“Want niggas to show you, how to come up with green // I scheme since I’m fourteen, what the fuck was your dream? // Rental cars, little broads, sayin you was seen // Wit little nigga, lil chain, you was doin ya thing // How high was I? You the thousandth guy // That came around thinkin we can see, eye to eye…”
Nas - Still Dreaming (feat. Kanye West & Chrisette Michele) (Rapidshare) (Sharebee)
“My restlessness is my nemesis // It’s hard to really chill and sit still // Committed to page, I write a rhyme // Sometimes won’t finish for days // Scrutinize my literature, from the large to the miniature // I mathematically add-minister // Subtract the wack, selector, wheel it back, I’m feeling that // From the core to the perimeter black // You know the motto, stay fluid even in staccato…”
“this is cuttin like a ginsu knife in my soul // yo you losin control // just a year ago you fell in love with the flow // now you just like the rap game, in love with the dough…woah”
“smoke that ass like a loosey, though I need to quit // fuck it, I love it like a cloud // over the projects your game I’m above it // it’s combat, gats bangers and all that // yousa a small cat, whatever you on get off that // I mention, nothin but the real shit presentin // the hollow tip crew 41st side convention // try for? you half-steppin // like a fresh tec out of the box, yo niggas I’m testin…”
“Played chess in this game of, pawns and knights // Now I claim King like Don, or Frank White // They say my life is comparable to Christ // The way I sacrificed and resurrected twice // They say The crochet pants and the sweater was wack // Seen The Corner, now they say That nigga’s back, uh…”
The Daily Hit: Common - They Say (feat. John Legend & Kanye West) (Rapidshare) (Sharebee)
Probably my favorite cut off The Listening. 9th Wonder with some magnificent production sampling “And I Love Her” by Bobby Womack. Good ish to bump when you just need a moment to relax…slow down.
“Another day to face, I’m share cropping in the paper chase // Take a deep breath and clear my database // It’s afternoon, I’m talking shit to my alarm clock // Cuz I gotta face this world of capitalistic onslaught”
“Broad daylight, yall hustle fake, and don’t play right // Holdin shit wit broken clips that spit, but don’t spray right // Clothes, cars & ice, hard to remember starvin nights // Niggas startin fights, Narcs in the dark, cold cloggin pipes…”
Chillin, bumpin some American Gangster on a rainy Thursday. Can’t beleive I still haven’t actually seen the movie…I know, I’m slackin. Production by Just Blaze, samples The Isley Brothers “Between the Sheets” (same sample used for Big Poppa, obviously).
“‘When them tops come down, chicks tops come down // When them shots come out make cops come around // When the blocks come out I can wake up a small town // Finish off the block then I make my mall rounds // Stares get exchanged then the 5th come out // Tough guy disappear, then the bitch come out // That’s him - I’m usually what they whisper bout // Either what chick he with, or his chip amount…”
I had forgot about this joint for a while, but I rediscovered it while bumpin an old school playlist. Remember after “Piggy Bank” the 50 diss tracks had the internet goin nuts? I’d say Jada’s > This > Fat Joe’s (which was better than expected, but I can’t find it on youtube).
“Everybody get low niggas // Dedicated to the fuck Nas coalition // Touch my dough I’m lettin, 40 cals blow nigga // Not cals with four legs, but cals with more lead // That add up more dead, it’s on nigga // I’ma bury them // Niggas don’t want beef they vegetarian // Scared of pussy you climbed out a caesarian // I push ya grown ass back in your mothers womb // You need nine more months, your crews nine more punks…”
“and the allure isn’t right, no score on a war torn beach // where the cash cows actually beef // blood turns wine when it leak for police // like that’s not a riot it’s a feast, let’s eat!”