JAH KIDS
lance: (tell em) jah kids let me tell you what I have been up to
i've been up with the red shit i've been down with the blue
while you're thinkin about gangs
i mean in the mood for some winnings, got a funny feeling i'll be
in for a surprise peek-a-boo cover your eyes try see no evil MC then i'll appear in your mind
nine times out of ten i'ma win hands down leave room for error no half steppin either
steez cool as ever me and Tz any weather get together and deliver e.t.a can be whenever
you would like it like right now I might sound up myself but now is not the time to pipe down i'm in a rush
i gotta bust the rhymes got a future to find myself living better pulling cheddar for mother
poor little sister got a bummy older brother but little do they know they got a rap superstar top gunner
who holds in down in the basement?
team dynamite!
with demo tapes in the basement
we make 'em say woah!
like one takes in the basement
coz its no secret
you're underground if you're found in the basement
tony: it goes one for the music, two to dare to use it, what up jah kidz
here check the new edition, is you ready, ready, revolutionary
old habits getting buried with the rhythm and my rhyme
no time in doing time so i graduated barely, hardly, but now catch me barging down the margin
keeping the pen moving steady, machete the weapon of my choice
shredding ink and claiming glory i'm only letting you know, coz yo
here come the replacements from right beneath the basement
but nobody wanna say shit, so i stand up and say shit
take that keko broom sweep slap across the room
knocking that common sense inside of you to see that good and the bad and the ugly
the fame with respect and that money
took a little while and now i think nothing above it
hush now... lets take it back to the basics
who holds it down in the basement?
(chorus)
credits
from The Demo Tape,
released April 4, 2010
Produced by Haz Beats: recorded, mixed & scratched by DJ Substance
This was the first album I ever listened to as a teenager, and it remains as impressive as I remember it being. I really can't recommend it enough, especially if you're into experimental spacey jazzy hip hop. asherarataki
Everyone's still tryin' to step on everyone else's face to climb the ladder to nowhere and I'm still just chillin' listenin' to Home Brew. 🇳🇿 𝕍 𝕚 𝕣 𝕘 𝕠 ♕ 𝕍 𝕒 𝕟 𝕕 𝕒 𝕝