Cannibal Ox - Stress Rap Lyrics
[Vordul Megalon]Yo the NY city got a nigga feelin' shittytryin' to make it through the struggleniggas bubble in the jungle selling crack by the bundlesyo these raps might hunt you like a cat in the junglespittin' lines off the humblemake your whole team crumble, what the ***** made you fumble?in these streets where they ***** you like the face of a demonI repent every evening, trapped in the ?, starvin', never eatin'yo I stay bleedin', while you jakes stay tryin' to take freedomI'm like just a brother tryin' break evenmovin' through these odd(?) days watchin' every snake breathin'ready to deface the ? at nighti'm just tryin' to reshape the meaning of lifeflowing on mics, blowing you types off of the earthlivin' it worse, ready to burst on the firstthinking he got it, yo, the apple stays rotten[Chorus - Vordul]stress rap, this applies to where we rest atNY City full with nothing but stressed catsthat wanna test that flame of yours, but not readywhen we aim, the war's absolute retaliation against allfor realVast Aire [Vordul]:[starvin... Harlem]yo, yo, elohim, with the rhyme schemeand when the lyrics leave the mouth they look like light beamswith wings attached to mic I say fly rhymesread between the lines [Aire Vast lines]the beat be tryin' to sex me and marry meI'm talking white picket fence and a family [of Vasts]they stand behind me, and reflect realitystage one- master of ceremoniesand when the seven magnificent walked inraisin' hell to lower heavenwe explored all the crevicesbrothers is mad I wear knowledge like a third degree, burn,light the match, put it to the rhyme book, make sure it all fits in the urnthe cream of life, beats and rhymes are butterthat in which I churnstupid, you could say these masculine thoughts are homosexual'cause they blow heads like that dead clothes designerall men were created equal, emcees are unevenask blind man Steven if he's even seen how the sunset looksthat's something you couldn't feel with a braille bookI'm hear to smack your ear drum long, so hum alonglet's communicate with rhythm, tell 'em to come alongyou'll get smacked right in the kisser like Jackie Gleasonand watch sun/son set it off like light decreasing, oh shitwatch sun/son set it off like light decreasing[Chorus]Vordul [Vast]:[What's going on?] Everything going wrong in the ghettocops Desert Storm on blocks lettin' offand they gettin' off on the easeon the corner Ds hop out of unmarked Vs and squeeze 'till we on our knees? po' on ice put us in the freeze on the streets ofbloody beasts, hoodies and fiendsI stay muddy in a sleezewith ozs, breathin' through the vein coldgot my whole frame frozetryin' to escape holdtwist off the L, they got ice in my grill and i'm dirtyand all i need for them to unlawfully search methrow me in a cell, seven thirtywith thoughts hurtin', searchin' for freedomwe tryin' to get it and we stay bleedin'hear that, one time i'll scream pheonix[Vast]yo it's the starvin', happy Harlem, rap magicianchained underwater, in sixty seconds the body's missingsnake in the grass at six feet you can hear him hissin'I got a problem with your mouth, so I don't listenstress rap, you got one, I got fiveyou do yours, I do mine, but I'm still alivethey used to call me crazy joe, had a bazookanow they can call me batman, beyond your maneuversshit, I'm Atoms Fam to the bone marrow***** a soul, even God knows this body is hollowyou love New York, but New York don't love youyou're just a toy with Lucille Ball's hairdoon the mic it's all magic and I got short sleevesand I'm just that nice, I might let you breatheput a mic in front of me, and I'm gonna bless ithummingbird style, seventy times in one secondhummingbird style, seventy times in one second[Chorus 2X]
