Immortal Technique - Stronghold Grip lyrics
rate me<FONT size="1"><B>(feat. Poison Pen, Swave Sevah)</B></FONT><BR><BR>
<i>[ad libs for first 22 seconds]</i><br>
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<i>[Immortal Technique]</i><br>
Immortal Technique, Poison Pen<br>
Swave Sevah motherfucker (get 'em right now!)<br>
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I leave government spies and murderers<br>
wrapped in plastic like Dominican furniture<br>
I put the iron in you, like the center of Earth's curvature<br>
And make your block turn into the, border of Serbia<br>
My flow's dirtier than juiced-up players in baseball<br>
And beat you in the head like a sock with an 8-ball<br>
You got Stockholm Syndrome, and that's why I hate y'all<br>
Cause you be biggin up the industry while they rape y'all<br>
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<i>[Poison Pen]</i><br>
Yeah, I spaz out (spaz out) and beat the shit out niggaz<br>
You fag out (fag out) and beat the jizz out niggaz<br>
Gloves (check) ski mask (check) duct tape (check)<br>
Get a ducat and lost and recovered and break neck<br>
Bed-Stuy, BestBuy, clique and rush the {?}<br>
Rip up the pavement, throw the whole block on you<br>
Pop up, you gotta get it<br>
Like Ricky in "Boyz N the Hood," stoppin to scratch a lotto ticket<br>
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<i>[Swave Sevah]</i><br>
Yo, I feel the sudden surge given me the urge to speak (yo what up?)<br>
Scream somethin that's absurd and disturb the peace (fuck y'all!)<br>
Quick to throw a hot verse to beats<br>
You see the music I'm a prisoner, hip-hop is my work release<br>
I'm not the same Swave you knew, I'm a whole new person<br>
More assertive and aggressive, my attitude worsened<br>
I raise hell on this earth<br>
Your rap is over, you Casanova's gon' end up like Gerald Levert, bitch!<br>
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<i>[Chorus: Immortal Technique, Poison Pen, Swave Sevah]</i><br>
<i>[I.T.]</i> Stronghold tighten the grip, on the underground<br>
<i>[P.P.]</i> I fight back-to-back holdin my brothers down<br>
<i>[S.S.]</i> You done started, with the wrong motherfucker now<br>
<i>[I.T.]</i> Married to the cause and we loyal, we don't fuck around<br>
<i>[P.P.]</i> Stronghold overthrow the whole fuckin underground<br>
<i>[I.T.]</i> Secretly run, by commercial motherfuckers now<br>
<i>[S.S.]</i> So while you little step-and-fetch niggaz run around<br>
<i>[all]</i> Controlled demolition, we bringin the structure down!<br>
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<i>[Immortal Technique]</i><br>
Immortal Technique nigga, I'm the type to flip<br>
Cause me and my dogs fight to the death like Michael Vick's<br>
And I don't hit women so I'm not gonna mangle your wiz<br>
A prostitute with an AIDS race'll handle the biz<br>
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<i>[Poison Pen]</i><br>
Hit the block with a pen and glock, a ox and rocks, a devil spray<br>
If that's a K, play yo' punk-ass infected with leprosy<br>
Leave you half-murdered beyond, recognition beat and indecent<br>
Leave you with your plastic surgeon for a remix<br>
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<i>[Swave Sevah]</i><br>
Yo, aiyyo I'm hard-bodied with it<br>
And these scars, contusions, concussions, fractures <br>
and pains you suffer from; I probably did it<br>
You ain't worth spit, I put a hit out on your mother<br>
Then fuck up you and your four brothers<br>
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<i>[Immortal Technique]</i><br>
You play Scarface when a microphone's in the room<br>
But you more like Pacino in "Dog Day Afternoon"<br>
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<i>[Poison Pen]</i><br>
ASCAP clappin 'em, all this rap traps<br>
Snatch that diamonds off your neck, worth 50 dead Africans<br>
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<i>[Swave Sevah]</i><br>
Yo, this dude is truly a joke<br>
That stuff got you feelin tough, must be sniffin +Peruvian Coke+<br>
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<i>[I.T.]</i> We spit Cold War syndrome, it shatters the bones<br>
<i>[P.P.]</i> Spray my dependance on your bitch face when it splatters you on<br>
<i>[S.S.]</i> Thrown in submission holds and choked 'til you tap out<br>
<i>[I.T.]</i> And shut down your party like Whitney Houston's crackhouse<br>
<i>[P.P.]</i> Stronghold, live and direct up in your set<br>
<i>[S.S.]</i> The habitual line steppers - Swave, Pen and Tech<br>
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<i>[Chorus]</i><br>
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<i>[ad libs to the end]</i><br>
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