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Trippin'
04:14
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[Verse 1: Dell Prochard]
Back in the day, when I was
just a lil young'un on the
come up, bumpin' Biggie and
Dre, sundown to sun-up
People used to say ["that boy's a
lil’ bit strange"], they ain't
know he had that bass thump-thumping though his veins, like,
every since eleven I was
wrecking the frame, couple
decs later, s#!% ain't
change, graduated, bought a
couple decks, soon as I was
making some change, made some
tapes to blow the watts in your
Range....same time, me and my
man’s was doin’ jams up at the
Avalon, shit was cray,
we kept 'em crunk and steady
bouncin' like a ricochet
had the cops come break it
up once or twice, that's
when you know you doing it
right, so I was like
[“hmmm....”], s#!%, I could
do this for life, you gimme half a chance
a couple gigs a week might
make some meeting ends, but
half the industry a bunch a
bitch-ass [“nuhs”], the day-
job got your boy by the
ballz [“puh-pause”], So I
lean back, lay low
keep do the damn thang
chop, loop, sample,
tweak to make the drums bang
study by dissecting every-
thing and anything, losing
patience while I'm waitin’ in the
wings...
[Chorus]
["You know I’m straight trippin'"]
I decide if to bide my time,
I decide if it's time to shine
["You know I’m straight trippin'"]
And that time is now
["Gimme the mic so I can take it away!!"]
["You know I’m straight trippin'"]
I decide if to toe the line
I decided if to go for mine.
["You know I’m straight trippin'"]
Only way that I know how
["Gimme the mic so I can take it away!!"]
["You know I’m straight trippin'"]
[Verse 2: Dell Prochard]
To DC to jam a
wedding with my man Ron;
Flight to New York to
boogie with the Captain;
Big Jimmy got me
grooving at the House of Blues,
man I ain't got shit to lose,
time to let the monsta loose!!
Cuz everything has just been
building to this minute where I
figured that I'm finished waiting
for this life to give it up.
Tell 'em I don't give a what;
only thing that matters gon' be
getting all this crazy shit on
record for you kids to bump!!
So get it right from jump,
trust ya boy, you now
rocking with the real Mc-
Coy and that's a fact; every-
body in the place, g'head,
rush the floor, here's your
chance to make some god-damn
noise, so where you at? Diz my
love song to ya,
every thing I iz iz only
cuz of your support; every
party that you came to, every
mixtape that you bought, every
session that we rocked out, every
girly drink you poured, every
vocal, every chord, every
time you helped a brother pack a
dance-floor, window to the
wall, couldn't ask more
still in awe, swear to God I
thought that giving up was just a
given, but y'all? Y'all held the
door open a crack so I could
slip in ....
[Chorus]
[Scratch Bridge]
[Chorus]
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[Verse 1: AKX]
Allow me to re-intro-
duce myself, My name is
A!!
K to the X, homey,
Grew up in Boston, sweating
cold nights and hot curry,
poster child of the
immigrant and nerdy, see while
you was rolling weed, I was
rolling them D-twenties, I
hit the college circuit and made it
worth the while, lost the
'stashe, made some cash, over-
hauled the style, couple
years into the coding and com-
piles, heck, lemme try this
law s#!% on for size, now I'm rocking
charcoal with a tie, [“button
down to match”], star's about to
rise with the tide, [“batten
down the hatch”], she hit me with the
smile and the eyes, [“never
stood a chance”], got me straight
trippin' outta town just to
make with the romance, now we
shacked up in the manse with the
wagon and the whip, and it's
funny just how lovely I done
Anakin'ed this s#!%; but the
money in the clip, means
nada if, I can't stay
true to my Lady, and my
Luke, and my Leia, and my Clique, get it playa...
[Chorus]
And now I’m looking at my life
and it be [“marvelous!!”]
I'm just grinning in the mirror like, “You made it, muh'f#@%a!!”
And just maybe I got lucky
but it's [“marvelous!!”]
[“Looking, smelling, feelin' like a mill-i-on bucks!!”]
So when we step up in the place
Baby, we [“marvelous!!”]
Every time we hop up in the jam
you know exactly who we am
We da profit to the plan, we be [“marvelous!!”]
[“Looking, smelling, feelin' like a mill-i-on bucks!!”]
[Verse 2: V.S.O.P]
Hi kids, do you like
violence? Then come with
me, join the corps, F#@%
liberal arts and science!!
My mind state was mind-
less, blessed with the
best, but couldn’t see it through
trees; a blind mess
I took that shit for granted
walked away Empty handed
The greatest thing I did
But didn’t think to plan it
These Parris Island blues,
taught me to stick and move
You know I miss my people,
but I got shit to do!!
Study abroad in I-
raq, I left a boy and came
back a man, with a plan
some thaaangs - a couple stacks;
Got my ass into
school, sharpenin’ up my tools,
put in work, through the
dirt, it made me fin’ to rule
And now I’m packin’
degrees and talkin’ salaries;
My reality moved from
fallacy to actuali-
ty; now my wifey, she my
queen, The one I dreamed about;
Open my eyes, what I
see - it’s amazin’ how...
[Chorus]
[Verse 3: Dell Prochard]
It's
funny how money change a
situation, when you ain't
got none, waitin' on that
next check and pissy cuz it
ain't come, that's when you learn your
first life lesson, couple
eggs'll do amazing things to
ramen, didn't grow up
poor, but we was grindin', well,
moms and pops was, working
overtime so we could have e-
nough, [“Sho ‘NUFF!!”] but, when I
seen the sacrifices, and the
things they did for love, I just
had to get my own pennies to
rub. Bounced to
VA, and got a job, slinging
Java, sipping Java, 3 A-
M inna de bull-pen,
pullin' da all nighter, week-
ends up inna de dance hall,
making the party live-er, [“Bitch, you
barely broke!!”], it only stoked the
fire!! Finally got a
little scratch together, and
though it wasn't much, paid the
car note, “[Dat's dope]”, still
had a couple bucks, now it's
my turn, Kangol,
Coogi down to the socks, hop
out the truck, dust off the
chucks, fly as a “[Whaaaatttt!!]”
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[Verse 1: Dell Prochard]
Tap on the shoulder is the
way I approached ya, girl-
friends swishin' the stink eye,
gimme the once-over; turned
around just a little bit,
just enough to consider it, but
I could see it on lips like,
["Who the hell is this idiot?! And
who the hell he think he is?!"]
I put my hands up,
pardons and excuses for
being forward and up-front, but
you been at this bar for like
fifteen or twenty minutes, and
I know in you heart that you ain't
itching to be sitting when
you could be hot-steppin', that’s
why I had to step into
say hi....Is that the
hint of a smile? Now that we
eye to eye let me
start from the top, I'm Dell Pro-
chard, but my peoples call me Diggy for short, and I ad-
mit that you hot but I'm perfectly harmless, this is
not you typical plot to get
under your undergarments, I promise. You just seem like you was feen-in' to dance, give me a
chance, let me prove it to you, gimme your hand, just...
[Chorus x 2]
[“Step...”]
Little rocksteady back and forth with the groove
[“And move...”]
To the side, smooth, ridin’ the vibe
[“And slide...”]
Chest to chest, girl, lookin’ deep in your eyes
See I’m, Mr. Prochard, you should party with Diggy,
{and we can / I’m saying}
[Verse 2: Dell Prochard]
A
little hot and sweaty al-
ready, and when I met you, you was
sipping on Barcardi so
mebbe, we could head to the
bar, whip out the card, [“Yo
Saul!! Vodka tonic, rum and
coke for the lady!!”] So tell me...
Now that we properly
made us some introductions
I met you friends, you met my crew and we just chillin’ lounging,
would I be pushing the
limit, or would you get it if I
asked you what your interests
are, who you be with?
Can I tell you a secret?
I’m loving your
vibe, you funny as hell ain’t no-
body crack me up in a
while. And you girls be like, [“Girl,
he might be a bad one”] ,I ain’t
mad at 'em, [“S#!!!!%”], they don’t
know me from Adam. I’m not
trying to make this some it
ain’t, cuz that'd be stupid, I'm just
saying that I like what you
do, the way you do it, and
damn if you ain’t doing it
well, trippin’ it cool, fan-
tastic, grab on my arm,
girl, take me to school, just...
[Chorus x 2]
[Guitar Solo]
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Как, с чего начать
Мою историю,
Чтоб вновь не повторять
Слова знакомые,
Чтоб людям дать понять:
Рассказ мой - истина,
Мне нечего скрывать.
С чего начать?
[Chorus]
Here you are...
right beside of me...
on this road...
we go endlessly...
Can't believe...
that we've gone this far...
come so close...
just to fall apart...
But, here you are...
[Verse 1 : Dell Prochard]
And we been in this for a
minute, though everything we
are couldn't be more further from simple, but every time you
smile I think you're nothing less than
perfect; I'm glad I get to
be the one to kiss you 'til you giggle....I knew that I was
yours from the instant that I
made your acquaintance, not exactly love at first
sight but you were patient with me,
and now we cruising up S-
R-1, Hot Chili
rumbling out the trunk of the Chevy, Top Down...Sun-
set in slow motion, dipping
toes in the ocean as we
ride, thinking 'bout the
miles that we covered since I
got with you, and the
things that we keep pushing a-
side. Laughing like it's
all alright, but it's
not, and we know it, ain't as
simple as some Venus versus Mars, it's complex...
but we still flick it like ci-
gar ash, twisting out the
window of the car, cuz....
[Chorus]
[Verse 2: Dell Prochard]
Hats
blowing in the breeze, wind
muffling, and ruffling, and
puffing up the sleeves, and the
duffel in the back seat'
jumping to the beat, lil'
glances, me, looking at
you, looking at me...A
picture perfect scene, got me
nostalgic for a place I've never been, though every little
bump and all the all the gravel that we
travel over, all could be
reminders we're unraveling this thing, But Not Now...
Nothing but broken white
lines whizzing by, and a
West Coast horizon on
fire, and look at how the
sand and the sea and the
brown and the green and the
black top reach up to the
sky. It couldn't feel
any more right, and
just for tonight let's pret-
end we could really have it
all, pedal to the
floor, fifth gear, feel the
Hemi roar, we can deal
with the past tomorrow...
[Chorus]
[Verse 3: Vita Sky]
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I know that you could be the one for me
But maybe how I feel leaves me too blind to see
And maybe all I need is a chance to breathe
A little clarity
Don’t you see
you’re the fire I’ve been looking for
Burning bright
And it keeps me warm
Toes in the ocean, close in your arms
Watching the stars as they watch cut through the dark
[Chorus x 2]
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[Intro: Lilo]
It's almost night out, and I
feel like I'm floating adrift.
Search for the lighthouse, and
hope that it
breaks through the
mist...But I don’t know where this is, this is, this is,
What this is, but...
[Chorus]
I know I want you,
I know I need you,
I know I bleed you,
But I know you don't,
I know you don’t, I know you
don’t believe me when I say that I cant walk this road without you
but I know you won't, I know you won't, I know you don’t
[Verse 1: Lilo]
...see me the way
I’m begging you might
and that’s all ok in my mind,
but inside, there’s a light
that just flickers and fades every time
you reach for the door,
and I'm at a loss, to why
you stayed here all this time
it’s like we're trapped in the longest goodbye
can’t blame me for tryin', but still...
[Chorus]
[Verse 2: Lilo]
...think it's
ever worth the
while, cuz there's
cracks in our smiles and they
See who we
are, though we
hide, who we be, And it's
hard, just to breathe, with the
lies, that are pushing us
down, but even our
eyes let out, that
deep down things ain't
right, And they
won't ever just say it out-
right, So
goddamn polite, and still...
[Chorus]
[Bridge: Lilo]
...see us as
something you save and it's
worth the pain of
walking away, and it
hurts, to go all
in on a hope, we keep
Tugging this rope, back and forth,
cuz I do, and you don't...
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus x 2]
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[Chorus]
So if you're riding in your whip slow
Bobbing your head until it hurt
[“That's dat dirt!!”]
Hit recline on your state of mind You know imma keep it [“Funk-Funky!!”]
Take a puff, let the smoke blow
Let the speakers do the work
[“That's dat dirt!!”]
[“Low-down dirty, even”]
As long as the beat is [“Funk-Funky!!”]
[Verse 1: Dell Prochard]
Ladies and gents, I'd like to
thank you for your
time, and your patience, Fuh
real, though...
I just wanted you to
feel how I feel, when your
whole steez is driven by the
low low; open up the
trunk, let the bass go
[boom!!], rollin’ down your
block or your avenue,
elbow out the window, give a
[blarck!!] 'bout the ten and two,
Life is [marvelous!!], and you
know what you feen'na do,
pull up at the spot with the
keys to the residence,
rummage in the fridge, grab your
beverage of preference, and
head out to the pool, sun-
glasses like you cool as you
settle in, jacuzzi jets
bubbling your skin, makes the
mood, sun dipping,
swishing orange fire wit' da
blue on the horizon, tip a
swig out, reminisce on
you, message from my
crew [“We be wildin' in the
city, get your ass out here!!"]
cool, but imma chill, kick
back finish this brew, that’s how we
do....
[Chorus]
[Verse 2: Dell Prochard]
To all my thugs [Lick Shots!!]
I'm just playing y'all,
I dunno any thugs [“Awwwwww
...”] What I look like,
B? I ain’t saying that my
life's squeaky clean, but if there's
Fed time involved, don't
involve me. See I got
better things to do, than
spend time in the bing, rocking
jumpsuits, bunk-bed-
snuggling with you, I al-
ready got a boo, [“hi boo”, “hi
baby”] and I'd
prolly miss my crew, [“That Prochard, he
crazy, dude!!”]
I'd like to big-up all my
people in the Chi, D-
C, Muur'land get your
hands up high, San
Fran get ya paper, live that
dot com life, New
York peeps always roc-da-mic, all night, But...
ain’t nothing better than a
warm ass night, when you
swoop into the city on a
long ass flight, and you
duck below the clouds and see them
Boston lights, and you
cab home to the love of you
life, that’s right? That’s right.
[Chorus]
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[Verse 1: IPO]
Those days were bright, we knew no better
Who knows what lies ahead?
Perched in the trees with the weight of your gun
Deep in the canopy, you pulled me close
Closer to the sun
Closer to the sun
[Verse 2: IPO]
Those day were rouge we knew no better
Who knows what lies ahead?
Fell from the trees with the weight of your gun
High in the canopy, you pulled me close
Closer to the sun
Closer to the sun
[Chorus]
And now I climb
Climb until the sun burns blue
Reaching high
High to catch a glimpse you
[Verse 3: IPO]
Those days are gone, we know much better
Who knows what lies ahead?
Another wind, another place
None can rescind, I see your face
I am your host, I am your host
I carry you, a precious ghost
[Chorus x 2]
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