Crossover (acappella)
credits - EPMD
Transcript
00:00Let's get up, let's get down, roll with the hardcore funk, the hardcore sound, let's get with this
00:05Macadocious funk material, so simple, when I rock with the instrumental, who am I?
00:11Control my career so I can never get stranded
00:14But the rest start getting brand new, being changed up their style from jeans to suits and thinking about a pop record
00:20Something made for the station, for a whole new relationship
00:23Of a new type of scene, to go platinum and clock mad green, aka a sellout, the rap definition
00:31Get off that boy, change your mission, come back around the block, pump calling me bad to the uh
00:37Tick-tock, let them know your logo, not a black thing, my background sing, my background sing for the crossover
00:46The crossover
00:48The rap era's out of control, brothers selling their soul to go gold, going, going, going, another rapper sold, to pop and R&B, not the MT
00:58I'm strictly hip-hop, I stick to Kid Capri, funk mode, yeah kid, that's how the squad rolls
01:03I know your head is bobbing, cause the neck knows, not like other rappers, fronting on their fans
01:07They ill, trying to chill, saying damn it'd be great to sell a mill, that's when the mind switch to the pop tip
01:13Yeah right, that's what the company kicks, forget the black crowds, you're wack now, in a zoot suit, frontin' black, looking mad foul, I speak for the hard-core
01:21I'm outta here, catch me chillin' on my next tour, from the U.S. to the White Cliffs of Dover, strictly underground funk, keep the crossover
01:32The crossover
01:36So what you saying, you wanna go pop goes the weasel, you know you should be rocking the fans with something diesel
01:42But you insist to piss me off, black, so I flex the bicep, so I can push him back, so real hard-core hip-hop
01:48Continue bracket, and all sucker MC's duck down and get the message, so ban the crossover, yo, who's with me?
01:55P hit me, another mega blast, funky dope style from Cross Yonder, so help me Rhonda, help, help me Rhonda, from what, the crossover
02:01Yeah, crossing you over, outta here, go in peace, nice to know you, what a way to go out, no clout is what the fans will shout
02:08Cause you got gassed, and took the wrong route, come on the scene, chilling, freaking, a funky dope line
02:12But when they finish with you, beep, flatline, some say there's no business, like show business
02:17But if that's the truth, please explain why is this, rappers been around long, making mad noise
02:21You see, still I haven't seen one rapper living comfortably, no time to pick and wish on a four-leaf clover
02:27I stick to underground, keep the crossover
02:33The crossover
02:37You