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Of Exact Change Fame

by dREN dOH

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i speak on behalf of fat children and wrote this napkin rap on the back of pat tilman a year ago i'd be embarrassed to pair up with sarah silverman but now we share a square while the sex in the air settles just to fill you in she's says i'm such a dare devil with hella dillagence but never could play madlibs with me so she packed her bags and dragged her ass back to history class besides those antics clash with mine and this time it just doesn't interest me are you exiting or entering? everything or anything? living free or prisoner in a dream? i'll write it down if you didn't get the score and remind you now there's not a mission i abort obssessed with the ghost of elizabeth short spend all day in the field come home with nothing to report say i'm a necro still make ya mouth water enough to make ya up and take a trip out to bevmo to grab few drinks don't come back unless you're bring me the new cuban linx and if not lumpia, then i guess some wings and no wanna be diva who swears she can sing meanwhile i move like a minx open water shark rings with my trigger finger covered in glow in the dark ink soon as they locate the hole in the hull you know, the ship starts to sink or in their skulls then it's not so hard to think i'm so full pardon me if it the car should stink i don't really keep tabs but i could see it adding up and i don't wanna be mad so i'm a have to relax maybe eat some jacks smoke some weed and breathe real life into these raps i'll write it down if you didn't get the score and remind you now there's not a mission i abort obssessed with the ghost of elizabeth short spend all day in the field come home with nothing to report looking for a word, i'm sure it's fiend sure as she's the only character in this reoccuring dream every night i retrace her every step not til i see my face do i realize that she's dead i always hear her voice in the wind try to tell my boy like i had a choice to begin told me it was nonsense and that i should drop it that it's my fault if she still haunts my subconscience i assaulted him and broke his jaw quick never did apologize, so he still talks shit and for the rest of his life, he'll surely wait and is strongly advised to get his side of the story straight i got one brother a british mother a filipino dad and a spanish last name one lover from the friend of another bart ticket not returned you know, with exact change i'll write it down if you didn't get the score and remind you now there's not a mission i abort obssessed with the ghost of elizabeth short spend all day in the field come home with nothing to report
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"her majesty's aim" all the king's horses all the king's claims couldn't produce one suitable excuse for an earthling brain and had been known to mistake ice cold cookie doh for burning flames and if you happen to pass him with the hazards flashing right there in the turning lane don't be the least bit concerned for any turn may in fact bring the pain but then, dren went and threw a jinx in the game and didn't think the same still spoke with a draw distinctive as ving rhames would jot down his thoughts in disappearing ink and blame it all on the bling but rather sing then complain all the fool's fortune and all the fool's fame couldn't convince the judge or jury they weren't his prints plus the feds knew his name years before his crew gained notoriety, and had been doomed plain and simple, and this fool ran from the blues with no shoes in the rain could've went quietly too cool to frame but all he got were eyes like a hawk to loose change and could use change and lose the useless shame all the fat laces all the fat chains couldn't relay that exact message the same way as a big daddy kane and had she came for anything other than the magic he tamed they wouldn't be half as lame and she wouldn't be half way to spain, hawaii and wanna try me, i have the range it's not likely, but still you'll have to refrain unless you dream of being a another rapper slain that's when he came up with his rap name of exact change fame and her majesty's aim said i can explain and i know that it seems insane but now i'll only have this speed to retain
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Pro Bono 06:25
i see your team's still dropping routine pop flies wouldn't be surprised if it rained poutine pot pies and you end up dropping five out of five and still hear fans of yours scream "offsides" meanwhile. i walk right through with the heart of indian chief, "do not try" so go head and drop by we could chill or rock mics or maybe take a hippie walk, that's if you got five come on, man, i'll spot you a chai and i aint really tripping, if you want me to drive you know, i could be def, dumb, blind, pigeon-toed or cock-eyed, and still end up with the top prize it's not that you're not live you just lost to size of hard drive plus you don't talk jive i could compromise, say i got time, when there's really no tellin but if you want me to buy what your sellin i'm a have to be pro bono and you're gonna have to stop tracing that dren doh logo and explain why your customer service reps are so slow and i'll show ya how a tree without roots just won't grow why would i need one coward's respect when i could wear fake teeth and claim game over beats a bit like alex trabek how could i forget the gumshoe says he still aint got his cut maybe he lost your touch or maybe he fucked up when he told us he got the stuff all he heard, was good day, sir and lots of luck then next stop, off my nuts sounds like my job is done guess i gotta run please try to keep the bitter taste off your tongue and not cough up a lung watching doh do his thing that's means no more tutoring and who would think the times would change right under your nose i write for fame i dont suppose you'll see so i'll reprint all theses phrases in braille but if you really wanna make a sale i'm a have to be pro bono and you're gonna have to stop tracing that dren doh logo and explain why your customer service reps are so slow and i'll show ya how a tree without roots just won't grow like unsubstanstiated gossip is our faith in your product, plan, program, we're custom built homes, you're only sawdust and have no hand in the final word just followers, of the formula and oakland california was where it's baked and mixed manufactured, shrink-wrapped, packaged and shipped from, take your pick or pretend that you can chase this and assume what safe is so i'm fresh dressed like i just entered the matrix or a whole new world would never leave the group for a girl, just greatness truth is she's much more thorough so i may drift off into the horizon, turbo so please feel free to jot this down in your journal it'll make adrian and his dreams making his escape clean sound clear and if you trying to push that junk 'round here i'm a have to be pro bono and you're gonna have to stop tracing that dren doh logo and explain why your customer service reps are so slow and i'll show ya how a tree without roots just won't grow
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yes, if i could please speak to the manager i believe whoever stole my jeepney'll be seen on camera it's easy that's if you're man enough and no, i'm not teasing, so go 'head and laugh it up i left my heart in b.c. canada and once hit a double off c.c. sabathia michael jordan only used green tees at scandia and i smoked weed with stefan janoski as an amateur hopefully, i'll have a blunt ready and rolled next time i see 'em, but this dream here is getting old with no career or fears for our future i sleepwalk when i eat and seen saafir at carl's jr. c-bo in a landcruiser, casual in vancouver, e40 at the park videotaping his kid play tony hawk did the 900, the very same day i saw souls at the x-games gave 'em my tape, they probably threw it away i would've too, but can't really say if this is even true... and nowadays, they say the craze is all or nothing, to get something while the world gets smaller wait to choose, breaking news, i'd hate to lose a dollar on an unsure thing so i support the following i was shocked to see d-shot at the movies i knew i should've made a cd with some new beats and maybe he'll know somebody who needs one but i don't know about those, let's see if these bump. no worries on the complimentary lockjaw some say life's a bitch, some say it's todd shaw some say it's not what, but who you know one time i saw celly cel at the mall, i was like "dude i flow!" he ignored me, end of story, you would guess. rickey henderson's ex-girlfriend worked at food-4-less, saw jeffrey leonard at a softball game acted like i knew 'em, almost called by his name. then, the manager came asked "and your name is" i said "figure it out, fool. i'm almost famous" and nowadays, they say the craze is all or nothing, to get something while the world gets smaller wait to choose, breaking news, i'd hate to lose a dollar on an unsure thing so i support the following
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How To Crow 03:44
my first car was a 66 tan beatle and i used to wish that i could grow hair like black people and of course, now i'm going bald but i be the flyest motherfucker in some farmer john overalls so you can call me train conductor still spit game that came from the same instructor they must've never learned how to take cover it's only winter and they're daydreaming about having a great summer tell 'em keep an eye on their main squeeze she may only feel ya as much as l.a. feels the bay breeze and that's to say the least but i have so much more to offer than these other imposters plus i might get made in these streets and won't be bothered with the kid who kills on the crossword puzzle game and saved a seat for what's his name who got served on lover's lane but i'll make sure it tastes sweet and lace the beat just the same everything must go. all sales final, out the do' get ya ass down here, it's outta control the competition holds weight like they're bout to blow but still can't rap unless they're standing in a cloud of smoke you say you're hella hot well then i'm a thousand below you can count the heads in the crowds at the shows think you've reached milestones but really got miles to go still in never never land learning how to crow my first piano was a 49 key casio and i used to walk barefoot and pretend every street was abbeyroad didn't care if anyone would buy it and i now chop beats like a motherfucking riot quiet on the set while i direct this next set of scenes minus the effects except a little red etch-a-sketch, of all things there must something i'm forgetting sometimes a touch of irony can be just as fitting and we're talking about a kid who'll off a gallon of milk in one sitting or the team that'll claim your ace in less than a third of an inning guess i wasn't kidding when i said, we're just getting warmed up, and nowhere near done bidding cuz everything must go. all sales final, out the do' get ya ass down here, it's outta control the competition holds weight like they're bout to blow but still can't rap unless they're standing in a cloud of smoke you say you're hella hot well then i'm a thousand below you can count the heads in the crowds at the shows think you've reached milestones but really got miles to go still in never never land learning how to crow on some ole "how you know?"
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W M S R U 03:28
wasn't a hundred percent sure he fit in sure as he found the cure near the sound of the purr from her kitten with no slow season in coke sales every dog has his day, til he got in the way chasing his own tail good thing, i brought my poncho and a nose for things like gonzo almost lost it when i ghostrode the bronco with a "honk, if you're hyphy" bumper sticker on the rear end you can taste that the riff had been was mixed with the clear blend of eighty-twenty i'm not eighteen, dummy just an A-team gunny so keep daydreaming, sunny or your dayjob, honey i'm to the playoffs hungry you take the loss looking tank top funny still trying to decide if you should take the last offer by the time a decision's made, i'm getting play backstage at the oscars even with bad posture and wouldn't dare throw the baby out with the bath water please have a taste of my "he don't fuck around" with a jack and an ace i'm have to double down with my sleeves rolled up gettin love in the town believe his beats go, blud even for the dumbest around and all you'd hear was "no man, thanks" so he'd go to great lengths to earn his grown man strength and be voted likely to make-em stay now he's on some, i speak while putting the game away and would save all his white tees for rainy days for girls who like guys with tongues shaped like razorblades in his hobo clothes, he'd strut with a bounce like the king. no one knows just how his real eyes outshine your bling but it gives us a little bit of hope and makes sense now that he was born in the city of dope and wasn't just any old bloke with a drum machine who'd willingly go for broke just to touch his dreams for the girl drowning face down in her magazines or the boy saving pennies up for a trampoline see his dad's a marine who survived vietnam maybe that's the thing still keeping him so calm please have a taste of my "he don't fuck around" with a jack and an ace i'm have to double down with my sleeves rolled up gettin love in the town believe his beats go, blud even for the dumbest around who wouldn't waste a dime or the time it takes to get 'em but rely on blind fate with a high stakes ending we're slicing price rates yours rise greatly with interest but then again, you're only lightweight spitting so, come have a taste of my "he don't fuck around" with a jack and an ace i'm have to double down with my sleeves rolled up gettin love in the town believe his beats go, blud even for the dumbest around...
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whatever it takes to crowd the floor just don't slow down or stop nor talk like you about to score other than that, how's the storm or watching the home team throw it 'round the horn out in northern california, bay area we can go to disneyland i just have bigger plans and today, it's great america no make-up or hair because i stay in character with the added joy of being bitten by midgets then, written into their tabloids and you could have them toys see i rap to get laid and the occasional "attaboy" laying down truths so bold, you can't avoid with no hold of your own soul like you had a choice but you do have a voice something to stand for and be said but more importantly a chance to get ahead in the future no more snow, no more suburbia no more pros and cons, just murderers so you might need to acquire skill or never escape from that chinese firedrill tryin to kick rocks with nowhere to go just don't get shot living off somethin terrible or quit at a pit stop and embarrass your parents, so bad, that they had you disowned carefully, bro i get lost in thrift shops preparing for shows and stay hip hop like kid rock and sheryl crow belting out ballads and beatboxin for bossy bitches still trying to have me toss they salad so if your point's not valid won't matter if you have a gang of money or got talent just stay true to what you're supposed to do long as you're taking notes well, maybe there'll be hope for you in the future
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from asparagus to apple sauce from airhead lip to asshole talk from an arthur ashe afro to an axl rose mop from ahead of schedule to after the aftershow stops from acts of god to that's asking alot from action heroes to actual people from an accessory to murder to all men are created equal from abstract art to anatomy class from asking to go pee to escaping alcatraz from awful to awesome abortion to adoption from advertising open homes alone to auctions from anonymous conservative to activist from adversary to accomplice, from adultery to abstinence from aint even close to accurate from according to plan to on accident from acquired taste to about-face from access denied to an ace up the sleeve or from an assassin's pride to aiming for the knees it aint much, but it's a start and if you're smart you'll go with what's in your heart it's your life or is it art either way i'll close my eyes pretend it's hard and hit my mark while they study these flash cards in the backyard from bastard's bliss to blasphemous from a batch of bad relationships to the baddest bitch from a bold-face lie to brass tacks from back-alley cat bribes to a back tax from burning bridges to building forts from britches to boxer shorts from a busted black and mild to a box of ports from bol to bogues in the paint from bat bombs to black rhino blanks from bitterness to brainfreeze from botticelli to banksy from the braggadocio to the bashful type from biting your tongue to breaking out the bragging rights from bringing in beaucoup bread to being bossed by some boo boo head or to being broke and beautiful instead from beatnik to bourgeois from bleeding on the blacktop to boostershots from be quiet to blah, blah, blah from brawl to bumblebee, buzzkill to buoyancy from the bay to bc from believe me i know to beats me it aint much, but it's a start and if you're smart you'll go with what's in your heart it's your life or is it art either way i'll close my eyes pretend it's hard and hit my mark while they study these flash cards in the backyard from compliments to condiments from cockiness to confidence from costly risks to common sense cake and eat it, too, to consequence from concerns to complaints, from comfort to constraints, from coltrain to kobain, from kruk to krukow, from casper to cujo, from code name to coach game, from corn on the cob to cangoods, from killer pop to cracked wood, from caballero to campbell, from can't wait to getting cancelled, compact discs to candles, from crew cut to cornrows, from cocksucker to cordial, from concert to court show, commercial to cartoon, convertible to carpet-cleaning van, from credit cards to keeping coins in a can. from coffee to cottonmouth, from create to copy, count, keep score. from cockpit to coach seats or from cleaning out the closet to cold feet from co-signing for cash to being caught by coly it aint much, but it's a start and if you're smart you'll go with what's in your heart it's your life or is it art either way i'll close my eyes pretend it's hard and hit my mark while they study these flash cards in the backyard.
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little did he know not only was he caught on audio, but video good thing for them, this wasn't just any old jinx you could bend at will i could be lying, but then i could be killed it might break your heart, first listen like it broke mine to see, d. eckersley go and give up the game winner to a hurt kirk gibson good thing, they had better seats should heard a difference or catch a thrown voice say your turn to burn a incense whatever choice they make curbs your nerve in an instant karma cuztomizing class heart of what you're trying to grasp give it a try, you really don't know what you're missing go through a different guy spill my guts in his kitchen get these kids to buy some of the illest stuff in addition to what mindframe the time change can visit and his rhymes range from sunshine to rain, vivid no silicon, just brilliant poems, the children hone their senses and don't know a ace who won't go the distance he's supposed to be safe and may lose over inches couldn't deliver the goods or impress so to put to simplest little did he know not only was he caught on audio, but video good thing for them, this wasn't just any old jinx you could bend at will i could be lying, but then i could be killed still not sure what war were in if it don't concern metachlorians or the best engine for my delorian and what's with the silly looks must've never been witness anything that really cooks until he put his money where his mouth was the willing took his hungry spared his couch, rugs, electronics, appliances even came out his pocket for another bottle-rocket scientist plus some rookie lawyer from florida who hadn't lost a case til he came to northern california and said he got some grapes that's when i told him don't mind the caution tape no one called the cops today and no culprits got away there's was nothing to see besides big smiles and peace signs cd wrappers scattered boomboxes missing the rewind buttons, like nothing must've been bumping dren doh memorizing each line now all they need's time little did he know not only was he caught on audio, but video good thing for them, this wasn't just any old jinx you could bend at will i could be lying, but then i could be killed.
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Ketchup 01:44
i say tomato you say tomaw-doh i say felatio you say gelato i say the bay, so it can't be chicago la, diego sacramento or even the bronx, yo i could say pothead or alcholic either way i leave em sayin bruh bruh was always solid not a dashed nor a dotted line just cash on the spot you'll find raps from atop the mind with protein you can taste so we sit em down, in and out and leave no trace now that's two words and you spell the latter, D-O-H should see ya face when i put it, this the good shit and you'll need no chase maybe a beer to help you clean your plate may take you a year while i'm riding on some decent breaks but this here is premium, to get near you'll need to run the experience won't be easy, son plus i'm still gaining speed you'll probably be sound asleep at the time that i take the lead and who's to say it hasn't already happened but you should pray and i'll just keep rapping and finish this song, while they trying to go but i been gone hella long they still dying to know if i say the 415 you say 510 if i say the 916 you say 250 and in earlier verses plus, this latest chapter i say 707 you can say it backwards by the way i'm adrian obando some days i'm lazy and just go commando
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where there's smoke there's fire hope and desire just not much being said about being broke and inspired yes what is fresh once will slowly expire although we've always told the truth always be known as liars you can make me talk you might hear a whisper i'll try to explain my thoughts of how i walk on blisters between the toes on my feet dude, is that really dren doh on this beat? dont you know he's always smoking for free? and won't see a remedy in any drug store aisles just turned off the tv with much more style plus, a handle on things as well as transtion too and chose to reintroduce exactly who ya listening to DREN DOH who spent summers undercover living rentfree you can judge, but for the love, this fool emcees since 15 making beats and his lesson plan dope take a seat, while you breathe in this second hand smoke where there's smoke there's fire where there's hope there's one of the only rappers left who owns a pair of loc's the same pair of old shell toes that he's had since the eighties the same glass of elbow grease that drank from as a baby the same name he came with since the eighth grade swift as a ricochet or any given day that came, made a difference and in an instant, made it safe to say, we'll make way soon since it's safe to assume emcees is rappin' with one leg in the womb and a few fans backstage who thought they saw wentworth til a white van dropped 'em off in soaking wet dren doh shirts who'd say the damnedest of things as well as, do 'em too ladies and gentlemen, your attention please allow me to introduce... DREN DOH, who builds glass elevator slaps in assorted tempos and named his wurlitzer, laura winslow put it to the page, and painted the canvas and god damn it he still cant miss
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Let It Out 05:10

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written & recorded in Oakland, CA 2007

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released February 19, 2008

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