I'm focus now
I'm focus now
He use to touch me, love me,
hug me,kiss me, Hold me everyday.
I never thought that i'd be finding out
That you gave your love away.
Now how do you expect for me to
stay, wake up,
everday with this on the brain.
So Imma say thanks
and Imma be on my way.
Now I've got my head right.
I can finally say good bye
To all the lies,and the lonely nights
So Focused
Now I've made up my mind
You were just a waste of time
But now I'm fine
Cuz I'm focused you out of my life
I'm focus now
I'm focus now
I never thought that
you would treat me
like I'm just another girl.
Thought I was something to you
Something new.
Its me and you against the world.
But now i see this wasn't real
Just another game tryna play the field
So Imma let go
And Imma move on my own
I'm focus now
I'm focus now
Not concerned about
What nobody else gotta say
Just do what you do
Cuz they gonna talk anyway
Just stick with what you do
But remember to
Do it just for you
So dont even waste ya time
Keep it out cha mind
And stay on ya grind
I'm focus now
I'm focus now
I'm focus now
I'm focus now
I'm focus now
Pump p p pump pump p p p pump
Pump p p pump pump it up
Pump p p pump pump p pump p pump
Pump p p pump pump it up
(Just Blaze)
Pump p p pump pump it up
We gon do it like (Uuh, uuh, uuh)
Look, pump it up if you came to get it krunk
With a dame and shit that's drunk
You came to get it on, more than 5 O's in your bank
Then get it on, roll up like that stank
And get it on, slank that fitted on
Came to get it on
Hold up she want work that twork that
Then again let me hurt that murk that
Til you gotta hurt back
Can't spit it out, boo you gotta slurp that
Can't cuddle after we done, it wasn't worth that
Joey I'm responsible for bringin Jersey back (And we bad huh)
She at the bar stylin' she throwing it up
She drink a little hypno, throwing it up
But I'm only dealing with freaks that wanna cut
Ma if you agree I want nut
Camcorder, get it played late night on BET Uncut (uhh)
Fellas - do your thing let me do my thang
I mean - do your thing let me do my thang
Shorties - move that thing, mami move that thing
C'mon - move that thing, mami move that thing
Hustlers - do your thing let me do my thang
Please tell the DJ - pump p p pump pump it up!
I see some haters grilling
I see some ladies chilling
I see dat girlie
I been plottin to get
See can hop in the whip
And we can
Pump p p pump pump it up
OK we was leaving we was done
Then she said can my people's come
Here we go I see it don't stop
They wanna ride in something were the rims don't stop
Look baby you fine, but your girlfriends not
And then she wanna hold out getting cute on the phone
I ain't gotta be bothered, be cute on your own
My jump off doesn't run off at the mouth so much
My jump off never ask why I go out so much
My jump off never has me going out of my way
And she don't want nothing on Valentines Day
My jump off don't argue or get rebellious
And she don't mind hanging out wit da fellas
My jump off's not insecure or jealous
(Uuh, uuh, uuh)
Y'all dudes keep talking bout your ice and all the shine to it
That's alright go cross-world find cubic
Ma wanna fall in love like I'm cupid
Telling me she don't give brain like I'm stupid
You can do anything if you put your mind to it
(Get it)
Think about it the game is bad playa
Ain't it bad playa
Don't worry Joey'll change it back playa
Might of heard me spittin wit Cain and Fab playa
I got the set boards to bring it back playa
Bang and clap playa
Front man no longer playin the back playa
Plain as that playa
808's pumpin bang the track playa
Want my 2nd wind change the rap playa
Jump off 1 man gang I'm back playa
Look, Want you want bump double click pump
Ride, ride swamp dump off homie jump off
All these haters on my (huh) won't jump off
When all the streets need is J J J Jump off
J J Jump J J J J J Jump off
Yo, turn it up a little so you (Focus)
Homeboy I ain't never gon let em take me under
I maintain with a mindframe to bring the rain and the thunder
Fast 5 days straight to meditate, build hunger
and focus(focus) on the days and times(focus) that approach us
Bad seeds is planted to grow large and toke us
Whatever is left will be eaten alive by the locusts
Hear me not, believe me later
You can feel the animosity through this Irwin Vega
A full clip to make this bullshit stop
I'm in the struggle to bring the underground to the top
Head lock, Las Angeles, home of the scandalous
And beautiful bitches, smell the aroma
Nothin but doja, the Likwit soldier
Quick to fold you in half, sit back and laugh at you
Xzibit standing firm ground like a stone statue
You ever have a .45 slug blown at you?
We unstoppable, so everything is possible
Xzibit maintain focus till the casket drop
That's (focus) the only to survive and stay on top
Fast 5 days straight to meditate, build hunger
And focus(focus) on the days and times that approach us
Be on the lookout
Cause this year some niggas gettin took out
Takin off of the scene
Man versus machine
I live between a rock and a hard place
About face stand straight
This is General X
Dedicated to the critics that hope and pray
That some day I'll go soft
And try to swing with a gimmick and fall off
Runnin with dogs you can't call off
Isolate to eliminate
That's the mind state
Never violate
I make your whole chest dialate
Defeat my appetite to annhilate
I carry the weight from state to state
Spread the product
Tired of friends and relatives gettin shot up
It's time for some action like Redman and B-Real
Cause I can be a dead man if I stand still
Too close for comfort, I'm under the gun
Like a felon going back
I'm ready to crack
Making niggas role the credits and fade to black
fade to black fade to black fade to black
Yeah, everyday of my life
Got clear thinking, and everything stay tight
Drop bomb shit
Only bomb shit
Should anybody ask for me
Tell 'em I'll be right back
In a real short time,
It's just that I lost my mind
Gotta find it
Who wants to hop on my train of thought
I'll get back here, pronto
To collect myself
There's really nothing you can do to help
Everytime I see you
I'm reminded of everytime we did it
All those other women
Everytime you lied to me
Said you only had eyes for me
Eyes for me...
I don't wanna...
I don't wanna lose my focus
But it's bound to leave
Everytime you come runnin' into me
You come runnin', runnin'
All we use to be
Shouldn't even matter to me
I don't wanna lose my focus
But it's bound to leave
Everytime you come runnin' into me
All we use to be
Shouldn't even matter to me
(Don't wanna lose my focus)
Well it's to late now
Cause I'm reminded
I wanna put it behind
But I'm behind it
Lord knows I'm tired
As much as I'd love to join you
On planet Earth right now
Know that I'm too hurt
Right now to be civilized
I need this time alone
Cause it won't be long
Everytime I see you
I'm reminded of everytime we did it
All those other women
Everytime you lied to me
Said you only had eyes for me
Eyes for me...
I don't wanna...
I don't wanna lose my focus
But it's bound to leave
Everytime you come runnin' into me
All we use to be
Shouldn't even matter to me
I don't wanna lose my focus
But it's bound to leave
Everytime you come runnin' into me
All we use to be
Shouldn't even matter to me
Ooh I'll be back
Lost my way
Got off track
Please try to understand
I use to love you man
Ooh I'll be back
Lost my way
Got off track
Please try to understand
I use to love you man
I don't wanna lose my focus
But it's bound to leave
Everytime you come runnin' into me
All we use to be
Shouldn't even matter to me
I don't wanna lose my focus
But it's bound to leave
Everytime you come runnin' into me
All we use to be
Shouldn't even matter to me
I don't wanna lose my focus
But it's bound to leave
Everytime you come runnin' into me
All we use to be
[Freestyle]
Freestyle from the Arsonists
Baby J
To all you MC's, who don't already know this
Here's my word of advice, so take it as no diss
For your information, until it's further notice
I hope somebody quote this, too many brothers lose..
Now what's the use of rhymin when you can't, do what you feel
You ready to sacrifice and sign your life just to get a deal
They got you by the strings, when there's no creative control
Dollars amount to nuttin when your body don't have a soul
It's like, livin with no skeletal frame, you'd rather
settle for fame, and play the game instead of critical acclaim
To floss, gettin this cheese it's understandble, to live, suitable
But y'all forget that these monies is still recoupable
I know you got enough sense, to pay attention
No need to be a scholar to comprehend the facts about the dollar
You follow trends, you drive a Benz and don't know how to make ends
merge, and power surges knockin off your icebergs
Submerge into a slow death, the realm where you have no breath
You find yourself, by yourself, with nothin left
Holdin a bad hand, and swimmin in a pool of card sharks
Losin your record deal in all your reels you didn't top charts
To all you MC's, who don't already know this (FOCUS)
Here's my word of advice, so take it as no diss (FOCUS)
For your information, until it's further notice
I hope somebody quote this, too many brothers lose.. (FOCUS)
To all you MC's, who don't already know this (FOCUS)
Here's my word of advice, so take it as no diss (FOCUS)
For your information, until it's further notice
I hope somebody quote this, too many brothers lose..
So catch my shutter speed, quick snapshot, my steadycam
get cheddar to make it better try to be a family man and
hold down the fort because they extort, before you know it
you in court, for takin this rap game as a sport (then play on)
So grab the joystick, and make sure that your voice thick
Be on point, it's not always the joint your boys pick so
later for the yes men, cause you the best man
Forget the world cause it be stressin, settle for nothin less than
Make sure you skills ain't nuttin to be tested in the pocket
Deep like Steve Young, don't let nobody intercept
or cockblock like contraceptives, industry STAY deceptive
Executive, decidin who they let live (so what gives?)
It's on you, the choice of who survivin
Cause once you sign, ain't no turnin back like skydivin
You live and you got clout, well here's a shout
Maintain balance with your talents
I take it pon myself to send this out
To all you MC's, who don't already know this (FOCUS)
Here's my word of advice, so take it as no diss (FOCUS)
For your information, until it's further notice
I hope somebody quote this, too many brothers lose.. (FOCUS)
To all you MC's, who don't already know this (FOCUS)
Here's my word of advice, so take it as no diss (FOCUS)
For your information, until it's further notice
I hope somebody quote this, too many brothers lose..
Yeah yeah, too many brothers lose
Yeah yeah, too many brothers lose
Too many brothers lose
So be careful how you choose
Too many brothers lose
Yeah yeah, too many brothers lose
Too many brothers lose
So be careful how you choose
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Hah, yeah yeah yeah
Uhh, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Uhh, uhh
It was different back then
Anything could happen
Ideas as big as your fantasies could imagine
Children practicing that's part of getting older
Impatiently waiting for time to move forward
Optimistic youngins running on adrenaline
At the center of the universe begging for your attention
Making a difference meant looking important
No heroes were made that day
How unfortunate
Came and went like adolescence
Took our wind and left us restless
Now we want the wind that kept us alive and feeling refreshed
They said it was of the essence
To us time wasn't precious
There it goes now try and catch it
Watch it go
Focus
Focus
Don't miss a thing
Wide-eyed open
Don't miss a thing
Can you afford your ambitions
When we arrive we'll start living
Wow, how awful the first time it felt impossible
And the world around me was no longer wonderful
I can't give back your influence
Perspective is hard to undo
Thank you for the experience...
Here's some anxiety to keep you company
As you waste your energy trying to build your legacy
Tell me what more can a man do than eat, drink, and enjoy his toil
I want to be casual but taking it easy is too stressful
Anticipation now a days looks a lot more like anxious
Time killed away our imaginations
We used to escape into fantasies and fairytales
Now we medicate
the deficit, environment, a government corrupt
so many things to worry us and tangle our minds up
we know we're being taken, we know it all too well
we know that something must be done but there's more to tell
where are you going? what's your focus?
losing your reason? for a...lie
caught up in the cause, the fight, caught up in the roar
you know that your intentions are right in what you're fighting for
but in the midst, the heat of it all, don't forget your drive
we're hear to do the father's will our reason to survive
there's so much going on around us and we must be aware
it's important that they see our love and that we truly care
oure time for lying dormant while the world is so in need
the deficit, environment, a government corrupt
so many things to worry us and tangle our minds up
we know we're being taken, we know it all too well
we know that something must be done but there's more to tell
where are you going? what's your focus?
losing your reason? for a...lie
caught up in the cause, the fight, caught up in the roar
you know that your intentions are right in what you're fighting for
but in the midst, the heat of it all, don't forget your drive
we're hear to do the father's will our reason to survive
there's so much going on around us and we must be aware
it's important that they see our love and that we truly care
oure time for lying dormant while the world is so in need
is over now but don't forget the purpose of your doing
Digging deeper in my mind, can't get you out of my head.
There's no way to describe, just how you make me feel.
I don't know is it love, I have lost control
Even when I'm gone, I can't get away.
I can't focus, when I'm near you.
Do you notice, me at all?
I can't focus, when I hear you.
Do you notice, that I can't focus?
Like the moth fly's to the light, catch it at first sight
I can't deny, I'm taken by the beauty in your eye's
I don't know is it love, I have lost control.
Even when I'm gone, I can't get away.
I can't focus, when I'm near you.
Do you notice, me at all?
I can't focus, when I hear you.
Do you notice, that I can't focus?
I can't focus, when I'm near you.
Do you notice, me at all?
I can't focus, when I hear you.
Do you notice?
Do you notice?
I can't focus, when I'm near you.
Do you notice, me at all?
I can't focus, when I hear you.
Do you notice, that I can't focus?
Zoom, baby - here comes the focus
You stand strong on solid ground
Pushing my face down into muddier sound
Feel the pounding pulse of time is slipping
Through your fingers gripping every stain
How dare you to infect me
Predict my certain fall
How come you never hear me
No fusion, not at all
Another time for me
That I feel solitary
Another time for me
But I'm not bored with trying
I want to spit the fire
When everyone is going down on me
And all that I desire is
Use your focus and zoom baby
Your system is a shame
It's yet so out of line
But still not with the wave
Always one sleep behind
Jump headfirst into the sound
Dragging me right down into muddier sound
You turn your style into a not disturbing
Thought you see us struggin' now
Why promise me the world
When all I get is trash
Your mouth is writting cheque
That your ego cannot cash
Another time for me
That I feel solitary
Another time for me
But I'm not bored with trying
I want to spit the fire
When everyone is going down on me
And all that I desire is
Use your focus and zoom baby
On throught the pain and suffering...
Focus - just now !
Single out the dying
Make more room for nothing
Make it so that there is nowhere left to go
You can't buy your soul back
You won't own it ever
You're just renting it until it rips you apart
There's a place where they go and they lie
for the sic and the lame where they can't touch me
When they die underneath all the lies and deceit
We will cover our tracks and you won't find nothing
Trying to put your finger on it
Point your finger at it
Cut your finger
Keep your eyes out of focus
Keep your mind out of synch
Keep your eyes out of focus
And watch it disappear
One will come a day when old wounds open
You let it happen
The sickness has spread too far
Don't let it happen
Your so called compassion is long gone
We see right through you
Trying to put your finger on it
Point your finger at it
Cut your finger
There's a place in my mind where I go
It protects me from love so it can't kill me
So I lie to myself uninflected with guilt
Here I am - There you are
Can you see the difference?
One will come, arms open
Everyone's a genius
Brushing up on irony
But no, no ones free
Everyone's a salesman
Gushing with sincerity
Or so, so it seems
I wanna go another round
I wanna throw the monster down
I wanna go another round
'Cause I am coming up
I am coming back
Everyone's a rock star
Look how cool and dark you are
Oh whats to come
Of me now
Bust out the mission
Well, bust a hole and you'll be free
Okay, then we'll be free
I wanna go another round
I wanna throw the monster down
I wanna go another round
'Cause I am coming up
I am coming back
Lay me on the table
Operate on me
Spin me like a record
Scratch the needle
Back and forth
I wanna go another round
I wanna throw the monster down
I wanna go another round
I wanna throw the monster down
I wanna go another round
'Cause I am coming up
I am coming back
I am coming up
We can find that we have wandered so far from the path
We can find that we've lost sight of all of the things we really had
Now I've reached this destination, but I wonder where I've come
Where's the goal that I once dreamed of at a time when I was young?
As the earth gives way beneath my feet
And I stumble blindly all alone
Through an isolated plane of fear
Haunted by the dreams that I disowned
When the hourglass seems out of sand
And nothingness seems close at hand
You'll remember all you really had
And it brings things into focus
I can put aside the phantoms
Conjured by the sirens' songs
I can strive to find the meaning
And learn I knew it all along
I can look back to the life I had
And the things I wanted for myself
I can turn and try to walk the path
And ignore the search for something else
But if all we have is just one try
I want to live before I die
Does there have to be a reason why?
Would it bring things into focus?
So if all I have is just one try
I have to live before I die
I'm not sure I need a reason why
Just to bring things into focus?
But the hourglass seems out of sand
And nothingness seems close at hand
And I think of all I really had
Neva understood how he did it, how we made this music groove your very
Soul, soul
Neva understood how he did it, how we made this music groove your very
Soul, soul
Yo, I land out in a rent text e 7, v 12, new benzina, 200 and 90
Thou, wow, somethin your rap budget does not allow, why you laughin' I see
Nothin funny, pull back 2 mack 10's, now itz a big mack 20, that is tha
Basic's, quick and I we run tha matrix, close your mouth don't say shitt, roll
Through any barrow, that streched from here passed tha tribe barrow, they
Respect us dawg with thernal, don't get confused this nass is crews iz my
Rules, step incorrect you get abused, I bring tha ruck 2 any cats bringin
Drama, make em' feel good like 2 pac's dear mama, it could be pitch black and
I'll spot cha boomkickin yo door like big poppa
Neva understood how he did it, neva, how we made this music groove
Your very soul, soul, xzibit, neva understood how he did it, dj mutha fuckin
Quick, how he made this music groove your very soul, soul
Hey, tell me wha cha ya get, when ya nigga xzibit and quick u down
Wit tha e-double, what u get weed trouble, e make tha b bubble, make tha bass
So all u shake the break out 2 tha ground and dig em out tha b bubble
Partyin', happy that you shook tha hole crib,and if ya gotta pound, e dubb i
Got dib's, cuz this iz how we do it here, itz ironic that, u didnt step 2 a
Room of purple hydro chronic that booty bitch iz sparklin, tryin 2 take u 2 a
Star, tryin 2 get you to recognize they know who you are, can't cha see tha red
Carpet, then lay it out, and if you got a fantasy erit, then play it out, we
Bigg figga rap niggaz, from tha gate, we been waitin on and hatin on since 88
Now cross my dawgs, and cross my path, and i'ma wet cha, way down from tha
Compton town, and I'll betcha cant
Neva understood, ha, yeah, how he did it, ladies and gentlemen
Yeah,tha bar is now open, how he made this music groove your very soul
Soul, it'z all me, neva understood how he did it, how we made this music groove
Your very soul, soul
Listen, I'm tha spin docter fantom of tha opera, if this is 89 now we
Break you off proper cock blocka, cova few g's in my low, low, not done hoe, my
Nigga big came in solo, dough low, most niggaz we know act like a homo, and
When they wit a crowd they wanna get loud, wanna act wild and act like there
Crminal file, and strechin tha mob, and really got tha heart of a child, spicy
Ya mob just kill all chickens, extra points just like a field goal kickin, like
A fucked up d a, wit a cross that ain't stickin, and I'm walkin away a free man
Cuz y'all niggaz softa than sand, cuz we fuckin a fan, and lokin out wit cha
Pen, I fucked yo motha so now I'm a mutha fucken man, break food on tha track
Like it supposed to be, and break bread wit tha real niggaz close to me, pmd
Neva understood how he did it, dj quick in tha mutha fucken
House, how we made this music groove your very soul, soul, this dick in ya
Mouth, come on, yeah, yeah
Neva understood how he did it how we made this music groove your
Very soul, soul, you think it aint, westcoast brodcastin live in 1999 all tha
Way through out tha millinium, neva understood how he did it, millinium shitt
How we made this music groove your very soul, soul
Neva understood how he, yo, millinium shitt, did it how we, dj
Mutha fucken quick, made this music groove your very soul, soul
Green eye bandit bitch niggaz cant stand it come on, neva understood how he
Did it, how, keep it bouncin, r.i.p roger troutmen, we made this music
Groove your very soul, soul
Neva understood how he did it, how we made this music groove
Your very soul, soul
Neva understood how he did it, how we made this music groove
Your very soul, soul, ha,ha,ha,ha,ha nigga
Neva understood how he did it, how we made this music groove
did they punish you
did they say they would live without you
did it tear you up inside
did they free the ones you love
did they rise above
did you feel a certain something inside
well I'm with ya now
and I'm glad that you are here now
and I wish that I could tell them what it's like
well I'm with ya now
and I'm glad that you are here now
and after all these years
you know you were right
and I can't
focus- so well
help me through it
this time I am in hell
did we learn anything
when we were in school
do you remember
when nothing was nothing
do you remember those days
do you remember what it's like to like the outside
do you remember those days
Brakes on, please
Brakes on, please
Focus, freez
Ain't no other bitch in this world dealer than me
C'mon, I got too much of a lead
And at your speed, it's hard to say you fuckin' with me
Fall back and hit your head bitch or come up dead bitch
The war ain't over 'til I come up wit your head bitch
Came a long way, waited my turn, tempted to eat
Held my ground and my heat, on the strength of the street
'Cuz I had to win, battle niggaz left me staggerin'
Unstoppable bitch, why sleep now when I haven't been
Label me the miss of this shit
I've never fell but that don't stop bitches from wishin' as shit
(Shit)
Chevy made her
Without a doubt, a heavy weighter
And without a doubt, that's why they hate her
I cock and deliver
'Cuz I'm holdin' at my spot and the leader
Want her, come and get her
I guess y'all bitches beta reconsider
Brakes on, please
Focus, freez
Ain't no other bitch in this world dealer than me
The miss of this shit
You've been missin' the shit
Position the hit
Ain't miss of a shit
Brakes on, please
Focus, freez
Ain't no other bitch in this world dealer than me
She the B-l-O-O-Dline bitch
Clear your mind bitch
Ain't no way you fuckin' wit mine bitch
Brakes on, please
Focus, freez
Ain't no other bitch in this world dealer than me
Look skeezer
Take a breather, you lookin' at the leader
Throw in the towel, y'all bitches will never beat her
Please take notice, stop breathe focus
You lookin' at a bad bitch, your pack seem bogus
Rap is a competitive sport
If yo ain't got your mind right, your head'll get caught
I'm like a fuckin' John niggaz, stop listen and learn niggaz
Spit vicious and burn niggaz, cremate and urn niggaz
Defeat my opponents, yea, hungry and eat my opponents
I like to take this time out to break thru the donuts
Came into this muthafucka wit my head straight
Came into this muthafucka beggin' for a plate
Battle niggaz and bitches that bite mocks and stitches
They competitions get ditches
Damn it, the bitch is vicious
You can't beat her, you can't harm a eeva
Hunk your brace bitch don't make me have to palm the heater
'Cuz you can't get credit, you quit, that's how it get
Don't get big fucking with the realest bitch of the shit
Brakes on, please
Focus freez
Ain't no other bitch in this world dealer than me
The miss of this shit
You've been missin' the shit
Position the hit
Ain't miss of a shit
Brakes on, please
Focus, freez
Ain't no other bitch in this world dealer than me
She the B-L-O-O-Dline bitch
Clear your mind bitch
Ain't no way you fuckin' with mine bitch
This is the last time I wanna have to tell you to focus freez
Bitch it hopeless you're not in my lead
My shoes don't fit, you sorry, you can't be me
I'm the realest bitch in this world, can't you see?
'Cuz you can't, you hoes just hate to admit it
The truth hurts, that's why y'all hoes hate when I spit it
But I'm the chiefrunner of this shit, stay in your place
Please step on your brakes 'fore I step on your face
See they wanna catch me sleepin' and step in my space
Hold the plots up in 'em, all I got is venom
Think you got some chicks in your team, hoch the [Incomprehensible]
I was born with the shin in my jeans not my denim
You can wait stop thinkin' bullshit thoughts
Tryna score, you ain't fontin' on the bullshit courts
You gon' never find a bitch to get a heat to the street
('Cuz ain't no other bitch in this world dealer than me)
Brakes on, please
Focus, freez
Ain't no other bitch in this world dealer than me
The miss of this shit
You've been missin' the shit
Position the hit
Ain't miss of a shit
Brakes on, please
Focus, freez
Ain't no other bitch in this world dealer than me
She the B-L-O-O-Dline bitch
Clear your mind bitch
Ain't no way you fuckin' with mine bitch
Brakes on, please
Focus, freez
Ain't no other bitch in this world dealer than me
Look skeezer
Take a breather, you lookin' at the leader
Government politics, system policies,
money, banks, foundation and discoveries
Mischievious and self centered development strategies,
uneffective enough not to affect the physics and the spirits of mankind
in short and infact where do we go from here when we lack love in our hearts
when we lack an open heart and lie to ourselves and the one that truly loves, that we love
truly we don’t really give a fuck
another day has passed my conscience is hunting me one small form
e to face this next temptation that is coming up now
the flesh has overcome the spirit, eyes opened but shot, sight blurred
can’t see the road because I am scarred of the lights
I gotta go on, I gotta move on, we gotta go on, we gotta move on
Cause if you don’t search for the truth your soul will definitely remain undone
Chorus
Maintain your Focus
The misery is all around you
The misery, the envy
It is hard staying away from the temptations of the world
Maintain your mind, see
Is it the drugs? Is it the men? Is it the money? Is it the fame?
Do not need all this to find myself
Have met my shadow a thousand times
I know how it feels to be untrue to oneself
See would you hold back the things that urged you to speak your mind?
Living in the bondage, in if clauses for the rest of your life
You want to lie in systems custody, your soul strip for free
Living in the bondage, in if clauses for the rest of your life
You want to lie in system custody, your soul strip for free
Will you sell your soul for free?
Maintain your Focus
The misery is all around you
The jealousy, the envy
It is hard staying away from the temptations of the world
Maintain your mind
Maintain your Focus
The poverty is all around you
The misery and envy
It is hard staying away from the temptations of the world
Bridge
Temptations of this world
You see the demons coming out of you
They reveal themselves to you and yes you can see your truth
Oh no no, got to maintain your mind
In this world of pain
In this world of sin
In this world of hate
Maintain your Focus
The misery is all around you
The misery
It is hard staying away from the temptations of the world
Maintain your mind, see
Maintain your Focus
The misery is all around you
The misery and envy
It is hard staying away from the temptations of the world
I will always notice
Somehow you know
Never met you
Scan the outside see you sail
Haven't always
Sometimes see you run
Hand it over now
They will open right up
And will sublimate you
They will know what I know
That's just silly, man
Please give me my handle
And over I seen
Now is no
You're done
And I've seen signs but
Don't wanna upset 'em
And I've seen video clips
So I know what's on
The chance you've taken
Is almost done
Why don't you focus?
Hey!
[vocal box]
Never understood, how we did it
How we made this music groove your very soul
[onasis]
Yo I lamp out in the rented e-7 v-12 screamer
The new benz, seen her?
290 thou, wow
Somethin your rap budget does not allow
Why you laughin, I don't see nothing funny
Pull back two mac-10's now it's a big mac-20
That is the basics
Quik and I we run the matrix
Hold your mouth don't say shit
Walk through any borough
That stretch from here past the tri ? ?
Better respect us dog we ? kernel?
Don't get it confused
We smashin crews, it's my rules
Don't come correct and get abused
I bring the ruck to any cats bringin drama
Make 'em feel it, like tupac's dear mama
It could be pitch black and I spot ya
Boom! kick in your door like big poppa
[vocal box]
Never
Xzibit
Dj motherfucking quik
Erick sermon
[dj quik]
Ay, tell me what you get when your nigga xzibit
And quik get down with the e double?
You get we trouble
E, make the beat bubble
Make the bass all on you shake they break out
To the ground and dig em out of e rubble
Partyin, happy that you shook the whole crib
And if you got a pound e dub I got dibs
'cause this is how we do it here
It's ironic that you done stepped into a room
Of purple hydroponic, fat booty bitches sparklin
Tryin to take you to a star
Tryin to get you to recognize they know who you are
Can't you see the red carpet, they lay it out
And if you got a fantasy erick they play it out
We big figga rap niggas
From the gate, we been waited on and hated on since '88
Now cross my dogs or cross my path and i'ma whet ya
Way down from the compton town, and I bet ya
[vocal box]
Ha, yeah, ladies and gentleman
Yeah, the bar is now open
C'mon, yeah, it's on me
C'mon, yeah
Presented to you, avirex to the z
Yeah, listen
[xzibit]
I'm the spin doctor, phantom of the opera
If this was '89 I would break you off proper
Cockblocker, dump a few g's in my lolo
Not dough hoe, my nigga b came in solo, dolo
Most niggas react like a homo
And when they wit a crowd now they wanna get loud
Wanna act wild and act like a criminal, foul
And stretchin a mile, but really got the heart of a child
? ? steal our tickets
Extra points like a field goal kicker
Like a fucked up d.a. wit a charge that ain't stickin
I'm walkin away, a free man
'cause y'all niggas softer than sand
'cause we fuckin a fan and locin out wit your pan
I fucked your mother, so now I'm the motherfucking man!
Break fool on a track like it's supposed to be
And break bread with the real niggas close to me
Epmd
[vocal box]
C'mon, yeah, dj quik in the motherfucking house
Yeah, this dick in your mouth
Ha, c'mon, yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, c'mon
Yeah, you think it aint
The west coast brought cats alive in 1999
All the way bouncin through millenium
Ha, c'mon, yeah
Yo, millenium shit, yeah, c'mon, yo millenium shit
Yeah, c'mon yo, millenium shit
Yeah, yo, dj motherfucking quik
Yeah, yeah, ha, yo, yo
Yeah, green eyed bandit
Yeah, bitch niggas can't stand it
C'mon, yeah, keep it bouncin
Yeah, r.i.p. roger troutman
i see the man in the corner, he’s got a plan with limitations.
sets an obstruction, human life the abstraction,
a preconceived notion of where he should flow
and he’ll compare himself to the other man
in the circular room no doors or windows so he’ll stay there too.
and as we’re both locked away into this ignorant hell,
i’m drained of life, my hands are bound to this cell.
entering another’s perspective to gain new sight,
i can’t see before i believe reflections of this world.
comprehensions of what is real. if i shut my eyes to the possibilities
i might just drown in a desert of myself.
and as we’re both locked away into this ignorant hell,
i’m drained of life, my hands are bound to this cell.
i’m the voice of the man who believes there’s more.
i’m the blood of the body that beats at death’s door.
what is this window self?
i can’t believe what’s been told
is all that’s mean to be.
[Jeezy:]
You can call me young yea the boy stay focused last year alone a quarter mil off in strokers frsh back in town lookin like a star told clem bring my gt and my ar a strap in my car a chop in my bent g behind the wheel you can't see behind the tint squad came crazy withthat weight since the 80's fighting all the time with my crazy uncle grady a million dollar man but I'm still? baby plus I promised kb I wouldn't let a nigga play me first I copped the cedez then I copped the shoes rap niggaz talkin weight that was back in 98 I'm straight
[Hook: x2]
Don't nothing hate but a motherfucking hater don't nothing spend but this motherfucking paper don't ask me what we lookin at homie you know we got our eyes on that money! (Focus)
[Slick Pulla:]
Bobby drake I stay with a stallion the voice box I speak for the slick jeezy raw 3 the hard way give the game straight to ya nigga no foulplay came up from nothing from the block we rose got my cleats tied up with my uniform on money in the matress I sleep on dough you can shut the booth down watch sp flow fetti on my mind with thoughts of more like bruce leroy I got the glow lame niggas quick to call with they stash and hos we the niggas in the trenches holdin it down fa sho
[Hook]
[Bloodraw:]
They the streets is talkin but the boy on the grind fuck what they say I got money on my mind the real niggas love me them ho niggas fear me fore I let em stop my shine a nigga have to kill me so many haters the boy ain't studying em middle finger out the chevy I don't see them motherfuckers don't nothing hate but a motherfucking hater can't worry bout raw better try and get some paper speak the truth I'm a give a nigga game either do anything I mean what I said usda still hungry nigga we gon eat survive anywhere cause we came from the streets
Take a look around and what do I see
People are getting the best of me
Out to work to pay my bills
Sooner or later I'm over the hill
Busting the ass now I'm the fool
Because I'm playing by the rules
Examining life day by day
Wasting away is the price I pay
I can't just sit here and take this shit
Because I'm fucken tired of it
Now tell me college is the key
You can fool them but you can't fool me
Or work until you're 65
How much longer will you survive
Promise me a fucken pension
You fuck off that's my dissension
Now I focus, things are clear
Not accomplishing anything here
I look at my self and see my reflection
I'm headed in a new direction
Go to college for 6 years
Then you graduate
Be like everybody else
Bet you think is great
Cut your hair and get a job
So you can relate
Realize your youth is gone
To turn back is too late
Take a look around and what do I see
People are getting the best of me
Out tot work to pay the bills
Sooner or later I'm over the hill
Busting my ass now I'm the fool
Because I'm playing by the rules
Examining life day by day
Wasting away is the price to pay
I can't just sit here and take this shit
Because I'm fucken tired of it
Now tell me college is the key
You can fool them you can't fool me
Or work until you're 65
Now much longer will you survive
Promise me a fucken pension
My four times free, big part time teacher
Me and Keishas cool cause I used to fuck Tammy
Sister gave move to Miami
Keisha wants to travel now I'm taking her to Mexico
Here once and I ain't need fuck the whole
Course I told Rico that Tammy can't stand me
For fucking bitch me and you are like family
If round nigger should'nttrust him
For motherfucking brother
Speaking to the G code fuck one of these
Cause I went and told what he saying back to Rico
Rico got mad as hell and start clicking
Put the pistol out and told me stay off by the
Told me he would kill me if Id ever fuck his bitches
He ain't shit chicken
Rico trippin out, Rico know I ain't no whose
Rico know he should of killed me,
Rico know I should ain't gonna go
Rico see decision, if you steal a fucking
Rico still own me a money planned on letting know
Rico mamma know my mamma, were like family, Ricos smart
But if Rico knows what I know can no gun
I know Rico ain't no sucker, Ricos girl he can holler
Rico in a minute, but if apart
And Rico fucking Tammy cause he wanna pay back Keysha
Keysha wanna pay back Rico, I don't give a fuck bout needle
The Keisha so fucked up she been fucking with that needle
Gave that bitch a couple of space, she caught Rico off the middle
Rico walked me to the house, I was stand right on the couch
Rico thought he seen a ghost, hes just standing by the door
Rico one shot to the head, Keishas claiming that he did
You know one thing he knowing, Keisha
You're a real nigger, run away, never change, gather
If my realize, streets
Looking Keisha
Guess guess I kinda let my
Guess it always he don't ever show no look
I can't take my money and I found what he
Maybe just a middle man, you can mash it
Just the price to be too high, but I heard he works for Nino
Just a fool, he met Nino in a casino
On a cool man I heard he get
Just a home boy Didi, he be fucking with the white
Didi supposed to be his groom night
Me and Didi went to school together, me and Didi tight
Feeling feeling Didi white
I'm a playing under Didi trying to get up on the
Maybe I meet up with Nino and give me a commission
Just always getting robbed streets
Didi told me Nino always asking questions about me
Just Nino got to playing safe
So in other words, Nino doing whatever Jesse say
Jesse playing like it's straight, Nino move back to L.A.
Didi told me Jesse loves down in M.A.
Nino flew us out to Kelly, hes gonna take us to the Grammies
I put up on Jesse, he was front seat with Tammy
Tammy look me in my eyes, Jesse looking at her strange
Thinking about what Didi called me Tammy holling Jesse changed
Told him I was leaving soon
For enough I think the Tammy bitch come out of Ninos room
Ok, Nino fucking Tammy, Tammy holding Nino work
And Jesse cause if he do you would be hurt
A nose full of I take a trip to 305
Tammy
And Didi looking for me but he fuck out with my guest
Nino, Nino, Nino, Nino, Nino, Nino, Nino, Nino
You're a real nigger, run away, never change, gather
If my realize, streets made of gold.
I hear the sound
The shots are fired
Last one around
loses for life
Don't lose your focus
Don't lose your footing
Keep your head up
Got to prove it
If you can't win it, what are you good for?
What are you good for?
I'll never know what's wrong
You're always telling me what's wrong
Why do I have to be so strong?
Why do I have to be so strong?
Aren't we on the same side
Better watch your step
I'd better keep it on my feet
Better keep your eyes wide
looking on the bright side
Get up, get up, get up, get up
I'm slowing down
My feet are tired
No one around
No one in sight
I'm out of breath
I'm out of steam
I'm all out of answers
Somebody help me
If I can't win it, what am I good for?
What am I good for?
I'll never know what's wrong
You're always telling me what's wrong
Why do I have to be so strong?
Why do I have to be so strong?
Aren't we on the same side
Better watch your step
I'd better keep it on my feet
Better keep your eyes wide
looking on the bright side
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Don't lose your focus...
Don't lose your footing...
Keep your eyes wide...
Get up, get up, get up, get up...
Aren't we on the same side
Better watch your step
I'd better keep it on my feet
Better keep your eyes wide
looking on the bright side
Hook:We leave you throatless/ any survival for you is hopeless/ get ya mind right b**** you gotta focus
D:Face it/ Devil D got the spirit for basic/ trainin n****z daily if he's hatin replace him/ I put my heart & soul in everything that I do these days/ Because n****z know when I buy a Tommy Gun that murder pays/ I'm spittin out lyrics that crush yo mental stimuli/ Got n****z sayin if they don't it's either do or die/ How many times have you herd me spit serious ryhmes/ how many times have I heard you spit delerious lies/ huh/ justcause a b**** wit a gold Mustang wanna holla you got ya panties tied up tryin to find a dollar/ shut ya mouth/ n****z I know bust ya head if they don't know ya/ N****z like me'll leave you dead if I don't owe ya/ Imma preacher, a teacher, a speaker/ A knowlegde seeker/ The kind of nigga that leave 666 in ya beeper
Hook:
Kodac Blak:Check ya crew matter of fact hold that kid/ did any of you n****z see what Kodac did/blaze ya set had ya chest open & wet/holla/ when you see the Dynamic 3 K Luv Kodac & D/ Representin Wolf Pack & HNIC/ it's all good dog we'll bring heat to ya door step/ did Blak shoot that yep/ ain't no question about how the crew get down/ Light up yo posse and blaze ya town/ collaboratin east coast and dirty south/ wit two rotwielers and a gage wit a bad mouth/ turn the page matter of fact flip the script/ dog wit these guns Imma flip ya lip/ focus b****
Hook:
It's hard to see when the smoke cloud's over your eyes
And you loose focus as you losing on your time
And there's one last thing to do, it's waiting there on you
Cut from this circle leave, it behind
Come on over for a moment, and see what you find
Worry and distance, it's all in your mind
Come on over, take a chance now
I know what you like
Caught in the middle, between your heart and your mind
And it's hard to see when the smoke clouds cover your eyes
And you loose focus as you losing on your time
And there's one last thing to do, it's waiting there on you
Cut from this circle leave, it behind
Come on over for a moment, see what you find
Worry and distance, it's all in your mind
Come on over, take a chance know
I know what you like
You're caught in the middle, between your heart and your mind
And it's hard to see when the smoke cloud's over your eyes
And you loose focus as you losing on your time
And there's one last thing to do, it's waiting there on you
Cut from this circle leave, it behind, whoa
It's now, I was waiting on somebody else to show
Me how,
A singe spark will catch a light
And when you thought, could change your life
Moving waves, the wind has left you
And you're still in commotion?
Moving waves, the wind has left you
And you're still in commotion?
We are still repeating the word it has taught us
It moves our whole being into ecstasy
Waves, why do you all become excited
And then all calm together?
Because behind our individual action
There is one impulse working
Because behind our individual action
There is one impulse working
Risng waves... what motive is behind your impulse?
What motive is behind your impulse?
On a once in a life mescaline.
Floating over a mountain, make the scene.
Step off into the sun, feel the blood through your run,
On a once in a life mescaline.
Have a nightmare life long, live it through,
(Taste the beauty of a sweet red wine),
Grab for air, see your skin turning blue,
(Smell the freshness of the grass beneath the pines).
There's a man with three heads,
There's a girl with three beds,
See they're both running fast after me,
(Gonna catch you, gonna fill you full of love).
Have your head filled to the top with big pearls,
(Feel the softness of a wild mountain silk),
Then you hear someone's dead in the world,
(Sink your body in a cold bath of milk.
You can bet your sweet life
That they fought with a knife,
See they're all running fast after me,
(Wanna kiss you, run their fingers through your hair).
Get a feeling deep inside that you're dead,
(Can't you hear the clock of life ticking loud?),
Try to run from the snake pit in your bed,
(Then you find what you thought could not be found).
Smell the nearness of the grave,
Wonder if you can be saved,
Oh the world's still running fast after me,
[Verse 1: Focus]
It's like... from the start of it I, been a part of it
I seen faces turn Matt Damon on some Departed shit
Shit, tired of, bitches thinking I make music in the industry
I'm supposed to be on some baller shit
But I'm a father bitch
I spend a dollar but I damn sure won't spend all of it
Call me what you want but I know what I'm callin it, smart livin
Ignoring greed but if you in need then I start givin
I got my head about me, now I'm doing smart bidness
You might have read about me, how I got my start in this
And what's been said about me? That this cat comes hard with it
And I was taught never take any advice from none of y'all critics
I'm on my grind homie, that's what the bidness is
The bidness is I'm tryna own a couple bidnesses
And if you one out of a hundred who ain't feelin this
Well open up and eat a dick and let me finish this
It's too real, I'm one with true skill
Difference between me and you is you're one, I'm two mill'
I'm done with paying dues, want spins like new wheels
My music ain't the same, I got a new feel
Y'all sitting on major labels, I'm moving with new deals
On MySpace, the front page filled with my new grill
My CD, the type of dude who entertain the field
[Hook: Focus]
It's like, it's like
Y'all can't hate, can't hate, I still got the mic
And I rock it right, and I rock it right
And I rock it right, and I rock it right
And I rock it right, I still got the mic
And I rock it right, I still rock it right
[Verse 2: Focus]
And I know it makes you nervous
My purpose is to affect your computer's internet service
I'm worse than a virus when I'm reciting off my papyrus
My pen is my favourite weapon of mass destruction
And then, me and Philtre get up in the studio and blend
Everything on the board, of course you've seen it before
The Source, The Vibe and XXL
Everybody does it but we do it well
[Hook: Focus]
And I still got the mic
And I rock it right, and I rock it right
And I rock it right, and I rock it right
And I rock it right, and I rock it right
And I rock it right
[Verse 3: Rapper Big Pooh]
No real job, that's a real prob
So many tattoos, they probably think I rob
See the stress on my face, he actin too hard
When bill day cometh they askin for my card
I'm askin 'Why Lord, you put it on my back? '
I never set out to carry the whole cat
I'm one of small packs of the port
I talk with a little bit of force, they taking me to court
They sewing me for sport, I'm still tryna sort
Through new family members who askin for support
I'm askin for support, they tell me 'Quit whining'
Friendship and bidness always intertwining
See the silver lining, I'm doing what I love to
See the money in that future, they don't love you
And that's how girls do, not women though
And they wonder why a nigga wanna take it slow
I ain't hatin though, get it how you want to get it
It's my life bitch, I spit it how I want to spit it
Twenty thousand leagues under but you still feel it
[Intro: Rapper Big Pooh]
Bout to bring you back, way back...
Back into time... hah
Let's have fun with it
("Sound... without focus, is just... noise.")
[Focus:]
I miss back when times were innocent
Dudes would knuckle up when it's time to get into it
Only ice we rock, was Italian Icee's Lemon with the little wooden spoons
A bowl of Captain Crunch, with your favorite cartoons
We all went in the living room and had the biggest TV
Momma playin records, there were no iTunes or CDs
Uh, but we still love the way it sound
Got the speaker out the window for kids at the playground
You better listen up and do what "Simon Say" now
Then we'll cop a couple quart of waters in the corner store
Couple Now & Laters too, cap guns, water guns
Tag you're it, better run - bases on the front stoop
Hydrant on, ev'rybody on the block havin fun
And the only thing we play ("Hip-Hop")
Back when it was just rhyme and just drums and a REAL DJ
Red light, green light, 1-2-3 mic -
Check in the park, gettin power from the streetlight
Breakdance battle was our version of street fights
Pop locks to floor works, graffiti was our work
And we go to the whole hood, all blocks - Lawn Ave.
East Main to Con Ave. when CT was all GOOD!
[DJ cuts and scratches]
[Phonte:]
Uh... yo, moms was broke, we ain't have no credit
So we just moved to the hood, where all the kids would
Play "Hide and Go-Get-It"
I think that was the makings of my back-girl fetish
Usta mess around with this chick Tameeka
5th Grade, already had titties big as the teacher's
First day of school, niggaz starched they knees up
And wouldn't shoot ball so they ain't scratch they sneaks up
Blow Pops a nick away
And on picture day, niggaz wear the same suit they got for Easter
Summer vacation we would go to The Spot
Or go down to the park, and get that good free "Lunch-in-the-Box"
With our shorts on extra loose
Gettin good with the lunch lady, try to get a extra juice
When I say them was the days - it's true!
[Rapper Big Pooh:]
I got my play clothes on, school clothes off
Streetlights made everybody run home
Goin through puberty, every young boy grown
And chase down girls that we wanted to hump
If the swimming pool's closed, then we runnin the pump
Jungle Juice, quart of water, drinks already drunk
Went bowling, went skating, went go-kart ridin
Mama had just enough when it came to providin
SPAM in the can, welfare cheese
No-name peanut butter, "Can we borrow bread, PLEASE? "
Never had a need or a want for anythang
New school year came, that's when we got fresh
Only a few times where we try to impress
Cause after two weeks, we all lookin a mess
Medallions and stop watches I will rock on my chest - YES!
[Rapper Big Pooh:]
This what they want right here Focus...
This what they've been clambering for
I think, I think we should go and give it to 'em mayne
Yeah, uh, P-R... P-R...
Let me take you on a journey through "Carmel City"
Where P-R's God with the beats
Pete be the king of the echo, lord of the horns
"Half Man Half Amazin'", I can go on and on
"Mind Blowin'" with the rhymes, "It's about time"
I "Get On the Mic", gave Pete the proper shine
Since way in '9-2, I've been inclined to
Check for everything P-R put his mind to
Please "Don't Curse", how to get the "Skinz"
Who's "World" is it? "Shut 'Em Down" at the end
Dilla idolised him, Jim Jones sufficed him
'Ye took a lot of notes, probably analyzed him
No one's better with a James Brown sample
Ain't too many better than, probably a handful
Kids do your research, know where they get it from
This goes out to "Soul Brother #1", Pete Rock
[Sha Stimuli:]
Pete Rock is in the house
Pete Rock is in the house
Back in the days we used to beat box
Banging on the table the beat dropped
And I would rap and act like that beat rock, it was Pete Rock's
His heat rock laid the foundation like sheet rock
For albums like "Detox" and crews like D-Block
Had anything jazzy but street knocking
With drums more than "Soul" than Reeboks
Bottom line, he's hot, he's not stopping it, he's still at it
He brought life to "Illmatic", follow this
Since "Down With the King", the haters, he "Shut 'Em Down"
Told the hood "The World Is Yours" and then made them "Jump Around"
No repeating with "The Main Ingredient", it's been a long road
It's like you stuck in some traffic hearing them horns blow
His track record goes back like cornrows
There's no other than the "Soul Brother"
We call him the creator, some would say he created
One of the greatest Hip Hop beats made to this day
As I "Reminisce"!
[Kurupt:]
What? What? What? What? What?
Did I hear this right? The excitement
The mic's unorthodox, concocting oxygenated Pete Rock
House a drum inferno, drum drama
Switch it up, grab the mic to spit stupid dumb slama
Verses of verbal vigilance to earn his respect
Shake the world like quakes and never meet him in debt
Suicide wipe, the only two that I know
That make me rock bottom to top is Pete Rock and Primo
Piranha poetry, liquid lyrical content
Kurupt and Pete Rock, Hip Hop's watchmen
Just watch us, he blessed the whole game with his ethic
Eclectic versions of musical diverse conceptions
Like I'll... must be electric
His music's a weapon that cleans like antiseptic
[20 seconds of wind blowing then heartbeats are heard]
[Focus... :]
It's now or never...
Like Em said, "You only get one shot"
Got everything to gain, and a lot to lose...
Listen... [thunder cracks]
I lost a lot in my life - moms, my pops, Biggie
J Dilla, the World Trade, and New York City
I lost religion but STILL hopin that God's with me
Prayin that the haters never up and come get me
I keep my sons with me, hopin they never hear .350 [gunshot]
7 Mag, give 'em what I never had quickly
I lost a lot of fake friends cause I'm mad busy
I TRY to bring 'em with me, but niggaz is mad iffy
I let a lotta hoes trick me
Now I'm so picky, ain't no woman wanna roll with me
Give me pussy cause these bitches think I know 50
And Eminem, and then they wonder why I act shitty
Yeah I know Dre, but what's that got to do with me?
The industry is really actin like they through with me
They say I'm hot, but won't have nothin else to do with me
Screws with me, then the motherfuckin truth hit me
Stay dedicated to ya sons and to ya fam
They the ONLY ones that love me and really know who I am
I'm Focus... second, but first I'm a fuckin man
Dedicated before, but now I finally understand
I'm dedicated... [echoes]
{"Sound without focus, is just... noise"}
[Chorus: DJ scratches]
[Raekwon:] "And let's start it like this son"
[Jay-Z:] "If you don't like my lyrics you could press fast forward"
"It's all good! "
[Wyclef Jean:] "If this was drugs I'd make a million"
[50 Cent:] "Focused man, my money on my mind"
[Nas:] "Wait, I had to let it marinate"
[Group Home:] "What the FUCK! "
[Jay-Z:] "If you don't like my lyrics you could press fast forward"
[Nas:] "Turn-turn my, turn my headphones up"
[Notorious B.I.G.:] "I'm blowin up like you thought I would"
[Royce Da 5'9":]
Nickel, what up Focus... ?
Yeah, uh-huh, yea yea yea
It's the "Ten Rap Commandments, " number 1 just be an I'll nigga
You will lose, you try to race this like Hilfiger
I'm so ghetto with the fo' metal
Sho' nuff blowin up on "Challengers" like the '84 shuttle
Fuck the count nigga, Preem like a triple beam
Sicker than sickle cell or picture listenin to sickle sing
Kick in the do', wavin the fo', clad in navy velour
Wax niggaz fast like shavin below
A GangStarr nigga, I'm fly, I'm a sight
I was dope before Escobar told me what "Nas is Like"
When I spit the gasoline see the fire fly
There'll be nothin after Preem, this is me and my homage
Like I rely on Raj, I lean on "What's Happenin'"
Got the "Hey HEY hey! " like Dwayne, I'm stuck trappin
I'm gone, sick like the song twitch
Any nigga feelin Big all you gon' get, is a "Long Kiss"
Preem
[Chorus]
[Phonte:]
Uh, right here is where the verses start
Dedicated to that classic New York sound and it really hurts my heart
To see the people can't, recognize the Works of Mart
And how they truly was a work of art
I understand we ain't back in the old days
But young'ns be lookin at my nigga Preem funny like he one of the O'Jays
No sense of history; see Chris Martin in the credits
They be thankin it's the nigga from Coldplay
So I gotta school and remind these toddlers
That hip-hop started in the days of yonder
Any fool with a S-line 50 can make beats
But this man took it and redefined a genre
Who else could make the Group Home sound like pros
Then make Christina Aguilera sound like soul?
This is my homage and I gotcho' head bobbin
And noddin, so we gon' bring the scratch collage in
Like this! Phontigga, uh
[Chorus]
[Stat Quo:]
Stat Quo, man, HEY!
Primo, whaddup man?
Take y'all a trip down "Memory Lane"
Hehe, you did that too
"Step in My Arena", but make it known "Friend or Foe"
"Recognize", "I Gave You Power" with this undeniable flow
I'm "Invincible", live by the "Code of the Streets"
My "Game Plan" simple, "No Surrender, No Retreat"
"Salute" the trill, 'cause "None of Y'all Betta"
Stay "Discliplined" "On the Front Line" "N 2 Gether - Now"
"Stay Tuned" for the "Moment of Truth"
"Suckas" gotta "Come Clean" when Stat in the booth
It's "Mostly Tha Voice", that's why I got "Mass Appeal"
"Black Cowboy", "2 Deep" me and the steel
"Say Your Prayers" muh'fucker 'fore you "Outta Here"
"Just to Get a Rep", I'll end your career (okay)
Been a "Long Time Comin", "Blood, Sweat, and Tears"
I'm "Royalty", "Classic" like a beat from Premier
The public "Lovesick" from "Hip Hop" and shit
"Here Today, Gone Tomorrow", I "refuse to quit"
It's Stat Quo... and Primo
YEAH!
Oh I need the bathroom
Oh I need the bathroom
Oh keep on fighting
Oh I need the bathroom
And oh it's keeping on
Oh keep on fighting
Oh I need a bathroom
We're 'bout keeping on
Oh keep on fighting
And you keep me on
Then call again to Alaro
Maybe things will change, things tomorrow
And call again - keeping on
Oh I need a bathroom
Oh I need a bathroom
Oh keep on fighting
And yet it seems tomorrow maybe change things
I don't know if you're right
Oh keep on rocking
Oh keep on fighting
Why dream about the future?
Now is the present as bad as the present can be
Why dream about the future?
The light is dark and darkness is all you can see
Planes go flight by flight
(Planes go flight by flight)
Ready for a fight
(Ready for a fight)
Ships pass in the night
(Ships pass)
Through the Bosporus
Marching columns sound
(Marching columns)
Reasons yet unfound
For me for you
For all of us
Why dream about the future?
The sun is shining upon a world full of fear
Why dream about the future?
When the clash and the bang of that future is coming to near
This is our time
(This is our time)
We will drink this wine
(We will drink this wine)
Reaches our cup
(Reaches)
And we like it fine
Please don't hesitate
Before it is too late
You had your chance and lift your fate
We dream about the future!
Where we can change things as they ought to be
We dream about the future!
Sugar island Cuba
You lay there just for fun
With all your colours and your pelts
A treasure in the sun
(2 x)
Dabadabadabada
Dabadabadabada
Castro makes the poor man rich
And rings the rich man's nell
He makes the island grey and pale
I wish he were in hell
(2 x)
Dabadabadabada
Dabadabadabada
Sugar island Cuba
You are no more for sale
This Castro makes the poor man rich
He makes the flowers pale
(2 x)
Dabadabadabada
Round Goes The Gossip
Round Goes The Gossip
Round Goes The Gossip
Extemplo libyae magnas it fama per urbes,
Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum.
Mobilitate viget virisque adquirit eundo;
Parva metu primo, mox sese attollit in auras.
Just like Eddy in the morning
He never said, although he could
I know someone who would, but
He never woke to have an ear
Yes I think of things unnoticed
Like what happens in the egg
As it lies without motion
Just like Eddie's sleeping head
When I come home in the morning
Softly as I tread the dawn
I know things that are important
That have only just begun
I'm gonna fly away
Here I go here I go here I go
I'm gonna fly away
Here I go here I go here I go
Seeing you across the table
Smiles are dying on your face
Being here with my heart open
Night was dark, your skin was dark
Your eyes were shining bright
Oh black beauty, close in my heart
I was King Salomon who held his queen of Sheba tight
Oh black beauty, held in my arms
How we were told, love was not meant for us
Two different worlds stepped apart
Heart against heart
But we knew where to find an opportunity
Far away where no one was near
We could meet there at night and we're impunity
Oh black beauty, love without fear
Our love was wonderful
So young and so pure
I held your trembling hands
I was so sure
Then when our lips met there was no returning
The fire was burning in our hearts
So we were told, love was not meant for us
Two different worlds stepped apart
Heart against heart
But we knew where to find an opportunity
Far away where no one was near
I was King Salomon who held his queen of Sheba tight
I've never been unhappy or alone
Each day daylight came back
I always watched the stars
Not thinking space big and dark
Rains always were my friend
The wind knew all my secrets
Brother do you know that the times are hard
Do you wanna see my eyes
Make a start
Cause brother do you see that the times are hard
I need love
I do not fear the shadows of trees
But city shadows don't move
I saw a child of God. He was
Someday to grow into the world
Brother do you know that the times are hard
Do you wanna see my eyes
Make a start
Cause brother do you see that the times are hard
[featuring lost boyz m.o.p.]
What what nigga?
Lb fam frankie cutlass
Nine six queens most wanted (word up)
Frankie cutlass (frankie cutlass)
This is how we do (how we do)
Focus goin on everybody in my crew
From spig nice to tah to my man pretty lou
Check it queens escapes
Put the shit on dat and a tape
One time check it out baby boy now (check it out now)
*chorus*
Focus your mind on this
Can we do our thing when we swing we don't miss
Connect, knock it out the park, what a hit
It gets deeper, i'm on some keeper, my brother shit [and that's real]
*repeat except brackets*
You got a team of real niggaz in the room smokin trees
Us niggaz stayin blunted the most wanted lb'z
My family connections blows through east circuit
My team is whom i work with, we must stay alert kid
Cause nowadays niggaz glorify how they be massin
We in the jeep passin cheeba peep em as they assin
Out in the game, what's the reason why you came?
To have these bitches be like askin you a season in your brain
Flashin jewels, talkin blastin if he pack the tools
I got a glock to cock back to knock em, flat out your shoes
Not no, big willie puffin dutches not phillie
We packin bubbly act up and we smack a nigga silly
The name is mr. cheeks i keep the dough get on the low stroll
Take you to the essence get my swerve on like the pros do
Baggin bitches makin money bounce without my crews
In nine-six motherfuck power moves, aiyyo
*chorus*
(mashin out!)
No doubt, body wreck squad bringin it hard
And get charged, to rip shows in half, word to god
With clientele like a crack spot, me and my man dwell
? fat blocks and rain sail from in jail to ascott?
So yo, focus your mind on this
Nobody move and nobody get they wig twist
We real, still packin blue steel
Knockin brothers way up off of the top of the hill
Brownsville, m.o.p., queens you know
Let them motherfuckers all bo bo bo bo bo!
Yo i set shit, come correct with, fat raps that
Rapidly fire like a infra tech spit
I'm trying to make it happen, no time for wishin
To tax at least a million is my lifetime mission so
In god we trust, firing squad we bust
Plus we must roll with the rough, hometeam
Teflon, billy, and fame, mad swingas to bring
That south 9 triple beam dream you been lookin for
Firing squad blowin it up
And if you ain't tight on the mic
You ain't right shut the fuck up
Now, we represent in some of the illest situations
And some of the illest places, what happens up? in demonstrations?
Stayin down, so you can't see who we are
Yo, everyday trigger nigga nucca fuck a rap star
Big up to all street borough
Brothers from brooklyn to my rocket launcher packin bronx niggaz
Keep it thorough
In the ghetto, my empire strikes back
How about some hardcore? yeah we like it raw! keep it like that
Ôi orôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi ohrorô poPÔ
Yôi orôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi ohrorô
poPÔ
Aaaah aaah aaah aaah
Uuuh oooh oooh ooooooooh
Ôi orôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi ohrorô poPÔ
Yôi orôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi ohrorô
BoumPÔ
Aaaah aaah aaah aaah
Uuuh oooh oooh ooooooooh
Tatrrrepôtetretrepiecôã-é-é-ô-hã-hén-Hén
Ôi trégueregué-dôi detêro deguedô
A tataro teguereguedaw
Teguereguedêro dêdow Ô-Éhr-Ôhr-Êhr-Êhr-Áhr-Ó
Hé Hã He How
Ãi erêrãi rãrãrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi ohrorô poPÔ
Yôi orôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi ohrorôm
pomPÔ
Aaaah aaah aaah aaah
Uuuh oooh oooh ooooooooh
Ôi orôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi rôrôrôi ohrorô poPÔ
Yôi orôrôi rôrôrôi rô
Aaaah aaah aaah aaah
Uuuh oooh oooh ooooooooh
I'm back at it. Automatic
I'm back at it. Automatic
Let's go
Yeah I know I'm probably wasting my time
But listen here, I got some shit on my mind
I know its obvious that I'm the talk of the town
You seem to move fame or get the money bringing you down
Everywhere I go its a media frenzy
All they seem to care about is me Kim or Lindsey
Is the story real? You don't even know
Do you even care? Yeah I thought so
Yeah yeah I know they wanna see me
I can't lose focus, focus, focus
I gotta get back to the money
I'm losing focus, focus, focus
I gotta get back to the money
I'm back at it. Automatic
You can fake it so easily
Put on a show for everybody to see
Just to hold the attention
Of those impressed with empty conversation
But your opinion
Could never budge me
You can try
You'll never see it through my eyes
You can talk until you're blue in the face
Put everything you had into a world that despised you
Focus on my mind
Focus on my strength
Nothing to offer or relate to
So quick to turn away
So quick to hate you
I built it up and I fucking said it
I burned that bridge
O kerstnacht, schoner dan de dagen
Hoe kan Herodes het licht verdragen
Dat in uw duisternisse blinkt
En wordt gevierd en aangebeden
Zijn hoogmoed luistert naar geen reden
Hoe schel die in zijn oren klinkt
Hij tracht d'onozelen te vernielen
Door 't doden van onnozele zielen
En wekt een stad en landgeschrei
In Bethlehem en op de akker
En maakt de geest van Rachel wakker
