The Brownout
Written by: Michael Turner & Christopher Portugal
[Spoken sample:]
[Homie #1:] Yo, I was at Brownout last night…
[Homie #2:] Yo, you was there?
[Homie #1:] Yeah…
[Homie #2:] Yo, that shit was pumpin', slammin' hard, wadn't it?
[Homie #1:] Hard?! Motherfucker gave me nightmares…
[Homie #2:] That shit was mad pumpin'.
[Homie #3:] Yeah, where went the other guy? Ain't there usually three-a you?
[Rap sample:] I'm serious… (repeated)
([Double K:] Aw, yeah…)
[Thes One:]
We excel spreadsheets on beds of beats
Made by this West Side Story, played by these OGs
Now your actors' guild should Yield, check Stay Tuned
The P shows a wrecking ball, your club stays ruined
I reckon our tunes rock any saloons to doom
Make the room bloom like a calalily-ed tomb
This equinox rocks the dark side of the moon
From here to June, lunar eclipse and mushroom
Cloud the underground, loud like thunder-sound
The coming electrics, looking to find ground
A third prong song to make the breakers all trip
Off and on like Trendz we never follow
Apollo talent, it's like a magic trick
I got the gallant spit, and on some beats
([Spoken sample:] Eat your eggs!)
So me and Double tell 'em "too weak" and then we split
Or we bust 'em, hole 'em like a masonry bit
It's a holdup! Schooly D, and then they Flea
Like the Red Hot Chili, now, really, we hot steppas
([Double K:] And is that you on the drum?) Naw, man, that's Baby Peppa
But we spotted like leopards, them dudes are from the records
Like Mutt and Jeff, but we buff and def to death
So play the left, young lady, like Sadie Hawkins, and then you step…
[Rap sample:] I'm serious… (x2)
[Rap sample:] I live up to my rep
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] And…
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] I live up to my rep
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] And I never half-step
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] I live up to my rep
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] And I never half-step
[Rap sample:] The more I sweat the more money I get
[Double K:] (Yo…)
Get ready for the aftershocking, the nine pointing
On your Richter, California's top-notch earthshake fo' real-a
Heatseeking rhyme patterns the matter, I get
Cause for a matter to rip, I write rhymes at the speed of a Crip
Trying to dip, make a man skip
His dinner and sleep, checking my rap of the week
See, I'm the difference between a victory and a loss
And I'm the reason why your wack twelve-inch gets tossed
They call me big boss man, I'm running the streets
In a marathon of funk, leaving a cloud of skunk
You out-of-towners get sunk quick, man, didn't see the quicksand
Covered up by the pro-flow master, I get faster than the Nascar
Down to the last bar, I outlast y'all, going and going and going
Down to the last syllable, until they say I feel it, bro
Yeah, he really killed it, yo! Do it without a video
So picture me smacking your favorite rapper at a theatre near you
A pure disaster… (uh huh…)
[Rap sample:] And I never half-step
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] I live up to my rep
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] And I never half-step
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] I live up to my rep
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] This is ?
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] I live up to my rep
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] And I never half-step
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] Sucka em-ceeees
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] I ain't about hos and fronts
[Rap sample:] I'm serious…
[Rap sample:] The more I sweat the more money I get
[Rap sample:] I'm serious… (x4)
[Spoken sample:] Ay-yo, man, can we see them mics, man?
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This track appears on the following releases:
- Stepfather (2006) (US CD + DVD) - Basement Records (BR1157-2),
(UK CD + DVD) - Tres Records (TR396-016),
(2xLP) - Tres Records (TR396-017) - Stepfather Instrumentals Part Two (2007) (12" EP) - Tres Records (TR396-025)
- A snippet is also included on Snippets & Shenanigans (2006) (CD promo) - Basement Records (no catalog number)
- 10 Years Of Thes One (2010/2013) (LP & MP3) - Piecelock70 Records (PL7001)
