K’naan - “If Rap Gets Jealous”
K’naan - “If Rap Gets Jealous”
This is from K’naan’s album The Dusty Foot Philosopher Deluxe Edition. Check the lyrics below:
So good things come to those who wait
sure I’ve waited about “Pop pop pop pop”
that’s four cousins shot
I got grudges, let’s discuss it, my music needs no touch ups
I got a long record of fucks ups, trust me,
you don’t know a past as weird as mine
or a life as hard as mine I had to hustle
chop, sell drugs, grind
whatever you wanna call it is fine but just listen
and don’t pre judge, I don’t want anyone
dismissing me as another thug or some shit like that
no sir I fall I would get right back
I got circumstances but let me stop dancing around the issue and tell you straight forth
I’m poor, a refugee been in prison and survived a war
I come from, the most dangerous city in this universe
you’re likely to get shot at birth, so how could rap quench my thirst?
I don’t even hear verses no more
I hear jerking off punks with lip glosses and purses
I don’t see nobody operating shit anymore I see nurses
fuck that, I’m gonna stay alive I’d rather do a stage dive
And if rap gets jealous, cause I rock heavy
it don’t worry me if motha fuckaz don’t get it
and if rap gets jealous, cause of where I’m headed
I used to be public enemy don’t forget it
and if rap gets jealous, cause I rock heavy
it don’t worry me if motha fuckaz don’t get it
and if rap gets jealous, cause of where I’m headed
aggression obsession with pain live again.
So yea basically I gotta release occasionally
I gotta let you know what’s goin on with me and facing me are, some tough choices
I got a good side and bad side inside my headI hear screams not voices
and I can’t lie I ain’t got shit, I ain’t got to brag
I’m hard pressed for some cash to send to my ill dad
and you’re so superficial, of course it’s fo shizzl
that my choice is to piss on you boys
cause my mission is the world
to know, my name, my aim, is plainly success
but I still gotta come fresh, so how could rap quench my thirst?
I don’t even hear verses no more
I hear jerking off punks with lip glosses and purses
I don’t see nobody operating shit anymore I see nurses
fuck that, I’m gonna stay alive I’d rather do a stage dive
It’s what is, it’s pain you know what I’m saying
I don’t know man, it’s like you spend years developing your artistry and perfecting your skill
and you can’t do shit with it, that’s gotta be fucked up you know what I’m saying
that’s gotta be fucked up, just imagine, imagine you build a fucking castle and you can’t live in it
that’s what is is, you can’t live in it, and you got problems, you got family to feed
I got family to feed, moment of truth right?
and I still gotta come fresh, so how could rap quench my thirst?
I don’t even hear verses no more
I hear jerking off punks with lip glosses and purses
I don’t see nobody operating shit anymore I see nurses
fuck that, I’m gonna stay alive I’d rather do a stage dive
