Talib Kweli - Country Cousins Lyrics
(feat. Raheem Devaughn, Ugk)[intro: Raheem Devaughn]Down Cousins.. Across The BorderI Got Cousins.. Country CousinsI Got Cousins.. Country CousinsWhoo![talib Kweli Over Intro]Yo Son, What The Deal Son? What's Really Hood Son? (what's Really Hood?)Word Is Bond, Shit Is Real, Shit Is RealYo Son, This Block Is DefNigga Need To Go Over Here And Pop Off Real QuickI Gotta Get That Guap By All Means, You Know What I'm Sayin Son[talib Kweli]Growing Up In Brooklyn, Shit I Thought That Everybody Talked This WayRaised On Rakim And Run-d.m.c., So We Thought That Everybody (walked This Way)"we Fresh, We Chill, We Def, We Ill," It's Just Some Things That Was Taught To SayAnd Every Saturday Morning, I Watched Cartoons With A Bowl Of Frosted FlakesAnd.. The Puberty Came, Started Hitting Them Cuties With Game And The Truancy Came (uh!)Started Cutting In Acting Class, I Was Comin All Fast, I Was New To The Game (uh!)Used To Playin On T.v., Courtesy Of Video Music BoxPlus! Knew A Lot Of Hustlas, Goin O.t., Comin Back With The New Hip-hopLike! E-40 Holding Down The Yay (that Yay), N.w.a. In L.a.Outkast From The A-town, Way Down In Houston They Play The UgkI Walk And Talk Kinda Fast And Thought Of As A New York Kinda Rhymer (word Is Bond)But Must New Yorkers Got Family In South And North Carolina (come On!)L.a. Is Little Alabama, They Walk And They Talk With A Country GrammarAnd You Think Everybody Else Sound Country, So They Get Started, Started Callin 'em "bamaDown South Where We Buy Them Hammers, Down South Where We Sell Them DrugsDown South Where Life Is Cheap, Where They Quick To Fill You Up With Slugs[chorus Talib Kweli W/ Raheem Devaughn Singing In Background]It's Nothin, I'm From New York But I Got Country CousinsIt's Nothin, You Stay Connected By The Slang You BustinWant It Simply Put? You Can't Rip Me When I Spit For The Section One FreeI'ma Underground King, Nigga Pimp C FreeWord Up To My Man Bun B What?It's Nothin, I'm From New York But I Got Country CousinsIt's Nothin, You Stay Connected By The Slang You BustinThe Thing You Bustin, The Game You Hustlin, The Days Your CuttinThe Flame You Cuffin And The Lames You Snuffin, Your Name Is Nothin![bun B]Growing Up In P.a., I Knew Nobody Out There Talked Like UsNothin But That County Slang, "what Up Dog? What Up Cuzz?"Late Night You See Us Guzzling 40's, Menthols, Wine, And WeedSitting On The Back Porch, Getting Zooted, Feeling Fine In DeedListening To Eric B.and Rakim Or EpmdCool C And Steady B, Plus That Public EnemyNot To Mention N.w.a., Dj Quik, And Mc EihtDown South We Listen To It All, We Didn't DiscriminateBetter Off Them Geto Boys, Raheem, And The Royal FlushRap-a-lot Records Based Out In Houston, Represents For UsO.g. Style, They Cars, Fix Them Vogues With Human TroubleOur Squad Is Gangsta Nigga, Put It Down For H-town On The DoubleSo I Said, "it's Time To Hustle," Got Down With My Brother CPut Together Ugk And Shit The Rest Is HistoryWe Make Hits By The Dozen, Put It Down When They Said We Wasn'tTrust Me It's Nothin, Just Another Day In The Life For Country Cousins[chorus][pimp C]In Brooklyn, New York I'm Down With Large And MarlBack In P.a.t., Man We Be Sippin The BarreI'm Down With J. From Houston And I Think It Should BeBut When I'm Mobbin L.a. I ***** With Ice-tShort Dog Is My O.g., We Been Down ForeverTaught Me The Game, Lane To Lane, And Keep My Pimpin TogetherNiggaz Don't Understand By Far Back In The DayIt Was Amazing And My Brother Put Me Up On Black StarStarving Blacks On The News, I WeighedCause We Isolate Ourselves And Give Our Ghetto Pass AwayMy Niggaz Passed Away In An Unreal WayThey Mommas Depleted, I'm Just Tryna Make Sure That Their Kids StraightI'm On The Chitalin Tour With My Mic In My HandShittin On These Jealous Niggaz In The New World ClanI Wouldn't Trade It For Nothin, Only A Crazy Man WouldI Represent For The Whole South, I Made It Just For My HoodThe Pimpin's Good...[raheem Devaughn]I Got Cousins (i Got Cousins), Country Cousins (country Cousins)Like Blood That's Thicker Than Water (it's Nothin), Down Dirty 'cross The BorderI Got Cousins (i Got Cousins), Country Cousins (country Cousins)Like Blood That's Thicker Than Water (it's Nothin), Down Dirty 'cross The BorderIn My Country Cousins!
