Buck 65 - This Is A Joke lyrics

rate me

I don't know what real is, instead I'm a keep it linear

I'm broke in pieces, though my body's getting skinnier. But um,

I know some kids who want to hear them drums and plucking strings

The Famous Players from the days with all them fucking things

I got static in more ways than seventeen

For DJ so & so and plus for the grafitti scene

The shitty kids who don't like being told the way to dress

I ain't even gonna say the names but you can probably guess

No free publicity for stupid mister you-know-what

The sheep in the meadow trying to dis 'cause of my hair cut

I don't look nothing like the fashion pages' angry faces

'Cause I do my shopping in the second hand clothing places

That's all I can afford, not that the money's gone

But I got more important things for me to spend the dollars on

Especially vinyl, to be taken home and later played

After I put groceries in the fridge and all the bills are paid

Yeah, I'm making records how I think that they're supposed to sound

A little deeper than what most people think is underground

I'm not the type to drop spaghetti sauce and yell a slogan

Flipping beats for people dancing in the clubs and voguin'

Nah, this is dedicated to the dirty rats and scum

Out there in gutter pipes, that know just where I'm coming from

There's a better place for us to go an chill

And be like doing our own type of thang-thang and still...

This is a joke

But many rappers wouldn't know

This is a joke

But most producers wouldn't know

This is a joke

A lot of DJs wouldn't know

This is a joke

I got your daughter sellin' watermelon

Still rated hardcore X and still not carin'

Down with the television set and Gil Scott Heron

We got more important issues to address and settle

Johnny Rockwell on the wheels that are made of metal

Getting sick and taking home all the contest money

The other challengers are wack and I think it's funny

I take time out of my day for long distance calls

Even though the phones are tapped and flies are on the walls

I got like stress levels out of control because of cold-hearted

Snakes and backstabbers are out here acting retarded

Yeah, I know I shouldn't let them get the best of me

'Cause when it comes to making it happen, I got the recipe

Soup or nothing, I'm dropping old fashion science

For the new recruits we got regular clients

I'm guarantee'd to always hit the hammer on the nail

I took a test to become an MC and didn't fail

In fact, now I got the qualifications for me to teach

And people come and pay to sit and listen to me give a speech

Now I'm on the corner, beatboxing and whatnot

All I want is to be able to be on a record label

Fuck that! I don't even like the way them people look

They wanna brainwash me, I don't like the way them people look!

Back in the days with bass, the excitement lasted

I left the fellas open, all the girls were flabbergasted

This is a joke

And many people still don't know

This is a joke

The boys and girls will never know

This is a joke

The senior citizens will never know

This is a joke

I got your daughter sellin' watermelon