Atmosphere

[fox69]

"Modern Man's Hustle"

"Modern Man's Hustle"


The first time I met the Devil was at a Motel 6
She left Hell to spend a weekend on Earth just for kicks
Sexy little bitch, shorter than expected
About five-foot five big an' thick in the breast and thighs
Beautiful, dark eyes a strong stare
Large lips, soft hands and long hair
I said Ill make you smile for the simple fact Im good at it
Ill make you smile just so I can sit and look at it,

[Chorus 2x]
I will show you all you need to know
You must hold on to anyone that wants you
And I will love you through simple and the struggle
But girl you gotta understand the modern man must hustle

Who cares what Jane says
She always spits the same spit
Id rather kill the radio and listen to the rain hit
Little sister needs seclusion
Somehow she'll discover it through the pop music
Got used to the feeling of falling
But you'll never see her following
Bouncing back and forth between the healing and the hollering
Riding the outer ring of your own private saturn
Thoughts scattered all across the grey matter

Little baby doll, she doesnt know what to say to yall
The patience is short and of course the pride is way too tall
Break it all smash the past like it was made of glass
Aint no other way to make it last
It hurts to watch Lucy lose the dream
Ive had the pleasure of seeing our hero kick and scream
And when she calms down Ill turn the sound down
And put my arms around the little lost and found
And Ill tell her that

[Chorus 2x]

Hush little lady dont say a word
All the rest of the village gonna know your disturbed
And if you let em know that your vulnerable
Then there aint no stoppin (high) before they open you slow
Im a chapter in you text book
Read me like a check book
Mistook love at first sight for a sex look
Enough of the blind mans bluff
I want the good stuff
Trying to hook up a full belly and a foot rub
The moderns man hustle, i dig it I shovel
Feed me ya troubles and need me to cuddle
Bundle up in my mitten and coat
As cold as it get Ill keep your winter afloat
So let the snow fall (its comin down)
She doesnt want to understand why I still come around
She look at the mirror she dont see what I see
She holds no history of how precious she be
Lay your head on my chest speak of this stress
Kick your feet up and rest before we clean up the nest
I hate to see you upset, it cramps the position
And if you didnt know you better listen cause

[Chorus 2x]

 

[fox69]

"Molly Cool"

"Molly Cool"


Wise men couldn't see it in their dreams
But up rose the poets from the speed cleans
And the weed fiends, speakings dissected
Deciphered by the undernourished purists
No longer is it a get over situation
What are you really saying? (Do you think she's listening?)
What are you really saying? (Do you think she's really listening?)
What are you really saying? (Do you think she's really listening?)
Do you think she's listening?

If it makes you feel better, go head
Make me feel small
I know what you're up to
Baby, build your wall
You think you've seen it all?
And life has no surprises
Until you call out my name and return you get (silence)
She's a high plains drifter, loner
Baby's a rebel
Cool disposition getcha, shows you new level
Crazy, abrasive, enough to make me wanna taste it
To figure out what makes it tick
So I can dig it out and break it
Curiosity killed the cat
But liquor helped me build back all of the confidence stripped
Intrigued by the fact that she could fuck, shower and bounce out my house like that
Left me sleeping with my doubts
Okay, wait I know her skeeze
Self-inspired detachment
Keeps her cold like a breeze
She needs a heated passion
Good bedroom stabbin'
Break your back kinda fun
Wild, buck, turn the beats up
I'm loud when I cum
And outta no where, she says, "Word, I'll go there"
"Should we leave now, or do you want to stay a while? "
She says, "I don't care"
Instant-ly my jacket is on and I'm a wreck
Gent with me, "Baby where'd you park, let's jet"
Yo, she's the kind of girl that doesn't want no relationship
But damn I think she's kinda cool
But damn just be patient kid
Regular basis for sex for quite a while
Puppy chased his tail carded
Yo he wants the idol now
Never shoulda brought it like that
'Cause now when I think about it and look back
I'll never forget the way she laughed
When I asked if the only way I'll ever get to see her is when she's on her back
B-b-but the first time we fucked was shaken
Wild, Digital Underground style
No lies, no exaggeration
"Glad to make your acquaintance,
What's your name again? "
"Molly"
"Good golly Miss, here take my digits please call me"
She was cool like that
"Yo how'd you get like that?
I've never had a date that gave me head like that"
And it was said like that
And she replied with a "thank you"
"Before you leave Molly, let me kiss that tattoo on your ankle"
And she was out, didn't see her again for a week
No call
And when she see me, no attempt to speak
So like a good bitch I make the example
"Baby, how you been? "
Half an hour later we're in a park, fucking like old friends
Turn on a dome light
To get my pants on right
"Travel safe, see your ass around, have a good night" (bye)
That's it, no conversation, game playin' over some coffee
She's out, moments after she pulled that body off me
I'm stressed, I'm stressed, I'm so confused
She doesn't seem like the type that's that loose
So maybe she does, realistically I don't know her that well
But if you let me, I'd follow that sexy ass to Hell and back
Tell her that (tell her that)

Yo, you think she's really listening? [x4]

If it makes you feel better, go head
And make me feel small
I know what you're up to
Baby, build your wall
You think you've seen it all?
And life has no surprises
'Til you call out my name and return you get silence

 

[fox69]

"Mother's Day"

"Mother's Day"


[Slug]
She lost one to pneumonia, gave the other to prison
and now she spends mother's day sitting in her kitchen
Looking at the pictures of her past felt surreal
She had a couple of people, some friends that helped her heal
But days like today, she doesn't want to be a bother
and as far as she's concerned, them boys didn't have a father
Nuh uh, she had to teach 'em the ways
Teach 'em how to behave, be brave and even how to shave
Some days it makes her feel like a soldier
and other times it makes her feel like a failure
Why did the stronger one die from a cold, huh?
Why did the smarter one end up in jail? Nah
She gave them boys everything that she could
Two full-time jobs to keep 'em in a good neighborhood
They understood how to love and how to live
Now she doesn't understand how it comes down to this
Maybe she should go work in her yard
and take her mind off the past and try to let the days start
But she's waiting on one of those annual calls
while she's looking at the photos on her hallway walls

[Slug]
His big sibling died, and mom's by herself
and now he spends every day inside of that cell
Looking at the photos of his past makes him crash
So he never takes 'em out that folder under his mattress
Days like today he doesn't think about what happened, no
Still gotta call mommy, wish her a happy one
Uh huh, mom, if only she'd had been around
Maybe big brother would still be living now
Some days it makes him feel like a traitor
and other times it makes him feel like a martyr
Seems like some displacement of anger
Seems like he blames her more than his father
She was gone all the time at work
Never around to play the part of the police or the nurse
She understood how things fall apart
So why'd she let the nest hit the ground this hard?
Well maybe he should go walk in the yard
and take his mind off the past and try to let the days start
Cause it's so difficult to admit it's his fault
when he's looking at the faces in his hallway walls

 

[fox69]

"Mrs. Interpret"

"Mrs. Interpret"


[Hook:]
J'ai faim
J'ai soif
J'ai besoin de toi
de toi

[Verse 1:]
I could look you in the face for all time
And even if I fall blind I'll still see you in my mind
You got the grace of a raven
It ain't no misbehaving if I tell you that you're the taste that I'm cravin'
You can't imagine all the time and dedication
Trying to find a way to obtain your validation
And sometimes we stayed up untill the sunrise
Talking about nothing but that love jive
And if we're gonna keep it legit
I got a little secret that I need to admit
You see, ever since I was a teenage mess
I've had a hard time interpreting the opposite sex
But I need you, girl, that's my word
Now could you please repeat your last few words?
Most beautiful voice I've ever heard
But you might as well have a mouth full of baby birds

[Hook]

[Verse 2:]
And then she asked me if I caught a singe thing she said
I involuntarily nodded my head
Honestly I did hear your actual voice
But the words blended with the background noise
I must've got lost in my mind somehow
And now I'm too far behind to try and figure it out
The fact is I don't know what you're talking about
And I'm distracted by the gymnastics up in your mouth
Truthfully it's not you, it's me
Cause you're the moon that moves the sea
See, I guess there's a limit to my listening
And then I get dissmissive and treat it as if it's gibberish
And I don't mean to be blunt
Cause I know we'll probably talk about this for the rest of the month
But my life wouldn't be complete
If I didn't get to misread the shit you speak

[Hook]

[Bridge:]
So what you need?
Yeah, maybe I never knew how to communicate
So what you need?
Nah, I never learned how to ice skate
So what you need?
Go ahead finish your thought, I'll wait
So what you need?

[Hook]

 

[fox69]

"Multiples"

"Multiples"


"Right now, we gonna get together and give you a tune
That we had a lot of requests for..." [Lionel Hampton]

[Spawn]
I never gave props to emcees who dont deserve it
Never smoked rocks, never had guts to serve it
Never had a glock, never seemed to be worth it
Never had I thought life was gonna be perfect
Never hit the chicks unless I have a jimmy hat
Never leave the crib unless I have my shit intact
Never do I say a rhyme unless the beat is fat
Best believe that, never will the Spawn come wack
Never went to court, never had to serve trial
Never went to jail, had no records on file
Never direspect, never treat my friends wild
Cus I never had real friends till now

[Spawn (Slug)]
So this goes to those
(Who be supporting at the shows)
And this goes to those
(Who's always working on they flows)
And this goes to those
(Who use music intake to escape
findin' love and happiness inside a mixtape)
And this goes to those
(Who's criticism is constructive)
And this goes to those
(Who lyrically we just cant fuck with)
And this goes to those
(Who's love is so strong you can shut your eyes
and see them when you listenin' to they songs)
This goes to those
(Who eat and sleep with turntables)
This goes to those
(Who say fuck the major lables)
And this goes to those
(Who unsigned and dead broke
can still make a name before they even make a demo)
This goes to those
(Who keep the freight trains lit up)
And this goes to those
(Who roam the night just to get up)
And this goes to those
(Who tag and paint walls with aerosol
lost city from Minneapolis to St. Paul)
This goes to those
(Who flip the b-boy acrobatics)
And this goes to those
(Who put the ball in the baskets)
This goes to those
(A few who listen to the lyrics
cuz this flow's for those who can dig the Atmosphere shit)

[Spawn (Slug)]
Its like that shit
(Its like this shit)
True heads are the real music critics
Was always better with flows,
(then I was with shoulder pose)
But no matter where you live my man the love is multiple [2X]

[Spawn (Slug)]
Anxiety:
(thats my new drug of choice)
Society:
(where you go when you loose your voice)
Rivalry:
(stems from the shit you man's selling me,
dont lie to me I know the real definition is jealousy)
Observation:
(thats my tactic to complain)
Conversation:
(distract you while I pick your brain)
Atmosphere:
(up there lyrical unit
that leaves the average emcee confused like a eunuch)
Nonetheless:
(thats how I often change the subject)
Second guess:
(thats what they all do to Slug's shit)
Ironic:
(most kids pale in comparison
the mind phonics, so comes the hail of some embarassment)
Roller-coaster:
(a metaphor for my delivery)
Overdose:
(results of having battle tendencies)
Activated:
(everytime its my turn to rip,
the masturbated means that you finally came to grip)
(So reality must mean,)
guns, bitches, and weed
(Cuz salary is what comes from
guns, bitches, and weed
(Integrity, means you're in pain cuz you're in love
collectively means that none of yall could fuck with Slug)
Its like that, never the wack, an actual fact
(Its like act transglobal and local so hold me back
Its like daamn ageless-tenseness-wandering
Its a struggle, between what you can give and what you want to)

[Spawn (Slug)]
Its like that shit
(Its like this shit)
True heads are the real music critics
Was always better with flows,
(then I was with shoulder pose)
But no matter where you live my man the love is multiple [2X]

[Lionel Hampton's voice]
"Right now" [scratched]

 

[fox69]

"Multiples (Reprise)"

"Multiples (Reprise)"


[Slug]
My afterword analysis was the average made me anxious
But I began to breathe the substances, these bugs gave me a brain cyst
Somehow I caught a cluster of clay, now everyday's Christmas
Don't you dabble with my destiny peasant, please keep your distance
Every man that escalates is easily erased
And your faculty is a fallacy to my family, that's to your face
I grate the gravel and grass to dig graves for gremlins
But they've had it up to here with how many I've sent to heaven
I indeed not indifferent to the spirit of ism
Every Jones is justifiable, just read it in my jism
The killers keep the kilos in the kitchen while the kids nap
But I lost love for larceny from the impact of the lid slap
Motivation made into the net of the mic's mesh
You never even noticed the novice was holding niceness
Over and over the observations had to open me
Peripheral vision and pitch control to prove the potency
You're on quite a quest, but let me quiz you with a question
Did you read the rest and did you reach your point of reference?
See now it's simple, call me "son", I'll refer to you as "surrogate"
The turntables turn cause you was tugging on your tunicate
Underwent the upset and made your whole unit urine
In the vents, sprayed a variety of verbs on the vermin
The weasels, weaknesses was wrecked on a Wednesday
X marks the xenon, be the xenolith on my X-ray
Yesterday you saw me spool my yarn to the youth
Zigzagged through the zone and broke the zodiac like Zeus
Zigzagged through the zone and broke the zodiac like Zeus
Zigzagged through the zone and FUCKED your microphone
Rhymesayers, six-one-two

 

[fox69]

"Multiples Reprise (Remix)"

"Multiples Reprise (Remix)"


[woman singing]
You can hear the clock inside the ticking and tocking
[Repeat 7x (fading out)]

[man speaking]
So you see sir, my deck of cards serves me as a bible
An alamanac...and a prayer book
My friends this story is true
I know
I was that soldier

[Slug]
I use to know this kid named Jesse
He could get wild on the mic but his lifestyle was sketchy, Always messy
You could catch him on the corner of 19th and 3rd
Until the cops caught him first, with pockets of rocks and herb
But there was once this cat name Ivan, he was the man
Get the digits from your bitch before you could say pussy diving
Driving home drunk from the front one night
He tied his '84 Tempo round a street light
Me and Mike
Remember that scary chick Caroline
Very careful when you met her cause you knew she fucked with heroin
Mother of two, no one knew, because the twins stayed with her mom
But when they finally found the bitch still had the twist round her arm
Shit, I can't forget about that big kid Gino
Fucking diesel, do damn near anything for a seno
His older sister talked his twisted ass
Into killing Steves girl so she could get with Steve faster
Oh yea, speaking of Steves girl, the one that Gino killed
Her name was Phadra, she use to stand on tables down at Deja
Tits and clits and car payments and rent and emcee seek tuition

[chorus]
And this goes to those of y'all that wanna fuck my girl
Or be down with my crew, or be part of my world
Be leary of what you wish for
Cause its more than rhymes and good times behind this door
Oh yo yo-yo-yo-yo yo
I know this kid named Moses
Use to buy all the tapes and say that Headshots was the dopest
When up for raping a chick in a mall parking lot
Now I hope he gets a dick and broomstick in every orifice
Free Love
Thats what Heather use to say
But when I took her up on it, she said that she was gay
Well, wait a minute, why you shake your ass to any cat with a link
Looked me in me eye, smiled and said Free Drinks!
My man Todd had a tight studio up inside his home
And if you had some coke you could come and bless the microphone
Starting selling equipment to fill the pipe
Fuck this life, Todd hung himself with a cord from that mic
Cynthia wanted to travel, drive around the country
Left the city on a journey, came back with a junkie
He use to beat her, if it wasn't physical it was mental
He didn't leave her until she tried to stab him with a pencil
That kid Jay he was a thief, stole bikes and cars
Use to get real high and try to drive to Mars
One night got hot while approaching a road block
Shut his eyes, hit the gas and ran right over a cop
Damn!

And this goes to those of y'all that wanna fuck my girl
Or be down with my crew, or be part of my world
Be leary of what you wish for
Cause its more than rhymes and good times behind this door

Its the blood clot blues, the gun-shot wounds
The needles and spoons, doomed from the womb til the tomb
For whom the bell tolls, this will pay for the toll free calls made
Underage, she said that Jesus gave her AIDS
Now and days the life of fuck follows folks
In my city and some flip their trucks over center meridians
Some do their drugs to float above the stress
And some overdose so they can finally rest
Many walk around like they blind to the mishap
Talk-show gospel, smell the tic-tacs and Simulax
Six pack to make the good and bad balance
Walking tall is a gift and steady breathing is a challenge
Adaption, domesticated bitch to your surroundings
You quit singing along but the ball kept bouncing
Now we keep to self and step over the vermon
Found me sleeping in a pool of my own sweat and urine
I'm determined to find a path so I can leave you all
I miss the rise and I ain't trying to see the fall
So this goes to those that trying to rest in peace
Save me a seat and we'll play chess when I get released

And this goes to those of y'all that wanna fuck my girl
Or be down with my crew, or be part of my world
Be leary of what you wish for
Cause its more than rhymes and good times behind this door

These are people who tried, tried
These are people who tried, tried
These are people who tried, tried
All my friends, they tried..

[man speaking]
So you see sir, my deck of cards serves me as a bible
An alamanac...and a prayer book
My friends this story is true
I know
I was that soldier

 

[fox69]

"Musical Chairs"

"Musical Chairs"


Do you wanna play?
Well you don't have a choice
Stand up alive
Cause the music hasn't died yet
[Repeat 3X]

Suzy was a psycho, but she looked good
Little ball of fire, light it up and cook wood
She knew the power of what she had to offer
Pieces of a puzzle, personality, and posture
When it's probably done, it seems spun
As long as you're not the one the bee stung
Bar fly looking for a fall guy
Taking on all types
From big baller to the small fry
Get what you want out of life
But every night now the same thought arise (man, you got a light?)
Still as lonely as the number one
Cause you only love someone
So you have someone to run from
Run, run, put your back into it Sue
Always wondered what it would be like to try to rap to you
We gotta show Suzy love
Ain't no way that anybody's gonna stop before the music does

[Chorus 4X]

Bobby was a genius, and he would prove it
His favorite move is to make you look stupid
He knows the answer, nobody puts their hands up
When he starts talking everybody (shut up)
Bobby didn't have friends, not real ones
Just a bunch of like-minded self righteous pilgrims
And they all treated Bob like the big cheese
Knowing damn well they all thought he was a "bitch please"
Blows his own horn, slaps his own bass
While everybody waits for him to fall on his face
And while he's down, someone will take his place
If the suit isn't trump even seven beats an ace
Look at Bobby, he doesn't even know that
You're supposed to set a new one after you achieve a goal
Accomplishments are just excuses to talk and spit
When you music stops, who will have a spot to sit?

[Chorus 4X]

Bring me the head of whoever said "play fair"
I want to sit in my chair and wear a blank stare
Fuck being king of the hill
When the music dies you'll be the first one the villagers kill
Walk in circles, dizzy up the movement
Talk in circles, the underground's polluted
Lots of circles, you wonderin' where you fit
Stop the circles!

(Over beat boxing)
Oh Oh Oh yea, Oh Oh Oh yea
Well you don't have a choice
Oh Oh Oh yea
Stand up alive
Oh Oh Oh yea
Well you don't have a choice
Stand up...

[Chorus 4X]

 

[fox69]

"My Key"

"My Key"



I've got perfect misinterpret
Handful of my family tree
Dress rehearsal death and birth
We'll sing inside my key

I watched the sun set
I saw the snow fall
I stole paint to write your name on the stone wall
We made some babies
We made some messes too
Trying to do our best to push all of the blessings through
Half life gets spent behind a wheel
Tryin to claim innocent while I assemble my appeal
The blood and bones are pure as the tears
You could skip a stone and hit a full jury of my peers
But don't judge yet, just let the love get you wound up enough
To beat the sound off the drum set
And point your voice at the void
Rejoice, make noise like you had the choice
It goes.. over flow how much more can you hold
And still put faith first at the fork in the road
Search for the universal remote control
While the words spill out of the hole in your soul

Now close your eyes and crack a smile if you know me
While I spit into the sky cause I miss the little homie

Guess that it means if my people hurt
Somebody, please disturb my peaceful smirk
Take everything that I bring with me
Make who I be now,
Hear my family now

 

[fox69]

"My Lady Got Two Men"

"My Lady Got Two Men"


[Verse 1:]
Let me start by telling you I love you
Thank you for making me a part of the puzzle
I imagine it was quite the struggle
But you still found time and taught yourself to juggle
Girl, would you give me a kiss for a fist full of flowers?
This could be ours
Girl, could you get rid of that other dude?
Cut him loose and kick him to the multitude
I can't picture why you would split your time
Between I and an additional guy
Seems like more wear then it's worth when
You're the one who gotta bare this burden
I give you love and respect
But that other stud got nothing to give but stress
Life as a wifey shouldn't be so hard
But everybody gotta be who they think they are, listen

[Hook:]
My lady got two men
One's a stranger and the other's a friend
She keeps us both cause she needs us
Zig-zag back and forth in between us
My lady got two lovers
One for the funk and the other for the comfort
I'm trying to understand
But I gotta figure out which one I am

[Verse 2:]
It's obvious that I'm better than him
If you got me sense you won't settle for him
We all sacrifice pride for passion
I'm not sure what you're waiting for to happen
But I feel like a doctor, I got a lot of patience
I co-operated with the operation
Complications, observation
Parked in your lot, can I get some validation?
I'm just saying, gotta escape from the frustration
Wanna express yourself, make a statement
But I don't expect you to change the arrangement
And the truth is I try to support
But I can't thrive when I'm ignored
And I can see that you don't wanna cut the cord
But it's gotta be something more than this tug of war
Girl, you're the shine on the crown
So why you try and let that clown come around?
From now and 'til the universe swallows the Earth
I won't pretend that I can follow how it works
Ever since this began I've been a different man
And then a different man and then a different man
I wonder who I'm gonna be tonight
Just take our hand and it'll be alright, come here

[Hook x2]