Brand Nubian - The Beat Change lyrics

[sadat x] Somebody went gold in the billboard, it was a x, but it was mia Young boys ran to me in the local pizzeria He said, "you jamar and haji man y'all hot to d**h. Can y'all save what's left, or at least make a claim?" Shorty remind me of myself when i started in this game And through years i'm basically the same, as are my brothers I'm the eight track flashback before the days of crack Is it real or an act, f** it, let's save the kids Yeah you all about war, why you tryin to die for? Yeah them n***az real raw but you sleepin on the floor Yeah i walk through the valley with my man spark and allie Days of money, in harlem week '85 With the captain's hats, and my father's old guns Before i had a daughter, and before they had sons I stay the hypnotizer, style's a tranquilizer Got you feelin all loose, wettin up the goose The great datty x and i'm hear to say You can always find me around the way [lord jamar] Uhh, i be that kid with the dreads that remember When i hid from the feds, plus i always did what i said I was gonna do, talk sh**, right in front of you Never forfeit, on top, we do it non stop Remember when we let the bomb drop With more j**els than a pawn shop from the school Of the hard knocks, straight off the now rule block Powerful aftershocks with the strength of master locks We got you in a paradox, between a rock and a hard place We got the hard ba** And erybody's gon' get a taste, get your plate First we had to let it marinate, now we straight, uhh Five mics is how we rate, stand with us And stand amongst the likes of the great scandalous Cats, try they best to decipher the tape What we manifest still gets blessed in every state [grand puba] Hey listen here dog a n***a keep it spicy hot Rhyme flow stay straighter than six o'clock Hustle rhymes like a n***a hustle sh** on the block The sh** is work and got a 4.6 in the lot I hustle knowledge, charge tuition like a college My wisdom hold me down in town like jackie brown I teach _dangerous minds_, like that chick michelle pfeffeir That's why the gods check got at least 6 cypher My justice cypher born, i ain't no helpless type n***a Like a gat without a trigga i got the figure to make figures For years i've been doin this thing i do Since ralph mcdaniel's video show was on channel u Station 31, vice grip channel changer son The show was the banger, came in clear with a hanger Top notch status watch the god get it flamin Herbal with the verbal, drop top twin turbo Blazin for the year, born build to 2 g's Flow like these, help the god stack cheese Summer jet-ski, trunk with tv's Sittin under tropic trees with iced teas Mind stay positive black, guaranteed To grab the top dollar, more pull than the rottweiler