WYCLEF JEAN - 80 Bars lyrics
rate me[intro: wyclef]<br>80 bars, 80 scars<br>Yo, engineer turn me up, yo<br><br>[wyclef]<br>I started off in the underground<br>From mono to stereo, now I'm surround sound<br>Blowing through your tubes, leaving holes through your speakers<br>Cracking through your tweeters, my frequency's off the meter<br>Jam packed arenas from here to bangkok<br>I'm ahead of my time like jimi hendrix playing woodstock<br>Me, I'm playing hoodstock before I had the dreadlocks<br>I use to reminisce should I do music or sell rocks? <br>Wrote my own props, living in the pj's<br>That's when the angel came to you and said it's all a masquerade<br>Eyes with no faces, speakers with no lace<br>I feel that earth's spinnin, but I'm standin in the same space<br>With no trace of what happened last night<br>I seen two fiends fighting over a crack pipe<br>Now I'm watching tv, my antennae was a close hanger<br>Blurry vision, mister mcgee hunn, david banner<br>Flip the data, the kids was wearin bandanas<br>Totin hammers aimin at your medulla oblongata<br>Blaow blaow, a young thug with a slim figure<br>The romantic type like the movie castle blanca<br>Herbs, sell 'em once, got busted by undercover<br>Buyer, my supplier was a gypsy cab driver<br>That's when I realize I need to find a new hustle<br>Living in the jungle to get taught became my muscle<br>I strive through snake eyes who wanted me crucified<br>I thought that I was drowning but I was getting baptized<br>Now behold, I heard you sold 20 mill'<br>But with no street credibility, your overkill<br>You ain't real, talkin bout keep it gangsta<br>Phony, if you knew the gangstas sent me to shank you<br>Gank you, gank you, tie up your ankles<br>And if that ain't enought, I call henchman's to linch you<br>Now, at the funeral, I can see the priest bless you<br>But in the after life, i'ma still touch you<br>Knockin on heavens door, your beggin to get in<br>That's when the center man greets you with the face of satan<br>Now you look frightened in the belly of the whale<br>That's when the warden say I wanna welcome you to hell<br>Fools, is 5 bucks, get off the phone, times up<br>I seen him cut from his head to his nuts<br>You wish you wouldn't, wish you couldn't, wish it got to me<br>Cause you screamin so loud that a deaf man can hear<br>Back to the silence, no more droppin science<br>Er'body rappin about diamonds and violence<br>And they ain't are's, all they do is charge credit cards<br>And when the bill comes, they blame it on the rap stars<br>Now how you figure? I ain't rent a car<br>I wasn't at the spa, I ain't by the bar<br>Now here's a jewel when you get your first record deal<br>Don't subject yourself to the mass appeal<br>First class, caviar in the vel'<br>In the new s class with the jordan wheels<br>Remember, the music in the streets like the streets<br>You know the cold of the streets, er'body tryin to eat<br>The evidence is concrete, I'm tired of the same song<br>You take me how, you must be high off heroin<br>Sharper than I ever been, this one gon get a 10<br>Rappers, i'ma murder y'all with your own medicine<br>I move with faith, I never have doubt<br>I'm so hungry you will think I'm just coming out<br>But I been here before, from blun to the score<br>To the carnival, ecleftic world tour<br>I'm causin whores, waitin in the back doors<br>They want me to rock they boat and shift they more short<br>That's when the father said take me to this lesson<br>They wanna cut your hair like deliala did sampson<br>I felt that, so I went back to my format<br>Raps and backpack, gats for carjacks<br>Hats for pussycats, cause aids, I don't want that<br>And for the dj's, here's something y'all can scratch<br>Technique 12, benito hits the watts<br>Hypnotize the crowd, the dance floor is jam packed<br>Now sing along like a negro spiritual<br>No one got shot tonight, it's a miracle<br>What's this I hear, y'all wanna take my spot? <br>You got a better chance putting a gorilla in a headlock<br>I'm too focused, I can see through your lens<br>You ain't a g, just a wanna be, kingpin said...<br>The next time, y'all wanna pay for protection<br>I suggest that you hit up the haitian sicilians<br><br>[outro]<br>80 bars, 80 scars<br>80 bars, 80 scars<br>80 bars, 80 scars<br>80 bars
