TY - Like You Never lyrics

rate me

for every five steps  forward i take ten steps back 

 i love the music but cant see where its at ?

 strictly fast food runnings

 how we supposed to adapt 

how we sposed to raise kids to that 

 and i aint blaming no one  its  starts with me 

 before heart failure theres blocked arteries

 we were usually on point  no archery 

 creative to a fault 

 like an art degree but something happened.. it kinda like a takeover

 the sampling law changed 

 the looping of the breaks over 

 tho corporate theres nothing pretty about this makeover 

pay for play and now you influence  what we say

 we  even let you walk off with the deejay 

 its hard to hear a single scratch on records these days besides the cliches

  somebody got to keep up traditions 

 its a new day but still something is missing i mean

 (chorus ) 

thats what i'm telling everybody   (i'm like you never)

thats what i'm telling everybody   (i'm like you never)

 (verse two) 

 and now the new school is no school 

 cos everybody and their mama knows protools 

 writing raps and recording bad vocals 

being a star is more than being anti social 

 i'm more than boastful  

i'm hopeful of brighter tommorrow 

 used to weaving words together other writers can follow

 i hear anger in music but the message is hollow upon further  inspection  you can see whats been borrowed 

 foreign ideals  of real bluffing to do with nothing  now we reinvent the wheel  

caps get peeled as we slip on banana skins 

 stuttering stammering should have been fannie -loue hammer - ring

instead we are glimmity glammering

this struggle is a headache plus anadin 

 mic check even breathing is challenging

 the music is  a powerful thing   especially when its used to boost the power within  but you dont hear me  ha!

 thats what i'm telling everybody   (i'm like you never)

  thats what i'm telling everybody   (i'm like you never)

( verse three)

 i had my palm read

she told me not to leave this alone 

 so i miss real artist like nina simone

 full of integrity  never to keen to be cloned

 thats why the need to be different  

buried deep in my bones 

 cos swagger never paid bills just skills 

 i guess i took the long road mountain plus hills

 turntables and mic cables   love from the crowd is more important than the right label 

and i dont want the 90's sound back

but you cant deny the linn drum really sounds wack

just living thru the movie but not feeling the soundtrack 

 not trying to be bourgie but not trying to be round that 

i grew up in a brown black facade so i'm  not trying to act like i'm that large 

 but i'm trying to rap like i'm that guard when its comes to culture i'm pulling raps card like  a placard

  chorus 

 thats what i'm telling everybody  (i'm like you never )

 thats what i'm telling everybody  (i'm like you never )

Thanks to tymusic for correcting these lyrics