People Under The Stairs - The Breakdown lyrics

One two one two [Verse 1: Double] They say tap the bottle and twist the cap off In your nugget it's the rugged book report slanger I'm a banger, the kind you keep in your disc changer The best five for your greenbacks we make em ease back Push that album release back and re-think While I remax in one of them hot air joints Floatin over the city like the Goodyear pimp f**in' up your ballgame with my fame you're lame The frequencies get tweaked capacities get pushed To the limit tell em I did it just to stay up in it I play to win at all costs and I stay in the way of danger To bein' real I'm a relative, never been a stranger So when you see me walk by n***a speak up I'm a fan of hip-hop since EU and Da bu*t was in And my n***a Doug Fresh ran the show Three Times was Dope and MTV was yo But now they're slow and guaranteed to show Some extra'd out rap n***as braggin big about figures Never spit about an Escalade if you ain't rollin Don't spit about no weapons if you know you ain't holdin I'm only breakin' it down cuz fools be breakin' the rules Yo, I love P Funk I'm from the old school Serious it's steady bill, bringin the raw deal Straight from the west compound bringing you the break down [Hook] The break down [Verse 2: Thes] Thes One representin Lima Peru Mi barrio suco my Los Angeles crew For unity heads that I met chillin in 92 Here's another album we found em go pound em with the new Lyrical blue light night special the waterloo World-travelin have a new Fat Larry-style crew Havin to move place to place with a smile face Cookin down the vinyl to finally make ba** Something for sophisticated 8th-grade hip hop taste For heads that remember the breakup of 3rd Ba** Tribe, EPMD, Pete Rock and C.L Smooth Hear immense influence that congruent in my groove It's a tribute, a syllophantic, god damnit That my loops and breaks I excavate second-handed I'm just bein me and doin my best with what I'm blessed with Influence of the west that frontier fresh sh** The sunset jetset where kids catch wreck It's no thing to see my on Venice bumping Reign of the Tec And fellow sh**, my mellow pick em up in Crescent Heights We dip to the hype club and rock it all night Gs The people under the limelight are like you Drama with our ladies and can't afford a Mercedes But been in it to win it since the 80s so play these Tracks with a heart and an infinite sound break it down [Hook] The break down