1.Intro/The Signing (Skit)
Hey Jin, buddy, how you doin'?
Yo, what's goin' on, man?
Hey boy, what's poppin', I'm down (ahh..) uh..hey ahha you know?
ok..umm..
Did you take a chance to look at the contract?
Yea..we got--we got the contract ready--ready for you to sign
today
How we look...today!?
It's lookin' good everything is ready umm..but uhh..you sure
you're ready to--you gonna be a
Ruff Ryder now huh? big time stuffer..'Ryde or Die'..here we go.
I've--I've been waitin' my whole life for this man..so..let's do
this
Well..here you go..sign right here..initial here (mm-hmm) there
you go (right here?)
yea..tha--that's it.
Okay..(there you go) you are signed now..it's--it's--it's--it's
yea..Ryde or
Die..okay..
Yo..wow..what up yo?
Yo..get his contract man..let me see this
I just signed today yo..ain't we gonna work on an album right
now?
Forget your album man..do you know how to fight dawgs?
Dawgs--we gonna meet DMX yo?
(Mmhmm) Man..stop playin' man..we not gonna meet DMX man..do you
kno' how to do donuts?
I wanna be a Ruff--donuts? naw...
On a bike man..do you know how to ride a bike.. (I'm kinda
hungry)
Do you know how to ride a bike?? Di--Di--Did you hear him?
Yo..you got a Hawk?
A hawk?..you mean like..birds?
You got a gun?
(naw..a gun?..why would i ne---i rhyme yo..)
(yo..hold that?)
Now don't point it at me..
{put that shit down}
forget your freestyles..it's over
(it's gonna go on the album though right?)
{ye--yea-yea..album--al...}
(cool..cool..cool)
yo..you gotta get past lifestyle first..
2.Here Now
Look I'm not a gimmick, there's not a rapper I'm trying to mimic
My life move about a mile a minute
Make the best of it while I'm in it
Talk shit I'll never get offended
I'm so pushin' to the limit
I could shake of 20 haters
Ignore em' and handle my business
Highly hood got my named cemented
A threat to every rapper in the game or that's ever been in it
5'6'' but I stand tall, built for war, sort of like the Great
Wall
Of China, hear my footsteps like Yao Ming's behind ya
Don't remind me, do whatever to you, fly back and it'll be
Hell on earth for you to find me
They say we all look alike, cook alike
But they aint't know that we all crooks alike
I changed the game when I took the mic
In Freestyle what it took for you to write, good night!
I am here now, say what you want
I know I got something you want
I am here now, think what you want
This is my life, let's get it on
It's like a curse being successful
The more progress, the more stressful
Don't ask about heart, I got a chestful
Thrown into a cesspool of sex juice
So my next move was to elevate for the best view
I got a few things to confess too
They say I'm famous, I don't feel special
Plucked from a few to be placed on a pedestal
Only to be ridiculed and find out they want to get rid of you
Once you near your pinnacle they try to limit you
From the start of your career when they finish you
That's why in interviews I keep my shit minimal
And if I do say something it's subliminal
Is it because I'm signed to killers and criminals?
It's pitiful, this rap game is too political
But fuck it, I ain't got shit else to do
Yo, yo you don't gotta give me my respect, I'ma take it
You ain't gotta punch me into night I'ma lay it
You ain't gotta loan me no money I'ma make it
And I do anything I can get away with
I say what I want, take it how you take it
Media hype that I've created has enhanced my hatred
Came from the basement, rose amongst the stars like a space ship
Face it, there's no replacement
Time you spend looking for the one is time wasted
I'm too defined, my design you can't trace it
So give it up, I ain't bitter but I'm getting sick
enough to take my contract and rip it up
Plus my friend say I'm forgettin' stuff
Is it cause I failed to get intouch
While I'm out rappin', travelin', gettin' bucks
And my hearts in Miami indeed
Oh I ain't forget, I just got my family to feed
3.Get Your Handz Off
(featuring Kanye West)
From the start to the finish
I'ma bark on contenders
Wanna tarnish my image
I can't promise forgiveness
See I was never like this
My mom's would never like this
And y'all was never like us
That's why y'all never liked us
See I might take your style
Flip it back, make it crack
Sell a couple mil get some stacks
here you go now take it back
I'm spittin lines of fire
I'm in the line of fire
Designer attire, makin me a sign of desire
I just rhyme to inspire, your favorite line supplier
I run through fan's signs and landmines the size of tires
How many minds inquire, I got mines and acquired
Enough props to make y'all resign and retire
Now hold on, and just stomp stomp
Get your hands off me
Now hold on, and just stomp stomp
Get your hands off me
This is hot as it gets, your shit's not as intense
My flow got 'em convinced, they ain't got at 'em since
My back's against the wall
So if I turn and flee and run from what's in front of me
That won't make no sense at all
this for my dons and divas, haters and non-believers
They just try'na deceive us like Judas dishonored Jesus
Why you try'na critique this, don't take kindness for weakness
Leave you behind the speakers, body minus some pieces
You got records to sell, I got records to break
You will never excel against me measure the rate
I got too much at stake I just follow my fate
Annihilate and dominate and I ain't even try'na wait
While you hang out, I bang out
Make moves like shots rang out
Wanna know, what my slang 'bout
They be like, 'Shut your damn mouth'
Your chances are slim, makin' advances on Jin
While you, shootin' the breeze, I'm dancin' with the wind
This is not your, ordinary
My style, sort of varies
Slaughter you, then your crew
Cause you know, the more the merry
You already know the outcome, so how come you doubt son
('I'm goin' out by any means necessary' – Malcolm)
Hip-hop without Jin is like, shootouts without guns
Churches without nuns, bankers without funds
Smokin' without lungs, cities without slums
My fans force me, get your fuckin' hands off me
4.Club Song
5.The Come Thru
(feat. Twista)
Get high get low
Thick girls go and shake ya big butt
You in the club wit some some worldwide thugs
And wherever you see us we gon' kick it, its all love (now I)
Get high get low
Thick girls go and shake ya big butt
You in the club wit some some worldwide thugs
And wherever you see us we gon' kick it, its all love
Now ma whole set get love
I'm in the Chi two steppin wit them thugs
And big man you can search all you want
But you ain't gon' find no drugs or no guns
Yea y'all can get weeded up, beated up
But don't eat it up this ain't a slow jam so I can speed it up
(lets go)
I ain't sparkin a meadow
I jus want to talk to the ghetto
Bag the baddest chick with the sharpest stilettos
Im so influential, you so impotential
Man you gon' know what I'm workin wit
When I hold it against you
Destination vip you can follow us
But if it was the last sip well jus follow us
Shorty feelin my style because I'm humerous
Put me on cloud nine and its accumulous
Assume its us Jin, mista quick to diss ya
And Twista spit so fast ya lips'll blista
Now I get high get low (get low)
Thick girls go and shake ya big butt (like this)
You in the club wit some some worldwide thugs
And whereva you see us we gon' kick it, its all love
When I come in the party betta get high
Cuz I pulled up in the platinum seven six five
Who say lyrical niggaz don't know how to party
See me jackin up shawtys wit a grippin on her thick thighs
I like the way she workin that badunkadunk
Bouncin the fatty when the base go bump
She witness how Twista spit it
So now she want me to hit it
Cuz I'm blazin up the booth and raisin up the roof
I'm in the vip sippin on Cris' and Henn'
All the ladies is trippin cuz they can't get in
They see me ballin wit the Ruff Ryder homie
And say they only drink liqour nigga but now they want some Jin
Everywhere we kick it we got the club sold
International hustlas that travel the globe
Rockin the thugs makin hoes keep it live
It's the Double R connect and that nigga Twista from Chi
I'm fly
We can definately kick it
I don't want to just stick it
If bein fine was a crime well I'd havta write you up a ticket
If you dance for me its sign jus like a picket
And I got two middle fingaz for all you critics
Never you in this someone so clever who spit this
I'm only here for one night so I mix some pleasure with buisness
Every few minutes
I drink a couple of shots
Take a dutch break it in half and fill it up with some pot
Now mama shake some
If they don't like it fuck it
They some haters (c'mon shake it girl)
Yo mama work some
If they don't like it fuck it
They some haters (jus work it girl)
C'mon and shake it girl (like this)
Jus work it girl (like this)
6.So Afraid
Most of ya'll all sound the same
With ya fancy cars and ya diamond rings
Don't you know it's about to change?
What are you so afraid of?
The MC, master of ceremonies
My pen be faster, how dare you phonies?
That tempt me run back and tell ya cronies
How I gently mack the tenderonies (woo)
The DJ, the crowd motivator (uh huh)
We don't cross-over we cross faders
Outrageous, divine motion
Record scratchin me calamine lotion
B-Boys high as your hands reach (uh huh)
Bombed them with two aerosol cans each
This for the future, past, and the present
I'm takin this rap thing back to the essence
I rip out your tonsil now you feelin it
Hip hop is dead, you responsible for killin' it
I've been sent to avenge the death
Breath life into the game defend what's left
They remind me of you, minus the deal (deal)
You remind me of me, minus the skill
Every new week comes a song
Til the next one hit wonder comes along
Ya video is on 106 and TRL? (uh huh)
Does that mean that your shit gon' sell? (uh uh)
Honestly this joint prolly won't top the charts (nah)
Cuz I ain't all up in the club and I ain't bout to start
Radio suckas neva play me
It's all good ya'll don't pay me
Even though I wanna cash in
Rather have loyalty to Jin
Than royalties for spins
Sell ya soul for joints and jams
Til you fall off and dissapoint ya fans
They'll let you know the minute you forget
You in it for the check or you in it for respect
I'm tryin to get both and not fail to connect
With each one of ya'll so my sales are direct
And me not tryin to sound all righteous
I know a lot of ya'll got a feel just like this
7.I Gotta Love
(featuring Kanye West)
Ruff Ryder, Roc-A-Fella collabo!
You see, we're the next generation in this rap game
So it's only right we got down like this
I got a love that's better than - you ever was
You've never been - no good for me
I guess I was - just way too hood for you to be with
Yo I was doing a show with Kanye in the West
Mid that is, so basically the Chi and M.I. is up in the mix
We in the game now, it makes perfect sense
The kid that 'Dropped Outta College', the other never went
We take turns doing our one, two's and yes yes y'alls
Look at shorty with my name, tatted on her breast y'all
Mr. West, what do you think is the best?
(Kanye: Take em backstage, get aquainted that's what I suggest
dawg)
When it comes to spittin G, I'm one of the best y'all
She look goods, smell clean and she had fresh draws
Naw, that's too good to be
Usually them type of chicks ain't good for me, no!
I got a - way with words, I use words in ways
I convince birds to come out they cage and play
Polly want a Gucci Parka, ma what did you say?
Polly might get a cracker ain't no trickin today, hey
But anyway though, she got it on smash like mashed potatoes
High class with a ass that'll smash on J. Lo
Lay low, got Play-Doh, stash the payroll
Ain't no - credit card, spendin cash on Rodeo
And me? I'm at the Slausson Swap Meet
Lookin for a pair of Air One's and white tee's
She want champagne, I got Sisco and Kool-Aid
Why go to the movies? let's watch the bootleg
Girl I don't wear Prada, never met Gucci
We all know Kanye is Mr. Louis Vuitton
But if I see a L and a V, I'd think that it's on
That's what my old chick used to clash with me
(Jin, why'd you get this fake Louis bag for me?)
Actually, you should be happy I purchased that
I take this as a sign, you don't want the matching hat
Huh, I'm too gutter, you more Parkay with yours
I'm more I can't believe it's not butter
What the - other - suckas do for love is a damn shame
I got a new significant other cause plans change
(I got a love) it's over girl!
(You ever was) I thought me and you was it
(No good for me) But obviously, things ain't work out
(I got a love) And I know when you see this video
(You ever was) First thing you gon do is pick up that cell phone
(No good for me) Go to Jay, hah
8.Chinese Beats(Skit)
9.Learn Chinese
Yeah I'm chinese, and what?
Yeah you know who this is, Jin, and let me just tell you this
The days of the pork fried rice and the chicken wings comin to
ur house by me is over
(This is it, it's crazy)
(OVA!!!)
Ya'll gon learn chinese, ya'll gon learn chinese
Ya'll gon learn chinese, when the pumps come out, your gon speak
chinese
Ya'll gon learn chinese, (Police - in chinese)
Ya'll gon be chinese (hurry lets go in chinese)
Ya'll gon learn chinese, when the pumps go off, ya'll gon speak
chinese
This is it, cause fuck you head man
I know a bunch of crips that love redman
And walk in New york, man things dun change
STOP, the chinks do it again
This aint Bruce Lee, ya'll watch too much T.V
This is the game of death, when i aim for you chest
And too much sex got me seeing slow motion, eyes barely open,
with a roach roastin'
And ur girl, she love the Jin motion, rub it on her body like
body shop lotion
What's the comotion? You never seen me?
Original chinky eyed MC?
you don't want to stop to the army
Double-R, rank refugee
And the barrel of the gun gon make you speak another language
And amigo i ain't talking about spanish
Ya'll gon learn chinese, ya'll gon learn chinese (really - in
chinese)
Ya'll gon learn chinese, when the pumps come out, your gon speak
chinese
Ya'll gon learn chinese, (Police - in chinese)
Ya'll gon be chinese (hurry lets go - in chinese)
Ya'll gon learn chinese, when the pumps go off, ya'll gon speak
chinese
This one goes out to those that ordered four chicken wings,
pork fried rice and rolled dice in the hood
You think shit is all good?
To the cowboys roll through like Clint Eastwood
I wish you would, come to CHINA TOWN
Get lost in town, end up in the lost and found
Eye witnesses?
You must be crazy, we don't speak english, we speak chinese
And the only popo we know,
Is the pigs on the hook by the window
Each time they harass me I wanna explode
We should ride the train for free, we built the railroads
I ain't your 50 cent, I ain't your Eminem, I ain't your Jigga
Man, I'm a CHINA man
Ginseng in the palm of my hands, she looked suprised when she
saw it in the palm of her hands
And you know what's next?
Safe sex, i'll be damned if I sleep with the flesh in the insest
call on the phone.)
Mr. Jin, you are the sexist man
Mr. Jin, I love the way you do your things ([Jin speaking
Chinese:] Really?)
Mr. Jin, you are the sexist man
Mr. Jin, I love the way you do your things ([Jin speaking
Chinese:]come again?)
The moral of the story is
Don't judge a book by its cover
I know you think he's fam, but he's really undercover
I saw his name on the affidavit
It was written in Chinese and this is what he said:
collecting debts)
reared by some local hooligans and thugs so
Catch them at midnight when they close the shop up
Reading the Ten Commandments, cooking up heckka
biggie smalls posters are all over the walls
If they think you'd save me the bullet, it's so over ya'll
Me, I'm just Jin just doing my thang
Just doing my thang, just doing my thang
[In Chinese: sing a song and and do a dance)
Why is there beef everywhere I go?
I'm drunk screaming, can't we all get along
My ladies with the thongs, my thugs with the firearms
Ya'll gonna learn Chinese
When the pumps come out, ya'll gon' speak Chinese.
out of here)
Ya'll gonna learn Chinese
When the pumps come out, ya'll gon' speak Chinese
finished)
First Asian rapper
Refugees
10.The Good,The Bad&The Ugly
About they never talked about the guns or the drugs
'Till I saw the guns and the drugs
There is tons in the hood
I'll admit, I never sold a sack in my life
Watchin' 'Scarface' thinkin' that was a life
Slingin' dope or coke, respect, money and power
But what happen when things start to go sour
Everybody wanna see more cash
But ego's clashin', that's when egos crash
See the two of them started when they was in dimes
Graduated, now they movin' bricks at a time
Down to do whatever even wet up cops
Tryin' to build an empire so they shut up shop
They got themselves a connect ready to tie it down
A buster went from Philly straight to China town
Now there is dough poorin' heads thinkin' it's the same
All of a sudden there is weak link in the chain
He's a 6'2, brawler cat -- nickname Bolo
Caught beef with his man so he had to go dolo
But that was a no no
You know the code of the streets; everybody gotta eat
And that's how shit in the hood be
Ain't sayin' it's a true story, but it could be
For the next three months Bolo is nowhere to be found
They say 'cause of the beef that's why he left town
And everybody knows why they don't get along
He's a greedy bastard - stole half a meal from Fom
Fom is the quiet type, silent and deadly
You play with his money now he's violent and ready
They was partners - betrayed by his own man
So he really gotta take actions into his own hands
Father forgive me for the sins I commit
But when I see that thief again, that's it
The good, the bad, things can get ugly
Every hustler over this money thinkin' what it should be
Never know who, when, where, what could be
If you still alive then you'll probably understood me
Meanwhile across town in a two bedroom apartment
Bolo's going through it, baby mama through it
All that dumb shit he be puttin' her though
Disappear for three months plus he hittin' her too
Now she got her bags pack then she ready to bounce
Didn't leave a thing - not even the keys to the house
Let her leave, he ain't talk with her at all
Went straight for the safe behind the portrait on the wall
He's back for his jewels, that in the cash
Plus the sale of last few bricks he had in his stash
Get his money right then he leavin' again
Off to find a new life and start breathin' again
So the deal was made and the buyers agreed
And exchanged - they bring what the suppliers would need
Pick a spot in China Town uncle Lenny used to own
Dollar bills on the wall respectfully known
Bolo went by himself even though it seem risky
Wanted the whole cake - somethin' smell fishy
Back in the kitchen the money was waitin'
Deep in his heart he knew he was dancin' with Satan
Dress in all back with gats - this ain't part of the deal
Had a me set a mouth for the kill
Startin' lettin' off shots now just a few here
Sounded like firecrackers durin' Chinese new years
Bolo's big as a truck I don't know how they miss him
But they got so close the bullet stay there and kissed 'em
Grab the suitcase threw a table at the goons
Jump out a shattered window not a moment too soon
The thugs follow and he sprayed up his ride
Cut up from the glass but he made it alive
Now he's back at the crib frankly they say at least
He was just being chased by thugs and the police
Countin' his dough sittin' on the couch' in
Two shots to the back of the head now he slouch' in
Fom tried to get him at the spot, couldn't then
So he paid his baby ma' 50 Gs' to let him in
Damn
11.Senorita
yea yea yea yea Jin Jin
The rest is history
Let me take you to my hood
C'mon C'mon
im goin to miami
im goin to tha fair
to see a senorita
with flowers in a hair
shake it senorita
shake if you can
show all da boys around the block you doin your damn thing
Wait a minute, wait a minute
this is how it started
senorita put my eyes so shake it the hardest
yea she know that im a artist
but thats regardless
Situation elevatin im anticipatin
body got me mezmerized
i ain't tell no lies
you betta tell those guys
You belong to me
i follewd you
get wit you
bounce with you
shake with you girl
i lovin you hatin you real with you fake with you girl
we can do anything unda the moonlight
you in da moon right?
im in the mood to
now shake it shake it
keep doin what you gotta do
i know alot of yayos but they aint fly as you
im goin to miami
im goin to tha fair
to see a senorita
with flowers in a hair
shake it senorita
shake if you can
show all da boys around the block you doin your damn thing
we in tha MI MI maim
we in tha MI MI
as the cool as the 7-45
or ocean drive
is that your senorita
do you really please her
give her to me
i'll make her as hotta than a feva
talk to me ma
is it the palm trees
blue water but we fallin of tha jet skyes
fact of the hood
we can get things togetha now
take her to bentfull
after the woods whateva
you know im numba 1
you bangin like tha drums
listen to the ocean while we chill unda the sun
as tastedfully
basiclly it
i came to miami just to see you shake it
im goin to miami
im goin to tha fair
to see a senorita
with flowers in a hair
shake it senorita
shake if you can
show all da boys around the block you doin your damn thing
Im sweatin it's hot
it's damn man 3 o'clock
tell the Dj play the record
makein nita drop
viki viki viki this joint is hot
mami give me give up you can be on top
now slow slow row(Just wea we go)
no one knows
im gettin drop
i plan a picture
im layin wit ya
i came to caress your soul
i ain't playin wit you
i take her any weny peace of ya lime wit me
you runnin thru mind
like diddy in the hole city
im flyin thru the clouds
you sorin thru the air
to see my senorita
she waitin at the fair
im goin to miami
im goin to tha fair
to see a senorita
with flowers in a hair
shake it senorita
shake if you can
show all da boys around the block you doin your damn thing
12.Love Story
Its from the heart..
Its from the heart right here.. (yeah)
Everybody has a story to tell..
Check this out though
I knew this chinese dude in Junior High
part of my crew, everybody knew the kid
he was the talk of the school, intelligent,
and well spoken, respected by the teachers
all the other students kept their eyes on his sneakers
What can I say? You can tell he's koo if you talk with him
during fire drills girls would wanna walk with him
he can have any chick up in his view,
but there was only one girl he wanted to call boo
See its all true, found himself stressed in a dead end
the girl he was feelin was obsessed with his bestfriend
his bestfriends a playa, thats the reason he's pissed
plus he treat her like she don't even exist
he aint tryna hate on his man, but there was no help in it
wrote the girl a letter told her how he felt in it
she was shocked at first of him revealing the truth
till she realized that she was feelin him too
Ohhh...
I've been thinking of you
Ohhh...
I've been thinking of you
Ohhh...
I've been thinking of you
Ohhh...
I've been thinking of you
and you've been thinkin of me
Ohhh...
Uh
So you know as time goes by
Things get a little bit serious
Just listen
It was strictly hip hop, now they bumpin slow jams all day
went from holding hands, to makin out in the hallway
Their relationship, seemed like a dream come true
as time went by their friendship grew
staring at the stars, trading secrets on the phone
when her parents were at work, she would sneak him in her room
he told her he was a virgin the day that they met
so on his birthday he got a gift he'll never forget
females were jealous, but they still calling him cute
first day of summer school, they rocked the matching nautica
suits
happy in each others arms, can it be,
they found true love, living in a fantasy
then reality attacks, his pops couldn't see past the fact
his son was asian, but his girlfriend was black
imagine having to choose between the one that you love or your
fam
thats like cutting off your right or left hand, damn.
Ohhh...
I've been thinking of you
Ohhh...
I've been thinking of you
Ohhh...
I've been thinking of you
Ohhh...
I've been thinking of you
and you've been thinkin of me..
Ohhh...
Uh huh, yeah
I know this sounds like a true story
coulda happened to any one of us
it's crazy though right?
Now if this sounds like a true story
that's probably cause it is
and I know for a fact cause I'm that chinese kid
mm, lookin back now, i know its more than just a crush
i'm sayin the whole expierience taught me so much
love can overcome anything that gets in its way
thats reason I still think of shorty till this day
we talk now and then, she's doin her thing
we both full grown up, i think she rockin a ring
i know she's proud of me and all the things i've accomplished
she was there when i was nobody, thats being honest
aint no shame, i'll admit it she was there when i cried
so in return i wipe the tears from her eyes
as far as my pops, hes a little more open minded
if his son is happy, hes 100% behind it
now this is a song i know i had to do
cause all the stuff i went through
might have happened to you
Ohhh...
I've been thinking of you
Ohhh...
I've been thinking of you
Ohhh...
I've been thinking of you
Ohhh...
I've been thinking of you
and you've been thinkin of me..
Ohhh...
Uh, yeah
Everybody remembers their first love
You only get one
So You gotta remember
yeah
uh
I just want you to know
that Jins still thinkin about you
I know you've been thinkin about me too
13.Cold Outside
(feat. Lyfe)
They say only the good die young, and with that said
It dont get no better then me, its coming from my head
I represented for yall when i came thru the market
Bout to come in who i am, i became a target
And what hurts is all the bullshit coming from my own kind
They say Jin's fake, he dont keep it real in his rythems
He make us look soft, that kid ain't commit no crimes
YOU GOT DAMN RIGHT, want me to say it then fine
I ain't a killa, i ain't a gangsta, and i ain't no thug
I dont walk around with guns and i dont sell drugs
I'm not a murderer, i aint never said i was, so what the fuck ya
hating on me for huh
See I don't want to hold a grudge so I cruise fast in my
Cadillac
My momma would be so d?? if she knew the way these grown folks
stack
See I won't let them cram my style no and I won't let them hold
me down no
Tell her that I'm ok tell her that imma make a way somehow
AY Yo Jin! You Double R bust guns
I ain't about that shit
Trouble just comes my way, i dont invite that shit
I got a career here, i ain't looking for fights to pick
Got more pain in my heart that i knew can exist
Like that night, they pull the guns out and bang my man
I was like fuck rap, i almost had a change of plans
He took a bullet for me, how i'm gonna repay that man
What if he woulda die, what i'm soppose to say to his fam
The life i chose endanger all my family and friends
Some shit i wish i could change but yet promise i can't
People are killed to get to the position i'm at
Only to die and heard to find out it ain't worth that
Still wanna rap?
See I don't want to hold a grudge so I cruise fast in my
Cadillac
My momma would be so d?? if she knew the way these grown folks
stack
See I won't let them cram my style no and I won't let them hold
me down no
Tell her that I'm ok tell her that imma make a way somehow
(thats how they getting down)
Two turn table and a rapper that was that was
(that was how they did it then, this how they do it now)
20 young mans with there gats up
Gotta travel like that or they'll try to attack us
(that how they getting down)
The great settle their beef with rap battles lets go
(that was how they did it then, this is how they do it now)
If they ain't better then you, now they shooting at you
Know it sound tragic but hey you know
(that how they getting down)
So what i'm soppose to do? keep 20 bodyguards
And a large ??bar, cause everybody's hard
Sometimes i wonder what happen to love and respect
All i see now is haterd and death
See I don't want to hold a grudge so I cruise fast in my
Cadillac
My momma would be so d?? if she knew the way these grown folks
stack
See I won't let them cram my style no and I won't let them hold
me down no
Tell her that I'm ok tell her that imma make a way somehow
14.C'mon
Yeah, uh, yeah
You at my welcome mat and I ain't mad by letting you in
Long as you listen to me closely as you get to know Jin
First of all I had the thirst of all rappers combined
Worst of all people told me I was wasting my time
Like I was better off making up computer designs
A doctor, a lawyer, or anything that's using my mind
When I used to rap I usually got refused and declined
Till I felt abused and used it as fuel in my rhymes
In every battle, the race card was my downfall
Till I read the Art of War and used it to clown y'all
I'm still battling but on a different note
Not rappers, but labels, same ocean but a different boat
Them CEOs must be sniffin' coke
Don't they know that I'm the dopest product on either coast?
They tried to drown me, but I stayed afloat
Here's a verse for you to quote
The realest shit I ever wrote
C'MON!
Now that I got your attention I gotta say this
I know that it's been debated I'm a gimmick they created
C'MON!
All the people that hated because I made it, two-faced
When they the same ones that wished that I'd make it
C'MON!
All the critics that's jealous that I've created
Still highly anticipated they nothing to do but face it
C'MON!
Even though that I'm asian we all related be patient
Cause we gon' make it so if you rollin' with me
We together now, we ain't gotta act like strangers
I done let you into the deepest and darkest chambers
Introduced you to Jin, all the pain and anguish
Gave you reasons why they say the fame will change us
It's most common amongst entertainers
Rappers and athletes, how can you blame us?
Runnin' round crazy, saying I ain't the same cause
But jealousy, is a funny thing that the brain does
How can you not see, in simple and plain view
My fame ain't changed me, man it changed you
But then again I guess that's what haters do
And it's a damn shame my fans got haters too
It's like the listen, and disregard the lyrics
Imagine if they flipped it and the artist were the critic
And everything YOU did was under the scope
And YOUSE about to get hung, and we the ones with the rope
If you think about it, me and you, we really the same
Ain't nothin' different about us but the faces and names
The places we came, lies that were placed in our brains
If our ancestors knew they'd be disgraced and ashamed
So I chose to be the one to change the pace of the game
Look at me, hot as California burnin' in flames
Still I feel, that everything I earn is in vein
Unless I do somethin' positive with what I obtain
These people must truly think I'm really insane
Like my life around me revolves around the jewellery and dames
I'm quick to rip that picture right up outta the frame
I ain't tryna see my whole life go down the drain
And be, 40 years old still hoppin' the train
Frontin' with a fake smile like I'm doin' my thang
Hurting inside, tuck in my pride, hide in my pain
If you've never settled for less then you feelin' the same
15.Karaoke Night
16.Same Cry
LT; talking:
We may look different
But we see the same sky
We may see different
But we cry the same cry
Jin; rapping:
To wake up daily and sleep better nights
That's what we all wish for to seek a better life, right?
It's unfortunate when tragedy strikes
But the truth is reality bites
June 4th, '89, a day residents feared
Now known as The Massacre at Tiananmen Square
The day I turned seven, they were mourning and grieving
Thousands of innocent died for what they believed in
Armed with nothing but heart and a point to prove
Stood in front of tanks and refused to move
What would you do? Run or stand still?
When the life's on the line to test the man's will
Seeking change and they found it, but in death
Strangers, yet they were my blood and flesh
This happened in China but you ain't gotta be Asian
to relate to the struggle, pain, and heartache
So...
LT; singing:
We'll never know
You'll never get it
There is no choice
We can't forget it
When we look up
We see the same sky
When we look up
We cry the very same cry
Jin; rapping:
See, I'm a grown man
It hurts when I turn on the news
And see what's going on in my homeland
The SARS epidemic could've been lies
Could've stand for 'Should Asians Really Survive?'
They'll try anything to break your family apart
Politics will break down the manliest heart
Can the child within my heart rise above?
If there's a billion of us,
I shouldn't have to look for love
Overpopulation, but damn, just to meet the needs
It's illegal to have more than one seed?
How can you dictate birth, regardless to women
And the parents, they make the hardest decisions
Sons keep their family names, so that's not an option
Imagine being forced to put your daughter for adoption
And even though it's beyond your control
Keep your head up, here's a song for your soul
LT; singing:
We'll never know
You'll never get it
There is no choice
We can't forget it
When we look up
We see the same sky
When we look up
We cry the very same cry
Jin; rapping:
If you don't know where you came from
You can't get the way you trying to go
Ain't no denying so, it's true
I got some big shoes to fill
But if I don't lead the movement, then who will?
Stuck between a rock and a hard place
Thinking about the refugees that went to see God's face
Sixteen thousand miles across the ocean tides
Some died, some got lucky and survived
I wouldn't call it luck, they reached their destination
Modern-day slavery without the plantation
Them sneakers on your feet cost a hundred a pop
My people's making 15 cents a day at sweatshops
To make them kicks so you can look good
Think we open restaurants 'cause we cook good?
Hell no, we ain't got no choice
I gotta speak up, without me my people have no voice
LT; singing:
We'll never know
You'll never get it
There is no choice
We can't forget it
When we look up
We see the same sky
When we look up
We cry the very same cry
We'll never know
You'll never get it
There is no choice
We can't forget it
When we look up
We see the same sky
When we look up
We cry the very same cry
17.Thank You
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