Phonte - Flash and Flare lyrics
{sampling "Emerald City Sequence" from The Wiz} You, got to have FLASH, and FLARE (2x) [L.E.G.A.C.Y. - Intro] Hehe, gotta have flash and flare Flamboyant on y'all {This is a Little Brother exclusive} 9th, Wonder...L.E.G.A.C.Y...uh, Phonte These rappers babble on how they time'll come one day That sh**'ll never come like mail on a sunday You lackin somethin, must be the flash or somethin We love tainted, pure L.E.G.A.C.Y. and Tay'll get you Frustrated, groups break up like B2K Don't care how you spit n***a, got +Flair+ like Rick n***a Critics thought they sank me but I hold my float They tried to hang me but I'm dope-on-a-rope Doom style, get on stage and boo the crowd From my throne patient, hold my own like masturbation I, let off, look on but L.E.G's off Reachin for figures, the Feidian chips I'm diarrhea n***a, you ain't ready for this sh** Stop you dead in your tracks, what's f'in with dat? I wish a muh'f**er WOULD, sh** I'm that f**in good Come stocked with raps but you gotta have flash [Repeat 4X] You, got to have FLASH, and FLAIR [Phonte - overlapping] Uh, give it to me now.. f**ed up, brah... {*imitaing Dave Chappelle playing Rick James*} They never shoulda gave us n******gs MONEY!! What about yo' raps Phonte, and, Big Pooh, 9th Wonder and L.E.G.A.C-eeeeeeeey! Uh, excuse me playa, no I don't mean to bother ya But just in case the beat is hittin too hard for you Just know, Phonte is doin his job, cause I Stay on the scene like cinematographers This is not a game, this a whole 'nother conference I done, gree-det and meet and thoughts is sharper now n***as got questions like Barbara Walters While the so-called playas pro'lly won't even talk to us Phonte is rap for real, ya Ma**engill Just thespians in the Screen Actors Guild I really wanna re-lax and chill But y'all f**ers gon' make me relapse for real And take it back to '98 on you n***as When I was straight disablin n***as Iron Mics, 1st place, Cats-Cradling n***as I ain't got time to play witchu n***as For now that's all I gotta say to you n***as This is history in the making and y'all's ain't been made yet This is the single the radio ain't played yet Tay is not a safe bet, Raleigh n***as tried to carry me But, I'm already at my Apex, holla! [Repeat 4X] You, got to have FLASH, and FLAIR [Phonte overlaps] Younahmsayin? n***as tryna get on the mic With all that goddamn rappity-rappity-rappin-and-rappin and all that sh**.. With no flash, no emotion, no pa**ion, no conviciton.. n***a, you just a talking head! And meanwhile, I'm holla'n at'cha girl, and she talkin head Yanahmsayin, c'mon! "OOOOOOOOOOOOOH, OOOH, OOH, RAHH, AHH!!" [-- Diana Ross