(phone rings) Lady: Ragtop records may I help you? Fly: Can I speak to Fo? Lady: I moment please he's around. 4 Tay: Yo wassup? Fly: Wassup Fo? I know you finished that cut for the radio. 4 Tay: As a matter of fact Fly I just finished it baby boy don't worry about nothin I'll be around.
(4 Tay) Regardless if I'm chillin backstage or on tour With my homie Young Fly even Al B. Sure Never hesitate to call me whenever I'm done Cause homie I'm real and I'm always true to my loved ones Too many wakes and funerals full of tears You say there's something on your mind well here I'm all ears Cause nobody thinking about the funk that you're choosin it A lot of my homies stuck in the pen for life for losin it Call up your folks you keep thinkin about home Recorder keeps a peep and there's a block on the phone And all of this is enough to make a brother's nerves bad Reminds me of a situation that I once had Spent that spent this endless relentless tremendous women on my jock And don't nobody mindin business He say she say throwin salt about it And chooses to talk about you cause there's no one else to talk about Talk about the show and the flow and all the clout Then be real with yourself and talk about and turned it out It's not hard to compete when his name is poppin A scared man can never win that's why I stay clockin Fools be huffin and puffin don't wanna see me about nothin I'm down And if you ever need me Fly I'll be around
Whenever you call me I'll be there Whenever you want me I'll be there Whenever you need me I'll be there I'll be around
(talking) Cause I'll be around you know I love you boy
Life ain't based on peaches and cream This new generation lost a whole lot of dreams Future doctors, producers and mothers The list goes on but now we killin our brothers And if we killin our brothers that means we're killin our own kind These kids is watchin now it goes to their mind Rat tat a tat cause you got a gat Then they want a gat you livin like that? Moms ain't cookin she worked the week straight If anything she's the one that deserves a hot plate The ghetto the ghetto ain't nothin to dream about Tryin to get out now that's somethin to think about Fools might disagree but I'm a stay sucka free Now I'm so black so strong they can't fade me Blacks are blacks worst enemy there's still no remedy You got me for a grip do you call yourself kin of me? Jealousy envy I see it in your eyes Tell me what's wrong with seeing a black man rise I keep it funky it's pretty hard to miss it now is it explicit A message for the mind and the moral of statistics So I'm doin what we call a roll call Talkin about the ones who won't rap then take a downfall I spit the street life and then I go underground You silly it's called versatility and I'll be around
(chorus)
(Talking) Yeah all you bustas yeah I was down but I'll be around
Things are gettin crucial you gotta exercise your mind Or learn about life before you're left behind But how you gonna get it right when you're not doin right When you get mad all you want is a gunfight This tension causes a gang of madness Now you want funk that results to sadness Sadness results to a lot of revenge And you're so called friends really ain't you're friends So how do you know who you're able to trust If you think about the past look what happened to us I never trust no one I only trust myself Or I would've been a victim like everyone else In friendship or hardship whenever you need me Just give me a call G I won't deceive thee These fools be shakin best believe they're fakin Just tryin to get a grip of all the money you're makin This ain't race a mind is a terrible thing to waste I drop the rap and J drops the bass To the flow cause ain't nobody get with Fo I'm a down young brother comin straight outta Frisco Droppin a message out of love to your town Love your brothers and sisters and I'll be around
Bueno, acabo de sacarme el carnet de conducir (menudo relax), así que os voy a dejar un temita de esos que nos gustan que pienso bumpear a muerte en el coche con las ventanillas bajadas, jejejeje. ¡Ahora a por el Impala!
Estaba esperando una ocasión especial para poner este temazo:
Unos que crecieron a la sombra de Dre junto a otro que crecio a la sombra de estos. Y asi todo queda en casa, y de paso, tenemos temazo para el domingo.
Esta entrada de Cash Bandana me ha dejado pensando en cual es mi tema favorito de Devin The Dude. Tarea compleja y dificil porque resulta que a pesar de no haberle dedicado una entrada (como Mc Breed o Ice T), Devin sencillamente es uno de mi favoritos. A pesar de que no fumo hierba y no me paso el dia bebiendo, este tio es de lo que mas me llega y relaja con sus letras aparentemente sencillas y superficiales (toda una discografia hablando sobre sexo, coches, hierba y cerveza en su mayoria) pero, si eres capaz de leer de leer entre lineas tocan temas profundos cercanos al desarraigo.
Un temita to chill de esos que gustan cuando estas down & out.
Letraza:
"What you gonna do when the people go home And you wanna smoke weed but the reefer's all gone And somebody had the nerve to take the herb up out the doobie ashtray Why they do me that way What you gonna do when ya friends go home And you wanna take a pill but ya end's all gone Somebody had the nerve to take the herb up out my doobie ashtray Why they do me that way
You probably don't have a big old house on the hill But if you did just imagine how it would feel If your phone got disconnected, no cash, and ya gas cut off And the gal that you had that was helping just stepped the fuck off She took the kid, the dog, and the kitty And everybody know you're at a low they feel pity And what's really fucked up is now you're just normal No more hoes, no more clothes, can't go to the show cuz it's formal And you wonder why why why why why And you resort to gettin high But damn, you can't find ya stash And you never took the time to ask yourself
Estribillo
You probably don't have a lot of money But if you did would you find it funny If you lent, and you spent it, and you didn't invest Or put it in the bank so we can gain some interest You just went and copped the biggest car you could find And a couple more just like it so your friends could follow behind Never mind how much it costs, you copped the best weed to smoke And for her a fur coat You got jet skis and boats And next thing you're broke (damn) And the yacht that you got, it won't sail or float You look back and try to catch someone's attention for help You made a right at the light and they made a left and you ask yourself
Estribillo
Why they do me that way Yeah Hey hey hey Ain't no more doobies in the tray What you gonna do when the people go home (home home home) Wanna smoke some weed but the reefer's all gone (gone gone gone) What you gonna do when your friends go home And you wanna take a pill but your end's all gone (gone gone gone gone) All gone"
A partir de ahora prometo dos-tres entradas por semana que esto coja ritmo y podamos disfrutar (si alguien me lee) de esta música que amamos.
Y viendo que aun no había puesto nada de ellos todavía a pesar de que salen en la portada del blog, pues aprovecho.
Curiosamente, cuando empecé a indagar y descubrir el West Coast, WC fue (junto a Mack 10) uno de los que se me escapo de primeras, y fue mas tarde cuando lo descubrí. Lo se, no tiene nombre ni perdón, pero aquí nadie nace sabiendo, así que no voy a engañar a nadie.
Menudo temita se curra aquí, se de unos que no salen bien parados...y recordad, aunque todo tiene mil puntos de vista y distintas interpretaciones, la policía siempre será el perro del Estado, así que vigilar vuestra espalda porque ellos no lo van a hacer cuando llegue el momento, que les jodan a los Locales de Granada: