Keepin it Live

[Intro: Double K, arguing with woman] What you mean I ain't making no money off this hip-hop shit? Yeah, I know this is all I do is stay up and make beats You know, this is how we make our living This is what the people want us to do Nah, I'm not gonna get a job there I'm not gonna work there, all day at The Gap Fuck it, hey, come over here, let's listen to Thes One [Verse 1: Thes One] Check it out, it was me and Double K in my room in '95 Beatboxing on the mic, recording the tape live Before we arrived on the scene, you know what I mean When it was all about... I forgot, man forget it See now the P is sweated as a global event But it seems those closest to me seem the least to care When it was "Rah-rah, y'all can do it" back in the day Now it's like 3 hours deep and "When are you getting paid?" My records are played, I sleep smiling every night But when I wake up, it's something else, a whole new fight Like cats double crossing me, that I try and help out If it wasn't for me and Double that shit wouldn't come out So recognize whose the guys devoting they life to it Sacrificed stability to flex our ability Prove the inner artillery I can't chill until we fufill the plan of having mic's in the hand The sole reason I was cast down on this land Is to sit in front of the MPC and turn the bland into the flambé Things to play to make your day Same shit 10 years ago, I'm doing today And 10 years from now, so don't ask how or even why B-boy for life, fuck a suit and a tie 'Cause I'll know I made a difference on the day that I die Aiyyo, I b-boy for life, so fuck a suit and a tie [Interlude: Double K] Yeah... I feel you, man She be talking that ol' bullshit, you know You know, "maybe you should get out and go get a job," ya know Or--or, "we can't spend enough time," ya know what I'm saying? Just like you, man... Big Thes, man I done spent all my life tryna do this Hip-Hop shit Think it was like '95, '96, when I... [Verse 2: Double K] Perfected my track skills on the SP Murdered 10 seconds in a minute, peers couldn't get it Mike was walking on water, my brother, you shoulda seen it Got ate up in some rap battles, I'm here to redeem it Like a rain check hustler, scoping the aisles Chocking lyrics, making beats, just to keep it on file With the ADAT, Zip, or the floppy I'm never coming sloppy No reason to copy niggas, I'm dope so go figure Not conceided, nigga, I'm confident when I'm dropping it Hold the microphone firm Let the lyrics burn, like the buddha to the sherm I'm mellow with one word, two, let it cage Bringing better days when I bust Stay grounded with my head in the clouds and that's a must Ya know, just a piece in my Hip-Hop black book Outlining the track, y'all, watch for the hook Filling in my ideas, here to keep your style shook Never rapping like niggas just to be in the game I'm coming from the inside, so y'all remember my name Yo, it's the K Dub, trouble-bringing, the notorious one Couldn't be stopped, keeping these sucka crews on the run, ya dig it? No matter what y'all say, do, or know It's me and Thes One maintaining the... uhh... [Outro: Double K] Ya know how it goes, man... It's me and Thes One, like always, it's two of us... Keepin' it live... keepin' it fresh... I dunno, man... Sometimes I just feel like we can't take it no more Like we just gonna bust back, ya know? Battle rapping... backpacking... Yeah... yeah... we backrapping... Backrapping and slapping all you fools in the face You just a... you just a... Just a disgrace to the... to the... to the... yeah I like how it sounds right there, man... It's real, real mellow, real jazzy like, ya dig? Oww... word up... Oww... word up... Ow... word up... Thes One and uh, the Double, get live, and my man the... Get live, and we in the house... yeah... He's with The Double... y-ye-yeah, he in the house and... We all in the house and... Suckas...