Get Busy

[Verse 1: Black Thought]

Look, my squad half-Mandrill, half-Mandela

My band about seventy strong just like Fela

Yeah, part Melle Mel, part Van Halen

And we represent Illadel', where they still rebellin'

Ayo, sicko show like Mike Moore

My city ain't nothin' like yours, slippin' into darkness like War

Night crawl with the lights off

You see a lot of life lost for the white horse

Regardless, the charges making us all targets

All on the red carpet, guns from the black market

Aye, who got the politician's in they back pocket?

Pimp slap, pump that, give me that profit

When you make contact, give me that gossip

If you break contract, you'll be that hostage

They getting busy and the city is raw

Better deadbolt the door, it ain't safe no more

[Hook: Black Thought]

Southside (Get busy)

Northside (Get busy)

Westside (Get busy)

Worldwide (Get busy)

Get busy, get busy

Get busy, get busy

[Verse 2: Dice Raw]

Approach with caution, be cautious when talking to bosses

I feel I've been through a metamorphosis, 

I'm mutated by unknown forces

The feeling, of course, is – somethin' that's hard to describe

I'm half-dead, never felt more alive

Reborn, remove the gold coins from my eyes

I've been down, but now I'm back up

I'm about to act up, boy, you better back up

And when you see me set up shop, know to pack up

'Cause I crack up when a rapper get slapped up

Number one reason y'all should give rap up

Dice, it's mines, I got it all wrapped up

I'm kind of like W.E.B. Du Bois meets Heavy D and the Boyz

Smooth as a Rolls Royce, 

Built like a tank, smokin' on dank

Walkin' through the Guggenheim, Raw Life, Black Inc. 

[Hook: Black Thought]

Southside (Get busy)

Northside (Get busy)

Westside (Get busy)

Worldwide (Get busy)

Get busy, get busy

Get busy, get busy

[Verse 3: Peedi Peedi]

Now, on your mark, uh-huh, get set

Go cop everything you ever heard by P Crakk, Dice Raw, and Black

Fuck the Internet – buy a baseball bat, break a bootlegger leg

All I listen to is vets, you're fresh off the step

I'll come directly at your OG neck

I'm used to the 1-2 check, not the 1-2 step

I'm strapped, I'll leave every cat among you wet

Now let's go, you know I'm politically incorrect

At the show, I start it with a "Can I get a ho?"

And the hoes go retarded, 

The po-po tape off the stage for caution

It's Badlands, North Philly get it in, it's Crakk Man

Used to backspin, now I spend stacks and stacks

And Uncle Sam tryin' to tax all my hard-earned raps

Damn, we making yens, pesos, euros, we representin'

[Hook: Black Thought]

Southside (Get busy)

Northside (Get busy)

Westside (Get busy)

Worldwide (Get busy)

Get busy, get busy

Get busy, get busy