1. |
Life Is Elizabeth Short
04:15
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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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2. |
Her Majesty's Aim
02:48
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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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3. |
Pro Bono
06:25
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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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4. |
The World Gets Smaller
03:11
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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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5. |
How To Crow
03:44
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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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6. |
W M S R U
03:28
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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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7. |
In The Future
03:21
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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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8. |
If You're Smart
04:04
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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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9. |
Little Did He Know
04:01
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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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10. |
Ketchup
01:44
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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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11. |
Second Hand Hope
03:07
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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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12. |
Love It with Gigio
04:33
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13. |
Again & Again
02:54
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14. |
Build A Bigger Boombap
03:04
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15. |
Go Blindboy
04:35
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16. |
Magic Beans
03:12
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17. |
Of Exact Change Fame
03:05
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18. |
Burn Your Resume
03:57
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19. |
Although
03:28
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20. |
Let It Out
05:10
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