shout outs at the end... but the rest is gold...)
your simple words just don't move me you're minor, we're major you all up in the game and don't deserve to be a player don't make me have to call your name out your crew is featherweight my gunshots'll make you levitate I'm only nineteen but my mind is old and when the things get for real my warm heart turns cold another n***a deceased, another story gets told - Prodigy of Mobb Deep... Shook Ones Pt. 2 Velcome all vulnerable vocalists Visualize vivid verb play in my vortex Virtually, no verse'll be vinnin ova me...they vapor My verbal voltage vanquishes Parental advisory Vamoose...I'll vick your vitality Vindictive with voodoo Valiantly save the virgin from the viper Vanglorious vide vorld of volcanic violence Your vessel gets violated over the velm Veracious, vivacious Veto your village voice Void your vibration Vultures got me vergin' on vomitin' they vishfullness Get's met with visciousness Every verb's visceral This is no kiss under the mistletoe A clip will cripple foes Crucifix for mental cliques Triple 6...flipped...now it's 9 Now it's time for vertigo Reverberate for your convertible - Del The Funkee Homosapien... Hieroglyphics "7 Sixes" Now I was raised as a young black male In order to get paid, forced to make crack sales Caught a ***** so they send me to these overpacked jails In the cell, countin days in this livin black Hell, do you feel me? Keys to ignition, use at your discretion Roll with a twelve gauge pump for protection - Tupac Shakur... Starin Through My Rearview. It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail The mic is contacted, I attract clientele My mic check is life or death, breathin a sniper's death I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps Deep like The Shinin', sparkle like a diamond Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin Hit the Earth like a comet, invasion Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazin Cause in my physical, I can express throuh song Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong I drank Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in hell From the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell - Nas "It Ain't Hard to Tell"
Conducted and formed This is a hell of a concept We make it hype and you want to step with this Shay plays on the fade slice like a ninja Cut like a razor blade so fast other DJs say damn If my rhyme was a drug I'd sell it by the gram Admit it, you still have that CD at the bottom of your closet somewhere.
Dr. Octagon - Earth People Verse 1 First patient pull out the skull remove the cancer Breakin' his back chisel necks for the answer Supersonic bionic robot voodoo power Equator ex my chance to flex skills on Ampex With power meters and heaters gauge anti freeze Octagon oxygen aluminum intoxicants More ways to blow blood cells in your face React with four bombs and six fire missiles Armed with seven rounds of space doo-doo pistols You may not believe, livin' on the Earth planet My skin is green and silver, warhead lookin' mean Astronauts get played, tough like the ukelele As I move in rockets, overriding, levels Nothing's aware, same data, same system Chorus Earth People, New York and California Earth People, I was born on Jupiter x4 Verse 2 Now my helmet's on, you can't tell me I'm not in space With the National Guard United States Enterprise Diplomat of swing with aliens at my feet Comin' down the rampart through beam on the street Obsolete computes, compounds and dead sounds As I locate intricately independent Economic rhymer got savoury store food In Capsule D my program is ability For a reaction and response to a no-one Identification Code: Unidentified I got cosmophonic, pressed a button, changed my face You recognised, so what? I turned invisible Made myself clear, reappeared to you visual Disappear again, zapped like a android Face the fact, I fly on planets every day My nucleus friend, prepare, I return again My 7XL is not yet invented Repeat chorus Verse 3 Space Ranger, contact tubes, send synthetics I program one and go to Earth through the fax machine My number's Seven-Oh-Nine Seven-Five-Five Six-E-L-Three Computer File: Nine-Three Digital level, standing on the terminal Upside down through polygons fightin' pentagons Changin' blue skin, my brown colour's comin' back I'm psychedelic this time, come in rainbow Look at the green lights and y'all see my brain glow Five colours: yellow, black and red and green...purple Repeat chorus
As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain I take a look at my wife and realize she's very plain But that's just perfect for an Amish like me You know I shun fancy things like electricity
Get low, Get low To the window, to the wall, To the sweat drop down my b@lls To all these b****es crawl To all skit skit mother****er all skit skit god damn To all skit skit mother****er all skit skit god damn
Ice ice baby (x2) All right stop collaborate and listen Ice is back with my brand new invention Something grabs a hold of me tightly Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly Will it ever stop yo I don't know Turn off the lights and I'll glow To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle Dance go rush to the speaker that booms I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom Deadly when I play a dope melody Anything less than the best is a felony Love it or leave it you better gain weight You better hit bull's eye the kid don't play If there was a problem yo I'll solve it Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it CHORUS Ice ice baby vanillla (x4) Now that the party is jumping With the bass kicked in and the vegas are pumpin' Quick to the point to the point no faking I'm cooking MC's like a pound of bacon Burning them if you ain't quick and nimble I go crazy when I hear a cymbal And a hi-hat with a souped up tempo I'm on a roll and it's time to go solo Rollin' in my 5.0 With my rag-top down so my hair can blow The girlies on standby waving just to say hi Did you stop no I just drove by Kept on pursuing to the next stop I busted a left and I'm heading to the next block The block was dead Yo so I continued to A1A Beachfront Avenue Girls were hot wearing less than bikinis Rockman lovers driving Lamborghinis Jealous 'cause I'm out getting mine Shay with a guage and Vanilla with a nine Reading for the chumps on the wall The chumps acting ill because they're so full of eight balls Gunshots rang out like a bell I grabbed my nine all I heard were shells Falling on the concrete real fast Jumped in my car slammed on the gas Bumpet to bumper the avenue's packed I'm trying to get away before the jackers jack Police on the scene you know what I mean They passed me up confronted all the dope fiends If there was a problem yo I'll solve it Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it REPEAT CHORUS Take heed 'cause I'm a lyrical poet Miami's on the scene just in case you didn't know it My town that created all the bass sound Enough to shake and kick holes in the ground 'Cause my style's like a chemical spill Feasible rhymes that you can vision and feel Conducted and formed This is a hell of a concept We make it hype and you want to step with this Shay plays on the fade slice like a ninja Cut like a razor blade so fast other DJs say damn If my rhyme was a drug I'd sell it by the gram Keep my composure when it's time to get loose Magnetized by the mic while I kick my juice If there was a problem yo I'll solve it Check out the hook while Shay revolves it Ice ice baby vanilla Ice ice baby (oh-oh) vanilla Ice ice baby vanilla Ice ice baby vanilla ice Yo man let's get out of here Word to your mother Ice ice baby too cold Ice ice baby too cold too cold (x2) Ice ice baby AND oo legit... Too legit to quit (three times) Sweat running all over my chest (chest) i don't quit no! I just press harder (Yea!) than i ever did before going for The dreams that i have in store in my mind (mind) and i know That i'm makin it i gotta get mine and nobody's takin it away (No!) cause hammer don't play that you try to get mine boy you better step back freeze (freeze) cause You don't want none i hustle for my muscle and you look Weak son (real weak) yea!... i'm goin for all that i can get Kickin at the top cause i'm too legit to quit...sing!... Chorus Too legit... Too legit to quit (hey...hey...) Too legit...too legit... Too legit to quit...(hey...) Too legit... Too legit to quit (too legit...) too legit... too legit to quit... when i feel high post don't you play me close a dig 'em smack a get you back and i'll hit with a dose of oaktown power and charge you by the hour i'm shakin like a quake and funks get devoured i choose to abuse, misuse and confuse competitors who think they're makin up all the rules, fools in the game lame and insane it's a shame i gotta do this but i remain the same unchanged gettin better never known as a sweater kickin it at the top cause i got myself together so roll with a guy who's physical and fit knows the time and too legit to quit...sang! Repeat chorus x2 step to the rhythm of a sho-nuff winner (winner) i been here before (yo!) i ain't no beginner (word) but i been new tried and true survival of the fittest yo!..it brought me through my crew (talk) we're ready to strike trained for the mission so believe the hype and sweat it (sweat it) cause you're gonna regret it the day that you dissed us you'll wish you never met us you remind me of a real short story one hit record and you star to bore me get ready cause this is it your crew is through and we too legit to quit...sang!... chorus Too legit... Too legit to quit...Too legit... Too legit to quit Too legit... Too legit to quit...Too legit... Too legit to quit get buck...get buck...get buck...get buck...get buck...(many times) my people we don't know defeat we crush the strong and percolate the weak daily (everyday) we make our moves to improve our groove because we love to rule where we lay yo!..(Yo!) work and play we started at the bottom and now we're leading the way and yea!..(yea!) i'm havin a fit kickin it at the top because i'm too legit to quit...sang!... chorus hey...hey...hey...hey... too legit to quit.. too legit to quit.. we're rolling on...we're rolling on...we're rolling on...we're rolling on... he's on top...he's on top...he's on top...he's on top... goin to burn it up...goin to burn it up...goin to burn it up... goin to burn it up... too legit to quit...too legit to quit we're rollin on..hey..hey..hey...too legit.
