[00:00:00] Slaughtermouse - Joe Budden [00:00:11] Yeah yeah [00:00:17] Look it was around '99 baby comin' while I was at rock bottom [00:00:22] Ironic sh*t I was listenin' to Rock Bottom [00:00:24] Pockets rabbit ears no paper lot of cotton [00:00:28] Had some charges stemmin' from me and my squad robbin' [00:00:31] Had to leave the hood sh*t stayin' not an option [00:00:34] I bumped your sh*t forever felt we had a lot in common [00:00:36] A rapper expressin' wit who spoke in depressive stints [00:00:40] All that introspectiveness I couldn't measure what it did [00:00:42] Listen I'm writin' to you now cause we don't get to talk much [00:00:46] 'Cept for in the stu' when we be passin' through the halls and such [00:00:49] I wonder if you catch me stare at you in awe much [00:00:52] And we be busy workin' so I never share my thoughts much [00:00:55] Remember signin' four niggas with an attitude [00:00:58] Well maybe we'll get your star power and his magnitude [00:01:01] All I thought was it was 'bout to be on [00:01:04] But I never guessed that I was 'bout to be wrong [00:01:06] We encountered some things [00:01:07] Maybe we should've figured out all along [00:01:10] Who the f**k was I to be too vocal in my doubt for some songs [00:01:13] Even I can't be that dumb to step over the threshold [00:01:16] And be the guy who says no to so many records sold [00:01:19] Whole career I never bit my tongue I let it go [00:01:22] Too many times bein' the rebel ain't end in what's best for Joe [00:01:25] That second album came and added truth to the slander [00:01:28] But we learned what's good [00:01:29] For the goose ain't good for the gander [00:01:31] Guess I'm askin' for advice right now [00:01:33] Experience and leadership to help suffice right now [00:01:36] I guess I'm askin' How would you do it [00:01:39] Before I do somethin' too stupid [00:01:41] Before my group lose it just to get our views lucid [00:01:43] Every other day these niggas want a new exclusive [00:01:47] Should I be in the mix more Maybe I'm too secluded [00:01:50] Do you think you'd be as famous now [00:01:52] If you had to put out My Name Is now [00:01:55] The way the game is now awful lyrics sh*t is shameless now [00:01:58] Just tell me how you'd maneuver if you came in now [00:02:01] It's just thoughts everything is criss-crossed [00:02:04] Gotta be cool with Complex and Pitchfork if I wanna get my sh*t off [00:02:08] These simpleminded niggas won't think you f**k with us [00:02:11] If they don't see you poppin' bottles in the club with us [00:02:14] It's about fashion now which I hate [00:02:17] Because I dress like sh*t I'm just the best when I spit [00:02:20] But different times I was feelin' like the odd man out [00:02:23] Like I should leave they'd be better with the odd man out [00:02:26] Like when I wasn't on that intro I felt a little weird [00:02:29] But that was for the team so I didn't really care for real [00:02:33] For the team how I happen to be [00:02:35] When Bad met Evil ni**a who was happier than me [00:02:38] Think back the way that I was on that sh*t [00:02:41] You woulda thought it was my album and I was on that sh*t [00:02:44] Like f**k rap happy to see a friendship get mended [00:02:47] Cemented and any frivolous tension get ended [00:02:50] Joell you my G Weapon Waist you my OG cuz [00:02:54] Nickel you know I look at you like it's blood [00:02:56] Here's the flowers before this end is covered in mud [00:02:59] We can disband right now and it's gonna always be love [00:03:02] For a brief period I tried to rhyme like y'all [00:03:05] I was high maybe tryin' to prove that I'm like y'all [00:03:08] But I'm not I suck at all that syllable sh*t [00:03:11] I'd rather make the pen bleed to see the feelin' you get [00:03:14] I'm bein' honest we might never sell a million and sh*t [00:03:17] To me it's more value in keepin' it trill with my nigs [00:03:20] And to Em one of the illest ever on the mic [00:03:25] We're less different than we are alike [00:03:27] This ain't about star power I ain't on the hype [00:03:30] Never mind skin color I see beyond the white