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HOOK
i never was in it for the dough, money comes and money goes
hands up at our shows, here we go
YOU AIN'T KNOW?!
J.Al
a little more than what you're used to
the kid is nice and the children are the future
i deal with snakes in my face, no medusa
funny if dumbed down music brightens your day and helps you get through, sir
now who are you sir? the world call me J.Al
success makes 'em think i owe them now, no paypal, uh
and i'll be damned if they take me on the way down
get down and lay down, boy i don't play now
hanging rappers by their ankles, yeah this the shake down
any more slick talking, i'm pulling rappers ranks out
'cause everybody thinks they know what to say
but if you knew that, you wouldn't switch up everyday
but if you knew better, you'd do better, that's all i'll say
and we're maneuvering through any obstacle in our way
WOO
i'ma tell you like kat stacks told me
hey, hey, hey... run through rappers all day
HOOK
i never was in it for the dough, money comes and money goes
hands up at our shows, here we go
YOU AIN'T KNOW?!
Jova
a little more than what you're used to
i come through with the view to boost the resolution, no problems houston, uh
table for two with some room for some do-what-it-do's
pouting dudes use the powder rooms, and get them a booster
adjust your attitude, or get moved to reclusive
and who knew what we'd be doing just to prove-uh
AGH, we just kept it moving, just potential doesn't do much
yeah, and you can still check the status
still attract the masses with crack-tastic, addict, past average, blast in traffic, vocab that lacks wackness
and mad rappers spazzing 'cause they don't have it
tragic, watching them all hack it out to try and claim who's the hardest when they're all made of plastic
yeah, and i'm not saying i'm tough, but
the pressure's on us, and these surroundings are rough
HOOK
i never was in it for the dough, money comes and money goes
hands up at our shows, here we go
YOU AIN'T KNOW?!
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Jova
it's like this y'all, not doing this small
it's like when i hit malls, i only shop the big-tall
mr. fly I, and, you missed the lift off
now passer by eyes are looking like they're pissed off
would love for a pitfall to hit me and then talk
before you begin talk, apply plenty lip gloss
you're looking like a miss (ms.)
aww, did i forget to end it with a rhyme for it, bet i'll be on your mind a bit
watch me up and climb on it, i'll spend a lot of time on it
i'll kick back, recline on it, my own parking sign on it
is what i got, half a mind to get
the other half is for the rhymes i kick, and dimes i get
and time a spent combining them
the whole world cosigning this
and the mics i smash
at shows, what i show? lets just say, you'd like my ass
and life's tests i never tried to pass
but send the test back lightning fast
it just so happens i'm the top of my whole class. ya
yep, that's right
J.Al
his candy bars will never lead him to a payday
roger that, but all the comp be yelling, mayday
uh, this ain't for play play
J did it, i'm not sorry
your girl's the only female invited to bachelor parties
hardy hardy, i make myself chuckle
it's beat-freaks on deck, but you, you'd rather cuddle
they say i'm something that's troubled, tell him his dog will get muzzled
my team is nice, you unfamiliar? fuck out of my huddle
and i been blessed with 19 years, but for 19 i been trying to fight these tears
big dreams now, so i got to fight these fears
they didn't make it, so they';; be damned if you make it, bitch
yep, that's right
J-I-R
like i handed them a warhead, i watch friends get sour at me
if y'all still sleeping on me, then y'all must be power napping
and i'm still making hits out my blackberry brainstorm
next to pics of me and two backs in position, like an I-form
she's got the hots for him, bad girls come in threes
she swarms me, my honey, and these killer bees
and i burn down, as if it soothes my needs
so i'm sorry if i can't see the forest for all these trees
my pub means, i can't breathe
long nights and short days
it's like i'm tied underwater, y'all that like them fame is mermaids
watch out for swimfans, this pool is crowded enough
so if your toes don't touch, then you shouldn't swim with us
try and act like we don't do this
and if they're after all my jewish, then i turn this into munich
steve nash, like i get the ass, then i pass
and you know she don't like to do that
so why did you even ask
yep, that's right
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Jova
it's 7:50, and my alarm goes off at 8
i'm not quite asleep, i'm not quite awake
you know the time when your mind is blind to what you're really living
when your dreams seem to be most vivid
i'm everywhere i want to be, everywhere i ought to be
everywhere i'm gonna be, not only when i fall asleep
where the baddest girls all throw their drawers at me, and pass an AIDS test flawlessly
snooze
wait, where was i at, i don't know where i was, but i'd like to go back
so i replace the place with he sky, and this place i can fly
but then i, get high, and i get a little scared
i know i can fly, but i don't know where
i look down, and the ground's not there, so i'm falling...
i thank God that real world's calling
now i'm awake
HOOK (Justina)
it's so alarming
wake up
J.Al
it's 7:50 and my alarm goes off at 8
at this point, reality is not too great
i wouldn't mind, i'm not asking to die before i wake
but awake over a wake is valid in this state
patience a virtue, but i can't wait
i'm good, but i want great, so i cover my face
and welcome back to this dream like mase
but how long before i can see my own fate
i'm running out of time, but clocks don't pace
i'm living every line, but still people hate
only a matter of time before good goes great
so why dwell on every single problem they create
i ain't stressing though
been put here with hella blessings for
a reason to make this work even though it's moving hella slow
wow
so there you go, live life like there's no tomorrow, so there's no sorrow
now i'm awake
HOOK (Justina)
it's so alarming
wake up
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those guys, that's right
what up
i'm a rocker, i'm a roller
once again... it's those guys
J.Al
they label me an outcast, but i'm not big boi
i talk real life, thick knots, and big toys
i'm a rocker, i'm a roller 'cause the flow is so potent
catch me once a year on some locust tip, notice it
now who better than i, that gets cheddar and fly
to infinity and be-ah, be-ah
sold out show seller, more fitted than new era
homie tell who's better... whatever
HOOK (Picasso)
i'm a rocker, i'm a roller
press the game til it's over
Jova
take notes, i'm dope verbatim
fake posers turn noses, i hope they hate him
yeah, try and jade him
but i suppose how i heart the cold shoulder is part of what made him
i take boulders, do joe, and make gravel
girls say they're wrapped up, but with ease i unravel
tell the beat, grab a saddle
i'm buck-buckin' for bucks, knucks up now what's up, try your luck
HOOK (Picasso)
i'm a rocker, i'm a roller
press the game til it's over
J.Al
i thought i told you, my camp be going stupid hard, waiting
the whole fit clean like i wear around an apron
uh, what you expect from a rock star?
i break windows and break off lady parts
my mind is crazy dark, with no light to spark
the flow is heroin, morphine and tylenol
i got love for the game, but hate all of y'all
and the lead is so big, i'm about to jog
HOOK (Picasso)
i'm a rocker, i'm a roller
press the game til it's over
Jova
they wonder how i'm sky fly but they guy never high
claim he's saying lies but you have to analyze
lies don't fly so they can't come from i
and i so define that i cant land from sky
hands wave bye if you're still ground dwelling
if you're taking off as well, it's just as well, and
i wish you well, i'll be gone for a spell
if you can't tell, they can't see me, i'm so stealth
HOOK (Picasso)
i'm a rocker, i'm a roller
press the game til it's over
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HOOK
check where i'm at and where i'm aiming to go
a lot of changing for the places and the faces i know
uh huh, a lot of people where i'm at want to know when
am i gon' come back once i get where i'm going
home is where the heart is, and the heart is where i stay at
i tell them home is where the heart is, and the heart is where i stay at
J.Al
look
i'd rather be coming up where they hate at
than be fucking in poverty trying to find where i'ma lay at
give a fuck what they're feeling, how i'm feeling, i'ma say that
you can B.E.T. that MTV couldn't sway that
so play that, the dopest with the lines, tyrone biggums would ok that
i promise i'ma find that fucking needle in that haystack
so i pace that, like diddy bitch, take that
and take that, don't fake that, cause i made that, and i make crack
so here dude, the freshman of the year dude
how you lose your drive, but still want to steer dude
kevin federlines will get you britney speared dude
this another wrath, just giving my brash view
uh, and tell them boys i don't fear nigga
uh, watch us pull off this here nigga
uh, the talk of your ear
they pop us in like kat williams, this shit right here nigga
HOOK
check where i'm at and where i'm aiming to go
a lot of changing for the places and the faces i know
uh huh, a lot of people where i'm at want to know when
am i gon' come back once i get where i'm going
home is where the heart is, and the heart is where i stay at
i tell them home is where the heart is, and the heart is where i stay at
Jova
home sweet home, i can't leave it alone
but i'm trying to leave my home in a hurry
now why did we drive, we should have flown
once we get where we're going
i'ma tell my folks at home don't worry
cause i wont forget
i'm an environmental product, where it takes hard work and not luck
i tell my little brother to watch, but not to get caught up
in the shit that he can watch his little friends get swallowed by
i remember all those places
i'm bad with names, but remember all those faces
schools and all the parks, parties and backyards
my role models and mentors, they were all local
same place where i reside
and the same place i put on my bio 'til i die
ohio is my place from little to grown
the place i call home sweet, home sweet home
HOOK
check where i'm at and where i'm aiming to go
a lot of changing for the places and the faces i know
uh huh, a lot of people where i'm at want to know when
am i gon' come back once i get where i'm going
home is where the heart is, and the heart is where i stay at
i tell them home is where the heart is, and the heart is where i stay at
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Bad Road (prod. Jova)
04:14
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J.Al
so everybody around the way wanna know who i are
forget all that, baby, just know that i star
i-i-i star, not him, not she, 'cause milli vanilli is far from me, he will say
yeah the kid J got it to a science, my hypothesis is looking good
i ain't lying, nah i ain't lying
probably 'cause the flow facts no filler, you better? what you talking 'bout willis
the grind endless, love them haters 'cause they all witness
who's time is this, no news 'cause we all in this
boy, you want the happiness?
you need the will to persue that, the baby boy so trill
b-b-b-banging out your speakers still
and the background noise like keep it real
y'all for real, doing music still?
and i reply like this instead of staying ill
HOOK
my mama says what's that noise son
i tell her, can't you hear? that's that poison
coming from a place where they take good boys from
and put them on a bad road, a bad road
J.Al
hm, and it ain't over 'til i win
sad when you're closer to your dreams than you are close to your own kin
marcus garvey with a pen
so girls got my ear itching, i'm on their mind, kid's mouth piece like stewey griffin
family guy, not i, my lois had been missing
i could only talk to my dog, i'm stewey griffin
but i made it out that sitcom by not sitting calm, i'm it ummmm
now they brand us the crowd pleaser
they screaming our name 'cause our performance so ether
they say HOOOO, they like what it's costing
not a thing, we're satisfied with more offspring
and i does what you want to do
example, chasing my dreams, they're like so true
promise to God i'ma make a way
it's J hyph' A-L and J-O-V-A
HOOK
my mama says what's that noise son
i tell her, can't you hear? that's that poison
coming from a place where they take good boys from
and put them on a bad road, a bad road
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HOOK
have you ever seen a monster
bad dreams, loud screams, it'll haunt ya
you better start sleeping with the lights on
don't like to be tested, not to be messed with
you should be very scared, you should be very scared
JOVA
things go bump in the night, trust that
that's when the trunk hits right
but it's the same time when the kids just might get brave
and then not come back
you never really thought about it did you
maybe thought about it but never lived through
there once was a kid who thought he was harder than what we've been through
ask if he lived too
i don't explain shit to, i'm accustomed to suckers on the menu
you should hope for the best and prepare for the worst
'cause the worst out there is tryna get you
...
what? that's not scary enough?
here's a couple things to be wary of
that man that you see in the park, vanity in the dark
the backseat when you can't see before the key hits the start
whatever the dog is staring at when it barks
urban legends just keep you reminded
aways a little bit of truth behind it
and if you go looking for it, you'll find it
HOOK
have you ever seen a monster
bad dreams, loud screams, it'll haunt ya
you better start sleeping with the lights on
don't like to be tested, not to be messed with
you should be very scared, you should be very scared
J.Al
i ain't never scared, on that bonecrusher
even if they want it now, don't them rush you
the phone ringing, who that be?
eerie silence, don't go see
and i ain't talking 'bout pixar, when i say i'm a monster with the ink
but you guys is all mad sulley 'cause with the mic, your roar don't bother me
they taking shots all at me, see we can spar, but you gon' lose more than teeth
he wants to walk on the wild side and get at, now he ain't been seen in weeks
i think i'm big meech, this the work, i whip it how willow be
and i swear i tell them all day long, but you know how that be
i'm in an all black tux, all black chucks
J.Al's on it, come tame your pups, fall back, yup
he gon' do what? no, no sir, i'm calling his bluff
blacked out sneakers
i'm looking like a swagged out version of the grim reaper
keep saying describe your sound, so i ponder, then shout
HOOK
have you ever seen a monster
bad dreams, loud screams, it'll haunt ya
you better start sleeping with the lights on
don't like to be tested, not to be messed with
you should be very scared, you should be very scared
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