Foundation Filmography

• FLOW: For the Love of Words Volume 1 (2006)

• Foundation - Xzibit
• Foundation - Beenie Man
• Foundation - M.O.P.
• Foundation - Brand Nubian
• Foundation - Spandau Ballet
• Foundation - John Butler Trio
• Foundation - Overcome
• Foundation - Trial
• Foundation - D.I.T.C
• Foundation - Unique

When I look you in your eyes I can see my own
Straight love manifested in flesh and bone
You's a breath of fresh air in this world of shit
You was born to be a soldier don't ever forget
Hit back when hit
Use force that's effective
All these bitches and women
Son, please be selective
This is California can't stick your dick in everything
We will survive necessarily by any means
Let no man ever hold you down or supress you
It's the 90's the police just arrest you,
disrespect you on occasion take life
By the time you come of age they'll probably blast on sight
It's a shame they protect them but try to serve us
When your neck is on the line stand ground then bust
In God we trust but just incase keep it loaded and locked
Ready to rock
Then shake the spot
The Foundation
You came from a long line of killers and drug dealers
Who forever smoke bud
So it's probably in your blood
Realize you can only run the streets so long
Then the streets run you into the ground then gone
It's kinda ruff trying to teach you what's right from wrong
Same shit different day
It's the same ol' song
If the time ever comes that I meet my match
Take control of my assets
Fuck startin' from scratch
Take care of your mother
Keep yourself on track
Just cause niggas get behind you don't mean they got your back
Beware of the serpent
Cause there's a time in life the mothafucker will strike
And try to make you loose sight
Don't be a fake mothafucker tryin' to keep shit real
Fill cassettes with idle threats with no guts to kill
Son if you ever pull heat
Then use it
If you got a chance to walk away
Then do it
Total domination takes full concentration in all situations
A solid foundation
You are the foundation
Begining of a new generation
I remember hospital hallway pacin'
I was anxious as fuck to see your face shine
Only to find that yours looked like mine
So it's like I'm livin' twice at the exact same time
In this life you can't press stop
Then press rewind
Gotta live to the fullest never follow behind no man
Have your own plan, expand your mind
Ain't no paper thin game to raise wannabe thugs
This is nothing but love
Via sattelite Muggs
Take heed when it's your turn to bring new life
Make sure it's the woman you gonna make your wife
Be prepared for the worst
But expect the best
No matter where life takes you
Come home to the West
Survival takes more than just gats and guns
That's words to live by
From a father to a son

Glorious be to the most high, Jah, Rastafari
Oh, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nigh
Hey, yu see Sly & Robbie
A just Selassie send dem, well
Play music fi heathen, well
Si di Christian we call dem, yeh
Dut just di devil control dem, Sly
A Selassie send dem, well
'Cause music a fi play dem, yeh
Mr. Robbie him bass dem, well
Taxi Gang come tell dem dat
Well Mr. Sly, well
Music we all play an we a trample over jungle
Trample down a TG, rema man we a talk to
All rema man unuh fi cool an unuh fi humble
Put down all di guns an leave di chain an all di bangle
'Cause Selassie, well we ready fi di people
All Rastaman an bogo man we all a talk to
Sly dem a play, we licking out di devil
Come Taxi Gang come play fi di people
A just Selassie send dem, well
Play music fi heathen, well
Si di Christian we call dem, yeh
Dut just di devil control dem, Sly
A Selassie send dem, well
'Cause music a fi play dem, yeh
Mr. Robbie him bass dem, well
Taxi Gang come tell dem dat
Long time we a tell dem fi louh all di band
Dem want mix Rastaman in dem Bachanal
Chu Missa Sly him a foundation
Dats why we play di music fi each and everyone
Music we a play yes a we run di route
Music we a play fi all dem down a south
Easy Mr. Sly and Taxi Gang run di route
Yuh, nuh, hear music dem a bawl out
Mission Impossible and a teach people
Play fi all di dumb, di deaf, di blind and all di cripple
Oh, Mr. Sly how yuh humble, nah rumble
Because we too comfortable so we tell dem
A just Selassie send dem, well
Play music fi heathen, well
Si di Christian we call dem, yeh
Dut just di devil control dem, Sly
A Selassie send dem, well
'Cause music a fi play dem, yeh
Mr. Robbie him bass dem, well
Taxi Gang come tell dem dat
Well, trample di Christian, di beast a albashan
Dis Rastaman don't yuh know seh yuh ever wrong
Mr. Sly play di music from 19 how long
Dem a play fi Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, how much
How dem fi dis we when yuh know seh we nuh nervous
A foundation, a we dig di land
A wi set di plan, an a wi buy, oh, na
A just Selassie send dem, well
Play music fi heathen, well
Si di Christian we call dem, yeh
Dut just di devil control dem, Sly
A Selassie send dem, well
'Cause music a fi play dem, yeh
Mr. Robbie him bass dem, well
Taxi Gang come tell dem dat
Dis yah one yah pass january morning
From now mi a give out di warning
Some bwoy a fi try do some farming
Mr. Sly a music wi playing
Well from now bad man I talking
Well Taxi Gang don't you know dem run di tune
And don't yuh know sehh a we have di engine

[Ice-T and Chris Rock in "New Jack City":]
Yo check this out homeboy
God's on your side right? So why don't you do this, reasonable
14K, bow, pzzshw, I'm Audi
(You wanna do this direct or not man? 17 man)
(Yo lemme see the money, lemme see the money)
(Whassup, whassup, whassup, whassup?)
Yeah c'mon let's do this man [unzips bag]
What'chu know about that homeboy?
[Intro: M.O.P.]
We, made it easy to trace it, we back with the basics
It's hard to replace it - you know exactly what it is
[Billy Danze:]
Uhh M DOT, O DOT, we still hard with it
Yo' block, his block, we still armed with it
While y'all stopped hip-hop, we moved on with it
Got it on with it, spit it and rung alarms with it
And nowadays I've aged, so I'm calm with it
But I'm the reason Flex started droppin them bombs with it
Up by the club love thugs that's war with it
While the homies in the hood decided to go on, get it
And no, I ain't change lanes on you lil' dudes
I just upgraded my game on you lil' dudes
FOUNDATION - a whole different set of rules
Premeditation you facin predicates fool
You better be cool, I give you the WOMP WOMP
I go in the glove box and WOMP WOMP your top
[Chorus: M.O.P.]
We, made it easy to trace it, we back with the basics
It's hard to replace it - you know exactly what it is
(FOR THE FOUNDATION!) We suffered blood sweat and tears
And cleared all complications
Put it down, in many situations
Yes kid, you are the last generation
So for the continuation
We, do what we do for the next generation
We, made it easy to trace it, we back with the basics
It's hard to replace it - you know exactly what it is
[Lil' Fame:]
Run 'em down, gun 'em down, it's crazy when we come around
Insane from the underground, 200 and somethin pounds
You know my motto, both arms covered with body art
Don't catch a hollow, we keep arms, fuck a bodyguard
Let me remind you, how I do
If you think I'm just spittin a rhyme nigga you sick as the swine flu
Cause this ain't rap dummy, you get your fuckin face clapped
And they gon' have to fix yo' face back with putty (BOOM)
Get it ugly (BOOM) we do it 3-6-5
"Day 'N Nite" but I ain't Kid Cudi, it's
M.O.! Spittin devious thoughts, I'm from where niggaz
Around house kicked your moms, snatched her beads and her cross
Where they hustle hard, tryin to get the keys to the Porsche
Just some of them young boys do it for no reason at all cause
[Chorus]
[Outro x4: singers]
We keep flippin it, we still bringin it
You be lovin what we do
[M.O.P.:]
We, made it easy to trace it, we back with the basics

Intro: Grand Puba
Brand Nubian baby, here to flip it again
And you know it don't stop until the party ends
So get your hands up high, if you feel me reply
Cos you know these brothers here we keep it extra tight
Verse One: Lord Jamar
Look, listen and observe, it took precision to connect
The words of dialect within a rhythm you never heard
Forbidden fruit, take a bite, you could lose your life
like how they crucified Christ Musa's hair was white
Lord Jamar, Sadat X and Puba's here tonight
We got next on the court, I don't know what you thought
This flow can't be bought, only sold in exchange
for platinum ang gold, you've been told, open up the manifold
Only to reveal scrolls and scrolls
Premeditated to be dedicated to lost souls
Properly educated, never sloppily operated
Playing the beats for all my people incarcerated
We stay in the streets and find new ways to eat
Crime wave, I remember wetting my feet
in my blind days, now these niggas getting they heat
from under they seat, I wonder when the guns'll deplete
Chorus: Grand Puba
Brand Nubian brothers here to flip it again
And you know we don't stop until your party ends
So get your hands up high, if you feel me reply
Cos you know these brothers here, we keep it extra tight
The Foundation, as we hitcha with a Brand Nu creation
New millennium we don't mess around
Do the knowledge as we blaze the situation, so just feel me now
Verse Two: Sadat X
I'm in a rush, who got the keys to my truck?
Who am I? I just might be a spy
I drop a tear at the sight of the blue NY
I'm a threat just like Garnette
Pick a player out my set like Marbury
Serve me sherry with a cherry
I always eat what you think
I ain't got no shoes on my feet, I'm from down the street, huh
Now cats ride around New York with the slick hot rods
Some late model usually pushing full throttle
Hanging illegal U's and staying with the gleaming shoes
Riding one deep but back to back to back
Fuck a buzz, it's gonna happen just because
Sure I was with her was, but I don't know what she does
Big dimes hit me everytime like it's a crime
My prime will steadily climb
Yeah, I can't release nothing to y'all before it's time
Chorus
Verse Three: Grand Puba
Now my verbal illustration graphic more than Playstation
Microphone occupation operation save the nation
Black crusader, persuader, educator
Knowledge detonator none greater
Leave haters stuck like a project elevator
Always jammin it airtight like a laminate
You can't contaminate it
Go-getters we be superb like Justin's catfish fritters
Now I got 2000 flows, only 4 less than all of my hoes (*Hey!*)
Oops I mean my bro's but I'm just keeping y'all on your toes
Excitement for your enlightenment, spitting novels, getting bravos
Tear it up like El Nino, keeping it hotter than jalapenos
Microphone holder doing more damage than rolling boulders
Rhyme style should've fooled ya, knocked your head right off your
shoulders
See my intention, black-on-black prevention, break the tension
Teach the seeds, tell them what they need and then collect my pension
Brand Nubian, baby, born more flows than a test tube valve
Your radio ain't really on if Brand Nubian ain't on your dial
Outro: Grand Puba
Yeah, as we do it like this
2000, Brand Nubian comin atcha one time

Hello, this is me to you
It's better now we're comin' through
And I don't really know just who we are
I'll stay here till my love's full up
So stir this cocktail, shake me up
Drink me down and take me from the bar
We'll build a foundation
Build a foundation
Build a foundation
You know we got to build, build it up
Spent the night in Tumbledown
A hundred miles from west of town
Plans were laid, no compromise was made
Gently up to meet the blue
Left a note and signed it "True"
Those construction games were all we played
We'll build a foundation
Build a foundation
Build a foundation
Yeah we're gonna build, build it up
Oh, I know you're gonna give your best
So more or less, gotta put it to the test
Don't you know, you've got the whole world in your hands
Surrender up and lay down your arms
The fightin' hurts but the lovin' calms
Oh, I know you've got the whole world in your hands
We'll build a foundation
Build a foundation
Build a foundation
You know we got to build, build it up
We'll build a foundation
Build a foundation, build it up
Build a foundation, build it up
You know we got to build

[Instrumental]

Inside my mind where thoughts reside
my point of view, my life, nothing can change
my fight for what I know is right.
I will fall to my knees a humble servant,
my spirit is willing but my flesh is weak.
Weak against the pressures of this world
which drag me down and shove my face in my mistakes.
To let me know that I can break,
break but never break apart. For no one could ever
change my heart.
Trials, tests of faith to challenge your beliefs
to test if your stand is weak,
never shame to stand up for your cause

Reaching out again might take more than I have
Blinded by resentment and tortured by regret
Drowning within memories I'd do anything to forget
What I said and what it meant
If I could I'd take it back
What I said and what it means
If I could I'd take it back
Reaching out again might take more than I have
Blinded by resentment and tortured by regret
Drowning within memories I'd do anything to forget
But what I've learned and how I've bled
Won't make me restrain myself again

Yo, yo, yo ..
Chorus: [Diamond D]
We love the foundation, time to lock shit
Ladies look no more we got this
D.I.T.C. spits the hot shit
And while you busy poppin' shit we're poppin' Cris
Ain't no stoppin' this like, ?
See it's all laced out wearing rocks and shit
On the set niggas start to cockglocking shit
Hating when we come through ya metropolis
[Dimaond D]
I like the finer things in life, rings and bikes
Expensive whips, first-class trips
Seven days cruises, honey don't trip
Excel class if ya heard room fit
Platinum cars, givin' no credit to me
Tiffany labs, ?
H-class minerals with no floors in it
Be one two, with the windows all tinnit
And I be all in it, for Tommy Hil' send it
Everything is paid for, mami not rent it
Two albums deep, it's all documented
Y'all little monkeys gon' see in a minute
Look, G-O-L-D in a minute
'Bout to double that, in the Benz bubble black, hata !
It's Di-a-mond D on ya set
Throwin' all G's and charge a jet
[ O.C. ]
I'm doin' time in the rap game
Sorta like a beered up North all one and the same
My slang keep comin' steady num in ya brain
Like substers abusin' lies for cocaine
I get ya open, my stuff be pokin'
Two pulls a past for three niggaz smoking
It's no joking when it comes to this
On occasion I might pop a bottle of Cris'
With a wrist full of ice on the bracelet
Trade rhymes in for cash, money I stash
For the future, treat more wis' than Peter Luger
For lyrical fitness I train with ?Luke Luva?
Incorporate lyrical bust with fist to custwit style for a million bucks
For this I got love, not lust
If I lay her down with no fear than it means I wanna fuck!
[ CHORUS ]
[A.G.]
My flow, be sicker than yours
Hoes, bounce gimme some mo'
Wanna rap with me? Then gimme some dough
Wanna track from me? Then gimme some dough
I sport those type of flows that excite the hoes
That's my ice that roll and light the dro'
Love is love, y'all niggas gettin' sheisht with yours
Diamond beats hittin' harder than Tyson blows
I might explode, once I grab the mic and blow
Claim you don't like the flow, when you want to bite the flow
Pop bubbly, catch me in the club playin' Bugsy
Get Dirty like ?, it could get ugly
I rock mines and cop top of the line cars
Then charge you twentie-thou', only drop nine bars
Slight the tight men, cop about nine jars
To trig or tone come home while we rap when you behind bars
[Lord Finesse]
Niggas is finito, when my and my peeps blow
Name it the game, stack dough and keep blow, fo' sho
We straight, better see yaselfves
We seein' more chips than the ?
On a club night we hillin', watching the thugs fight
Iced out, nigga shining like flug-lights
Rolling with grimy niggas, dirty like mud-fights
Throwing it up, while you sipping on Bud-Light
Steady balling, why you stop the thing
Blind you with rocks and links, make ya drop ya drink
On some slick shit, dress-up dip shit
Floors with rocks and stones you don't mind getting hit with
Don't sleep, me and my crew's deep
Whether in the air, on four wheels or two feet
Salute the new chiefs and the feel we stay thirst
Fuck freestylin; nowadays you pay first

Hey (yes)
Ooh (yes)
Check this out
Here we go, c'mon
Feels like I just bought a million dollar home on the beach
And a wave just came and washed it away
Feels like I just bought a Maybach with cream leather seats
Only to watch another dude drive it away
It's like at halftime watching me just before the buzzer goes off
And the ref just says it don't count at all
I know it's my fault
If I coulda rewind and do it all over again
Hey, you'd still be my lady
You that real is they talk about (this is it)
When you're real young and you eavesdrop on the grown folks convo
You know that regret that got me down (this is it, deal with it)
I'm a try but it's hard without my shawty around
[Chorus:]
You are my strong foundation (yes)
C.E.O. of my heart foundation (yes)
Without you, don't think I'm gon make it (yes)
Here I am, here I stand
Baby, now I got a plan
Just be my strong foundation (yes)
President of my heart's foundation (yes)
Without you, don't think I'm gon make it (yes)
Here I am, with these hands
Wanna build a strong foundation
Now that you see I'm sincere
Baby, will you give me a chance?
(These are my true colors)
(Nothing else another color)
Nothing but honesty, baby
That's what you got standing here, yeah (yes)
From now on it's 50/50 (famous keep before)
Don't gotta worry bout a thing
When you're with me, no (girl, just put your feet up)
Cause I, I get it now
If I don't put it down
Some guy might come around
And take my crown now
[Chorus]
Oh, I've tried without you but I can't let you go
I'm better off with you next to me
I'm do the part of love is learning to let it go
But without you here, now all I can see is
Oh, oh [x5]
All I can see is
Oh, oh [x5]
Won't you be...
[Chorus]