Crewed Up

Atmosphere

Composed by: Atmosphere
[Verse 1 - Stage One] 
They call me Bad Lieutenant when my eyes are squinted 
Child of the 70s and the 80s was in it 
Lost the first homeboy in the 9-0 and liable 
To get the gun buckin at 5-0, I'm tribal 
I'm from a place where the *niggas* are jelly 
And pretend to be your friend and put one your belly 
And you can keep on yelling, the cops won't come 
You want beef, we got burgers and then some 
We from the era when we learned on our own 
Runnin wild in the streets with both parents at home 
Kind of hard to find a young un alone - caused we was crewed up 
Taggin on the walls taught wars and getting chewed up 

[Verse 2 - St. Paul Slim] 
Now I don't know about y'all, but I'm bout to make a small fortune 
By taking small things and blowing em out of proportion 
Using sarcasm as my second language 
Look mom I'm famous, I mean I'm flagrant 
You say you write your best rhymes when you high 
I say I write my best rhymes cause I'm fly 
This is why I'm cold, I'm Minnesota nice 
If you want my CD I will give you special price 
Haha, take Trummond's advice 
St. Paul Slim the best homie, none of its hype 
So please lil asshole, keep your mouth closed 
'Fore your momma be like "Look at my son, he out cold" 

[Verse 3 - Muja Messiah] 
You could tell I'm focused by the look in my eye 
You could see I'm dirty by how clean my kicks is 
You know I tell the truth, I got no reason to lie 
Hey, like I tell my chicks "You ain't got a lotta kick it" 
All I'm trynna do is get a piece of the pie 
And turn these bricks into a legit business 
Now run along and go home to your wives 
And leave me and Slug here to play with these bitches 
You know I spit the sickest sickness since syphilis 
Mixed with malaria, fuck it, the more the merrier 
B-Boy, D-Boy, yep I'm in your area 
Muja Messiah uh huh, hello America 

[Verse 4 - YZ] 
Yo, yo, y'all wack, yo what the fuck is new? 
I'm back wit Atmos and the crew 
To do this you need style, I thought you knew 
It's not a diss, yo it's just my point of view 
Maybe if I turn sideways, y'all *niggas* will 
Throw lyrics my way instead of the highway 
Now getting ran over by cars and Land Rovers 
We starred, you sub par, maybe send your man over 
Pardon, you gon' step to this 
Spit phat, not anorexic shit 
Come stacked boy, it ain't no need to go there 
I knock rappers out, y'all scratch and pull hair 

[Verse 5 - Brother Ali] 
I hustle hard for the love of god 
My life has been the biggest struggle for the bloody start 
I knuckle up and throw the hands of my thug at heart 
So when the shit hit the fan I don't come apart, I breathe and shrug it off 
Atmosphere - the Big Brother's big brothers 
Catch is here to turn king to wrist cutters 
Just trust it ain't no regular shit 
That's a polite asshole and a sensitive pimp 
You would think it was a party, not a Cadillac 
Church mosque, have a knack 
Dr. Dre Training Day rappers don't know how to act 
Remove em all from my sight like a cataract 
Poof! It's a magic act 

[Verse 6 - Toki Wright] 
Walk over beats like DMC, three stripes 
Leaver be three strikes, visa need three swipes 
DVDs, jeans clean, cuts brush dandruff 
Mobile phones, suited loan, courted blown pampers 
Chilling at the party in B-Boy stance 
And they looking at me funny, why? Cause they can't dance 
So I'm cutting up and shutting up, I'm buttercup but just enough 
To lean on top of this metropolis with binoculars 
Walk like a pimp, think like a Macintosh 
Battle scars, also trynna figure out your avatar 
Leave the cameras on, told ya partner that he can't perform 
Brought a torch to burn the building, he think I'ma hand it to him 

[Verse 7 - Blueprint] 
Yeah, yeah, I solemnly swear 
To fight the good fight as long as I'm here 
But sometimes the good fight don't seem fair 
Cause all the best soldiers we had ain't here 
They gone now, we all on our own now 
And most of those left ain't got no style 
You give em an inch they try to take a whole mile 
Too overconfident to keep a low profile 
Pump your brakes, stay in your lane 
A bunch of fakes chasing fame 
I'll punch your face and take your chain 
Sit your 5 dollar ass down before I make change 

[Verse 8 - Slug] 
Break these chips down, count your business 
Ain't nothing free, it's a James Brown Christmas 
So god bless the underground now and give it 
To the sound of the drums while none of us outlive it 
I treat Hip Hop like a sport 
Stay on my game, put my time on the court 
While you complain and get high some more 
Might explain why your team can't find support 
Now catch me in the back wit a whisky 
Chattin up a missy like I'm attractive and witty 
I have to dip to do my raps and get busy 
Why don't you come see me when I'm back in your city?
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