24-7 Spyz (pronounced "twenty-four-seven spies") are a band from the South Bronx, New York, formed in 1986, originally consisting of Jimi Hazel (real name, Wayne K. Richardson) (guitar), Rick Skatore (real name, Kenneth D. Lucas) (bass), Kindu Phibes (drums), and P. Fluid (real name, Peter Forrest) (vocals). The band is best known for mixing soul, funk, reggae, and R&B with heavy metal and hardcore punk. The fact that they are African Americans playing variations of heavy metal led critics to compare them to bands such as Living Colour and Bad Brains. Though they were pioneers in the fusion of these particular music styles, influencing many bands, they have never achieved substantial commercial success. After several lineup changes, the band broke up in 1998, but reformed in 2003 before releasing their first new album of original material in over a decade in 2006.
Upon their formation in 1986, the band immediately earned a dedicated following in New York due to the eclectic mix of their music. The band would switch gears from Motown and soul sounds with lush vocal harmonies to violent heavy metal and hardcore punk with ease, sometimes several times within the course of one song.
I guess you probably think I’m mad
But maybe that is not so bad
If it isn’t meant to be
Who knows?
I can hardly get you outta my head
24/7 enough is said
Is this just a teenage crush
Who knows?
I guess I’ll really never know
It’s hanging fragile in the air
Can I ask? Should I dare?
I didn’t know you were so shy
But you kissed me twice – so why
Have you left me feeling this way?
I can hardly get you outta my head
24/7 enough is said
Is this just a teenage crush
Who knows?
I guess I’ll really never know
It’s hanging fragile in the air
Can I ask? Should I dare?
I guess you probably think I’m mad
But maybe that is not so bad
If it isn’t meant to be
Who knows?
I can hardly get you outta my head
24/7 enough is said
Is this just a teenage crush
Speak again
And I swear I will make you regret it forever
Go away
Before I lose it again, lose it again
You're not my friend
You never were and I don't think you will be forever
Go away
Before I lose it again
What you say doesn't matter
I'm sick and I'm tired of
Hearing your voice in me twenty four seven
Now I'm phasing it out
All the fear and the doubt
Cause I used to give in, but not anymore, anymore
Hello again
I knew you'd come back the second I start to forget you
Go away
I think I told you before, I told you
I've found a way
A way of life that I know you will never be a part of
Go away,
Don't come back again
Never come back again
[verse 1]
you know the name nigga coleone straight g'd up
any nigga that make a move is subject to get beat up
its a well know fact real niggas we keep it quite
no snitchin no braggin pants saggin startin a riot
we got it crackin like egg shells
no jails my niggas post bail
smoked out drunk beatin pussy up at the motel
we on one no one want to fuck with my thugs
game tight we thuggish aint no mothafuckin love
these niggas kill the bullshit aint nothin
mad as fuck gat bustin at the whole crowd cussin
on the real though coleone stompin in his steal toes
puttin it down givin up the west for these wierdos
[chorus]
I'm on a mission 24-7 husltin
I make sure to wear my death row vest
niggas on the street flashin makes a bloody mess
I'm shakin off my sweat
your on a thin line ya fuckin with a vet
I dont recommend that you put to the test
I'm on this paper quest.............gangstas
[verse 2]
I got to get mine thats for show big cheese
coleone the savage break um down to their knees
kill kill murder murder havent you ever heard a coleone hopin out the trunk
with a ?? wettin your shirt
I got to keep it real they makin false acuvations
tryin to stop what I do thinkin pre-meditation
I'm a cold ass nigga put you on your dome ass nigga
south side Sacramento gives a fuck ass nigga
shit im on one when im fuckin a bitch I use trojans
stay tru to the game cus im out to make a million
if they ask tell them coleone took the scrillion
same address same number with hella weed man
[chorus]
[verse 3]
no retreat no surrender we ready to mash
coleone the gangsta with the glock and a stash
I'm in a warzone everywhere I stare death lookin
but I keep on pushin hopin my sins get tookin
I'm a real ass nigga dont test
I might blow ya mothafuckin chest out with this chrome 44
aint no punk in my niggas when its time to ride
adrenaline pumpin dumpin at the top of my ride
aint no actors we pull up in your town califactors
ridin somethin cleaner than the presidents mattress
straight thugs poppin my collas open the glove
representin like nigga I dont give a mothafuck
I'm gonna blow your mind
And push you higher
I have my way to find and nail the liar
You want it cleaner - I make it meaner
Anyway you want
You're gonna squeeze it - you're gonna please it
Always on the hunt
Come on and roll it - so fucking hold it - move your ass
Come on and scream it - we fucking mean it - living fast
You know we live it - 24/7
Twenty-four hours - seven days a week
You know we give it - 24/7
Twenty-four hours - seven days a week
I'm gonna kick you hard
You want disaster
We only take it rough and tough and faster
You want it cleaner - I make it meaner
Right between the eyes
You're gonna squeeze it - you're gonna please it
Always pay the price
Come on and roll it - so fucking hold it - move your ass
Come on and scream it - we fucking mean it - living fast
You know we live it - 24/7
Twenty-four hours - seven days a week
You know we give it - 24/7
Say you gottta leave. 5 more minutes, 5 more minutes baby, 5 more minutes
Say you gotta go, working over 5 all I need is 5 more minutes of your time
(Chorus)
Hate when the seconds fly when I'm with the one I love, that's you, that's
I saver every single touch that's why I'm feeling you so much, it's true
That you
Your kiss is so sweet, you got me saying please stay open, open without me
I seen you look at your void, swear I'll get more
Stay open, open without me, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh (yeah you make me go)
Ooh ooh ooh yeah ooh ooh ooh (yeah you make me go) ooh ooh ooh ooh 24-7
Red eyes in the morning, staying up all night
I'm talking to you on the phone yeah you think I've had a red up fly
You think am an addict, but you my only habit
When it comes to you, girl I gotta have it
Hate they way the seconds fly, when I'm with the one I love, that's you
That's you
I saver every single touch that's why I'm feeling you so much, it's true
That you
Your kiss is so sweet, you got me saying please, stay open, open without me
I seen you look at your void, I swear I'll get you more
Stay open, open without me, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh (yeah you make me go)
Ooh, ooh, ooh yeah ooh, ooh, ooh yeah you make me go ooh ooh, ooh, ooh 24-7
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh x3
Your kiss is so sweet, you got me saying please stay open, open without me
I seen you look at your void, swear I'll get you more
Stay open, open without me, ooh, ooh, ooh (yeah you make me go) ooh, ooh, ooh
Yeah ooh x3 yeah you make me go oohx4 24-7
You make me go uh, you make me go uh
You make me go uh 24-7 babe
You make me go, you make me go let go 24-7 darling (oohx3)
Twenty four seven I'm dealing with life
Twenty four seven I'm cleaning my mind
And twenty four seven I'm fighting with lies
Words and still words everywhere I have a look
Like the avalanche they come, leave wasted land
In my head, in my soul
Hollow they're, but who cares about?
Twenty four seven I'm searching for the Light
Twenty four seven but in you cannot find
And twenty four seven slowly I decay
Tears, still tears are dropping
Like waterfall they come, break the solid tame
In my head, in my soul
Bitter they're but who cares about?
Twenty four seven the world is burning
Twenty for seven the trooper is shooting
And twenty four seven I'm screaming my song
How long , please tell me
Wops, og boom boom, det kører rundt og du,
sku' komme hen til os, vi holder fest nu,
og natten den er ung, humøret det er cool,
klar, parat, start, går vi amok - ja, bare en smule,
med venner og veninder og alle dem vi kender,
vi skal til fest og det er nu og det er det der tænder,
og vi er først lige begyndt,
så lyt med, ryk med, dans med, syng
Det' fredag nat og vi er på vej nu,
vi ka' gøre lige hva' vi vil,
skruer musikken op og move your body,
oh year
Show us the meaning of love,
hvis du' ka li' det - baby, bar' skrig det,
give us the meaning of love,
hvis du' vil ha' det - baby, bar' ta' det,
24 - 7, yeah, og en gang til
24 - 7, yeah
Oh oh, hvad skete der så?
Føles godt, ka' ik' stoppe, natten er vores,
har mine homies, og yep har fyldt med piger,
New York på mig krop, jeg ved de' vilde med det lir,
så señorita, hva' si'r du til at vi gør,
den' aften en smule vildere, jeg elsker den måde du smiler,
og damn, pige - du vild som tequila,
når du shaker de hips, så er du vild som Shakira,
Det' fredag nat og vi er på vej nu,
vi ka' gøre lige hva' vi vil,
skruer musikken op og move your body,
oh year
Show us the meaning of love,
hvis du' ka li' det - baby, bar' skrig det,
give us the meaning of love,
hvis du' vil ha' det - baby, bar' ta' det,
24 - 7, yeah, 24 - 7, yeah
Show us - give us
Ingen tid til at se tilbage,
og vi ved godt, hva' vi vil ha',
hvor nogle tror, andre gør,
men ingen si'r hva' de ikke tør,
lad det ske, spol ik' tilbage,
fyr den af til den næste dag,
hvor nogle tror, andre gør,
men ingen si'r hva' de ikke tør
Show us the meaning of love,
hvis du' ka li' det - baby, bar' skrig det,
give us the meaning of love,
hvis du' vil ha' det - baby, bar' ta' det
Show us the meaning of love,
hvis du' ka li' det - baby, bar' skrig det,
give us the meaning of love,