[Pharrell] & (Pusha T in sing-song voice) Yo... I go by the name... (I'm yo' pusha) of Pharrell from the Neptunes... And I just wanna let y'all know... (I'm yo' pusha) The world is about to feel... Something... (I'm yo' pusha), that they've never felt before C'mon
(Pusha T) From ghetto to ghetto, to backyard to yard I sell it whip on whip, it's off the hard I'm the...neighborhood pusha Call me subwoofer, 'cause I pump "base" like that, Jack On or off the track, I'm heavy cuz Ball 'til you fall cause you could duck to the fetti govs Sorry my love, what I'm seeing through these eyes Benz convoys with the wagon on the side Only big boys keep deuces on the ride Gucci Chuck Taylor with the dragon on the side Man, I make a buck, why scram? I'm trying to show y'all who the fuck I am The jewels is flirting me, damned if I'm hurting Legend in two games like I'm Pee Wee Kirkland Platinum on the block with consistent hits While Pharrell keep talking this music shit
(Malice overlapping last line of Chorus) Patty cake, patty cake, I'm the baker's man I bake them cakes as fast as I can And you can tell by how my bread stack up And disguised in this rap so the feds back up Watch it, like my whip, like my chick, topless Doing a buck-six with me in the cockpit Grindin' cousin, I got hoes for a dozen Even eleven-5, if I see ya keep it comin' And my weight, that's just as heavy as my name So much dough, I can't swear I won't change Excuse me if my wealth got me full of myself Cocky, something that I just can't help 'Specially when them 20's is spinning like windmills And the ice 32 below minus the wind chill Filthy, the word that best defines me I'm just grinding man, y'all nevermind me
[Hook: The Clipse in sing-song voice and (Pharrell)] Grin-din', when you know what I keep in a lining (Whooof...) Niggas better stay in line, when (Whooof...) When you see a nigga like me shinin' (Grin-ding!) Grin-din', when you know what I keep in a lining (Whooof...) Niggas better stay in line, when (Whooof...) When you see a nigga like me shinin' (Grin-ding!)
(Malice) My grind's 'bout family, never been about fame From days I wasn't "Abel/able", there was always "Cain/caine" Four and a half will get you in the game Anything less is just a goddamn shame Guess the weight, my watch got blue chips in the face Glock with two tips, whoever gets in the way Not to mention the hideaway that rests by the lake Consider my raw demeanor the icing on the cake I'm Grinding (Pusha T overlapping Malice's last line) I move 'caine like a criple Balance weight through the hood Kids call me Mr. Sniffles Other hand on my nickel-- Plated whistle, one eye closed I'll hit you As if I was Slick Rick my aim is still an issue Lose your soul in... whichever palm I'm holdin' One'll leave you frozen, the other, noddin' and dozin' I'm grindin' Jack
[Hook: The Clipse in sing-song voice and (Pharrell)] Grin-din', when you know what I keep in a lining Niggas better stay in line, when When you see a nigga like me shinin' (Grin-ding!) Grin-din', when you know what I keep in a lining Niggas better stay in line, when When you see a nigga like me shinin' (Grin-ding!)
wow-rahh! t-pain ya boy sharp wow-rahh!! t-pain wow-rahh! ya boy thunda (?) fire fire fire fire rahh! fire fire yo yo yo
(verse 1-t-pain) number 1 shotta bad man make the girls shake like maracas M-16 bust and take your whole top off were deal ear me don't fuck with the knock-off push it to the limit and receive is the drop-off ah hoe no..and pop it off for the 8-5-0 build a fire let the stick...glow weinadealina woahhh and they won't bother me noooo bust a top for the 850 ohohohoh me say go! me say stop! pop! raaaahhh! rahhh! rahhh! bust a top for the 8-5-0...rahh rahh rahh
my boy Kardinal, leader of the session Black Jays pop it if we need an intervention murder all these little song boys in succession niggas aint eatin..it's a convict recession gettin paid to shut down the show is my profession fuck keepin it easy i am not about aggression approach if you want but use your discretion when i crush these rappas careers they get left in a depression
you better stand clear when the mike's in my possession and i bust every year cuz that is my obsession it's a T-Dot T-PAIN, Kardinal expression Black Jays fire like a black Smith and Wesson you're done mon!
bustas don't bother me nooo unless i bust a top for the 8-5-0 (oh oh oh oh oh oh) me say go! me say stop! pop! rahh! rahh! rahh! pop a top for the 8-5-0
pass it to the ear with a mere pom pom! policeman they fear we don't keer pom pom! pop it off and bust it open here pom pom! let them hear pom pom! let them hear pom pom! let them hear pom pom! rahh! you see me coming man better get runnin man cuz when you see me you gon see me with my gun in hand dont be a (?) man we makin money man for we keep it comin comin tell them fools they need to just shut up roll near and farmer boys get fucked-up keep on talking and we kick your door not on find you in pieces your whole body cut up your king shut up scared why get this oh no dog don't argue to live this is so no 45 caliber will have your skin bono make your skin bono make your skin bono
bustas don't bother me nooo unless i bust a top for the 8-5-0 (oh oh oh oh oh oh) me say go! me say stop! pop! rahh! rahh! rahh! pop a top for the 8-5-0
Hey Aye Upfront Konvict Hey Aye OoO Yeaa I gotta find a way to get outta here I gotta find a way to get outta here This ain't the way that I wanna live no This ain't the way somethin' gotta give In a rush rush gotta keep on movin' I'm in a rush rush gotta keep on movin' I'm in a rush rush gotta keep on movin' I'm in a rush rush gotta keep on movin' Cause I find myself on the fast track side to life drivin' me crazy In the hood daylight to night and you can find me grindin' daily And it ain't gon' change as long as we getting money keep the same mind frame Same hood betta pop that thang same big whip on the block same fly dame Wit my lady just rollin' with the sunshine and the wind blowin' Gotta keep my mind cleared from all this crime hopefully one day learn from it but I gotta find a way to get outta here I gotta find a way to get outta here This ain't the way that I wanna live no This ain't the way somethin' gotta give In a rush rush gotta keep on movin' I'm in a rush rush gotta keep on movin' I'm in a rush rush gotta keep on movin' I'm in a rush rush gotta keep on movin' Girl it's like I can't see the sun six in the mornin' I'm still on the run Day to the night rushin' around town tryin' to get this done for the case come down Gotta feed my fate face to face with no place to race except straight I can feel them close on my heels gotta keep goin' so I'm takin' the wheel Tryin' to outrun my fears outrun my pears outrun the killers and escape them years Yet again so I take out my pen and say If you find this letter please pray for me I gotta find a way to get outta here I gotta find a way to get outta here This ain't the way that I wanna live no This ain't the way somethin' gotta give In a rush rush gotta keep on movin' I'm in a rush rush gotta keep on movin' I'm in a rush rush gotta keep on movin' I'm in a rush rush gotta keep on movin' Now can you picture me growin' up on the bad side of town Where them outlaws are hangin'out all the women get down Where cash moneys the only answer to problems around And if ya missin' your people most likely they underground This cruel world this cruel world Leave this town forever break away and just start err I gotta find a way to get outta here I gotta find a way to get outta here This ain't the way that I wanna live no This ain't the way somethin' gotta give In a rush rush gotta keep on movin' I'm in a rush rush gotta keep on movin' I'm in a rush rush gotta keep on movin' I'm in a rush rush gotta keep on movin'
[Kardinal Offishall] So I was like a-ight yo, can I get in to it My crew down to do it, if she going to persue it And before I even knew it, out she came With the tight gold clip, and the dark brown frame
[Sean Paul] ?????????? possession the Money Jane A see me forget-get The first time we met me couldn't keep me eyes shut shut She give me bling-bling, I bring me wooley poor a set set When me check she thought had ear to get get
[Kardinal Offishall] Yo, she one of them freaks that will relax your mind 'Til you get burnt out and you need the next dime To reinvent the last time, when she got you that
[Sean Paul] Licks in da Land Rover Rolex 'pon me wirst, and a crisp pullover Platinum chain and ring with ice all over And the bus' out the suit with all them string ya
[Kardinal Offishall] Hey hey The only problem she won't keep it a secret She buys nigga's ice, she pays my rent She covers it with Mastercard and red cent Monopoly is real life when you're fine She the head of the game Yo, my homegirl Money Jane
CHORUS [Jully Black] I hope you witness the adventures of Miss Money Jane Blind your ass, while you out looking for that money train If you look then you will find, but think about what you looking for [KO] 2-3 [JB] for [KO] 2-3 [JB] for
[Kardinal Offishall] Yo, me and MJ go back to the eigh-ties She used to roll with my family to J-A VA, SC and even GA
I used to spend her in Dectaur in the dai-ly Visiting my aun-tie, we went world wide She met every single girl I had, no lie And then one of my ex-girls brought me to the side and said M-Jane is tearing up my insides Couldn't hear that, I need to run my life I'm like the big King and she like my Queen wife She done looks good in denim, better in leather Just right in linen, and so fine in good weather In the summertime, she on my ass At the barbeques, buying me a drink without asking When she with me, she be looking out for me simple and plain My homegirl Money Jane
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[Sean Paul] She get around, she get around a lot Alright check it out, she bust on the spot She get around, she get around a lot From Paris to New York, and she come back She get around, she move around a lot Alright check it out, she bust on the spot She get around, she move around a lot From Kingston JA, right up to T-dot Upon the level, funny how we only know that And a dull life, when she run out we love circles Funny we run every where But when it in the door, that time we return up on the rebel Only buy the food from the FoodMart Antagonist start, how do you know we live confortable Only meant the gun them bust out And people in New York ????? ???????
[Kardinal Offishall] Ayo Everybody needs her simple and plain My homegirl Money Jane I say again Everybody needs her simple and plain My homegirl Money Jane My homegirl Money Jane
[Akon] When I see you I run out of words to say (oh oh) I wouldn't leave you Cause you're that type of girl to make me stay (oh oh)
I see the guys tryna' holla Girl I don't wanna bother you Cause you're independent and you got my attention Can I be your baby father Girl I just wanna show you That I love what you are doin' hun
I see you in the club You gettin' down good I wanna get with you, yeah I see you in the club You showin' thugs love I wanna get with you
You're so beautiful So damn beautiful Said you're so beautiful So damn beautiful
[Akon & Colby O'Donis] You're so beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful You're so beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful You're so beautiful
[Colby O'Donis] Like the clouds you Drift me away, far away (yeah) And like the sun you Brighten my day, you brighten my day (yeah) I never wanna see you cry cry cry And I never wanna tell a lie lie lie Said I never wanna see you cry cry cry And I never wanna tell a lie lie lie
[Akon] I see you in the club You gettin' down good I wanna get with you, yeah I see you in the club You showin' thugs love I wanna get with you
You're so beautiful So damn beautiful Said you're so beautiful So damn beautiful
[Akon & Colby O'Donis] You're so beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful You're so beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful
[Kardinal Offishall] Kardinal told you Whether the sky blue or yellow This fella ain't that mellow If it ain't about you (you) Hourglass shape make the place go (ooohhh) Waistline makes my soldier salute I'mma brute (brute) High from your high heel game High heels push up ya ass last name And you livin' in the fast lane Eyes like an angel (goddess) Watch my yellin' as she undress Spotless (otless) bad to the bone Make me wanna go put me in the triple X zone (zone) Lames don't know how to talk to you So let me walk with you, hold my hand I'mma spend them grands, but after you undress Not lik
(Kardinall Offishall) Yo Yo Silver turn it up, yeah We gonna put you on to something brand new yo Know what I mean
Yo We don't say 'you know what I'm sayin' T dot says 'ya dun know' We don't say 'hey that's the breaks' we say 'yo, a so it go' We don't say 'you get one chance' We say 'you better rip the show' Before bottles start flyin and you runnin for the door Y'all talking about 'cuttin and hittin skins' We talkin bout 'beat dat face' T dot niggaz will eat your food before y'all cats say grace You cats is steady saying 'word' My cats is steady yellin 'zeen' Half the time we talking about 'more times' We don't even know what 'more times' means! 'More times we rocker fresher' 'More times we come correct' More times you think it's the hot shit You haven't heard nuttin yet Differently, still ya kno The cirlce gettin ill ya know Step on the wrong Bally boot and you might get kill ya know So every might walk through a dance tell a youth 'xcuse me' I'm tellin your jubie 'I like her style' She's talkin about 'abuse me' Use me show me how the T dot rolls My style is off the thermostat plus I'm comin from the cold-yo
CHORUS (Kardinal) (Saukrates) (What the... chill!) My nigga's in the street throwin dot slang each and every single time we meet (What the... chill!) My ladies lookin hot, screw face kissin teet represtentin the T dot Kardinal rock the pary, T dot drinking Bacardi Kardi drinkin Bacardi, T dot rocking the party Nigga's jumpin and wildin and ladies showin a smile And everybody know its 'the T dot
(Kardinal Offishall) So when we singin about the girls we singin about the 'gyal dem' Y'all talkin about 'say that one more time' We talkin about 'yo, come again' Y'all talkin about 'that nigga's a punk'
We talkin about 'that yout's a fosse' For the kids that think I'm comin wit it Brother just watch me A shoe is called a 'crep' A big party is a 'fete' Ya'll takin about 'watch where you goin!' We talkin about 'mind where you step!' We backin a 2-4 of Guiness, we ain't messin' with moet And if you runnin out of liquor the bar might get wet You're talkin about 'yo, that girl's hype' We like 'she's the bundown' Y'all say 'a DJ battle' We say 'clash with two sounds' We rock the hottest things no matter how much it cost You talkin about 'yeah son!' We talkin about 'yo, lock it off!' Wheel that and tek it from de top And just flash up unno lighta and watch the dance rock Kardinal is gonna show you how the T dot rolls My style is off the thermostat plus I'm comin from the cold-yo
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(Kardinal Offishall) Y'all steady talkin about 'your boys' We talkin about 'de man dem' We talkin about 'your breddren We talkin about 'your friend' When you say 'the club is over' Yo we say 'the jam done' When we thinkin about the west, we thinkin about Red-1 Big ups and salutations to the Figure IV crew When you sayin 'she's a chicken' She a 'skettlebam too!' When you talkin about a 'thug nigga' We talkin about a 'shotta' When you think you got it locked, T dot comin much hotta You think we all Jamacian, when nuff man are Trini's Bajans, Grenadians and a hole heap of Hatians Guyanese and all of the West Indies combined To make the T dot O dot, one of a kind IRS said 'we burn corn' that means 'we puff la' When we say 'hell no' That means you 'that nuh mek it' Look me in the eye and tell me y'all ain't sold My style is off the thermostat plus I'm comin from the cold-yo
INTRO (Kardinal Offishall) Yeah Turn my headphones up Yeah, yeah yeah Yeah, feeling kind of sick though Yeah, now I'mma kick this Uh huh, uh huh uh huh DJs, cut this back to back Word, Circle Silver House And the Girl, Figure IV Head nod, yeah y'all know (Kardinal Offishall) Yo that kid nice Where he from though? T-dot (ohhh) Where the ice at? Oh I see underground emcee Nah, but he nice though He flip that shit twice though, he sounding like (who?) Nah, it a must that he bust you (fo' real) He be eating that mic though Ever see the way he flows and tears down the show (Fo' real), he clever Never sever the Ever from fresh when he spits, everything's a hit He got skills like Mad and the Superfriends When he does a duo, it comes out like a crew track, he's so wicked Cooler than Ice Cube, Mack more than 10 at one time Like Choclair he's a Virgin to the wack rhyme It's true (fo' real) Got a Blueprint like Thrust, said he's notorious And watch the hit bust all over the country (fo' real) Even on BET, ask Tigga about them niggas with that Northern Touch beat they was playing No playing, that nigga with the afro That's right, tight and rocks crowds all night (word) Style like no other tall brother on your FM dial My nigga kip-ki-kip-ki-Kardinal You know CHORUS (little girl singing) He once was a thug from around the way He once was a thug from around the way He once was a thug from around the way He once was a thug from around the way (Kardinal Offishall) Check it A dis ain't a dis if a dis has discrepancies I dismiss your dissidences and doubt your intelligence And discuss how disjoint your disc From the dispatch, a distance throw all y'all from shit that's wack Steady disguising your disfavour, disliking my steelo Dis ain't kindergarten, you don't have to go where we go Discipline yourself before your ego disappears While I discretely disassemble you from your career Stupid! Dis is not your ordinary rapper dis Dis so all you niggas discover just who the dapper is Causing discomfort, disallowing your dis-jock to rock Any record 'cause your whole sound's flop, yo Dis is going out to niggas who dis without Thinking about what the hell they doing, yo your shit we're booing Oh... while I discombobulate you This is going out to any nigga opposing my crew Like that Yo, Silver House And the Girl 2000 Kardinal Offishall, in your ear side, nawmean CHORUS
(Kardinal Offishall) So I was like a-ight yo, can I get in to it My crew down to do it, if she going to persue it And before I even knew it, out she came With the tight gold clip, and the dark brown frame (Sean Paul) ?????????? possession the Money Jane A see me forget-get The first time we met me couldn't keep me eyes shut shut She give me bling-bling, I bring me wooley poor a set set When me check she thought had ear to get get (Kardinal Offishall) Yo, she one of them freaks that will relax your mind 'Til you get burnt out and you need the next dime To reinvent the last time, when she got you that (Sean Paul) Licks in da Land Rover Rolex 'pon me wirst, and a crisp pullover Platinum chain and ring with ice all over And the bus' out the suit with all them string ya (Kardinal Offishall) Hey hey The only problem she won't keep it a secret She buys nigga's ice, she pays my rent She covers it with Mastercard and red cent Monopoly is real life when you're fine She the head of the game Yo, my homegirl Money Jane CHORUS (Jully Black) I hope you witness the adventures of Miss Money Jane Blind your ass, while you out looking for that money train If you look then you will find, but think about what you looking for (KO) 2-3 (JB) for (KO) 2-3 (JB) for (Kardinal Offishall) Yo, me and MJ go back to the eigh-ties She used to roll with my family to J-A VA, SC and even GA I used to spend her in Dectaur in the dai-ly Visiting my aun-tie, we went world wide She met every single girl I had, no lie And then one of my ex-girls brought me to the side and said M-Jane is tearing up my insides Couldn't hear that, I need to run my life I'm like the big King and she like my Queen wife She done looks good in denim, better in leather Just right in linen, and so fine in good weather In the summertime, she on my ass At the barbeques, buying me a drink without asking When she with me, she be looking out for me simple and plain My homegirl Money Jane CHORUS (Sean Paul) She get around, she get around a lot Alright check it out, she bust on the spot She get around, she get around a lot From Paris to New York, and she come back She get around, she move around a lot Alright check it out, she bust on the spot She get around, she move around a lot From Kingston JA, right up to T-dot Upon the level, funny how we only know that And a dull life, when she run out we love circles Funny we run every where But when it in the door, that time we return up on the rebel Only buy the food from the FoodMart Antagonist start, how do you know we live confortable Only meant the gun them bust out And people in New York how you done know someone? (Kardinal Offishall) Ayo Everybody needs her simple and plain My homegirl Money Jane I say again Everybody needs her simple and plain My homegirl Money Jane My homegirl Money Jane CHORUS
INTRO (Kardinal Offishall) He's got the green timbs with the fat laces, hahaha Yo, yeah, uh huh Checking in, nigga You say why I call you nigga, think about it You went from what... From an African, straight to a nigger, you know what I'm saying We traveling over to what, to what, Negro, and then we went to what Then we went to black Then it was on some Afro-American stuff Afro-Canadian what have you, but guess what It don't matter what you call yourself It's what they call you behind your back Nigga, straight up Straight up and down, you know what I'm sayin Y'all know (Kardinal Offishall) A yo Walkin through the uptown a black man (nigga) Walkin down Yonge St. a black man (nigga) Walkin through Flatbush a black man (nigga) When the revolution comes I got a finger on the trigga I was born a regular man of the Earth With a curse to walk like a soldier since birth My exterior is shaded in by my melanin Stereotype of my type is a felon My people cause static cause automatically now a days we fire automatics Grammatically adequate my people come equipped With enough lyrics to move battleships Blood brother ever since the slave ships It doesn't matter who I am when I walk by They still see me as a nigga whine I walk by That's O.K. - this nigga will play the role and come again and take back the Earth another day CHORUS I'm a nigga baby, we some niggaz baby Some do walk, some do talk, some may buss their glocks But I'm a nigga for lie and a man by choice (Kardinal Offishall) Walkin through London a balck man (nigga) Walkin through Rexdale a black man (nigga) Strollin through Dectaur as a black man (nigga) Yo, I was born to emcee representin with the Figurez I can taste the history livin in my bones For the thickness I got a love jones I like my girls with the nappy dug out hips and chest buss out Lips real full, gettin ready to cuss out Parasuco gettin insulated by the structure Body so powered that the labels be stickin out in 3-D We salute the ladies - raped over time pushin out light babies The slave masters with the devil in their eye Saw nothin but a nigga when you walked by But you the mother of creation Let's bring back the family aspect and try to build a strong nation CHORUS (Kardinal Offishall) Walkin through Chinatown a black man (nigga) Walkin through the projects a balck man (nigga) Strollin through Africa a black man (nigga) Some try to disrespect to make themsleves look bigger I am a nigga since birth, a man by choice Some men act niggerish pushin Rolls Royces Thinkin them toys make a man While you johnin them hookers We tryin to make a stand What you believe in? Chris Rock? Or crack rock? Soft rock? Or hard rock? When I talk the whole world rocks LIke the vote, we can change thinkin Before you set a float your whole concepts sinkin You know I like to see you back that ass up But before you pass up, you should get your damn class up! Take the hood out your mouth and parle! So we can take back the world right now, today! *Vocal scratching* CHORUS X3
(Kardinal Offishall) Wha wha wha what Yo yo yo yo Sit me down Mr. Kardinal Kardinal Offishall, number one bad bwoy heheheh Yeah, yeah It's all about this girl, ya know, drive de man crazy Going out to the raspberry crew, Circle Hear me now, hear me now
Let me tell you a liccle story bout this girl I used to nkow Use to come and tell me she love me since me sing Onwiddasho She say she loves do way me represent de whole of T dot O She say she love me on de TV, love me in a de video She say she sit dung pon ar' bed and listen to de radio And wen me sing 'bon-diddley-bong' she haffe run an change ar' clothes She say me kill ar wit de styles and just a murda wit de flow Me juss a sweet ar with the riddim tun ar eena yo-yo YO! She comin in like she don't know Seh me 'ave a girlfriend and she don't play (no) Might box her in ar mout and chop off she toe Lawd God why did Kardi haffe so sexy though? She try fe kiss me pon me neck, mi haffe tell de gyal 'Yo!' 'Walk and live-touch and you've got to go' Yuh body look good, yes sweet like mango But you know the story girl, come on 'a ho is a ho' Yuh nuh 'ave nuh drawz on how yuh skin dry so? Favour one ol' piece of dry up cho-cho! Yes girl yuh batty big but you know how dat go I'm a very tall yout because I won't stoop low for...
CHORUS (Kardinal Offishall) Maxine, oh Miss Maxine Yuh body look ready, for you I am waitin It goes Maxine, oh Miss Maxine Yuh body look ready, come make we rock steady
(Kardinal Offishall) Yo, I was walkin down de street and this girl said 'Hi!' 'Aren't you that rapper named Mr. Kardiny?' Chuh, see me yah-yes girl dat's de I Lyric specialist, number one bad bwoy Give tanks to de most high for lookin so fly So pretty sometime mek yuh eye dem cry Drip out eye water and flood up de sky Rush de man dem first in case de youth dem waan try She said 'I like your style and yo Kardi mi nuh shy Me want strip off yuh Karl and den rub up yuh Kani Squeeze up yuh brugah and nyam off yuh fry Blow off yuh top and show you mi two ply!' I told ar 'Hol' on girl, a musse die - you waan die Betta wash yout yuh mout bout you a nyam out mi fry Clean up yourself and meet me top a Mount Zion Cause only one girl mek de Kardinal high And that's
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(Kardinal Offishall) Diamond, and Gold, and platinum next to she Look like a big ol' rusty tin a bully beef! She lip dem juicy and sheleg look sweet Body just a shine from she head to she feet Nice type of girl dat you waan yuh moumma meet Every time yuh talk ar name, yuh haffe skin teet' Pretty like a who? The gyal bad yuh nuh see it Everytime she want a slam mi haffe get up and dweet Clothes dem cris bran new Parasuco Grip de bamsee like noby livin' in Toronto Boassy whe she walk-never listenin' to 'Yo!' She only listen to ar man when she walk outta door And that's Maxine Lord let me tell you something about Max--ee-een!!!! Hahahaha
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Yeah yeah yea You don know, zeen Hahahaha You don know Leave me alone now, chuh
(Kardinal Offishall) Yo, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yo, yeoooow! Yeah huh Wake up! Are we awake, are we wake, are we wake Take it low, low low low low Take it low take it low, take it low Yo! I said yo, I said yo, I said yo
Yeah Kardinal is walkin' (yo) just how we be talking (Yo) Fakes get they face palmed, and thrown to the floor Shout out to the ghetto, girl's in they stilettos With their tongue rings, doing tricks, sippn' on Ameretto Fire pon a fosse-man a bad man truss me Not a homophobic, just a man who loves pssss Come here let me see you, and throw a little game You can either fall in love with the hood or with the name Explicit lyriciasm (yo) nuff narcissism Is invading hip-hop, replacing escapism My vision is an ism (yo) smoke it till you're high Unattainable goals blank to your third eye (yo) Maneuvering high skies to low tone flows Straight to the five mic sight is where the flow goes Killing 'em with knowledge - the mind is the key Just sign on the dotted line and check who you be
CHORUS (Jully Black) {Kardinal You {you, me {me, powerful {so powerful We're fighting for this goal and we ain't gonna stop {We ain't never gonna stop y'all I said you {you, me {me, is wonderful {so wonderful We'll be makin' babies til our army's on top {'Til we standing on the top y'all
(Kardinal Offishall) The funk is in the air (yo) you might suffocate If you don't strap on your mack on and watch I articulate We don't shake hands with cops (yo) we don't participate Light up an informer and make his mouth menstrate (yo) Black is for Black, they can't understand that So they call it "reverse racism" and try to pin it back (yo) But if we ain't for us, who for us? them? - nah! If it was up to them they would have us ridin' in the back of the bus In handcuffs and other shackles (yo) check Mr. Bush Plant cocaine on me and call it operation push Our Prime Minister is actually second in command Bending over to the star spangled-politically strangled So we have to move (yo) through the underground Encode the funk mode and claim back the sound (yo) 'Cause what's mine is gonna stay mine, word to line for line Off the top and all that Peace to magnificent rap
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(Tara Chase) Look out Cameras are watching you, they watching you from birth And they be killing us softly by biologically attacking us first Don't think that you're immune 'Cause your acquired system is soon to be consumed Flesh eating disorder, false claims of water I rip through the lies so I can bare sons and daughters, and soldiers Build my camp up like an army over Giza, running suicide missions You can't disarm me
CHORUS **no Kardinal**
**Jully Black ad-libs**
(Jully Black) Making babies 'til our army's on top yeah, yeah Oh yeah (Kardinal Offishall) Wake up! Take it low, low low low low low
OUTRO (Kardinal Offishall) Dear Lord, I really, I don't even know how to ax this You know, I can't, this this this is not an act I must, from the bottom of my heart, ask forgiveness for my sins But you know what I ask that you give me the strength to be able to reach all of those peoples, on every street corner, every block, every ghetto All of those people, that we sometimes think are not worthy of blessings, they're worthy to me And I think that as a man given the blessings you have given me The opportunity to speak, that I need to speak the language of those people, and I need to reach them You know, beacuse there's are a lot of good people on this Earth, but there still some people that need a talking to And I ask you to give me the strength to reach out to those people You know because I believe everybody is worthy of your blessings So I ask that you give, you give me, my family, my crew, F.O.S, the circle All of us, all the babies that are being born You give us the strength to be able to deal with it how you see fit Beacuse you give all of us the power, as much as some people might not believe it You give us the strength to reach out and touch a lot people So Lord I ask you give me the strength to go out in the world and start the fire You know, start your fire, you understand I'm saying Lord, just please be with me, be with me and give me the strength and let me do this come to you as humble man, Kardinal Offishall Quest For Fire
INTRO (Kardinal Offishall) It's a Kardi Kardi party, what! What, yeah Yo this be the Kardi Kardi party, what! (Saukrates) Anybody coming through here, gotta expect The hottest, hottest, hottest hottest The hottest hottest shit for real (Kardinal Offishall) {Saukrates} Yo yo, {you bitch ass niggas} Yo yo yo, {you bitch ass niggas} Yo yo yo, {you bitch ass niggas} Niggas know
(Saukrates) I ain't spittin', I hock a luggy This ain't no motherfu---- verse, I write movies Picture this, how a nigga get sicker than itchy syphilis Burn radio waves 'til I hit your bitch Christmas list Ha, I drop rocks like a fifty cent piece from Terror's twenty Aimed at your Bentley son Number one when my shard be blast Mix with hash, made your heart beat fast (Kardinal Offishall) Back at your ass in full flash Come to mash every last class of (emcee) Pass the baton when I get on And go on until I got it on Spark it up and inhale this (emcee) Masterly, masterfully I be the (emcee) So many can't rock the mic, so they hold the glock tight And I give thanks I wasn't born a sucker Pucker for this hard fist lyricist 'Nuff butter like BBJ's grocery list (Saukrates) Yo, hoes be this hoes be that Bet if I flash this watch my nigga, that hoe be back And I ain't even rocking a Rolly or fronting with cash I'm at the bar with George Costanza arguing for tax The first to let you know, get some flood insurance It ain't a rare occurrence when I overflow You'll be backstrokin' from Alaska to Oakland When me and my Circle be in a yacht... (floating) *echo*
CHORUS (YLook) {Saukrates} (Kardinal) You know this money man Got us acting funny man We sick of living crummy man We got to get this money man (New houses), {got, got to get it} (Real figures by the thousands), {got, got to get it} (Big stacks for the family), {got, got to get it} (Big tunes playing annually), {got, got to get it}
(Kardinal Offishall) {Saukrates} Yo, easy rude bwoy, give me a little second to breeze through We make the track jump, so it's hard to roll trees to No matter give me no daps nigga, I ain't trying to please you Want to flow with me, can't afford the fees duke Claiming street raps when Jeff Healey could see through Your wonder bra rah rah, {garbage like bad pot} Go ahead like punk trick and watch where you land I'm a shady black slim, you a nigga I can't stand Move! kid, this some celebrity next shit Step up and watch the next celebrity hanging by they necklace Peasants! Think about what you getting into We hardcore, bump those little fist fights we've been through We done did it, never mind can or can do We trying to make it easier for our fam to Land Cruise You sell the same weed at the same spot We graduated to the high grade lyrics pon cock (Saukrates) {Kardinal} I've been autobahn rhyme ever since primetime Saw George and Wheezy sipping on fine wine The ghetto scream {rewind} like daylight savings time Bring it back, firing legal hollows out the Ac' {Who's that?} MC's of leisure, Sauk and Kardinal We bring the ebony stone, now watch me carve it out Bump my shit in tenement housing It's a vocal revolution for 2000... "1!"
CHORUS
(KO) Ayo, you better come strapped when we attack (S) 'Cause only strapped cats have a shot at the rap (KO) Bullet holes in the map leave a trail to where we at But stop short of we (S) We got them sucking the bowl like they speaking Portuguese So bitch freeze, your motivation evident Rhymes milky, chocolate has heaven sent (KO) Ayo, I'm older now, arguing with back clerks And presidents and crack heads smoking too close to the residence What!
(Kardinal Offishall) {Saukrates} Yo yo, {you bitch ass niggas} Yo yo yo, {you bitch ass niggas} Yo yo yo, {you bitch ass niggas} Yo yo yo, {you bitch ass niggas}
(YLook) You know this money man Got us acting funny man We sick of living crummy man We got to get this money man
(Kardinal Offishall) Yo, big Sox, Kardinal Offishall Circle IV, big YLook, cousin Spoke Let the motherfu---- beat ride
It was a cool and lonely Offishall style that coerced her to smile Chalk another to the file Quest for breasts, my intent to impress the mistress So cess broke the ice like Gretzky I told she give me your signiture or number Slumber could follow if I check you tomorrow Who, ate, simply went to my date's Now my belles apparel, why spoil the king's night Eat chicken at 3 and the skin at 4 o'clock Who, again I reach the girl's door Just call me FT cause her birthday suit is sore Hit the floor in a hearts swift motion Lotion the skin and like caress all me In the cup, arm in the cup Hittin that spot that's g You know I do your head sheet That the hit was a nap and the biggest ever sold Took 5 minutes for the cannon to explode She said do you love me and I said no The she slapped my face I grabbed her and said ho Do that again and the story gets told To stick it in was nice, but yo I'll get more Cause Offishall's out for mine and then some I hit some and leave some then on wid da show word up CHORUS (2x) One for the money and two is for my clothes And three is for the calls, pause And four is for the trick and stuff Wanna bang with us and the game for the dough Yo on wid da show I knew this girl named Susan Fly skin from the islands And Trini who always had a dress that's cut mini And tempt to get praise and so the skin lay low And only playin hostess when niggas got dough One day I see her rollin with these niggas that I knew Walkin through the downtown about a half past 2 So I warn my niggas word up she livin foul She just smiled and said 'Yo nigs yo know my style' Who, eh was that John young He took her to the palace his moms was not home She undressed herself to reveal the unresistable Coca-cola body while he bobbin like motorola 38-32-46 my my my Only problem was she wouldn't spread her thighs Said I need a hundred, my nigga said well Just suck up on my jewels until my headpiece swell Yo she said do you love me and he said no This queen got dressed he grabbed her and said ho Do what you do but no (?) will flow Nice try, on the real niggas only make dough Yo on wid da show CHORUS (2x) Now to my uptown rollers, go and get yours If your sippin over proof inside a Lex Coupe Shotgun, whats up with them niggas that passed Real gs make peace and get pieces that last (on the real) On the real I ain't about bustin steel Praise the almighty I won't sway not even slightly Give thanks for my life and for my boys And for my blood For all them true heads that make noise While niggas pose hard we do the Kardinal dance While you're still leavin a jam with your hands inside your pants Kardinal Offishall will do it for you broke Yo, cause one's for the money and we on wid da show You didn't think so CHORUS (3x)
(Kardinal Offishall) Alright Yo, I'm bust I'mma kill it, I'mma kill it Here we go here we go Yo My flow is like a cock block for your whole label street team My verse is like a hearse for your marketing scheme My whole steez nigga please, put the mic down Talking 'bout you represent, when you embarrassing your town Walking around with the Gay Pride parade crown Silicone raps underneath that pink gown Posing as a killer when you living as a clown Entertaining A&R's too deaf to hear the sound You a has-been rapper, talking 'bout your style's nice Saying I'm independent now, looking for a new life A weak DJ, living off of 80's fame Guess starring in the Basement, living off of Tigga's name My name's Kardinal, the pearl mic dark figure Diploma type thoughts mixed up with street niggas Living underground trying to earn the pop loot 'Cause I won't sell crack and got no aim to shoot No patience for the weed, not quick enough to tief Can't pimp, don't like fur coats or gold teeth But I can rock the hell out of a fat ass beat I might smile, up in your face and then jack your S-P CHORUS 1 (Kardinal Offishall) {CMD} Yo, I'm ill to the 7th degree T-dot represent, ya hearing me {Go ahead den} Yo, I'm the nicest rapper dapper With flows you don't know, how a firestarter go {Go ahead den} Yo, lick two, chart off in the sky A make way when I'm stepping in the room {Go ahead den} Yo eff rappers, I'm the hardest thing on two feet Yo, listen to me, ya not zeen {Well go ahead den} (Kardinal Offishall) Yo, my rhymes are FedEx covered in latex Delivered to your Jubby, my charms tribes quest for hot sex No bust for the next can protect It's when the I drop, the niggas saying 'what?' And the skins are saying wet wet wet wet wet I'm dripping in 'nuff girls, and missing what we trying to say But talking about a revolution, end up talking about the day When they can feel a rapper's privates, I'm looking for your mind But I'm seeing all your titties and a big round behind Oh damn girl, you make think 'bout selling out But oops, your weave just fell out Ha ha I'm straight from the place that first brought you Vince Carter The story of Hurricane, and imported sugar cane And snappy pop coming out three for a dollar What, Peter loves who? Yo don't bother to hail it up In the streets where we meet 'cause you might get beat And find your head caught between timbos and concrete And that's real, a lot of ignorant peeps around the way Ain't trying to bend over to the madness of the day But do what to do and yo who am I to say I just want your records sales anyway You see me CHORUS 2 (Kardinal Offishall) {CMD} Someone kill to try and come up with the things that I say I'm a bad mother-yo {Go ahead den} I'm too fresh like Guess-V, in a special way (special way) But everyday {Go ahead den} ** scratched by DJ Tracks ** (Kardinal Offishall) Yo yo I'm kick another one, another one for the mic, know what I'm saying Yo, I'm rolling through my hood system waking up the neighbours Hell yeah, I know it's wrong but I gotta pump my song Heavier rotation than Sisqo and Thong Song I'm the perfect combination of Einstein and Long Dong Silver Up in one, kick real raps for fun I'm the black anti-Babylon, rapping shogun I try not bus' until I'm sure she cum If I get a little hit, check I out the whole long My tongue is like an instant check for 7-0's Write about this, rhyme something about the hoes Anyways I try to uplift, but not too serious yet Because too much to say makes a negro's a threat So we talk about sex and promote the drug game Even though we know it's wrong, we just trying to make a name Cha, I'm trying to get my Mom's out the ghetto And you would too if you could flow, stupid! CHORUS 1 ** scratched by DJ Tracks ** (KO) DJ Tracks
