Living a day at a time be the rhythm that fit
That way I´m always quick to predict a glitch
Building a house brick by brick and bit by bit
Living a day at a time, a day at a time
Living a day at a time be the rhythm that fit
That way I´m always quick to predict a glitch
Building a house brick by brick and bit by bit
I light a thick spliff get my wit in pitch
Time goes by so fast I lose hold of myself / Need
something to cool me down,
or my motor will melt / Totally set on not getting old
yet / but time will
catch up with you like an old debt / Still... hurry
spells worry with a W,
you heard me? It´s too early, my world be looking all
blurry / Listen, wait
a minute / I got a job that I aim to finish / ain´t got
time for no lazy
business / I´m losing crazy minutes the way I sleep all
day and shit /
Professional time waster / sitting here wondering why
the earth keep
worshipping that almighty paper / Quick, fast, world on
the move / Think of
yourself, no room for the merciful / Gotta be versatile
/ Being everywhere,
doing everything, at the same time / Don´t waste time
on that lazy state of
mind now / All cats ain´t got nine lives now / It´s now
or never so better
just get it together / You ain´t gone be living forever
/ I know this / The
clock stay ticking and I can´t control this / Can´t be
living at a low risk
/ so I might as well roll this / Oh yes / reminisce on
some old shit / my
flow is reaching your sofas / all of my mental
soldiers.
Living a day at a time be the rhythm that fit
That way I´m always quick to predict a glitch
Building a house brick by brick and bit by bit
Living a day at a time, a day at a time
Living a day at a time be the rhythm that fit
That way I´m always quick to predict a glitch
Building a house brick by brick and bit by bit
I light a thick spliff get my wit in pitch
I be telling you listen I don´t lie
Time always be keeping a close eye
You don´t believe me then you take a nosedive
Slow down, don´t you know now
Chasing euros or dollars or then you chase pounds
Hurry, hurry you keep up the pace now
You ain´t really with it I see it in your face now
Slow down, don´t you know now
Now all sorts of folks die / Think I´m lying then ask
the Most High / Open
your mind / c´mon wake up open your eyes / Realize you
taking a nosedive / I
won´t resign, won´t recline / Kinda the same as time
won´t rewind / But I´m
a relax / ´cos if you thinking like that then your
stress will multiply / I
suppose I´m saying I ain´t scared to die / ´cos the
next place might be the
best place, still I don´t waste time estimating / So
get your bets placed in
/ It´s the game of life, for life / all day, all night
/ Remain your fight
and you be set for escalating / Guys defecating by
paper chasing, I ain´t
got time for that / I need a real woman I ain´t got
time to mack / Spending
half of my time in a cold climate / Time´s back / I was
looking for time but
now I know where time´s at / Where´s that? / It´s right
here between
yesterday and tomorrow / you follow? / Time will go by
whether you dating a
model / or you got problems and everyday you escape
with the bottle / I
don´t know why, though / I just glide slow through my
life / time for
happiness, time for sorrow / Living a day at a time...
Living a day at a time be the rhythm that fit
That way I´m always quick to predict a glitch
Building a house brick by brick and bit by bit
Living a day at a time, a day at a time
Living a day at a time be the rhythm that fit
That way I´m always quick to predict a glitch
Building a house brick by brick and bit by bit
I light a thick spliff get my wit in pitch
Now whether you spitting them dope rhymes.
Or working the coalmine
Or sniffing them coke lines
Or sleeping the whole time
Breeding or killing
Walking the narrow road or sinning
Losing or winning
I saw her the first time on the train
My first line was shhhhhhhhhhhhhhit I had nothing to
She made me quiet, I would just stay silent
Watching her all the way home but trying to hide it
She was sitting the opposite of me
I glanced at the glass window, reflection showed she´s
also watching me
My thoughts saying: ”Shit man, say something”, I know,
”This is bad!”, I know!, ”She´s looking at you, you
couldn´t miss that!!”
I thought of a line sounding like rhyme, all of a
sudden she speaks: ”So where you going?” , I´m going
home. ”Yeah, me too...”, You´ve had sort of a long
night, right? ”Yeah, you know you seem kinda nice”, and
I replied: You too, you know if you going home then I
could walk you
Or maybe you need someone to talk to
Them other guys is acting all rude
boring you, stalking you
but not me, the more of you I see the more I´m adoring
you.
Now it´s about time to let you know
Just what you mean to me
And I know that in time you will see
Just what you mean to me
We got off at the same stop and we got to talking
A dark night, some raindrops when we got to walking
She´s one of a kind, I´m guessing her name is Sunshine
´cos the rain stopped pouring when we stopped at her
door and she goes: ”Listen, I don´t feel like going
home, but I work early tomorrow, here´s the number to
my phone”. I said: Cool, I´ll call you, now when can I
see you? She smiled, a little gleam in her eyes, said:
”Real soon”
Couple a days passed, dating this girl´s laid back
She had a great laugh, a great ass, amazing!
Now we walk the same path, smoke the same grass and we
talk the same trash
Hope this thing lasts.
Now it´s about time to let you know
Just what you mean to me
And I know that in time you will see
Just what you mean to me
Now let me tell you about this girl
For her body and soul I got serious thirst
First time in a long time I speak serious words
She had the right mentality type, down to earth
She knows a brown-eyed boy needs a blue-eyed girl
She might seem like the girl next door
but there´s a whole lot more to it, she be a whole
world to explore
I´m telling you
I live in a cold city with terrible grey skies, but
nowadays seems I got a better view
She knows better than to be scared I be running away,
running astray come the rain and cold weather
Share my soul with her rich or poor with her
Don´t need no glitter
I can see myself growing old with her
I can make hours pass just watching her feminine form,
she got the shape of an hour
glass
we soul mates
She make my world rotate
got it on lock like embassy gates
I remember the day when we met on that same train
That rainy day when our nights out been going the same
Now the main thing was we thinking the same thing
trying to find something to say like: If you heading
home then I could walk you
Or maybe you need someone to talk to
Them other guys is acting all rude
stalking you, boring you
but not me, the more of you I see the more I need more
of YOU.
Now it´s about time to let you know
Just what you mean to me
And I know that in time you will see
See the light now, morning calls
when they beat your life down then you walk it off
so broke you're choking, you wanted more
but both hate and faith is affordable
you think that Red a rhyme, I spit my life bullshit
I let it slide cus I'll win the fight
see Imma run through fire, swim through ice
so I say: forget a ride, imma pimp my life
Hip Hop police claiming a melody felony (so damn!),
I'd better be settling quick, can't let it be... pshh!
like I give a what and a half luck
it won't last in a bucket of crabs my day,
my night and my way, my life I never blamed the dice,
ain't afraid to fight I set hate aside
then I chase the light Hip Hop it must love me,
it saved my life
Bridge
Now you can write to it,
you can fight to it
that's the beauty of it,
ain't a wrong or right to it
roll a truck to it,
ride the bus to it
get drunk stupid or fall in love to it
you can pray to it,
work or play to it
add a backpack, cap or hat, a chain to it
you can dream to it but never sleep to it
the main thing remains, you move your feet to it
Chorus
no matter what they say
the world won't end today
don't you believe it
that's the way I see it
Verse 2
I feel the kick, snare and bass is in my bones,
patience getting low can't wait to set it off on stage
and let them know see the way that she shake, she
getting low should take my ass to church and pray,
already know I won't a few cents and way too many loans
but the music don't fade, I'm in the zone way too many
clones, far too few real but you already know I got
heart and true skill I came to get it done, came a long
way from face down in the mud, from hate to getting
love so whatever's left when laboring for crumbs and
whatever bread I break it with the bums (so are you
content?) only a few holler for only a few euros more,
I'm blue collar but being broke don't make this world
stop so I'm out to get mine, no shit sherlock!
Bridge
Change your life to it, steal or I-tune it/ and if it's
real I feel you might do it roll a truck to it, ride
the bus to it get drunk stupid or fall in love to it
you can pray to it, work or play to it add a backpack,
cap or hat, a chain to it you can dream to it but never
sleep to it the main thing remains, you move your feet
to it.
Chorus
no matter what if they say the world won't end today
don't you believe it that's the way I see it
Verse 3
it's a star lit sky, neon lights and it's having
someone you can lean on, right? could be is the
hardship, the grind, the means, the strife or the the
sparks just fly, you meet your wife when your arms get
tied, they read your rights when your heart gets blind
you see no light til my heart quits I try to seek
what's right I aint got it in me to cease the fight.
Bridge
Now you can write to it, you can fight to it that's the
beauty of it, ain't a wrong or right to it roll a truck
to it, ride the bus to it get drunk stupid or fall in
love to it you can pray to it, work or play to it add a
backpack, cap or hat, a chain to it you can dream to it
but never sleep to it the main thing remains, you move
your feet to it
Chorus
no matter what if they say the world won't end today
refrain
Now I'm the first to admit the fact
I've done a little bit of this and that
just wanna spit my raps, my life ain't yo' concern
I ain't gone carry the weight of the world
and I don't know what to tell you
I've been to Heaven but I've tasted Hell, too
face the Devil, don't give a fuck
smack him in his face, kick him inna nuts
They say I talk a lot
I walk a block with both feet broke
the storm a rock, but ain't sinking Red's boat
I see the coast, but I'm too blurry-eyed to see hope
inna chokehold
trying to hold on these ropes
I've done less wrong than I've done right
but I can never escape what I've done right
thinking Lucifer live on Jupiter, he chilling right
here
but I'm killing this nightmare
not willing to fight fair
Hell with a Nike Air, I run barefoot through the desert
make the whole damned world follow my neck jerk
laying it brick by brick
the kid don't quit until he got a pyramid
now I'm a stand tall inna Land of the Lost
you just got laid off? we gone handle yo' boss
so get yo' hands where my eyes can see 'em
if you's a human being
refrain
I left my ex-girl in Hell hurt, wasn't there for her
was an expert in putting Red first, though I care for
now I'm a broken man
my life slipping away although I'm holding on with both
hands
for some folks it's dope, I need liquor to calm me
drink 'til I'm a zombie
Helsinki ain't no palm trees
looking back I understand the man I should have been
but thing is that I truly am haunted by the boogeyman
I took a stand long time ago, I treat people how I want
'em to treat me
but shit ain't easy
when he keeps calling it's hard not to answer
my number changing like Pampers
but it don't matter
is it a bad world or a bad God?
am I a bad man having a bad day, or bad odds?
too many damned scars, trying to patch 'em up
I don't really do it no more but pass the blunt
refrain
Don't you know what you listening to
a God damned white man singing the blues
take a good look 'cause I'm the living proof
trying to walk the narrow road in these shitty ass
shoes
Now you know what you listening to
a God damned white man singing the blues
take a good look 'cause I'm the living proof
trying to walk the narrow road in these shitty ass
shoes
I was losing my last bit of faith
my way out wasn't the door but the windowpane
only thing I had in my life's liquor and misery
and the only thing I could write was my obituary
this my way a telling my brothers that I appreciate
how they kept my vision straight
reason that I live today
I miss 'em days when we would just sit and blaze
talking 'bout which a them chicks got big tits and
things
but things change
and I ain't gonna be bitter man
'cause I know that love always wins the hate
let your fists swing where my eyes can see 'em
Helsinki, worldwide, if you's a human being..
Verse 1
It's Saturday morning, hear my mom yell "wake up little
man, now it's way past twelve still in my pj's , I walk
down-stairs mom's in the kitchen making toast and some
eggs collect the stickers from the serial box four more
to go to snap, crackle and pop zipping my oj, the
doorbell rang I opened the door and I saw the whole
gang, there was Timmy, Stacy, Pete and the twins " mom
can I go out and play with my friends? " I walked up
the stairs to my room to change clothes, now my jeans
and my cap and my superstars on " wait a minute! ",
that's what my mom said " lift up your jeans and be
back by ten! " " It's Saturday so here's a little
money, get yourself an ice-cream but don't be doing
nothing funny. "
Chorus
Hold up, wait for just a minute where them days go? I
just hope I could bring them back (now bring them back,
back, bring them) Hold up, hold on can't forget where
you came from I sing my song just to bring them back
(now bring them back, back, bring them)
Verse 2
I team up with Pete and Timmy for king of the hill aint
nothing sweet now Billy, the twins getting killed I'm
telling you it don't get more real no time to chill, I
can't sit still I found it hard to listen to teachers
first grade, my back-pack's bigger than me but I was a
mean mutt, lacking some teeth but aint nobody messing
with me, what? jumping puddles to get home from school,
mom opened the door, game over.., cool... I had a big
crush on next door Judy she made my head spin like a
buzz saw, truly trying to be c- cool like little reddy
heavy duty pulled a big blush whenever I saw cutie but
it was alright, I wasn't blown off now I can show mine,
and you can show yours
Chorus
Hold up, wait for just a minute where them days go? I
just hope I could bring them back (now bring them back,
back, bring them) Hold up, hold on can't forget where
you came from I sing my song just to bring them back
(now bring them back, back, bring them)
Bridge
those days, those days
Verse 3
Trying to be ill, be cool, we can still skip school
nagging to stay up to watch Hill Street Blues my skate
skills were ill, still my knees bruised, worked on it
like " one day imma kill these dudes say it loud, say
it proud: ( can't fill these shoes!) a new day, a new
song, is how lil red do and though life didn't turn out
like the pre-wiew whatever comes tomorrow we will get
through.
Chorus
Hold up, wait for just a minute where them days go? I
just hope I could bring them back (now bring them back,
back, bring them) Hold up, hold on can't forget where
you came from I sing my song just to bring them back
(now bring them back, back, bring them)
Bridge
This is what it sound (sound like)
What it sound like?
When hypocrites get my foot up they ass
This is what it sound (what it sound?)
What it sound like?
When shit a get ugly the whole club get trashed
This is what it sound (sound like)
What it sound like?
Don´t care if they hate me keep spreading that love
This is what it sound (what it sound?)
What it sound like?
THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE
When you not on the guest list and came in the back
door Had already too
much to drink, but at the bar back for more This what
it sound like when
you don´t care if they crack your jaw Sounds like when
you bounce like no
tomorrow (This what it sounds like when I´m singing my
song) You got an
underage little brother ready to wild-out? Bring him
along This what it
gonna sound like when all a that blinging is gone now
THIS IS WHAT IT
SOUNDS LIKE When you them real people Ain´t stopping
until we equal
Giving you something you feel people (On the real
people!!) I´m one a
them "never got money to pay my bills" people Got
trouble whole lotta
struggle but one day we´ll be cool The sound a what
the fuck is really
going on The sound of broken homes the sound saying
it´s time to grow
strong I wrote poems needed a beat to flow upon and
this is what it
sounds like...
This is what it sound (sound like)
What it sound like?
When hypocrites get my foot up they ass
This is what it sound (what it sound?)
What it sound like?
When shit a get ugly the whole club get trashed
This is what it sound (sound like)
What it sound like?
Don´t care if they hate me keep spreading that love
This is what it sound (what it sound?)
What it sound like?
THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE
Inna cipher when we taking it higher Giving props to
all a my Helsinki
writers Light your lighter if you feeling that fire,
desire for real
HIP HOP music, starting a riot Sick and tired ´cos
they try to destroy
my earth Want to replace my reality with some cyber
This what it sounds
like when they time expire THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE
The sound of love
for my family Sound a life moving rapidly The sound
that you hearing is
love, you need to give it back to me Fuck flattery
diss me, I still be
rapping fanatically The sound that a be known to defy
the laws of gravity
Lot a these cats a be bragging they want to battle me
Gladly but
don´t you think you rather be jumping of your balcony
The world´s wide
open so why you looking at it narrowly...
This is what it sound (sound like)
What it sound like?
When hypocrites get my foot up they ass
This is what it sound (what it sound?)
What it sound like?
When shit a get ugly the whole club get trashed
This is what it sound (sound like)
What it sound like?
Don´t care if they hate me keep spreading that love
This is what it sound (what it sound?)
What it sound like?
THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE
The ground shook when they heard it (heard it)
The A (Dot) play (not) drama (rock)
It ain´t nothing but that Planet Word shit (heard it)
Verse 1
that's it man, they got me
caught up in a damned traffic jam,
block me
everything except my passion is spent,
I got no baggage,
aint dragging no maps, no plans, follow?
how did I end up here, really?
just trying to keep my head up
damn I'm weary
so is it all a setup then,
is it?
this aint living,
wishing the man upstairs would listen
I got to get away type quick see a better day and
celebrate all life is now
the world is spinning,
this life is mine
as I'm burning bridges they light the skies it's time
to follow my heart, use to follow the bottle now me and
God go mano a mano, I got to go before my soul is
hollow, I got to follow my dreams
every artery screaming:
I got to be free
they said I need to think,
didn't have no thoughts
said I need a shrink,
cus my balance is off
they said my ship's gonna sink
cus my cash's all gone
that's when I feel like a drink but every glass' too
short so there I go,
get on a plane or a train and everything I ever feared
imma face it today and that's for sure,
so if they mention my name
thinking I'm dead or insane, tell them that Red's okay
he had to go.
Chorus
So come sunshine or come rain
Imma jump on a plane or a train
cus I feel my fire fading away
I can't, I can't, I can't stay
So come sunshine or come rain
Imma jump on a plane or a train
cus I feel my fire fading away
oh no, I got to get away,
away, away, away, away, away, away, away
got to get away
Verse 2
My feet greet sand, snow,
gravel and asphalt
you mad wrong thinking
that I'm singing a sad song
I'm on track
rap's in my backbone
I backpack back to back,
travel the map mode
the fast lane, fast life,
more like a bad joke
we're past last call,
only dust on the dance floor
I'm chilling to hell with living in fast forward so if
they knock on my door
just tell them the man's gone
so aint that the truth I'm out the backdoor before I
act a fool
today's my first day and last too
escape the bad fumes
and dodge my pasts gloom
stay on the move I only stop to pray
cus I know they got the yay a block away
but every time I get a chance to rock the stage
I feel free, it's like I already got away,
I'm on my way.
Chorus
So come sunshine or come rain
Imma jump on a plane or a train
cus I feel my fire fading away
I can't, I can't, I can't stay
So come sunshine or come rain
Imma jump on a plane or a train
cus I feel my fire fading away
oh no, I got to get away,
away, away, away away, away, away, away
got to get away
I only got one thing to say
I only sing for my people who be struggling like every
(street music, shit ain't sweet music)
stand on my own feet no matter what happens
my struggle a grown me to a man, man
kill you on yo' own beat with this rap thing
and I still hate the police with a passion
so raise yo' glasses, stomp yo' feet
I ain't asking, do it if you hungry
this that street music
don't get it confused, kid
no you thought it was but shit ain't sweet, stupid
uncivilized and I'm drunk as shit
so tell the DJ to bump that shit
if yo' girl screaming and yelling
turning yo' evening to hell, then I'm telling you need
to dump that bitch
how many times have I told you I don't play
disrespect me ok
it goes both ways
coming from the land where the sky's so grey
running with my plans 'cause that's what my mom told
refrain:
I only got one thing to say
y'all need to bump this shit until yo' speakers blow
away
(street music, shit ain't sweet music)
I only got one thing to say
I only sing for my people who be struggling like every
(street music, shit ain't sweet music)
Shit ain't gonna be moving without blood, sweat and
tears
12 years I been on the bud and the beer
so keep it coming before my buzz disappears
chi-chi man ain't getting no love up in here
you need to pay attention
and shut yo' little mouth when my name is mentioned
worrying about tomorrow ain't my way of thinking
I'm a do what I do, Red ain't regretting
now Helsinki, that's where I'm born, where I roam,
where I bone
but I've been around like a vagabond
where I lay my hat is home
man, I'm known from the catacombs deep
inna Babylon to the Amazon
get out yo' seat quick
haters can eat a dick
believe it, kid, now swing around 'til you seasick
life can be a mean bitch it's a known fact
but Red's shit's like popping Prozac
I grew up inna midst of a snowstorm
I ain't a gangster, but I can make some phone calls
I do it for my single baby mamas
and the kids in school with behavior problems
so get yo' hands up if you hate yo' job
and you scheme on the side, one day at a time
gold spoon motherfuckers, won't waste yo' time
street music 'till the day I die.
My tired face looking out the window My sins go way
back so I hope God´s
payback begins slow Had it with bimbos in pink mink
coats, trying to be
blingo Guys who stress code dress codes, looking like
dildos I ain`t
good, I ain`t bad people I battle evil so I need the
fast life like I
need a smack needle Strange how the dark side attracts
me, too They try
me, and bribe me, but then tax me, too Through my eyes
the world look like
a mad zoo Love got cancelled while hate got advanced
and improved I´m
short and skinny / so bad move, having this bad
attitude Probably why I
lost my front teeth on the avenue
You don´t wanna let ´em get ya head down
Rock your boat but you ain´t gwan drown
You stand strong on ya own two
Never let them asshole control you
Keep ya standard high don´t ever let them break ya
spirit no.
´Cos every chance they gwan get they gwan try to steal
ya soul.
Put on ya x-ray vision and y´all see that everything
dat glitter ain´t gold.
You inna crossroad, but you gwan keep ya fire burning
it won´t get cold
These last past few weeks barely have money to eat
Too much heavy shit
on my mind to sleep Steadily trying seek/ a way to
make ends meet My
weary feet got me locked up inna dead-end street Life
got me fucked up
on liquor and weed staying sober sort a tricky for me
Don´t really fit
in this week I´m paranoid my imagination as sick as
can be but I´m
hard-headed my force field is heavy like bricks be So
if you talking shit
about me? I´m like go for it But why when my ass is
around you got your
nose in it? Mind your own business and wipe that
stupid grin off your
face you mad fake I can tell by your handshake Don´t
need the whole
world only need what a simple man crave If I can´t
have it I am starting
a rampage and it´s on ´til I can´t stand straight
Need a new landscape
The whole world be moving at a too fast pace Ain`t got
a last ace up my
sleeve for getting through this I´m a long way from a
genius, but I´m even
further from stupid Mental scars and bruises is hard
to cope with You
know this, of course, if your home is broken I can´t
say I believe in God
so it´s odd and hard to pray I do believe in demons,
though, so it´s hard
to say Just want a calm day to calm me down the sound
in my heart stay
saying it´ll be ok.
You don´t wanna let ´em get ya head down
Rock your boat but you ain´t gwan drown
You stand strong on ya own two
Never let them asshole control you
Hell a be froze over
Before I be walking around with cold shoulders
I fear no longer
Verse 1
Let me tell you first time I saw her man type of girl
make you feel like you born again 22 but she seams
older when walking in short skirt, high heels, bling
bling, the whole shabang she make a grown man feel like
he's only ten and she dance like her ass got a motor
man she wanna give the appearance she don't need no-one
else take a closer look you'll see she's in a world of
loneliness and in the club everybody knows her well'
but deep inside she knows she can't call them friends
she wanna get her party on but she's broke again
surround herself with older men, they know what she's
offering she bring them home, next morning she's alone
again she swear to the mirror never to do coke again
trying to fight the tears, she can't hold them in
trying to fight the fear, but she knows she won't win
Chorus
Slow down, slow down get off that road you're heading
down slow down, you've got to slow down I't not to late
to turn around (maybe you need to ) slow down, (maybe I
need to) slow down hit that break girl, you got to slow
down hit that break girl, you got to slow down
Verse 2
She used to be the sweetest little girl got introduced
to a cold, bitter world now she's left with very little
faith trying to fix it with a little sniff of yay she
dreamt about dancing when she was young had a passion
for acting when she was young she made plans about
traveling around the globe only place she dance now is
round a pole and as the night's getting colder now
she's doing everything that they warned her 'bout
broken glass on the street where she walk about no
doubt baby-girl bring all the vultures out she's moving
to fast to change lanes everyday waking up to the same
pain I guess it's the way of the city now girl's still
pretty but she's way too skinny now
Chorus
Slow down, slow down get off that road you're heading
down slow down, you've got to slow down I't not to late
to turn around (maybe you need to ) slow down, (maybe I
need to) slow down hit that break girl, you got to slow
-23 years of life Got sacrificed for what?
can´t figure out that ...can you? I doubt that
a world to cruel for you Backstabbers trying to ruin
you satan himself was
pursuing you in the form of heroin breakin´ you with
this so called medicine tellin´ you that you´ll never
win mentally you got weak like a leaf trembleing
but that´s not how we be remembering´ you
assembling my crew , zippin brew we..proposing
a toast for you and if you can see us , and I
suppose you do I hope you do that way we´ll still be
close to you and as opposed to leaves that fall
to the ground the memory of you, won´t be torn
down ...like old buildings i know that one
day Im´a see you again but...until then.
R. to the O. to the double NN. to the I. to the E.
-why is life taken away like that why can´t we move
time taking it way back to the times before
all this shit got started before you took that one
wrong
step and departed now your mom got only one
son and he goes by the name of DAN and his life
just only begun still this is not the only one,
emotional redrum he been through he lost his
pops to for surviving and trying to cope that
who I give props to and to my man Matsku to
really get rid of that shit only you yourself can´t
stop you !
R. to the O. to the double NN. to the I. to the E.
RONNIE !
to all of y´all chemists gettin´ rich of all this shit
playin´ with other peoples misery like it was
f...ing tennis / yourselves living it large your
life being tremendous i´m looking at you and asking
where my friend is! the trend is to do drugs is
not really "that dangerous" really? is that how you
defend this you pathetic don´t even sweat it
convincin´ me with that bullshit better forget it
Red`s ready
to set it straight from reality you can´t escape
you say you elevate to me it´s artfical and fake like
your life at a to fast pace giving your life away
be a to hard price to pay!
-don´t you agree the life your livin´ is lonely
is jus a matter of time before you O.D. ... wrote
these words
Verse 1
Blaming the man,
blaming the gods
nobody understands, you blaming the stars
blaming yourself, hating yourself
record exec blaming the sales,
fat man blaming the scale are you aiming to bail,
or aiming to rise ?
waiting to crawl away from it all or aiming to fly?
wanna draw in sand, or paint in the sky? girl is your
ass a six and a half, eight or a nine? then say it's a
ten, then say it again I make music to feel free and
for paying the rent I was blaming the rules, blaming
the flu blaming my school then blaming the booze,
probably blaming you too now your neighbors are blaming
you for banging the beat I can't blame them really it's
invading the streets caught for bank robbery, blame the
damned lottery I take the blame for a lot of things but
not modesty
Chorus
I got to rise up,
I got to, you got to, we got to
get up, out, over yourself and get busy
get up, out, over yourself and get busy
Verse 2
"Man I'd have a lot of loot if they didn't download"
"and I need some auto-tune cus my record sound broke"
"got a lot of obsticles, hard to get around though..."
nothing is impossible, up for the next round so say it
if you hate it but save it if you brownose play it or
throw it away man but I'm proud though hate's a
powerful thing, it brings you down bro hard to get
ahead when moon-walking in sourdough I had it all well
planned was king of the hill but it all fail bad was
drinking my meals and missing a mil deal was tripping
on pills feel like smacking the mailman for bringing
the bills was blaming the rain and blaming the cold
blaming the snow, blaming the yay, and blaming the yo
it aint pretty but can't blame the city my eyes' on
tomorrow I'm trying to stay witty
Chorus
I got to rise up
I got to, you got to, we got to
get up, out, over yourself and get busy
get up, out, over yourself and get busy
Bridge
When it all seems impossible
let them know
what you gone do then rise or fall?
let them know
through the storm and the rain like aint a thing
let them know
against all odds I came to win, yeah, I came to win
Chorus
I got to rise up
I got to, you got to, we got to
get up, out, over yourself and get busy
Verse 1
Now listen I know I don't know you girl there's
something I need to tell you, something that you should
know I was looking, just looking in the dictionary saw
your picture right next to the word beautiful I know
you've heard it all before, but you aint heard it from
me and I'm different from any man you've ever met cus
Imma treat you like you're the last girl living on
planet earth, my promise forever kept you're like a
goddess, a queen my heart's starting to fiend listen I
say what I mean, what I say... only met yesterday, but
let's just stay in this bed for like 3 or 5 days
anything you want Imma steal if I have to whatever
thrill, lips sealed, kneel if I have to grabbing your
stuff and talking about leaving do that if you wanna be
seeing me not breathing
Chorus
Oh no, we aint got to go nowhere ( just hold up girl,
listen) so don't you go, we can stay right here ( just
hold up girl, c'mon) The world a still be there
tomorrow just take my hand and follow me let me take
away all your troubles let me show you there's so much
you got to see
Verse 2
When she back it up a grown man blush playing good girl
but she bad enough looking good girl all swaggered up a
neighborhood girl but she got that sassy stuff wearing
nothing but my t-shirt, look like desert if you leave
girl then you cause a seizure got Red begging: sweet
please, my knees hurt trying the sweet verse, trying to
search for key-words but she sees right trough me like
the candy and flowers, the candle-light and movie wanna
make her my lover, no other, my wife and roomie and I
been a bad boy still she's being nice to me oh damn
she's got the whole package got my talk, my walk, even
my flow backwards she's into rock n roll and motown
hits from slow-jams to pop and pole-dancing
Chorus
Oh no, we aint got to go nowhere ( just hold up girl,
listen) so don't you go, we can stay right here ( just
hold up girl, c'mon) The world a still be there
tomorrow just take my hand and follow me let me take
away all your troubles let me show you there's so much
I call ´em like I see ´em I been known for daydreaming
but nowadays stay
working as long as I stay breathing ´Cos ain´t no
meaning in hanging
around complaining now Gotta make mad moves life´s
too short for bad
moves I wake up in the morning in a state of yawning
Then a voice in my
head be telling me to stop stalling Boring´s a word
unknown to my vocab
Never let a day go past without doing something to get
my flow fat So
here´s a little something for your boasting ass You
can debate on this and
analyze it while you smoke grass My broke ass gone be
doing it sticking
around like glue and shit Even if you blew up my
castle you couldn´t ruin
it Proving it´s hard work that a make my world turn
it´s my turn
eternally verbally hurting MCs You heard I be cutting
´em beats like
surgery Most certainly can say that bullshit never was
concerning me
Word a be bond
Raindrops on my window okay
Seems I´m a stay indoors all day
All alone with these thoughts a mine
It crossed my mind
The right path I´m forced to find
Raindrops on my window okay
Seems I´m a blaze indoor all day
All alone with these thoughts a mine
It crossed my mind
I´m a find my path in time
I spit for the cause forget glitter and gloss I got a
message that I´m
trying to deliver across In life I dribble the ball
with very little pause
Of course I sometimes got lost like off course Walk
with my head up
ain´t about to crawl for none of y´all especially them
fakes and frauds
My crib´s small I´m poor I sleep on a loft but it´s
all good my art
form a stay pure My boat´s out in a storm Y´all can
hear the sky roar
I´m coming at you with the folklore Headed for the
seashore strapped with
C4 I´m a perform kamikaze on Nazis , no remorse Don´t
get me wrong
violence is something I don´t endorse To stop the
silence is what I
enforce but it has to be more than a verbal war so I
ain´t singing no
song, I´m slinging my sword.
Raindrops on my window okay
Seems I´m a stay indoors all day
All alone with these thoughts a mine
It crossed my mind
The right path I´m forced to find
Raindrops on my window okay
Seems I´m a blaze indoor all day
All alone with these thoughts a mine
It crossed my mind
I´m a find my path in time
I wanna be happy being me so don´t stress me Love and
family sound like
success to me It´s a working recipe for a lifelong
dinner The rest a be
just bogus so stay focused my rope is getting
shortened much too often
Mentally feeling like being buried alive in a coffin
But I´m enduring it
day by day stand strong think my fire a fade away? You
mad wrong I´m
time traveling, unraveling minds Battle with rhymes,
javelin guys who
acting like mine sounds like the average I mean I got
it on lock rocking
your spot whether you cop it or not It´s Dot in case
you forgot Now we
gonna take them props while you fake a lot We gonna
make it hot, then we
blaze it up You better hold on my letters is bond
Thought you were
fly, but when your feathers is gone it´s over, you´ll
forever fall like
Raindrops on my window okay
Seems I´m a stay indoors all day
All alone with these thoughts a mine
It crossed my mind
The right path I´m forced to find
Raindrops on my window okay
Seems I´m a blaze indoor all day
All alone with these thoughts a mine
It crossed my mind
Verse 1
Tip top of the morning another day another toppa
recording touring no time for snoring my life's a lot
of things but it sure aint boring 24 and 7 I'm calling
the shots imma rock til heaven is falling king of the
hill like Lauren make beats, then I rap then I sing my
chorus It's my day flossing, my day bossing, no pausing
until I'm in a coffin trying to make a little sense in
a world distorted you hate lil Red cus your girl adore
him how many bars? seems I got like 4 left just about
enough for me to brag some more and break every door
in, roaring: all in! I'd be lying if I didn't say I
want some more man
Chorus
Do what I got to do for me to get by 24/7 and 365 cus
everybody wants a piece of the pie get your hands out
your pockets reach for the sky get them high
Verse 2
I won't wait til summer comes, I'm back to claim heat
get what I want, can't stack no daydreams so I hustle
some, I came to scheme if your life been troublesome
then we're on the same team you can't change me, chain
me or cage me if I can't breathe I break free my task
may seem type insane, well maybe it's half and half
crazy/bravery he's AA why he talk like that?, RR why he
walk like that? , cus I see why cus life aint passing
me by I reach for the sky, get my piece of the pie and
all I want is to be free til I die I've crawled, I've
walked don't need a reason to fly so get em, go on get,
get em (get em high) I keep hope alive no I wont let it
(let it die!)
Chorus
Do what I got to do for me to get by 24/7 and 365 cus
everybody wants a piece of the pie get your hands out
your pockets reach for the sky get them high
Verse 3
See I don't preach, I practice it goes: if I eat then
you eat and that's it best believe Imma meet each
challenge believe lil Red keep at it weak rappers now I
life these standards so now they're saying he a sneaky
bastard and though the snow goes knee deep, no adapting
cus the beat sound like I'm on a beach relaxing
Chorus
Do what I got to do for me to get by 24/7 and 365 cus
everybody wants a piece of the pie get your hands out
Your l.o.v.e., maybe I've had enough, I'm greedy
So walk out, and leave me
I'm-a pour my heart out in the C.D.
All the time I wasted with your mind games
And I ain't gonna stand in your way no more
I'm out the door for sure
Time to clear the air with kicks and snare hits
Listen, I no longer care who you share your bed with
Wishing you all the best I guess that I confess each
Every sin I did, the way I lived wicked
But I ain't begging you staying you see
Red he ain't praying it's me
Legging away and I'm out the door quick
You left me hanging in agony, never answered me back
Packing my bags happily, can it be that you're forfeit?
You're more fuel for the fire, my torch is lit
All that, all this, inspiring more hits
So I let it out through the music, get off my couch for
the music
Maybe a thousand or two cents, still hard to forget
See I'm proud as I'm stupid enough to say this
But too proud to be stupid enough to stay
I'm too loud for my music to ever fade
The dude just let it rain 'cause music's my getaway
kertosäe:
You left me in the cold, freezing to the bone when I
needed you the most
You left me all alone but nothing's done changed
Still the same thing and even if you take everything
else away
I still got that music, that music, that music
Can't take away that music, that music, that music
Turn it up c'mon, play that
Wish you the best for the rest of your life
Wish you'll be blessed with each breath less stress and
drive
'Cause you're a beautiful girl, I thought a beautiful
person
I just got to remind you of who you was hurting
Now the booze I was slurping introduced the cruel
version
I ain't stupid on purpose, it was Lucifer thirsting
Listen, ain't trying to delegate the blame
And I ain't denying the lying, the painful things
But I'm too tired for fighting or for playing your
games
And I ain't dying in silence 'cause today's the day
So I keep rising, I'm climbing till my legs a-break
Too inspired I turn hate into radio play
Check your dictionary around page 88
Read the damned print by the word “faithful”, bitch
Now I'm telling you you're cold, you left me in the
cold
But whenever I'm spitting it's like I'm chilling on my
throne
kertosäe
Your l.o.v.e., maybe I've had enough, I'm greedy
So walk out, and leave me
I'm-a pour my heart out in the C.D.
All the time wasted with your mind games
And I ain't gonna stand in your way no more
I'm out the door
Verse 1
It's Red and Camoflage, you know you love it I
understood hate so I rose above it my eyes on tomorrow
keep my motor running leave it to the next man to play
the posing puppet we all know it's coming, the ocean's
flooding Imma surf my way home cus my soul is covered
and if it aint so, let the devil know I'm coming get
him slain, Red he aint never been known for bluffing
now I was dro puffing, lots of alcohol guzzling I beat
the habit with a bat, I'm Al Capone cousin I pull a
rabbit out my hat when I'm flow busting my bag's
already packed, I'm gone, so long suckers see what I
mean? then act like you know something's wrong, the
whole globe's controlled by more profit see I'm cold
blooded, leaving microphones busted it's all about the
road I roam so I don't rush it
Chorus
Move it along, move it along move it along kid, just
move it along nothing to see here so move it along move
it along.., move it along Don't worry yourself, I got
this I love it too much to stop it don't worry yourself
I got this new and improved Hip Hop
Verse 2
Now the world got Red driven so I got a flipped vision
and Imma just stick with it, they thought I would quit
spitting slim and big women, not taking no shit women
shaking, they shaking almost breaking their hips, women
let me get a quick zip and I'm on to the next flowing
soon as Red's showing suggest that you get going I'll
be stick walking, until my legs' broken it's Lil Red
bitch!, when I spit I depress poets living in this
moment, tomorrow is not promised it's a cold world but
I'm causing a hot climate Red and Camoflage, rhythm
phenomenon steadily bombing on, never on R&R;, no! we
keep doing it, doing it, yea we're doing it they went
from booing to moving so we're pursuing it man I'm
manoeuvring through brand new land do what I want while
you do what you can
Chorus
Move it along, move it along move it along kid, just
move it along nothing to see here so move it along move
it along.., move it along Don't worry yourself, I got
this I love it too much to stop it don't worry yourself
I got this new and improved Hip Hop
Verse 3
Need I repeat it? R.E.D's the key threat what you se's
what you get I don't keep no secrets fatigue I beat it,
defeat the steepness I climb, trying to shine, it's
time to sneak in and get mine it don't affect yours
it's my world, my life Red's the boss killing the
negative feelings and moving on red is a villain so
better you move along
Chorus
Move it along, move it along move it along kid, just
move it along nothing to see here so move it along move
it along.., move it along Don't worry yourself, I got
this I love it too much to stop it don't worry yourself
-Get a fat mix and a tight sound
-Book them flight tickets down to Cape Town
-Let the world know that the kid ain`t gone pipe down
-Wipe out that smile on every promoter trying to heist
my Price down
-Find them 2 clowns who knocked out my teeth, give `em
a Little something for a bite to eat
-Tell my family I love them, give them a hug and tell
them Ain`t nothing above them
-Hustle the government for tax
-Have my brothers` backs
-Make the world say what Red say
-Get somebody pregnant
-Get some fresh air
-Don`t mess with the Pepsi
-Never respect them if they don`t respect me
-Don`t use All of the money to get drunk...
-Don`t ever get controlled by the system, dis `em, piss
`em Off
-Don`t be the victim, you`ll make it on your own but
listen, Let your alien brothers know you miss them
-Visit Matsku in the hospital, get him some hot new
shining Converse high top shoes
-TV out of the window
-Deal with your lust, son, that chick is a slut, son!
-Check your damn pockets before going through customs
-Dude listen, you`s a musician, do some new shit, get
the Crowd to move!
-Don`t raise your fist if it ain`t the time to
-Don`t ever let NOBODY patronize you
-Let my girl know I love her like no other
-Tell cousin J that we ain`t three but four brothers
-Hard liquor flipping shit is going around
-Wasn`t smart breaking into your own house!!!!!
-Keep dissing narrow-minded folks and Nazis
-Don`t let the sharks put they nose in my business
-Cut off the ball, chain and the ropes around my feet,
but Don`t run around naked in the hotel lobby
-Put your feet to work, get off that sofa
-Grow old, don`t ever grow up
-You never know what the future gonna bring, just do
Nowadays kids got they hip hop from the gift shop for
Christmas, thinking
the shit´s hot
But it´s not really
Most of it´s Milli Vanilli
but I´m
a smack ´em silly with skilly
these cats feel me
Got a illa gorilla in
me, ready to act shitty
and I´m feeling like letting him out, ain´t got no
class in me
Capacity for audacity that a be me and my collaborate,
immaculate team
Passionately rapping
cats a be passing the weed, relaxing
We that classic rap shit like the backspin action
I´m asking: When did
rapping become fashion, flashing cash assets, beats
sounding like plastic?
Wackness syndrome a best to get gone
Crank this here up and smash them
windows
We them cats you depend on, if you missing the good
times like
old-ass Nintendos.
Why won´t you just let me do my thing?
Knuckleheadz knock the campaign
We gone flip on the game like
Party people clap yo hands
To the bootyshakers doing they thing
We the AA back again
Don´t let the knucleheadz knock you now
Why won´t you just let me do my thing?
Knockers can´t stop the damn rain
We gonna flip once again...
Now despite the game ain´t quite the same
We living it night and day
these likes a came a long way
Set it on fire like matches and propane
And I bet you be higher than acid or cocaine
Now that a be no day when
I´ll blindly obey
My rhyming proceed
any mind I don´t pay
whether cats
talk a bad talk or blast off in fashion clothes
Your ass fit for cat walk
You heard me and I won´t be the last to say it
I´m letting it rain on
the saturated
letters I spray on them masses waiting
You better be glad
we came in
We be that medicine so better get vaccinated
You hear me?
Why won´t you just let me do my thing?
Knuckleheadz knock the campaign
We gone flip on the game like
If y´all veterans or new to the game
Shake yo ass it´s a beautiful thing
For y´all giving up the pootietang
Don´t let the knuckleheadz knock you now
Why won´t you just let me do my thing?
Knucleheadz knock the campaign
We gone flip on the game like...
Critics: I do this for my niggas in the pen who keeping
it thug
Do it for
my illa team kids who giving a fuck
Do it for the women i´m pimping while
drinking and dreaming, this bidnuss got us believing we
´re running the
clubs
The rest? Fucks ya
(People, people)
Yep, where my people go
nigga,
(We go, we go)
Benny, Diesel, Woesky, Skei, Kappa, (Gido, gido)
Let it
known my squad got
everything ya´ll consider heart, son
Feeding people
speeches
Believe this kid is a teacher
you need a piece of this theses
if sleeping on us...
My speaking a keep leading
this species a teach each and I reaching a peak
eating from the weed that I puff
It´s for the love y´all
(C´mon, c´mon)
Dot hotter than yo summer or sauna
so tell me partner......
Why won´t you just let me do my thing?
Knuckleheadz knock the campaign
We gonna flip on the game
To all the ugly women do what you can
Keep hoping some dudes is strange
Especially with the booze in the brain
Don´t let the knuckleheadz knock you now
Why won´t you just let me do my thing?
Knockers can´t stop the damn rain
Now let me tell you hell a be froze over before the RE
be walking around
with cold shoulders bold soldier Spit for the cause,
battling bullshit
Inject my dope through your headphones with them
organic acoustics You
know that false prophets be making more profit That´s
why Planet Word
had to launch the rocket Simple as this the world be
producing hypocrites
spreading around faster than y´all can say syphilis
Going insane ´cos a all a this stress on my brain I don
´t care
I kill it with HIP, kill it with HOP
Everyday is a struggle they burst your bubble whole lot
of trouble
I kill it with HIP, kill it with HOP
Living in a country that´s dark all the time just pay
no mind
And kill it with HIP, kill it with HOP
Heads gone be feeling this HIP, feeling this HOP
After Redrama kill it with HIP, kill it with HOP
Life´s stressful but never forget you special ´cos
there a come a time
when you gonna feel blessed, too Listen I know they
mess with you and
question you trying to set you up for life in their
cesspool but they
strategy is weak and questionable you feel the same?
Then you on a quest
too (True) They best to beware now let me spark this
here They act
tough on the outside but in they heart they scared
Going insane ´cos a all a this stress on my brain I don
´t care
I kill it with HIP, kill it with HOP
Lot of straight evil fake people try to drive me crazy,
But I´m a kill em with HIP, kill em with HOP
It´s trife like that, they smile in your face then put
a knife in your back
So I kill em with HIP, kill em with HOP
And if they ain´t feeling this HIP, feeling this HOP
Then I´m a have to just kill em with HIP, kill em with
Now when it comes to music I know we need some new
shit Type quick Now
I ain´t psychic but when it comes to TV they sleazy
3D Greed be
trying to feed me with shit I don´t need So leave me
alone sleazy
hoes Spitting cheesy poems MTV clones If they´re
right, I wanna be
wrong (I keep on) speaking the truth as I believe it
to be Teaching
the youth according to my ability Feeling me?
Going insane ´cos a all a this stress on my brain I don
´t give a shit
I kill it with HIP, kill it with HOP
TV trying to control you and probe you I thought I told
We kill it with HIP, kill it with HOP
All that bullshit you hear nowadays on the radio sound
like fables
Just kill it with HIP, kill it with HOP
Y´all going to be feeling this HIP, feeling this HOP
AA kill it with HIP, kill it with HOP
Words a kill my fire is burning still It a burn until
I made sure that
they heard the deal If this a trial I remind you I ain
´t stopping at the
first appeal Only concerned with the real head to
heel I block out
feelings I don´t want to feel Wear my 247 sleeping bag
as a force field
I seek a path that will take me where I need to go I
need to know a week
Outta the thin air to the rescue.
About to bless you, higher than Finn air
I wreck crews. Who wanna wrestle?
Let it be known the rest better be letting it go.
I'm type: Incredible
Don't get no redder than so.
I'm right on this
Making it hot like in saunas
Honest I'm about to bomb this
Eating MCs like piranhas
Even Clark gets pyjamas, could’ve helped you
get that flow tight
You lowlife
Thinking you rapping just 'cos you hold a mic
I don't want a piece of the pie, I want a whole slice
Still, you know I easily smile, I don't need no ice
A little bit of weed and I'm fine for the whole night
And every hour or so about four pints
Long nights and short days now, that’s me
Never been known really for acting classy
Your girlfriend says she loves how my pants be baggy
And that my raps be making the thoughts on her mind
nasty.
I'm a quit that chit chat
Spit that shit that
Y'all get to spit back if you with that
Now you already heard a thunder sound in the
underground
Nowadays they wondering how I come around
Only amateurs thinking my city is a summer town
My flow's a snow plough for you all year round
So whatever you saying I ain't listening
Messing with this, a stupid move like pissing in the
wind
My flow's like nitroglycerine
Now do I need to tell you to raise your fist again?
Now for y'all who don't know it’s AA for life
And for y'all trying to flow, better say goodnight
Letters I spray is trife
Seems like it’s gonna be another one of them late
nights
(We 'bout to take flight!)
Ain't it a sight?
Now Red do whatever Red like
Something stupid is probably what Red might
Clothes is nice, but rather a sponsor by Red Stripe
If it ain't sex then I'm a be getting some head right?
I'm a quit that chit chat
Spit that shit that
Y'all get to spit back if you with that
When I got a drink in front of me I'm the last to frown
You think you know how to boogie better pass the crown
I got a lot of trash in my mouth need to spit it out
So listen, I ain't leaving 'til they drag me out
(You have grass?) Mad amounts
Plenty to pass around
Forever we steadily ready to heavily mash out
So why you looking at me like I'm the asshole now?
You silly
That ain't me really, just ask around
Still I never pay much attention to them fashion clowns
Don't give a fuck and a half bout them bastards now
So what if you got cash and a mansion and a house?
What you bragging 'bout?
Shut your nagging mouth.
I'm a quit that chit chat
Spit that shit that
refrain
Now I'm the first to admit the fact
I've done a little bit of this and that
just wanna spit my raps, my life ain't yo' concern
I ain't gone carry the weight of the world
and I don't know what to tell you
I've been to Heaven but I've tasted Hell, too
face the Devil, don't give a fuck
smack him in his face, kick him inna nuts
They say I talk a lot
I walk a block with both feet broke
the storm a rock, but ain't sinking Red's boat
I see the coast, but I'm too blurry-eyed to see hope
inna chokehold
trying to hold on these ropes
I've done less wrong than I've done right
but I can never escape what I've done right
thinking Lucifer live on Jupiter, he chilling right
here
but I'm killing this nightmare
not willing to fight fair
Hell with a Nike Air, I run barefoot through the desert
make the whole damned world follow my neck jerk
laying it brick by brick
the kid don't quit until he got a pyramid
now I'm a stand tall inna Land of the Lost
you just got laid off? we gone handle yo' boss
so get yo' hands where my eyes can see 'em
if you's a human being
refrain
Now I'm the first to admit the fact
I've done a little bit of this and that
just wanna spit my raps, my life ain't yo' concern
I ain't gone carry the weight of the world
and I don't know what to tell you
I've been to Heaven but I've tasted Hell, too
face the Devil, don't give a fuck
smack him in his face, kick him inna nuts
I left my ex-girl in Hell hurt, wasn't there for her
was an expert in putting Red first, though I care for
now I'm a broken man
my life slipping away although I'm holding on with both
hands
for some folks it's dope, I need liquor to calm me
drink 'til I'm a zombie
Helsinki ain't no palm trees
looking back I understand the man I should have been
but thing is that I truly am haunted by the boogeyman
I took a stand long time ago, I treat people how I want
'em to treat me
but shit ain't easy
when he keeps calling it's hard not to answer
my number changing like Pampers
but it don't matter
is it a bad world or a bad God?
am I a bad man having a bad day, or bad odds?
too many damned scars, trying to patch 'em up
I don't really do it no more but pass the blunt
refrain
Now I'm the first to admit the fact
I've done a little bit of this and that
just wanna spit my raps, my life ain't yo' concern
I ain't gone carry the weight of the world
and I don't know what to tell you
I've been to Heaven but I've tasted Hell, too
face the Devil, don't give a fuck
smack him in his face, kick him inna nuts
Don't you know what you listening to
a God damned white man singing the blues
take a good look 'cause I'm the living proof
trying to walk the narrow road in these shitty ass
shoes
Now you know what you listening to
a God damned white man singing the blues
take a good look 'cause I'm the living proof
trying to walk the narrow road in these shitty ass
shoes
I was losing my last bit of faith
my way out wasn't the door but the windowpane
only thing I had in my life's liquor and misery
and the only thing I could write was my obituary
this my way a telling my brothers that I appreciate
how they kept my vision straight
reason that I live today
I miss 'em days when we would just sit and blaze
talking 'bout which a them chicks got big tits and
things
but things change
and I ain't gonna be bitter man
'cause I know that love always wins the hate
let your fists swing where my eyes can see 'em
Helsinki, worldwide, if you's a human being..
refrain
Now I'm the first to admit the fact
I've done a little bit of this and that
just wanna spit my raps, my life ain't yo' concern
I ain't gone carry the weight of the world
and I don't know what to tell you
I've been to Heaven but I've tasted Hell, too
face the Devil, don't give a fuck
Verse 1
If I don't follow my heart imma never make it Red a
escape the hate, now I get away quick I have a dream, I
forever chase it whenever the bass hits, I'm levitating
I had a revelation my life a just drag if I never take
risks got to move on, the dude is too strong to ever
let you get in my way kid so do you and let me do me
it's not the cool, the lewd or these groupies not the
new shoes, getting in for free I could make a boom-bap
rap symphony but the beat's too hot to hold, I got to
drop it leap through obsticles, I got no options
juggernaut, better cop my stop never knock what you can
not top.
Chorus
They try to hold me back I won't fall for that nothing
gone hold me back be you, let me do me they try to stop
my shine I block them off my mind Stand tall, mama told
me that and never let them hold me back, so let's go
Verse 2
If it feels good and bumping hard, then it's probably
Red & Camoflage, we gone run the street, the club, the
charts and double R is the entourage now some of them
thought the drumming had paused then I hit em, I hit em
so double your guards now living condition, been
struggling hard but I'm ridding the cynicism, I got
love in my heart so you see me, you better move back
quick mind your step before your loot vanish trying to
mess with Reddy, dude that's it I'm trying my best not
getting too graphic, but I made a dream from make
believe whatever you say don't mean a damned thing to
me, bro let me go, never hold me back and let it rock,
let it roll, mama told me that.
Chorus
They try to hold me back I won't fall for that nothing
gone hold me back be you, let me do me they try to stop
my shine I block them off my mind Stand tall, mama told
me that stand tall, mama told me that They try to hold
me back I won't fall for that nothing gone hold me back
be you, let me do me they try to stop my shine I block
them off my mind Stand tall, mama told me that and
"Tryin to get ahold of these merchants...But they aint'
ever answerin'
man...always busy. They never heard of call waiting or
something?
I need that beat like NOW man"
It's goin down now, time to step up like escalators
The hell with debating, every phrase will blaze ya
Forget them underestamators, Im' a just let 'em hate
this
every letter I sprays for my A clique
The case is you claimin you want some fast lane shit
Face it your ass still stuck back in the eighties.
You need to hang it up, quit raggin & naggin
My shit blastin I'm fatter than Jabba the Hut
I HAD ENOUGH sick of you so called stars
soundin the same, soundin lame, rip ya out of ya frame
I had it up to here with the bullshit up in my
atmosphere
Rappers actin queer
Cooler than rockin moon boots & sippin milkshakes with
the iceman
You couldn't be big if you was your wife's ass
Couldn't be dope if you was THC
Couldn't be clever with a PHD, feelin me?
(chorus)
Hang it up, Red's here, Hang it up
comin through Im' a rock ya block
Hang it up, Red's here, Hang it up
It's all over when my shit drop
Hang it up, Red's here, Hang it up
Get Up, Get drunk, Get some..c'mon
Hang it up, Red's here, Hang it up
Get back, times up, ya done
Now you couldn't be hot with ya head in the oven
When I drop shit your whole block needs new plummin
You like runnin your mouth, I like humpin your spouse
Rappin and actin like a fuckin disturbed man,
guzzling bourbon while I'm rubbin your girlfriend
The wordsmith, known as th R-E-D
Keepin the Hella stinky up in Helsinki
UK Garage needs to stay in the garage
After I'm through it's gone just like a mirage
Find me, Danni & Kylie in a manage a trois
Puffin a lot of the la la la la
Sick of these wack rappers tryin to rhyme
when they better off hidin like they bin laden
Blue? (who?) I need you like I need SARS
Mess with the R-E...end up in the E-R
(chorus)
You doin show business like wrestling is
I ruin yo business if you messin with this
a yo my flows (???ness) the incredabilist
AA don't get no better than this
Think you the credabilist when you sippin
yo chris beverages don't really make a difference bitch
you think you big time but never the less you
smaller than victoria beckam's breastasis
CALLIN YOUR BLUFF
You think you all set for bling bling and by this
track spinnin it be killin you ching chingin now
Let it be heard I'm flippin the bird now
The bigger your bubble, the bigger it burst now
I bet that my word be spreadin like syphliss germs
the last hope in this hypocrite world now
Think it's a joke? What I look like I laugh?
You look funny tryin to walk with a foot in yo ASS!
Chorus
Today I'm blessed I aint gone stress about tomorrow or
yesterday turn my eyes up to the sky and then I blow my
clouds away bring me home, bring me some calm midst of
the storm (even if it's just for a day)
Verse 1
I throw my phone out the window,
and take a deep breath
close my eyes,
feel the wind blow,
that cool breeze yes
forget any plans for tomorrow
and all my regrets
I'm right here forget places I aint seen yet
let me just be blessed just give me one, one day
without the B.S just give me one day of complete peace
when the powers that be switch back to human beings no
more children bleeding for oil energy or muhammad or
jesus fascists and nazis turn into peace-loving people
I know I aint the only one believing for one day make
the cynic naive and give me love without worrying about
love hurting and love without hurrying, blue skies no
turbulence
look in the mirror girl and say it loud you're a
perfect ten
let's pretend we're alone in the world again
Chorus
Today I'm blessed
I aint gone stress
about tomorrow
or yesterday
turn my eyes up to the sky and then I blow my clouds
away
bring me home,
bring me some calm
midst of the storm
(even if it's just for a day)
even if it's just for a day
Verse 2
I burn my note of eviction on a bonfire a long road of
affliction but I've gone higher
I free my soul from addiction move towards zion
I stay strong like David against Goliath
just let me sit at the dock of the bay, the clock stops
for a day break the locks on my cage
(I'm just living now) feel the raindrops on my face,
and though my pockets are drained remain on top of my
game ( I aint quitting now)
just let it out,
stop trying to be clever now one foot on the ground and
one in the clouds, settle down
cut the ropes of my boat and let it drift around
let it go, through any storm knowing I'll never drown
let me stop trying and stop lying and start living and
stop dying all my sinning just forgiven
for a day let me be, let me play, let me daydream away,
blow my grey clouds away.
Chorus
Today I'm blessed I aint gone stress about tomorrow or
yesterday turn my eyes up to the sky and then I blow my
clouds away bring me home, bring me some calm midst of
the storm (even if it's just for a day) even if it's
I wake up and quick fast I be out the door
I'm walking zigzag on a narrow road
tap my toes, been living both fast and slow
walk for them dudes packing big bags a drow
walk for the fat women and lazy assholes
walk for my soldiers and every kid with backbone
walk for the clerk working the corner store
I let my shoes know who they working for
motherfucker, I ain't born i går
I know those who stand for nothing gone fall for it all
I walk for the slinger, I walk for the user
I walk for the winner, I walk for the loser
I walk across borders, I kick down doors
the world's my forecourt, so get down George
I walk alleyways, boulevards and shitty streets
walk for the people suffering in the Middle East
I put my feet to work
there he go man, he put his feet to work
'cause the world don't stop I keep my feet moving
ain't nothing to it, do it, your feet to work
I'm a put my feet to work
every day my feet to work
'cause the world don't stop I keep my feet moving
ain't nothing to it, do it, your feet to work
Life ain't a fucking walk in the park
but I'm a man of faith nowadays, no longer walk in the
dark
I'm walking as far as needed
walking for peace, kid
walking for freedom
I know I'm born for a reason
my people inna club got love for Drizzy
I know this like I know Big Shug is heavy
so I keep walking
keep them streets talking
see what I mean, leave the beef inna meat market
I've seen phiending
I've seen bleeding
I've seen and I've seen coffins for all a these reasons
I walk 'til I find out the meaning of life
pissing contests ain't my thing, only for freedom I
fight
sneaks, Tims
my feet bling or fucking barefoot
I couldn't care less, I careless, I ain't careful
I ain't fearful of nothing, but fear so I don't stop,
I'm a go where no man dare go
I walk for the maniac depressive
the addicts and restless
my travels are endless
the man is relentless
I love women who love to be women so when they walk
they make they asses and breasts swing
been though a lotta shit but never have been a
pessimist
so I don't give a fuck if the traffic is hectic
so walk with me if you had cabbage for breakfast
Riding the tram home at night feeling my city´s
heartbeat Helsinki shitty
park streets Urban safari It´s my city, my life, my
day, my night my
wrongs, my rights, my way, my fight I spot a couple
members a the
pirinisti committee living shitty, they stay gritty,
it ain´t pretty
Eyes lazy looking down at the main streets Neon lights
that remind me of
the Eighties better believe that, packing a tree sack
I jump into Jump
Inn for a little something, something I need that
Couple of Coronas, I
stop when a wanna rocking a boner but leave alone I
need to stop by the
store to get something to eat too, now Select a be
cool, get gone, get
home Put in a movie to sleep to That´s normally a
normal day the way RE
do My style original, but me common people
It´s the soundtrack of LIFE
Now here we GO
´Bout to take you HIGH
If you feeling LOW
Now it´s about that TIME
That I let you KNOW
Now hear me FLOW
Now here we GO
My man Albertman told me you gotta practice a lot to
make you rapping
hotter or cats a knock you Speaking a love ain´t
nothing deeper than blood
My flowing is going out to you know you be in the pub
Me I´m still the
same slob Still no day job and debts gonna take a
while until I paid
mine But I´m coping I´m hoping my folk noticed my love
´s never frozen
Although this game´s ever postponing in slow-motion I
grew up in the
middle a two brothers my true brothers / We do
whatever for each other
Each summer my city wakes up from deep slumber
Everywhere you look there´s
ass and titties, it´s mad pretty Fat or skinny I´ll
ask any really
there´s mad plenty Saying Finnish chicks isn´t the
shit? Listen that´s
blasphemy you can ask anybody who knows me, the RE a
proceed Now this
where my home be
It´s the soundtrack of LIFE
Now here we GO
´Bout to take you HIGH
If you feeling LOW
Now it´s about that TIME
That I let you KNOW
Now hear me FLOW
Now here we GO
Haven´t you heard of this? I´m a journalist Personal
tragedy, ain´t scared
of it, I verbally murder it Eternally learning,
working my way higher My
fire burning Live for the moment ´cos tomorrow´s not
certain Family be
my battery matter don´t really matter to me This cat
a be down to earth
like gravity Academy failed grabbing me my attention
span a be radically
too short my thoughts on female anatomy Concentrating
on making MCs mad at
me Producing rapping casualties, practicing nasty
assophy Cat´s in the
back a be wilding out massively The grass be greener at
home than across
the map....Naturally
It´s the soundtrack of LIFE
Now here we GO
´Bout to take you HIGH
If you feeling LOW
Now it´s about that TIME
That I let you KNOW
Now hear me FLOW
I use to be one of them atheists
But nowdays I know that I got what I prayed for, kid
Been a lotta borrowing money
A lotta sorrow, so trust me
I know seeing tomorrow is lucky
Been a lotta friend`s sofas
Man, I know I owe you
Way of the city, ain`t a lotta friend sober
But even over here the sun shines once in a while
And I never was a hungry child
Got people who would back me up, no matter what
When I break and feel I had enough of bad luck
I`m blessed `cos my family stuck right by me even the
times when I got arrogant as fuck
These couple a things, they need to be said
`Cos whatever life brings one day I`ll be dead
But I`m here now doing the best I can
No question, `cos of all a you a blessed man
Yes I am
Appreciate all that I got
No question
Yes a blessed man
Say what I mean I ain`t no yes-man
So if I die today, was it bad odds
A bad day, a bad world or a bad God?
But I`m alive today
So I`m a be the best damn man I can
I`m a blessed man, like turning my phone off for two
whole days
Like the doctor telling you: you OK
Now Red a be taking deep breaths
`Cos I`m blessed like a negative HIV test
Blessed like seeing my man Matsku walk
Blessed when hearing my man Matsku talk
Eating good and sleeping late and my girl calling,
telling me she`s waiting naked
My brother almost breaking his neck, a car crash
I`m blessed though I`m two months late on my rent
Hate to repent
But do it every change I get
Live in the moment `cos I hate to regret
I woke up today that`s enough for me
I grew up inna subterrain
Seeing what I got was half the battle
I turned my half empty glass of beer to half full
And I say it loud
Yes I am
Appreciate all that I got
No question
Yes a blessed man
Say what I mean I ain`t no yes-man
So if I die today, was it bad odds
A bad day, a bad world or a bad God?
But I`m alive today
So I`m a be the best damn man I can
Verse 1
When you're weary and tired
would I lend you my lighter?
would I tell you good-by or would I defend you through
fire?
would I carry your weight,
or say have it your way?
just panic and say: "I know it's tragic but hey..
I'm generating my money, they aint taking my money"
cus people who share usually get mistaken for dummies
in the age of greed, the age of need mother earth
screwed and we're setting the rapist free
but I refuse to think
people are selfish the people I choose to spend time
with are selfless
lot of people got dealt with,
a poor set of cards a poor number of jobs
so now numbers a starve
I hate to look in the mirror
cus the image is blurry and I'm too busy to worry
so I live in a hurry so if you think of it really
I'm both rich and a crook
cus I eat everyday and still bitch in my hook.
Chorus
I go for mine
and you go for yours
but I won't survive if you don't support
if I close my eyes and you close your door
then hate multiplies and we lose it all.
I look in the mirror,
trying to see a better man
a better man, a better man (be, be) a better man, (be,
be) a better man
Verse 2
War's religion driven, of course we thinking different
we're lost, we're killing children in the name of
I'd put family first, so if my family's hurt
and worse come to worse, I'd go to jail, done.
so there I go, I got me a problem dropping a bomb on
Bin Laden's not gonna stop it evolving
lost souls speaking chat-room morse-code
but life's a too long road to walk alone though
no man is an island, I'll be damned if I'm lying
I aint planning to die alone, I'm planning to grow
and still I had to burn some bridges cus somehow it
seems that the devil learned my digits
I try to make the best with
what I was blessed with
karma's a bitch and I feel her breath on my neck kid
the way I lived my life is not that righteous
had to be on the dark to recognize the light when
Chorus (x2)
I go for mine
and you go for yours
but I won't survive if you don't support
if I close my eyes and you close your door
then hate multiplies and we lose it all.
I look in the mirror,
trying to see a better man
a better man, a better man (be, be) a better man, (be,
Everyday it be getting more weird
Babylon trying to interfere
Open your eyes and open your ears
And y´all see what I mean I swear
Living in Babylonian times my rap flowing like rhymes
Spitting it ´til
the day these Babylonians die There´s a blast blowing
inside my head
filling me with dread Got me thinking that I´m already
dead now my
head´s heavy like lead but then I wake up It was all
a dream, it wasn´t
real like make up I escape up away from this world of
fake fucks
Meditating, maintaining my mental shape ups I stay
puffed tired of being
late for the bus Now I´m savage hungry and got a taste
for luck I´m
slaved and chained up on the wall of a system that
hates us who love but
love those who make bucks This wasn´t the plan
according to the Creator
Traitors built their world on pillars of fake trust
but now as the race is
paced up I turn my face up and head forwards for a fate
that´s greater.
Everyday it be getting more weird
Babylon trying to interfere
Open your eyes and open your ears
And y´all see what I mean I swear
Everyday it´s like I feel them testing me /
Nevertheless they never be
getting the best of me / Messing with me / Making me
think and act
hectically / They on a quest you see / always stressing
me/ No rest for me /
Oppressing me / Tempting me / like pills of ecstasy/
Heading me down a road
that a be the end of me / Mentally bending me /
Evidently my enemy been
among us for centuries / spreading envy and greed/ Now
more than many be /
Fiending for any remedy/ Now I´m a find it, fuck it if
I have to swim the
Seven Seas/ Got criminal tendencies / They be all open
like Sesame/ It´s
seek and destroy by any means now...
Everyday it be getting more weird
Babylon trying to interfere
Open your eyes and open your ears
And y´all see what I mean I swear
Now this world´s full of mad trife Parasites watching
you and everything
you do by satellite If you listen closely you can hear
their cold laughter
in the night They all around like a franchise The
greed appetite is
similar to cheese and mad mice Give under and they
will kill you like
Christ that´s the price I do what I have to do to
secure my afterlife
It´s a dangerous war, but me I´m glad to fight Last
night I had a dream
they were reading me my last rites but now I done
strike back so my ass
alright Confront the demon not feeling even a tad of
fright hypocrisy is
in the red zone and I´m the traffic light Fuck being
the fashionable type
I´m the rational type always factual on the mic They
on my ass like
trying to steal this man´s last rice trying to make my
mind slow like them
hash pipes...
Everyday it be getting more weird
Babylon trying to interfere
Open your eyes and open your ears
Verse 1
Did what did
mind your business
I live how I live,
mind the difference
apologized nine times,
the kid did
now I'm a man, damn if I sign your shitlist
Im on the rise,
I'm trying to climb up
so surprise, surprise the lies a pile up you chase the
cool, I chase a dream but rumors from a to z are
chasing me now
I am what I am, do what I do chant if you chant,
boo if you boo
nothing to prove and nothing to hide I was guzzling
booze a couple of times, what's up?
me and the big man got an agreement
I can achieve it if I keep on believing aint reached my
peak yet,
I hope I never will
stand firm in this mad world,
never kneel.
Chorus
Too many questions,
too many lies
but I've learned my lesson
from now on imma live my life
did a lot of wrongs,
but I made them right
now it's way too late for me to apologize
go ahead and doubt me,
doubt me
all that you can
but a world without me, out me
won't be the same
go ahead and doubt me,
doubt me
all that you can
but a world without me, out me
won't be the same
go ahead then
Verse 2
I'm only as good as my last show my album went wood but
you've got the tracks though my clothes got sold out
the back-door but I don't give a fuck cus I got the
bathrobe so keep talking lies and rumors but I'd keep
walking if I was you bro I payed my dues, I payed the
price and I faced the truth, I aim to rise so I took
the bruising, took the pain and never looked the same,
it never shook the man I got to turn a page I can't
turn a victim leave a world of hate and burn the
bridges
so is he this, is he that, is he rich is he broke? is
he wack, is he dope, is he back?, yes! did he flip, did
he flop, is he hip, is he hop is he pop, can he rap,
what's happening?
Chorus
Too many questions, too many lies but I've learned my
lesson from now on imma live my life did a lot of
wrongs, but I made them right now it's way too late for
me to apologize go ahead and doubt me, doubt me all
that you can but a world without me, -out me won't be
the same go ahead and doubt me, doubt me all that you
can but a world without me, -out me won't be the same
go ahead then
Bridge
(V1)
Will you still be there when we break like shadows?
Dancing on the walls of energetic rooms.
Twisted and secret and I'll still believe it.
You'll be there on time, like every other night.
(Chorus)
Please try and fade those words, say them in other places
(X2)
(V2)
We'll always wonder why it is so different, it's not the same, it's not the same.
There are some people who still want to see them, just for some fun, just for some fun.
Please try and fade those words, say them in other places (
(Middle 8)
Question why all these statues hold their own smiles, they never have to talk to each other at night
V1. To be blank again, to be child again, to find ourselves jumping up off
the walls - happiness in somersaults.
Cry once, cry once, cry once, once cry.
To smile once more, to lose it all, but regain some confidence to place it
on that last bet - everything you own.
One by one, one by one, one bye.
V2. Sustain that search, push it to the last, second everything you heard.
As I lay beside a skeleton full of stars, back to the graveyard.
One by one, one by one, one bye.
Chs. I can't see what you see in this, I can't see what you see in this.
Standing at the end of a tunnel, lights around my head I am a dead end.
V3. To every last scar, each talking point, proves the daggers can be heard
in their laughter with no choice it's not deserved.
One by one, one by one, one bye.
If you're gonna dance with me don't choose anyone else.
Thank you for the suprises when you decided your luck was looking up.
You woke up ears wide open to the sound of disclosure.
With silence from hypocrites and maniacs who won't give your seconds back.
And so with that, they'll go hand in hand with cash dripping from their sleeves.
Chorus.
Let's go to the nether where I never felt that better
Never whisper, never whisper
You always whispered, always whispered x2... to me
Message to the unknown it didn't rain today.
Thank you for your blessings taking the best of us away.
To a land sunshine and paradise.
With silence from hypocrites and maniacs who won't give your seconds back.
And so with that, they'll go hand in hand with cash dripping from their sleeves.
Chorus.
Let's go to the nether where I never felt that better
Never whisper, never whisper
You always whispered, always whispered x2... to me
Outro.
