Papoose - The Rotten Apple Lyrics
(Intro)When I’m in Miami,When I’m in AtlantaThe radio sound like I’m in MiamiWhen I’m in New YorkThe radio sound like I’m in MiamiSo you feel likeNow, my response to that isMiami currently, Atlanta currentlyIs making better music musically than New YorkLet me explain something to youThem dudes is in power because yall putting them in power(Verse)I’ve been fighting in spikesCame off tour, my mic was onMe and Ebro been having this dialogueEven though they play a major part in each wayWe can’t blame it all on the DJBecause when New York slows downI play the side like a GWaited my turn but learned it down to the TOther New York artists change they bop to a bounceStarted snappin they fingers like they was from the southOut of towners come in town, they just tag alongApart of the entourage, playing chaperoneA bunch of escorts, got yo mains with youNiggas do anything for a Instagram pictureBut it’s bigger than them and usI warned yall on charade, the hip-hop tops was tryna finish usPlay some boom back, take the melodies offIt’s the concrete jungle, we can never be soft(Interlude)We should not be playing 2 Chainz, we should not be playing Ross all the timeWe should not be playing Drake, we should not be playing Drake, we should not be playing Lil WayneI ain’t sayin thatI’m sayin we shouldn’t be following SooWe should be dictatin somethingWe should be dictatin for them to play some shit‘Cause they dictatin what we playOut here I sit back and I hear the radio, they like oh this is hot in AtlantaNew joint, hot, I never heard it beforeThis is crazy in Atlanta, boom!I do hate that phraseAnd I’m like yo, this ain’t AtlantaThis ain’t Atlanta(Verse)Yea, four gold albums, one platinum plaque, still shiningI get my record hot, they tried to tell me keep grindingLive in Miami, how I’m pposed to get some spins there?The first thing they say is New York spinning it thereWe don’t support our own, records ain’t hot enoughTowards the artists with the budgets, guess they got the hottest stuffWe pull the support, independent artistsWe proud of our city and stop playing this garbageWhen we first came out this heavy wasn’t relevantPuff was killin the agenda, walk towards gold was evidentI ain’t trying to live off my past accoladesBut nowadays music gets looked overEvery new nigga’s hear their new song with me alreadyBut my love in the city dead, obituary***** it, it’s the support, good musicI ain’t talkin Kanye’ing them, I’m talkin Kay Slay’ing emBust Rhymes, NORE and Ghost, Cam’Rayin em(Interlude)When we down there, them niggas don’t give a ***** about New YorkIf you ain’t knowin one of they joints they ain’t supportin itYou ain’t getting no New York nigga out here for dolo and his shit poppinLook, if there’s good music being made it’s gon get a look, right?That’s how your music gets on, that’s how A$AP is poppin right nowYou know, but at the same time if there’s shitty music being made or it’s sounding basic or regional and it’s not poppin, streets not poppin(Verse)Look at the last few years, it’s countMost up north artists who made it had to sign to a artist from the southThat makes me scratch my headWhy the legends from up north left all the up and coming for dead?Why is it that Eminem had to sign 50?When everybody knew he had the town in his frenzyRoss had to come up north for Meek MillieWayne signed Cory, Jae Millz and IggyWhen Jay-Z came up he piggy backed BiggieWhy he ain’t never pushed no artist from his city?Ain’t hatin, every man gotta put in they own workI’m just pointin out the facts, been doing my homeworkThey don’t judge a artist by his excellenceEverybody only know one word, relevantExpand your vocabulary when the real artist shit drop‘Cause the word relevant is really killin hip-hopThis goes out to every city, big or smallSupport up north like we support yall
