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Harlem...
The Bronx....
Brooklyn....
Long Island..
Staten Island..
The Galaxy of Queens
Queens get the money....
(Deep exhale)
Verse 1
Money gotta be made
And bills gotta be paid
Eternally exhausted
I will never need a sleep aid
Played it by the book
And I hate the time it took
Humming Stevie Wonder
I was waiting for a look
But the look never came
And I blamed the fools in charge
Wish I took better aim
When I was shooting for the stars
(Lawd)
Trial by fire and somebody reek of gasoline
They said I had the glow
All I know it wasn't afro sheen
Swam through Billy Ocean for a Carribean queen
Every time her legs open I get wrapped up in between
This only happens in my dreams
My nightmare much realer
Uncle Sam the plug for all You wanna be drug dealers
(All yall niggas)
I got bigger fish to fry than Jaws 2
This bag tagged responsibility
jun that's all you
I couldn't pick it up 'cause it was bigger than me
Had to get it up so I tried lifting in 3... 2.... 1
Hook
How You make change in a game that never changes
How You make change in a game that never changes
(Ah ah)
Seem like nowadays the aim's to remain brainless
Strangers do anything and get famous
How You make change in a game that never changes
How You make change in a game that never changes
Gotta grab the thing by the frame and rearrange it
I don't put words together I make statements
Verse 2
Creature of my habitat
Ima creature of habit
I smoke good eat bad
And repeat like a parrot
(Ah ah)
Living like I'm 22
I grew more than 44
Dying to close up shop
But know I got more in store
Pain in my eyes but they hide behind a smile
Built for the truth
I never used to lie around
Tried to live it up
Now that's kinda dying down
I'm so underground
Only miners ca find the sound
(Wow)
Long as somebody dig it
I'll probably karate kick it
Word to the Almighty
Coulda left I'm not alrighty with it
Tried to make magic
But the gadgets make it scientific
Life's a B
But You ca make her wine if You find the spirit
But for now it's hard rhymes
For hard times
Far cry from when I was shy
Watching The Fall Guy
Still hit the Chinease spot
And cop a large fry
Even when I sat on the bench
I set the bar high
Hook 2
I gotta make change in a game that never changes
I gotta make change in a game that never changes
Seem like nowadays the aim's to remain brainless
Strangers do anything and get famous
I gotta make change in a game that never changes
I gotta make change in a game that never changes
Gotta grab the thing by its frame and rearrange it
I don't put words together I make statements
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WarZone We Call Home
01:51
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Written Monday Sept 11 2023 2:07 pm on the A train
Verse
Missles whistle by
Bombs bursting overhead
Thought they caught me sleep
Insomniacs don't go to bed
No instead we go for broke
Even if we broke a leg
Sometimes You gotta trip
Before You get to know the ledge
There's so many different ways
To engage in warfare
A pawn might ca get You gone
Right from his lawn chair
A clown ca slow you down
Have You counting in dog years
One wrong stare
Ca get right in them cross hairs
Keeping the artillery
Thats leaving yall in misery
Speak fa the even calm delivery
That God's given me
Who said that sky's the limit
If anybody ca get it (Get it)
Body You and probably regret it
Like sloppy seconds (Ah ha)
Got a lotta lessons
I'm still trying to learn
Ca Never stop stressing
Thats why I'm buying the urb
(Word)
Trying to build a fire
And give it time to burn
But don't preach to the choir
Thats none of my concern
Hook
Games that people play
Things that people say
(That people say)
It's like they looking
For demons to lead the way
(To lead em where?)
Just a cross roads
Of lost souls
Hard to keep the peace
In this Warzone we call home
(We Call home)
Games that people play
Things that people say
(That people say)
It's like they looking
For demons to lead the way
(To lead em where)
Just a cross roads
Of lost souls
Hard to keep the peace
In this Warzone we call home
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Atone
03:12
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Given atonement
I try to live for the moment
Cause when the good times were good
It's like the kid didn't know it
I chose to peep who were closest
And saw different opponents
I had to sit and get focused
On how I'm fittin to approach this
(Hmmmm)
Most the folks I admire
Been thru some kinda fire
Had to make a way
Around the weisenheimers by desire
Malcolm the Messiah
Left Elijah and them guys conspired
To kill one of the greatest Black leaders
Who need a reminder (Who)
We so separated
They made us some haters
We treat our neighbors like strangers
Though we share the same spaces
And wear the same faces (yup)
Hear the same playlist
And know this racist nation
Will never pay reparations
(Uh uh)
So it's up to us
Can't be a bunch of shmucks
I know it get rough
Gotten toughen up butter cup
Devil wanna dance here's my chance
To do the Humpty Hump
Ima run amuck
Before I be another Brother stuck
Hook
Walk with a swagger
And I talk like a rapper
Ima boss from the Apple
Of New York
(Of New York New York)
Fought when I had ta
And I lost in some matters
Got absorbed by the patterns
Of New York
(Of New York New York)
Caught in the rapture
With thoughts of here after
Will force ya disaster
In New York (NYC)
Gotta walk with a Swagger
Talk like a Rapper
Be a Boss from the Apple
Of New York
(What You thought Nigga?)
Verse 2
Rappers are really facetious
Praying to they Jesus Pieces
While I step in the deepest feces
Forget to clean my sneakers
Still keep it steppin
Reppin like a secret weapon
If I need a reverend
To get in Heaven
Then keep ya blessings
I think I got this
Somewhere I swear
I made a promise
Maybe during Reagonomics
Wait my turn and make a profit
Capitalism
my Nigga that's our religion
Till they stuff us in a box
Like a package of I'm
My girl was her Father's favorite
Seen a sparkle in her eye
As she start to say it
Wish I ca heart this statement
Emoji rap
Yeah that's probably low key wack
Chiropractor
Trying to hold me back
I'm here to get somewhere
Like the fast lane
Pretty sure that will never change
Like my last name
(Trying to tell You)
I been around men of honor
What go around come around
Like Marijuana and Credit Karma
Hook
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Yea
On the Westside Highway...
F L O A T I N G
It's like 5 in the morning...
Mighta broke night
off like... 3 hours of sleep...
Just trying to make it home....
Verse
Burning that midnight oil
until it come to a boil
thinking if i never rest
my fresh ca never spoil
so i try and stay up
like insomniacs in laundromats
every second's precious on the clock
and i'm the quarterback
insomnia i been fond of her
since like highschool
we got a lot closer in college
she made me rhyme cool
had to fine tune her
in my 30s now i'm 40 plus
feeling like Keanu Reeves in Speed
i need off this bus
but a lack of sleep
take my brain where the weed can't
put my foot in this
you see the Timberland tree stamp?
(it's right there)
now i'm behind the wheel
noddin like my jam playing
right hand without a clue
what the left hand saying
eyes wide shut
but i quickly got sober
when the boys flew past
and pulled another driver over
Thank you Lord
sing that shit...
Wooooo....
I'm home baby...
I'm home.
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Big Bro Clypto
ya dude junMaf*ckn...
Yea
Yeah
Shti sound happy
Sound festive
remind me of Christmas
Yahmean
little..
little money in ya pocket
make me wanna go skiing
but i don't ski
fuck it
Verse 1
Artwork
heart hurt its all in
sparks burst
now thirst is calling
Star Search
made The Bronx birth a Baldwin
God's Work
made a shark smirk at dolphins
now thats Peace
backstreets where front runners
attract freaks
athletes and young mothers
peeps build
weed spill outta white owls
we eat chill
cheap thrills outta wine bottles
we found us
round 'Fros and round butts
came from the dirt
built a sound around dust
name on the turf Wild Style
had the town pumped
made us disperse
every crowd that sound sus
(Sus)
my product flying outta the store
teach you how to ensure
like Assata Shakur (fa sure)
gotta watch the stress
getting hot with the law
or say it with ya chest
like Zsa Zsa Gabor (Wooo)
Hook
Yeah i been down
but ima get that get back
clowns talkin bout
they big gat click clack
running round town
talkin this that chit chat
you aint nothing
but a little snack Kit Kat
Yeah i been down
but ima get that get back
clowns talkin bout
they big gat click clack
running round town
talkin this that chit chat
you aint nothing
but a little snack Kit Kat
Verse 2
Calm in the kitchen
You so called Dons beyond suspicion
ya song like a long intermission
my mom was born with a strong intuition
ring the alarm when its the calm nigga twicthin
movin sloppy through the lobby
like they Luca Brasi
when dude beside is prolly
more like Rudy Giuliani (Wooo!)
hard goons more like cartoons
wouldn't want smoke
in a cigar room with car fumes
what Scarface say about balls
i just count the curves
not like i had novacane
got a lotta nerve
divine pharoah
tying rhymes to my flying arrows
in the Rotten Apple
laughing with my cocker spaniels
inspire
better buy a supplier for hire
she lit the fire
as i slipped it inside her vagina
grilled like diners
so i cleaned up her china beside her
my kinda rider
bring the buns i got the Oscar Meyer
Hook
Yeah i been down
but ima get that get back
clowns talkin bout
they big gat click clack
running round town
talkin this that chit chat
you aint nothing
but a little snack Kit Kat
Yeah i been down
but ima get that get back
clowns talkin bout
they big gat click clack
running round town
talkin this that chit chat
you aint nothing
but a little snack Kit Kat
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Verse 1
Cold energy
Joe Kennedy
Let the celery
Blow till I got no
Memory
Hennessey Blanco
Julio Franco
Mono Y Mono
Picture Pablo Picasso
I'm the medicine maker
Headed to the elevator
Penny chaser
Hauling ass like a Chevy Blazer
Cats strapped
Knapsack pack tazers
Bath with the alligator
Future killers clap erasers
Word yo
Lay low like a wormhole
We took turns with the urb
Let it burn slow
Sad stories
Began with fast glory
And a bad shortie
End up on Maury
Or purgatory
My life is a riot
I'm betting You'd like to try it
Seen to many up and downs
I'm now a fighter pilot
Kinda quiet but I ca share an earful
Have more
Than what You ask for be careful
Hook
Ever since a teen
I hear You like whispers in my dream
Things ain't always what it seem
Tried to get the cream
Thought I had to try and find a team
Things ain't always what it seem
Stepping on the scene
Grinning like Mr. Inbetween
Things ain't always what it seem
Been reppin' Queens
Ever since stepping on the scene
Got get it by any means
Bridge
Awwww yeah...
Nahmsayin'...
Break it on down...
Break it on down....
Verse 2
I hunger for thunder
And I'm writing with lightning
I'm surrounded by vipers
But I like the excitement
In the midst of the madness
Ima dealer getting rid of some baggage
Healer with his medicine cabinet
Who the guy
That say he due to survive
Knew some live wire guys
Now they food for the flies
Plus I can't go out
When a Brother still going in
I might be full of it
I never had a colon cleanse
In the end then again
Who cares though
Brains for the birds
I'll prepare the scarecrow
Might as well
When everyday seem like Halloween
How ya mean
Treat ya trick and keep Ya costume clean
Just don't let the man bamboozle Ya
I'll shake Ya hand
If You ca make the man look stupider
The plot thickens
Like chicken in a hot kitchen
The kid is aiming for Ya top
And he not missing
Hook
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SouthSide Mo skit
01:25
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8. |
The Code
03:20
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Nahmsaying Cuzzo
Nahmsaying Cuzzo
Waited too long
shoulda been getting to it
steada just getting through it
Verse 1
i listened to losers
worked my way from the winners
hung around the have nots
sang with the sinners
made move with motivators
and played with perpetrators
irked instigators
(Sah!)
intimidated imitators
Can It All Be So Simple
was my favorite song on 36 Chambers
cause that's what back in the days was
(Word!)
simple complexity
way it all came together
had to be about ya word
couldn't just say whatever
people minded they business
but it still took a Village
(Still)
Momma beat that ass in class
and everybody'd witness
it be quiet as kept
that was a sign of respect
any problems then you had to solve em
live and direct
even the one's they called crazy
helped old ladies carry bags inside
sitting on Momma car
when she came outside they'd apologize
(Riiight)
it's been a long road of hard luck
thankful that I grew up
with a code of conduct
Hook
The game is to be sold
and they say never fold
these things never get old
when you live by The Code
(The Code)
been a long road
and sometimes it gets cold
but even when you alone
you still live by The Code
(The Code)
tried to break the mold
and i held my weight in gold
i been down 10 toes
cause i live by The Code
(The Code)
they say he played the role
till he had no way to go
and that same day he told
but did he live by The Code?
(Did he?)
Verse 2
Times are A-Changin
can't just rhyme for entertainment
you ca save that fire for the cave men
swear i know more people doing bad
than doing well
feeling like the fool trying to keep ya cool
when you in hell
mind tricks the body
body thinks the mind is crazy
(crazy)
body starts to fail
3rd eye lookin lazy
well baby
maybe ya time in finally up
i heard karma was a THOT
i'm not surprised that she suck
(Slut)
this generation is too impatient
to stand the test of time
if they to get a grind
i hope they never meant to rhyme
i wanna hear ya next line
i'll just press rewind
if that went over ya head
forget it nevermind
behind enemy lines with Black skin
do me a solid
tell Gregory hines i'm tapped in
(tapped in)
its a Dog Eat Dog world
thats my pet peeve
so when you seeing me with trees
i'm saying lets leave
Hook
The game is to be sold
and they say never fold
these things never get old
when you live by The Code
(The Code)
been a long road
and sometimes it gets cold
but even when you alone
you still live by The Code
(The Code)
tried to break the mold
and i held my weight in gold
i been down 10 toes
cause i live by The Code
(The Code)
they say he played the role
till he had no way to go
and that same day he told
but did he live by The Code?
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me and U
03:28
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Haaaaaa
You.....
and me...
Hook
Me and Youuuuuu
Things we doooooo
Gotta stay truuuuuuu
to me and Youuuuuu
(me and U baby)
Verse 1
Kick it and we laugh
together for a minute and half
flipping when you get into the past
(heh)
some memories are funny though
(though)
for some i'd rather play the dummy role
or have a summer cold with the runny nose
me i'm quick to put that battery in ya back
don't agree with what i see it have to be an attack
thats a fact non fiction
please cut off the alarm system
who need barbwire yall trippin
(Yall be trippin')
sometimes i wonder why
you like to feed a Brother
a slice of humble pie
rather than encourage another try
if i aim for the moon i fall amongst the stars
my poker face hard but it wasn't in the cards
so what i showed up and got donuts
guess i never got a lotta bread for my cold cuts
but slow bucks are better than no bucks
i'm fittin to roll up and let it glow like ShoNuff
Hook
Me and Youuuuuu
(me and U baby)
Things we doooooo
(about them things we do)
Gotta stay truuuuuuu
(Gotta stay true)
to me and Youuuuuu
(YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE FOR ME!)
Me and Youuuuuu
(me and U baby)
Things we doooooo
(about them things we do)
Gotta stay truuuuuuu
(Gotta stay true)
to me and Youuuuuu
(YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE FOR ME!)
Verse 2
You do a lot of deflecting
i got a lot of suggestions
this is not an obsession
but i just kinda got questions
you name negativity
like all of the time
think it's better if you mention it
and call it a rhyme?
you been doing music
very many years my friend
swore i saw more than twenty
gray hairs on ya pen
but then
i seen you scribble science
you got something to say
why when opportunity come
you running the other way
(Hey!)
i trusted that motherfucker to say
(i did)
are you delirious?
the world revolve around
you can't be serious
(you really can't)
i don't think you see much
when you see yourself
i put myself
on my Christmas wish list
and no one else
i ca never think the way you think
(nah)
come to think of it
i bet you let them say you stink
this relationship
what to make of it it ain't workin
now what if i tell you that
we were both the same person
Hook
Me and Youuuuuu
(me and U baby)
Things we doooooo
(about them things we do)
Gotta stay truuuuuuu
(Gotta stay true)
to me and Youuuuuu
(YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE FOR ME!)
Me and Youuuuuu
(me and U baby)
Things we doooooo
(about them things we do)
Gotta stay truuuuuuu
(Gotta stay true)
to me and Youuuuuu
(YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE FOR ME!)
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junclassic Queens, New York
junclassic is NOT Your average emcee. His voice is striking, something between the weighted baritone of a Bigge Smalls coupled with the streetwise snarl of a Prodigy. He often speaks in daily life narratives, barely escaping the pitfalls of New York City. Refreshingly candid, jun highlights the emotional burdens of Afrocentric modernity, a middle-aged Black man trying to make it all make sense. ... more
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