所属专辑:All Love Lost
歌手: Joe Budden
时长: 04:50
Slaughtermouse - Joe Budden[00:00:00]
Yeah yeah[00:00:11]
Look it was around '99 baby comin' while I was at rock bottom[00:00:17]
Ironic sh*t I was listenin' to Rock Bottom[00:00:22]
Pockets rabbit ears no paper lot of cotton[00:00:24]
Had some charges stemmin' from me and my squad robbin'[00:00:28]
Had to leave the hood sh*t stayin' not an option[00:00:31]
I bumped your sh*t forever felt we had a lot in common[00:00:34]
A rapper expressin' wit who spoke in depressive stints[00:00:36]
All that introspectiveness I couldn't measure what it did[00:00:40]
Listen I'm writin' to you now cause we don't get to talk much[00:00:42]
'Cept for in the stu' when we be passin' through the halls and such[00:00:46]
I wonder if you catch me stare at you in awe much[00:00:49]
And we be busy workin' so I never share my thoughts much[00:00:52]
Remember signin' four niggas with an attitude[00:00:55]
Well maybe we'll get your star power and his magnitude[00:00:58]
All I thought was it was 'bout to be on[00:01:01]
But I never guessed that I was 'bout to be wrong[00:01:04]
We encountered some things[00:01:06]
Maybe we should've figured out all along[00:01:07]
Who the f**k was I to be too vocal in my doubt for some songs[00:01:10]
Even I can't be that dumb to step over the threshold[00:01:13]
And be the guy who says no to so many records sold[00:01:16]
Whole career I never bit my tongue I let it go[00:01:19]
Too many times bein' the rebel ain't end in what's best for Joe[00:01:22]
That second album came and added truth to the slander[00:01:25]
But we learned what's good[00:01:28]
For the goose ain't good for the gander[00:01:29]
Guess I'm askin' for advice right now[00:01:31]
Experience and leadership to help suffice right now[00:01:33]
I guess I'm askin' How would you do it[00:01:36]
Before I do somethin' too stupid[00:01:39]
Before my group lose it just to get our views lucid[00:01:41]
Every other day these niggas want a new exclusive[00:01:43]
Should I be in the mix more Maybe I'm too secluded[00:01:47]
Do you think you'd be as famous now[00:01:50]
If you had to put out My Name Is now[00:01:52]
The way the game is now awful lyrics sh*t is shameless now[00:01:55]
Just tell me how you'd maneuver if you came in now[00:01:58]
It's just thoughts everything is criss-crossed[00:02:01]
Gotta be cool with Complex and Pitchfork if I wanna get my sh*t off[00:02:04]
These simpleminded niggas won't think you f**k with us[00:02:08]
If they don't see you poppin' bottles in the club with us[00:02:11]
It's about fashion now which I hate[00:02:14]
Because I dress like sh*t I'm just the best when I spit[00:02:17]
But different times I was feelin' like the odd man out[00:02:20]
Like I should leave they'd be better with the odd man out[00:02:23]
Like when I wasn't on that intro I felt a little weird[00:02:26]
But that was for the team so I didn't really care for real[00:02:29]
For the team how I happen to be[00:02:33]
When Bad met Evil ni**a who was happier than me[00:02:35]
Think back the way that I was on that sh*t[00:02:38]
You woulda thought it was my album and I was on that sh*t[00:02:41]
Like f**k rap happy to see a friendship get mended[00:02:44]
Cemented and any frivolous tension get ended[00:02:47]
Joell you my G Weapon Waist you my OG cuz[00:02:50]
Nickel you know I look at you like it's blood[00:02:54]
Here's the flowers before this end is covered in mud[00:02:56]
We can disband right now and it's gonna always be love[00:02:59]
For a brief period I tried to rhyme like y'all[00:03:02]
I was high maybe tryin' to prove that I'm like y'all[00:03:05]
But I'm not I suck at all that syllable sh*t[00:03:08]
I'd rather make the pen bleed to see the feelin' you get[00:03:11]
I'm bein' honest we might never sell a million and sh*t[00:03:14]
To me it's more value in keepin' it trill with my nigs[00:03:17]
And to Em one of the illest ever on the mic[00:03:20]
We're less different than we are alike[00:03:25]
This ain't about star power I ain't on the hype[00:03:27]
Never mind skin color I see beyond the white[00:03:30]
My whole life I fought trauma like you[00:03:33]
Had ups and downs with my baby mama like you[00:03:36]
I had my fair share of transgressions like you[00:03:39]
Had a bad temper once and fought aggression like you[00:03:42]
Did drugs popped pills fought depression like you[00:03:45]
These are things you'd never pick up[00:03:48]
From our sessions in the stu'[00:03:50]
I beefed with Hov 50 Game and Wu[00:03:51]
Got in my own way a lot I'm sure the same as you[00:03:54]
The whole label think I'm crazy I been peeped it[00:03:57]
I'm only mad I couldn't keep a better secret[00:04:01]
Still when I hear your voice my head goes wrong[00:04:03]
Takes me back to that little boy with my headphones on[00:04:06]
And the way you saved my life back then is how I'm savin' them[00:04:09]
Plaques and charted tracks won't take me away from them[00:04:13]
So I hope you understand[00:04:16]
F**k this record deal you inspired me as a man[00:04:18]
I'll cut it short before I start feelin' like a Stan[00:04:21]
HouseGang for life word to the pig on Royce's hand[00:04:25]
Success'll never disable me[00:04:29]
No record label will ever label me[00:04:31]
My morals ain't for sale can't under-the-table me[00:04:34]
I'll ride it out even when everything ain't savory[00:04:37]
My brothers love me they won't enable me[00:04:40]
And they won't kill me they won't Cain and Abel me[00:04:43]
It's how I feel at the moment[00:04:46]