[Intro: Slug]
Yo, yo, yo
I love L.A
We love it
[Chorus]
We're gonna do just what we wanna do (We're independent)
I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T
Give us any rule, we'll break it (Break it)
Show us any move, we'll make it (Make it)
Put up any title, we'll take it (Take it)
And frisbee your CD 'cause you faked it
[Verse 1: Slug]
Now the babies all talk about the people they know
That live more interesting lives than their own
I try to keep my whereabouts discrete
Bеcause the only thing between mе and the ground is my feet
Take flight through the fight felt in these hearts
They hit stone stick 'cause them kids throw cheap darts
My eyes are stone, my face is tree bark
I ride so low, if you watch you'll see sparks
Chainsmoke dreams, pick a new love
To get you through the troubled times of being chewed up
Shredded by the teeth embedded in the mouth of madness
Should've never let it out of South Minneapolis
Exhale the mess, put trail in the mix
Put nails through my wrists 'til they fail to exist
Walkin' that tightrope of hopin' and broke
They couldn't catch the ledge 'cause they were holdin' the remote
Well alright then, burn up the index and thumb
The vinyl keeps turning, it's just begun
I do what I want, that's the key lesson one
Stay true to the hunt, we can all get some lunch
[Chorus]
We're gonna do just what we wanna do (We're independent)
I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T
Give us any rule, we'll break it (Break it)
Show us any move, we'll make it (Make it)
Put up any title, we'll take it (Take it)
And frisbee your CD 'cause you faked it
[Verse 2: Eyedea, (Abstract Rude)]
I stay inside the right lines and rarely break the mold
I've tried to be a nice guy and play the role
But there's a certain arrogance that's carried with the air that shapes a pro
So be careful, what's been stifled may explode
See, something happened to me when I was young that changed my life
It had to do with the props I got the first time I rocked the mic
I now dwell in the echo-less halls of my own derangement
Hated by a few, but rated a favorite by you
I move through music where the motive's undetected
You can dissect it but ultimately respect it ('Cause it's perfected)
In less than a second I spit my text, pets exit for survival
'Cause I'm liable to crack a rapper's neck as a show of professionalism
Let me pick apart that little heart, this art will never get edited
Told you from the start the boldest shark is credited by how wet he is
I'm already quick with my fate to cheap escape
With beats I break through MCs, please
With ease I fade you
[Chorus]
We're gonna do just what we wanna do (We're independent)
I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T
Give us any rule, we'll break it (Break it)
Show us any move, we'll make it (Make it)
Put up any title, we'll take it (Take it)
And frisbee your CD 'cause you faked it
[Verse 3: Abstract Rude]
I'm all out for the call out
A wack CD gets tossed out and never talked about
A rapper's head is a wall mount
I put him on ice, T-O-Double-L him in a body count
I tell him our depiction of what I do to the opposition
Leave him without a pot to piss in
Ask my last victim how it did him
I let the rhythm hit him
If you will dare defy, I will stare you in the eye and change your mind
I can see what's there and where's your range in rhyme
These are dangerous times
And there's something crackin' in the atmosphere
Innovators always have these abstract ideas, visions
And I'm rippin, spittin slugs
Who's it hits is drippin' blood
You'll get a sample of how to handle a track
Ridiculous
[Verse 4: Busdriver]
The shit you bust does not compare to these ginsu cuts
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But I do what I want
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Quick to embarass and goof and sit just reminisce
When he doesn't acknowledge my independence
[Verse 5: LMNO]
The regime doesn't want regicide
We the people don't want genocide
All's possible, prepare for a session
Cut out the middleman, not confession
Kneelin' before him, bump this substance
No hesitance, my whereabouts is my residence
Take away the name, truth still exists
Audio abrasions when the beat is clenched
Washed away hate in the river of love
Just like a buoy keep the head above
Rather not record, hear the unsaid
Conscious has the last say anyway
Met a cow, is it lookin for the fowl
We make the play, the difference is night and day
[Chorus]
We're gonna do just what we wanna do (We're independent)
Give us any rule, we'll break it (Break it)
Show us any move, we'll make it (Make it)
Put up any title, we'll take it (Take it)
And frisbee your CD 'cause you faked it
[Verse 6: 2Mex]
I'm like Helen Keller
Meets Penn and Teller
Slice up biters like Sarah Michelle Gellar
LMNO will send your tape to Jerry Heller
If you [?] I bet you that I'mma sell her
For cash
Even if it's 30% less, I smash
To make some Mexican descent fresh
Forget it, I'll get store credit
You could never edit the metaphor medic
I chew up foreign foods in different places
Takin' inventory of the jewel cases
Billy Idol told me that you were faceless
Silly title, I wrap it around my waist, kid
[Verse 7: Xololanxinxo]
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[Chorus]
We're gonna do just what we wanna do (We're independent)
I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T
Give us any rule, we'll break it (Break it)
Show us any move, we'll make it (Make it)
Put up any title, we'll take it (Take it)
And frisbee your CD 'cause you faked it