| RELEASE DATE: | 2004-11-23 |
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| # OF TRACKS: | 15 |
| ALBUM TYPE: | 정규, studio |
| GENRE/STYLE: | 팝 |
| ALSO KNOWN AS: | - |
| INDEX: | 150 |
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INTRODUCTION
현재 대중음악계의 화두는 누가 뭐래도 흑인음악이다. 과거 노동요의 시대를 지나 블루스, 재즈, 가스펠 등으로 뻗어나가던 흑인음악은 60년대 소울 음악을 기점으로 장족의 발전을 거듭하여 현재 대중음악의 최전선에 포진하게 되었다. 지금의 흑인음악은 과거의 음악을 자양분으로, 보다 발전적인 형태를 띄며 현재까지 오게 되었는데, 지금 소개하는 이 앨범은 바로 현재 의 흑인음악의 단면을 볼 수 있는 편집 음반이다.
소니뮤직을 대표하는 컴필레이션인 <WITH..> 시리즈 중 하나인 본작은 'H' 즉 HIPHOP을 소재로 꾸며진 앨범인데, 비단 랩 음악뿐 아니라, URBAN, NEO SOUL, RHYTHM & BLUES 등 흑인음악을 총망라 한 가치있는 편집음반이다. 비교적 잘 알려진 NAS, MOBB DEEP, BIG PUNISHER와 같은 랩 뮤지션에서부터, JENNIFER LOPEZ, MACY GRAY, LAURYN HILL 과 같은 URBAN, RHYTHM & BLUES 여성 뮤지션, 인지도는 이들에 비해서 낮지만 실력으로 인정받고 있는 SARAI, SARAH CONNOR와 같은 신진 뮤지션, 그리고 TURNTABLISM의 최고봉인 X-ECUTIONERS 등 다양한 스타일의 훌륭한 음악들로 채워져 있는 이 앨범은 'H' 의 참 의미를 일깨워줄 좋은 기회가 될 것이다.
01. LAURYN HILL / DOO WOP THAT THING
- FUGEES의 여성 멤버인 LAURYN HILL은 솔로 데뷔 앨범 <THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL>으로 1998년 그래미 시상식에서 4개 부분을 휩쓸면서 최고의 여성 가수로 발돋움 하게 되었다. 빌보드 앨범 차트 넘버 원은 당연한 일이었고, 첫 싱글 'DOO WOP THAT THING'은 싱글 차트까지 정상에 오르는 기염을 토했다. 다양한 스타일이 혼재되어 있는 신나는 트랙 'DOO WOP'은 왜 LAURYN HILL이 흑인 음악의 미래를 책임질 스타인지 여실히 보여주는 명곡이다.
02. FUGEES / NO WOMAN NO CRY
- 발군의 실력을 가진 WYCLEF JEAN, 개성 넘치는 래퍼 PRAS, 그리고 홍일점이자 그룹의 마스코트인 LAURYN HILL 이렇게 3명이 모여 만든 그룹이 FUGEES이다. 리더인 WYCLEF의 능력은 힙합은 물론이거니와 여타 다른 흑인 음악 스타일, 그리고 락 분야에서까지 그 능력이 탁월한 관계로 FUGEES의 음악은 한 마디로 정의하기 힘든 성질이라고 할 수 있다. 그들의 데뷔 앨범 <THE SCORE>는 발매와 동시에 음악계에 큰 반향을 일으키며 엄청난 판매고를 올렸고, 수록곡인 'FUGEE-LA', 'KILLING ME SOFTLY' 등이 많은 사랑을 받았다. 익히 주지하는대로, 'NO WOMAN, NO CRY'는 레게의 아버지 BOB MARLEY 의 히트곡을 리메이크 한 곡인데, 원곡과 비교해도 전혀 손색이 없는 완성도를 보여준다.
03. BONE THUGS N HARMONY / THA CROSSROADS
- 웨스트코스트 힙합의 전설인 EAZY-E에 의해 발굴된 클리블랜드 출신의 4인조 그룹 BONE THUGS N HARMONY는 그들만의 독특한 스타일로 많은 사랑을 받았던 그룹이다. 그들의 멜로디 감각 넘치는 스피디한 랩은 미 본토 뿐 아니라 국내에서도 많은 추종자들을 거느리며 힙합의 강자로 군림할 수 있는 토대였다. ISLEY BROTHERS의 'MAKE ME SAY IT AGAIN, GIRL'을 샘플링 한 'THA CROSSROADS'는 빌보드 싱글차트 8주간 1위를 차지하며 그래미의 영광까지 가져다 준 BONE THUGS N HARMONY 최고의 히트곡이다. 현재는 그룹의 활동보다 솔로 활동에 더 주력하는 듯한 인상이지만 BONE THUGS N HARMONY로 뭉쳤을 때가 가장 시너지 효과를 얻어냈다는 것을 생각하면 언젠가는 다시 뭉쳐 활동하리란 기대를 가져도 좋을 듯하다.
04. MACY GRAY / LOVE IS GONNA GET YA
- 자신의 콤플렉스였던 이상한 목소리를 오히려 장점으로 승화시켜 대중들에게 보여준 MACY GRAY는 1999년 <ON HOW LIFE IS>를 발매하며 본격적으로 음악계에 뛰어들었다. 찬사를 받은 1집에 비해 두 번째 앨범인 <ID>나 세 번째 앨범 <THE TROUBLE WITH BEING MYSELF>은 그다지 신통한 반응을 보이지 못했는데, 그 이유는 첫 데뷔 앨범의 강렬함이 오히려 후속작들을 가리는 역효과가 났기 때문일 것이다. 'LOVE IS GONNA GET YA'는 좀 이른감이 있는 그녀의 베스트 앨범에만 수록되어 있는 곡인데, 호소력 있는 MACY GRAY의 목소리가 흥겨운 리듬과 함께 맞물려 듣는 이의 기분을 상쾌하게 해준다.
05. B2K / UH HUH
- 현재는 잠정 해체상태인 B2K는 흑인 소년 4명으로 구성된 팝 그룹이다. 리듬 앤 블루스를 기조로, 세련된 댄스팝을 구사하여 많은 또래 소녀팬들의 사랑을 듬뿍 받았던 이들의 첫 번째 싱글인 'UH UHH' 는 B2K의 첫 TOP 40 싱글이며 이들을 세상에 알린 데뷔곡이다. 트렌디한 리듬과 멜로디, 다듬어지지 않은 미성이 매력적인 이 곡은 'BUMP BUMP BUMP'과 함께 이들을 대표하는 곡이라 할 수 있다. 비록 완벽한 기획으로 만들어진 스타라는 혹평이 없지 않았지만 이들의 엔터테이너로써의 능력은 쉽게 폄하할 수 없는 무언가가 있다는 것에는 아무런 토를 달 수 없을 것이다.
06. BUCKSHOT LEFONQUE / ANOTHER DAY
- 변화무쌍한 것으로 따지면 둘째 가라면 서러워할 인물인 BRANFORD MARSALIS의 그룹 BUCKSHOT LEFONQUE는 재즈를 기반으로 힙합, 리듬 앤 블루스, 레게 등을 적절하게 퓨전한 음악 스타일로 많은 관심을 끌었던 그룹이다. 'ANOTHER DAY'는 이들의 두 번째 앨범인 <MUSIC EVOLUTION>에서 가장 큰 사랑을 받았던 곡이며, 국내 모 CF에도 삽입되어서 더 큰 관심을 받기도 했다. FRANK MCCOMB의 감미로운 목소리가 일품인 이 곡은 수려한 멜로디 라인과 여린 색소폰 소리가 잘 조화된 명곡으로 꼽힌다.
07. SARAH CONNOR FEAT. TQ / LET'S GET BACK TO BED BOY
- <GREEN EYED SOUL>이라는 데뷔 앨범을 들고 독일의 팝 음악계를 술렁이게 했던 SARAH CONNOR와 'WESTSIDE'로 유명한 알앤비 보컬리스트 TQ가 만난 'LET'S GET BACK TO BED BOY'는 SARAH의 미국 데뷔 앨범 <SARAH CONNOR>에 수록되어 있는 곡이다. 이 앨범은 미국 진출을 위한 앨범으로, 좋은 평가를 받았던 데뷔 앨범 <GREEN EYED SOUL>과 2집 <UNBELIEVABLE>에 수록되어 있는 히트곡들과 신곡을 더해 만든 앨범인데 이전 스타일에 비해 훨씬 더 흑인 음악쪽에 가까운 모양새를 지니고 있으며 선곡도 이에 맞추어 진 듯한 느낌이다. 이는 그녀가 꿈꿔왔던 흑인음악에의 열 ....  .... 
TRACKS
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Girls you know you'd better
watch out
Some guys some guys
are only about
That thing that thing
that thing
That thing that thing
that thing
It's been three weeks
since you were looking
for your friend
The one you let hit it
and never called you again
Remember when he told you
he was about the benjamins
You act like
you ain't here him
but gave him a little trim
To begin how you think you're
really going to pretend
Like you wasn't down and
you called him again
Plus when you give it up
so easy you ain't
even foolin him
If you did it then
then you'd probably
do it again
Talking out your neck
saying you're a Christian
A Muslim sleeping with the Gin
Now that was the sin
that did Jezebel in
Who're you going to tell
when the repercussions spin
Showing off your a
because your thinking
it's a trend
Girlfriend, let me break
it down for you again
You know I only say it
because i'm truly genuine
Don't be a hard rock
when you really are a gem
Baby girl Respect
is just the minimum
brothas creepin and
you still defending him
Now Lauryn is only human
Don't think I haven't been
through the same predicament
Let it sit inside your
head like a million women
in Philly been
It's silly when girls sell
their souls because it's in
Look at what you be in
hair weaves like Europeans
Fake nails up out Koreans
Yo A When when come again
Yeah Yeah
When when come again
Yeah Yeah
My friend come again
Yeah Yeah
Girls you know you'd better
watch out
Some guys
are only about
That thing that thing
that thing
That thing that thing
that thing
The second verse is
dedicated to the men
More concerned with his
rims and his Tim's
than his women
Him and his men
come in the club like houligans
Don't care who they offend
Popping game
Like you got yen
Let's stop pretend
the ones that pissed out
by they waste men
Cristall by the case men
still living in his
Mother's basement
The pretty face men claiming
that they be the big men
Need to take care of
their three and four kids
But they face a court case
when the child support's late
Money taking and
heart breaking
Now you wonder
why women hate men
The sleepy silent men
The punk domestic violence men
Quick to shoot the scene
stop acting like boys
and be men
How you gonna win
when you ain't right within
How you gonna win
when you ain't right within
How you gonna win
when you ain't right within
Unh Unhh Come Again
Unh Unhh Come Again
Bro Straight come again
Sit straight come again
Watch out watch out
Look out look out
Watch out watch out
Look out look out
Watch out watch out
Look out look out
Watch out watch out
Look out look out
Girls you know you'd better
watch out
Some guys some guys
are only about
That thing that thing
that thing
That thing that thing
that thing
Girls you know you'd better
watch out
Some guys some guys
are only about
That thing that thing
that thing
That thing that thing
that thing
Girls you know you'd better
watch out
Some guys some guys
are only about
That thing that thing
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A dedication to all the refugees worldwide
One time say, say, say
I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Brooklyn
Oba-Observing the crookedness
As it mingled with the good people we meet
Good friends we had, oh
Good friends we've lost along the way
In this great future you can't forget your past
So dry your tears I say
And to my peeps who passed away
No woman, no cry
No woman no cry, say say say
Hey little sister, don't shed no tears
No woman no cry, say say say
I remember when we used to rock
In a project yard in Jersey
And little Georgie would make the firelight
As stolen cars passed through the night
And then we'd hit the corner store
For roots, paper, and brew brew
My drinks my only remedy
For pain of losing family
But while I'm gone Shorty
Everything's gonna be alright
Everything's gonna be alright
Fugees come to the dance tonight
Everything's gonna be alright
O everything's gonna be alright
The gun man's in the house tonight
But everything's gonna be alright
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
No woman no cry, no woman no cry
Hey, little sister, don't shed no tears
No woman no cry say say say
I remember when we used to sit
In a government yard in Trenchtown
Oba-Observing the hypocrites
As they mingled with the good people we meet
Good friends we had Oh
Good friends we've lost
Along the way hey
In this great future you can't forget your past
So dry your tears I say
And no woman no cry.
No woman no cry say say say
Hey, little sistser, don't shed no tears
No woman no cry and to my peeps who passed away
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
Oh ah oh ah
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I want too much to be with you
But I'm working night and day
I came all this way to see you
And you tell me you need space
Everyone I know is compatible with somebody I know
I can never get it right
And I don't know where to go
Stay away from me don't you ever leave me alone, no
Love is gonna get you baby
Someday, one day, it will be
A good love that gets me
Love is gonna get ya baby
Someday, one day, I will find
Somebody for me
I have talked to all the experts
all the psychics...I've loved
I have prayed for all the answers
To the game of love above
They all say it's unanimous
There's somebody for me
But none of them will tell me
When it is, where he might be
I want to be with you, I just won't to be alone
Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah
Love is gonna get you baby
Someday, one day, it will be
A good love that gets me
Love is gonna get ya baby
Someday, one day, I will find
Somebody for me
I believe in destiny
I believe it sets me free
Come and save me with your kiss
Been on my best behavior
Friends say I'm looking greater
Won't you, won't you, just save me with your kiss
Save me with your kiss
Won't you just save me with your kiss
Love is gonna get you baby
Someday, one day, it will be
A good love that gets me
Love is gonna get you baby
Someday, one day, it will be
A good love that gets me
Love is gonna get ya baby
Someday, one day, I will find
Somebody for me
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Another day
Staring out of my window
Thinkin' 'bout tomorrow
Wishing things would clear
No nee to rush
I ain't gonna worry
Any moment my sorrow
Is bound to disappear
Chorus:
Sometimes I tell myself
I'm better off without you
And then I have to face the emptiness
I feel inside without you
And find a way to make it through another day
I need a way
to find the truth within me
Accept the fact that I love you
My blue eternity
I hear they say
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
I must have the heart of a lion
Sifting through love's remains
Chorus:
Sometimes I tell myself
I'm better off without you
And then I have to face the emptiness
I feel inside without you
And find a way to make it through another day
My love for you is etched
Forever in my memory
Now I realize that life goes on
Even though you're not here with me
I wake up looking forward to another day
A day of living without you
I can't stand to live without you
Just another day
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This one's goin' out to the strip joints
Yo, meet me at Suzy's Rendez-vous
For every Go-Go Bar I'ma send this one
out to the gentlemen's clubs
Magic City, New York dogs, Rolex
I be seeing y'all up in there late at night
I understand when your girl is stressing you out
(Crazy girls) Know what I'm saying?
Don't let the ladies fool y'all now, fellas
They be doin' the same thing y'all be doin'
Turn up my symphony, man. Turn up my symphony
Drop a BEAT
Just 'cuz she dances go-go It don't make
her a ho, no Maxine, put your dance
shoes on We going to the disco We gonna
eeeelope to Meeeexico Called up my mama
said I'm in love with a stripper, yo
Ten grand, let me see you shake it like
you got no bones in your body and you
was made to be a celebrity Twenty grand,
know it's a sin, but before me you show
me a little more skin it would fulfill my
fantasy Thirty grand, to the highest bidder
but Chris Rock said, 'There's no sex in
the champaigne room' Forty grand, looked
into her eyes, I saw tears falling down,
type of tears that money couldn't buy
Just 'cuz she dances go-go It don't make
her a ho, no Maxine, put your dance
shoes on We going to the disco We gonna
eeeelope to Meeeexico Called up my mama
said I'm in love with a stripper, yo
Just 'cuz she dances go-go It don't make
her a ho, no Maxine, put your dance
shoes on We going to the disco We gonna
eeeelope to Meeeexico Called up my mama
Excuse me, what is your name?
said I'm in love with a stripper, yo
Uh, my name is Hope, yo
I was blessed with the body of the Goddesses
Have you any idea how hard this is?
I could flex in 25 positions
But I only work here to pay my tuition
Yo, tantalizing teaser Table-top pleaser
Give me what I need a Mastercard a Visa
Lap dance fantasy Picture us on and on
white canopy Wyclef extended his hand to me
Like Billy D. said he's feelin me
Take me away from here, so far
Where they ride horses, no cars
No more stripping in bars
Me and you 'Clef, against the odds
Just 'cuz she dances go-go It don't make
her a ho, no Maxine, put your dance
shoes on We going to the disco We gonna
eeeelope to Meeeexico Called up my mama
said I'm in love with a stripper, yo
Just 'cuz she dances go-go It don't make
her a ho, no Maxine, put your dance
shoes on We going to the disco We gonna
eeeelope to Meeeexico Called up my mama
said I'm in love with a stripper, yo
Yo a lot of y'all sitting with y'all girls
fronting like the budweiser commercial
Talking bout, 'IIIIIII, I don't be going
to the strip joints' You lying man! You'd
be surprised who you see up in there man.
I got one question for you liars, man
Shot callers, Wasn't you a preacher?
You calling her a hooker? He without sin
cast the first stone. I met her on the
subway, she gave me that VIP card
And told me if I ever have problems,
Don't hesitate to come by, yeah, yeah, yeah
Just 'cuz she dances go-go It don't make
her a ho, no Maxine, put your dance
shoes on We going to the disco We gonna
eeeelope to Meeeexico Called up my mama
said I'm in love with a stripper, yo
Just 'cuz she dances go-go It don't make
her a ho, no Maxine, put your dance
shoes on We going to the disco
Yo baby, can I get another lap dance?
I tell you I got nothing but funny money,
man. New York
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I'm feelin sexy
I wanna hear you say my name boy
If you can reach me
You can feel my burning flame
I'm feelin kind of n-a-s-t-y
I might just take you home with me
Baby the minute i feel your energy
Your vibe's just taken over me
Start feelin so crazy babe
I feel the funk coming over me
I don't know what's gotten into me
The rhythm's got me feelin so crazy babe
Tonight I'll be your naughty girl
I'm callin all my girls
We're gonna turn this party out
I know you want my body
Tonight I'll be your naughty girl
I'm callin all my girls
I see you look me up and down
And I came to party
You're so sexy, tonight I am all yours boy
The way your body moves across the floor
You got me feelin n-a-s-t-y
I might just take you home with me
Baby the minute I feel your energy
The vibe's just taken over me
Start feelin so crazy babe
I feel the funk coming over me
I don't know what's gotten into me
The rhythm's got me feelin so crazy babe
Tonight I'll be your naughty girl
I'm callin all my girls
We're gonna turn this party out
I know you want my body
Tonight I'll be your naughty girl
I'm callin all my girls
I see you look me up and down
And i came to party
I love to love you baby
I love to love you baby
I love to love you baby
I love to love you baby
Tonight I'll be your naughty girl
I'm callin all my girls
We're gonna turn this party out
I know you want my body
Tonight I'll be your naughty girl
I'm callin all my girls
I see you look me up and down
And i came to party
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Can you handle this
Michelle
Can you handle this
Beyonce
Can you handle this
I don't think they can handle this whoooo
Better move
Cause we've arrived
Lookin' sexy
Lookin' fly
Baddest chick
Chick inside
Dj Jam tonight
Spotted me
A tender thang
There you are
Come on baby
Don't you wanna
Dance with me
Can you handle
Handle me
You gotta do much better
If you're gonna dance with me tonight
You gotta work your jelly
If you're gonna dance with me tonight
Read my lips carefully,
if you like what you see
Move, groove, prove you can hang with me
By the looks I got you shook up
and scared of me
Buckle your seatbelt, it's time for takeoff
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this
'cause my body's too
bootylicious for ya babe
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this
'cause my body's too
bootylicious for ya babe
Baby can you handle this
Baby can you handle this
Baby can you handle this
I don't think you can handle this
I'm about to break you off
H-town goin hard
Read my hips
Slap my thighs
Swing my hair
Squint my eyes
Lookin' hot
Smellin' good
Groovin' like
I'm from the hood
Over my shoulder
I blow you a kiss
Can you handle
Handle this
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this
'cause my body's too
bootylicious for ya babe
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this
'cause my body's too
bootylicious for ya babe
Move your body up and down
Make your booty touch the ground
I can't help but wonder why
My vibe's too vibealacious for you babe
I shake my jelly at every chance
When I whip with my hips
you slip into a trance
I'm hoping you can handle
all this jelly that I have
Now let's cut a rug while we scat some jazz
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this
'cause my body's too
bootylicious for ya babe
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this
'cause my body's
too bootylicious for ya babe
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this
'cause my body's
too bootylicious for ya babe
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this
'cause my body's too
bootylicious for ya babe
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this
'cause my body's too
bootylicious for ya babe
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
I don't think you're ready for this
'cause my body's too
bootylicious for ya babe
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Oh yes
[Nas]
Uh, this for you girl
Yo, I took you from the projects, put the best clothes in ya closet
Like Ginger from "Casino" and now you a pro
We was like Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe
All ya jealous girlfriends hatin' waitin'
So I put the cards in yo hand
All I know is Nas was yo man
It was so real, boats and sixes
Special Japanese chefs makin' home cooked dishes
Plenty trips, invisible sets
You know what you missin'
[Jennifer Lopez]
It's funny coz for a while
I Walked around with a smile
But... deep inside, I could hear
Voices telling me "This ain't right"
Don't you know, it's not for you
I always knew what I had to do
But it's hard to get away
Cause I love you I just got to stay
You used to say I couldn't do it but I did it (Yes I did)
After telling everybody that I wasn't with it (Oh yeah)
Though it brings tears to my eyes I can feel it
And I know inside that I'm gonna be alright (Gonna be alright)
I said I couldn't do it but I did it (Yes I did)
After telling everybody that I wasn't with it (Oh yeah)
Though it brings tears to my eyes I can feel it
And that voice inside says I'm gonna be alright (Gonna be alright)
[Jennifer Lopez]
Friends of mine say to me
Say you got control over me
You're not alone, I played my part
I saw the way you were from the start
Could I expect so much from you
You had a girl when I first met you
Did the best that you could do
Now I realize I can't change you
You used to say I couldn't do it but I did it (Yes I did)
After telling everybody that I wasn't with it (Oh yeah)
Though it brings tears to my eyes I can feel it
And I know inside that I'm gonna be alright (Gonna be alright)
I said I didn't do it but I did it (Yes I did)
After telling everybody that I wasn't with it (Oh yeah)
Though it brings tears to my eyes I can feel it
And that voice inside says I'm gonna be alright (Gonna be alright)
[Jennifer Lopez]
Said I wouldn't walk away
Some days I want to stay (Days I want to stay)
But leaving you is what I need to do (Need to do)
To be OK (I need to be OK)
I never thought it would be true (Would be true)
Me living without you (Living without you)
[Nas]
Huh, this life is crazy
[Jennifer Lopez]
So now it's time for me to make that move
[Nas]
Huh check it
Yo nobody understands me, I'm dealin' with pressure
My peoples is locked in a jail cell with no bail stressin'
Guess it's the life of a kingpin
Rap Stephen King, rock bling
Like neon lights, we gonna be alright
But it's like you feelin' lesser
Claim I'm actin' like a retard
Right me and my boys
We start fights, well will I mature
You scream I'm in the streets all night
Or where was I at, ya found light brown hairs on my hat
I'm slow caught
You used to say I couldn't do it but I did it (Yes I did)
After telling everybody that I wasn't with it (Oh yeah)
Though it brings tears to my eyes I can feel it
And I know inside that I'm gonna be alright (Gonna be alright)
I said I couldn't do it but I did it (Yes I did)
After telling everybody that I wasn't with it (Oh yeah)
Though it brings tears to my eyes I can feel it
And that voice inside says I'm gonna be alright (Gonna be alright)
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I know I can (I know I can)
Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
Be, B-Boys and girls, listen up
You can be anything in the world, in God we trust
An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
But nothing comes easy it takes much practice
Like, I met a woman who's becoming a star
She was very beautiful, leaving people in awe
Singing songs, Lina Horn, but the younger version
Hung with the wrong person
Gotta astrung when I heard when
Cocaine, sniffing up drugs, all in her nose
Coulda died, so young, no looks ugly and old
No fun cause when she reaches for hugs people hold they breath
Cause she smells of corrosion and death
Watch the company you keep and the crowd you bring
Cause they came to do drugs and you came to sing
So if you gonna be the best, I'ma tell you how
I know I can (I know I can)
Be what I wanna be (be what I wanna be)
If I work hard at it (If I work hard it)
I'll be where I wanna be (I'll be where I wanna be)
Be, B-Boys and girls, listen again
This is for grown looking girls who's only ten
The ones who watch videos and do what they see
As cute as can be, up in the club with fake ID
Careful, 'fore you meet a man with HIV
You can host the TV like Oprah Winfrey
Whatever you decide, be careful, some men be
Rapists, so act your age, don't pretend to be
Older than you are, give yourself time to grow
You thinking he can give you wealth, but so
Young boys, you can use a lot of help, you know
You thinkin life's all about smokin weed and ice
You don't wanna be my age and can't read and right
Begging different women for a place to sleep at night
Smart boys turn to men and do whatever they wish
If you believe you can achieve, then say it like this
Save the music y'all, save the music y'all
Save the music y'all, save the music y'all
Save the music
Be, be, 'fore we came to this country
We were kings and queens, never porch monkeys
It was empires in Africa called Kush
Timbuktu, where every race came to get books
To learn from black teachers who taught Greeks and Romans
Asian Arabs and gave them gold when
Gold was converted to money it all changed
Money then became empowerment for Europeans
The Persian military invaded
They learned about the gold, the teachings and everything sacred
Africa was almost robbed naked
Slavery was money, so they began making slave ships
Egypt was the place that Alexander the Great went
He was so shocked at the mountains with black faces
Shot up they nose to impose what basically
Still goes on today, you see?
If the truth is told, the youth can grow
They learn to survive until they gain control
Nobody says you have to be gangstas, hoes
Read more learn more, change the globe
Ghetto children, do your thing
Hold your head up, little man, you're a king
Young Prince thats when you get your wedding ring
Your man is saying "She's my queen"
Save the music y'all, save the music y'all
Save the music y'all, save the music y'all
Save the music
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(Let's go) Uh huh, uh yeah (uh)
Uh huh uh (turn it up) yeah
Uh huh, hey J man? (yeah)
This one of J.D.'s So So Def hits right here
(I know) Get up, get get up (yeah)
Uh huh, fo' sho', that's right, get up, get get up
The game's in the twist now (is that right)
And I'm the blame
Lil' shorty wanna rock the twists
Cornrows and rep like this, huh, I'm the blame
All they do is skip skip when the beat come on
Sing the words to every song
See they know what it is and who got style
Lil Bow Wow be the golden child
And I keep ya'll suckas shook up
Ya'll shoulda never let me and J.D. hook up
That's fo' sho' cause
since day one we ain't miss
Now don't ya'll wish ya'll could do it like this
Of course they do, we keep tearin it up
So So Def playa, who hotter than us
Name one person wit' a stack like this
Gotta track records like this
And ya'll know around here
homie we ain't playin
We demand you respect this afro man
That's why
I got paper-rock fresh clothes
I get the girlies out on the floor
Ya'll know me, S.S.D.
At the tippy top is where we'll always be
So uh
Get up, get get up
That's the
Get up, get get up
Affects of
Get up, get get up
Bow Weezy
When I do it I do it like it's for T.V.
Call me the big cheese of the C.O.
Known for gettin up out the store
From here to Rio
I'm so irresistible, so in demand
So not having it, I hope you understand
That means don't step in my rim
I'm like Shaq young boy, don't step in my gym
I got this here and that's where you standin at
So going up against me ain't a good idea
You the apartment below,
I'm the pent house above
And I sparkle 'round the neck like Jackal's club
I'm hard not to love-that's what the girl's say
Hard not to wanna touch-that's
what the girl's say
They run up tryna to give me a kiss
I said, You can't have me,
I'm too young for you miss.
They say, No you're not,
then they start crying
I said I'm fourteen, and they say Stop lying!
I got paper-rock fresh clothes
I get the girlies out on the floor
Ya'll know me, S.S.D.
At the tippy top is where we'll always be
So uh
Get up, get get up
That's the
Get up, get get up
Affects of
Get up, get get up
Bow Weezy
When I do it I do it like it's for T.V.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la~~
(Skip it up, skip skip it up, do my dance)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la~~
(Skip it up, skip skip it up, )
I got paper-rock fresh clothes
I get the girlies out on the floor
Ya'll know me, S.S.D.
At the tippy top is where we'll always be
So uh
Get up, get get up
That's the
Get up, get get up
Affects of
Get up, get get up
Bow Weezy
When I do it I do it like it's for T.V.
I got paper-rock fresh clothes
I get the girlies out on the floor
Ya'll know me, S.S.D.
At the tippy top is where we'll always be
So uh
I got paper-rock fresh clothes
I get the girlies out on the floor
Ya'll know me, S.S.D.
At the tippy top is where we'll always be
So uh
Get up, get get up
That's the
Get up, get get up
Affects of
Get up, get get up
Bow Weezy
When I do it I do it like it's for T.V.
I got paper-rock fresh clothes
I get the girlies out on the floor
Ya'll know me, S.S.D.
At the tippy top is where we'll always be
So uh
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Verse 1 : Prodigy
Yea, yea, check it out
Now run for your life or you wanna get your heat, whatever
We can die together
As long as I send your maggot ass to the esscense
I don't give a fuk about my prescence
I'm lost in the blocks of hate and can't wait
For the next crab nigga to step and meet fate
I'm lethal when I see you, there is no sequel
24-7. Mac 11 is my people
So why you wanna end your little life like this
Cuz now you bump head wit kids that's lifeless
I live by the day only if I survive the last night
Damn, right, I ain't trying to fight
We can settle this like some grown men on the concrete floor
My slugs will put a stop to your hardcore
Ways of action, I grab the gat and
Ain't no turning back when I start blasting
Pick up the handle and insert the potion
Cock the shit back in a calm like motion
No signs of anger or fear cuz you the one in danger
Never share your plans wit a stranger, word is born
Chorus (x2) :
I put the glock on you kid, now I got you
You got the heart to get busy without your crew
Let's get it on nigga, do what we gotta do
You bucking me, I'm bucking right back at you
[Havoc]Check it out, check it out, check it out now... (x3)
Verse 2 : Havoc
Fuk where you're at kid, it's where you're from
Cuz where I'm from, niggaz pack nuthin but the big guns
Around my way, niggaz don't got no remorse for out of towners
Come through fronting and get stuffed wit the 3 pounder
The loud sounder, ear ringer
And I'm a point the finger on all you wannabe gun slingers
You got a real ice grill but are you really real
Step to the hill and I'm a test your gun skills
Cuz real niggaz don't try to profile
You just a chump who needs to get drunk to buckwhyle
But swing that bullshit this way
And I'm a make your visit to the bridge a muthafuking short stay
Queensbridge, that's where I'm from
The place where stars are born and phony rappers get done
6 blocks and you might not make it through
What you gonna do when my whole crew is blazing at you
Wit macs and tecs to lend to get your dome crush
You thought that you could come around my way, you big stupid fuk
What the hell you smoking, what the fuk possessed you
To come out your face, now I have to wet you
Throw on my tims, black mask and black ?serpent?
Twist a nigga cap, then jump in the J-30
Chorus
Verse 3 : Rae & Ghost
Who's the richest nigga in the project, who got it live
Rocking Convertibles, frop tops and mad high
Peace to that whiz kid and playas on his team
Who's organize, all eyeballs is on CREAM
And yyour whole clique got nuthin but raw shit
Whip after whip, stay flashing your dick on tricks
Your whole crew's ravishing, team's untouchable
In the jungle, banging Nas, Mobb Deep and Wu
There's money out there, guns catch crumbs, those are your sons
Jums is in the mailboxes, bitches holding your guns
You know what's out there, thousands of gram, wrapped in siran
Sealed tight, keep the freshness, that's how we expand
Masked Avenger, drop your gun, son, now surrender
Get ninjaed on the island, plus the Bridge, boy remember
Verse 4 : Big Noyd
My little thug's selling drugs and he's struggling
The game got him bugging, I tried to tell him slow down cousin
But he vexed and niggaz getting wet up in the projects
But wit no doubt, shorties out for his respect
But is his brain insane from the lye
From smoking that 118 ?chiny tye?
Why, a nigga just died last week
As he swore he was growing, he's a thug in the street
But it's like that, my crew pump cracks and we pack mac
His eyes is wild wit the rezzy monkey on his back
But I'm stressed and he need to be blessed
Wit a firepack, don't even go there cuz it ain't like that
Slow down baby, he said, what, you trying to play me
You must be crazy, pulled out the heat and almost blazed me
Then he was Swayze, the shot must of dazed me
Thug's selling drug, busting slugs, but he ain't crazy
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Yo, I got this plan to make some money. I want you to keep this shit to yourself.
At 6:15 am the truck pulls out the post office, on Lankershin and Wilsher.
Now it makes one stop before it goes to Sacramento,
which is a mail drop-off at First Federal Loan and Savings.
I did whatever I could to get by
Slang dope jack people hands in the sky
When you livin’ on the edge yeah homie it’s a high
You get caught up in the drama and eventually you die
Livin’ in a hard world some are livin’ lies
Son you better wise up and open up your eyes
Shit it never easy homie people will connive
Better have a hustle if you mean to survive
Why you’re so greedy can you tell us all why
Look homie believe me you’re fuckin’ metal ply
For the dollar everybody is a target that’s real
Talkin’ is smog you’re fate’s signed and sealed
You could be the next one cross ‘em in the path
What maybe if you do the math you can avoid the blood bath
All the money that we stole too weak to take greed
Give it to an honest man the money is still deep
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar bill y’all
Fiend for the lean green
Never get enough is a mother fuckin’ gangs dream
For the love of the cash flow
You could live fast and you could die slow
Sure but you can bet your ass you believe it
‘Cause niggas that you know try hard to be schemin’
Work hard as fuck for everything to rock
You a dead mother fucker ‘fore I get got
Fools got game floss and drop names
My move’s faster than a runaway train
Fuck the world don’t ask me for shit
That′s you on your knees and you want some dick
Spot a gold digger with a hairline trigger
Each move you make the reputation get bigger
For the love of the money, pussy, drugs
Fools change get all twisted up
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar bill y’all
Only if ya better keep your eyes peeled
‘Cause you were talkin’ for jacks and that’s real
Whether you rap or do biz or drug deal
Homie for the dollar you can get yourself killed
He decided to jet it could happen with no discussions
Straps of all pain fools fuckin’ eruptin’
For the green little papers jackin’ your neighbors
But what if your neighbor put arms in his favor
Moved up the heater to mash you punk bitches
Don’t wanna earn shit you wanna jack for the riches
Nothin’ in life’s for free my nigga learn that
You burn someone they might just burn back
Scorchin’ niggas to the third degree
Auh y’all triggers deserve to be
Put out of your misery your history son
When your body disappears then the mystery come
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar bill y’all
Dollar dollar dollar dollar dollar bill y’all
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