[Intro: Declaime, (LMNO), sample]
"...Say that you had a big mouth
And now I understand what they talkin' about! (Big mouth!)"
My title is Declaime, Poet Past The Weak
And we about to toss this microphone around
With my homeboys LMNO and M.E.D.
That's that how-we-do, that’s that – that funk...
(Declaime, what's up, you first verse?)
[Verse 1]
[Declaime]
My man, Kankick, hate to say it, but he knew best
Give these fake A&R's and wack duck labels a rest
Wash these lame ducks, suck suede like they were Zest
Plaque ass jacks, can’t get the Crest
[LMNO]
No artists, no label, simple as that
Execs payed off the sweat and shirt on your back
Put in a cut, get a cut, it’s money on track
Until they recoup theirs, your money line’s flat
[M.E.D.]
I don’t do rap, rap doing me for the G's
But they sayin’ quiet mouths don’t eat
I’m tryin’ to stay humble, but they bringing out the beast
Instead of hands and feet, we hurt 'em over beats
Success is a weapon and it’s deadly when we speak that
I’m a grown man, I don’t blame who repeat that – peace!
[Chorus: rap sample]
"Straighten it out!"
"I don’t get involved with he said she said
So take my advice and quit while you’re ahead!"
"I don’t get involved with he said she said
So take my advice and quit while you’re ahead!"
"Always got to have your two cents in –"
"Take my advice and quit while you’re ahead!
"Because I don’t get involved" "crawlin' on the ground –
Lookin' for some new dirt to spread around"
[Verse 2]
[LMNO]
Yeah... I spark with adverse times
Giving it a run for its money, I’m no cash dummy
A charger, filling up the battery pack
Glad to be back where I never left, cherish every breath
Tell ’em cut the check, later for the cake
That doesn’t clear debt, not a snap-a-neck threat
But don’t test the blessed, unless...
[M.E.D.]
You was fresh enough to understand correct
That I’m a leader, who never do what y'all expect
I express next shit for the extra check
To expand, we connect like X-Men
L.M.D., hundred proof from the scams that be
[Declaime]
Yo... I paid more dues than slave hands
But, no, no bands – just two turntables and a mic, alright?!
One mission – change up my aim, don’t waste no more ammunition
Hit each target, with precise precision, each incision cuts deep
Wake up and don’t sleep
[LMNO]
Indeed, I choose this path, the math doesn’t always add up
Advances only mean you have to catch up
The glitz and glam is a shifty scam
Ignoring the star you are is a part of the plan
[M.E.D., (LMNO)]
Employee in the office, just part of The Man
Industry ain’t running the game, it’s the fans
Labels keep fading away (Tell 'em)
You can kill the body, but the soul remains (For sure)
[Chorus: rap sample]
"Straighten it out!"
"I don’t get involved with he said she said
So take my advice and quit while you’re ahead!"
"I don’t get involved with he said she said
So take my advice and quit while you’re ahead!"
"Always got to have your two cents in –"
"Take my advice and quit while you’re ahead!
"Because I don’t get involved" "crawlin' on the ground –
Lookin' for some new dirt to spread around"
[Outro 1:]
[LMNO] And who's that on the beat...???
[Declaime] That's that, that fonk
[Outro 2: J.Rocc, whispering]
Girls... all I really want is girls
'Cause in the evening there's girls
'Cause in the morning there's girls
'Cause in the evening there's girls
'Cause in the morning there's girls...
