R.A. The Rugged Man

Released: April 17, 2020

Songwriter: R.A. The Rugged Man

Producer: Falling Down The KickDrums Vecz Super Brown Burn Breakbeat Lou

[Intro: Sampled from The Combat Jack Show]
Yo, we are turnt the fuck up today (tonight! aww, shit)
And I'm so happy to introduce our next guest, I've known this man for a very long time (Rugged Man)
And he's one of the greatest
His knowledge of a lot of shit is crazy
This is legendary (well, you know, I—)
Without further ado I'd like to introduce to the Combat Jack Show: R.A. The Rugged Man! Yeah!

[Verse]
I'm back, 500 shows and two babies later
Another classic album, the game-changer savior
For every fan who said my music saved their life, this is for you
Without the love from fans, I'd be dead, you saved my life, too
'Cause I didn't release an album, some thought that I maybe quit
But I was tourin' cities, payin' bills and wipin' baby shit
From the rotten core, pop imposters lock your door
Knock-knock, it's hip-hop's most shockin' provocateur
Society despiser, grind of a violent viking fighter
Vibin' to the violence inside ya, the suicide survivor
Civilize a 85'er, mind of Malcolm and Elijah
Tiger-manimal hybrid, island of Dr. Frankenheimer
My umbilical cord was a bullet belt of ammunition
Rap master mission, battle system, savage tactician
But I been ban-barred, been scarred, lived hard
Why try? Die hard, but I fight on and my pipe bomb
Was a icon in your iPod and your tape decks
Rape trainwrecks, and I break necks, I'm a rhyme god
Whether rappin' slow or rappin' fast
I'm back at last with a masterclass
From double time to boom-bap, I gotta switch the form
Go from battle raps to club records, to politics, to porn
Not the snitchin' gossipin' blog era of TMZ
I'm from the olden golden era, home of EPMD
We run planets, you cunt maggots smoke dust and puff xanax
Pussy pink hair snitchin' mumble-mouth drug addicts
You fiddlesticks checker-playin, amateur spectator
I'm a Garry Kasparov grandmaster chess player (go go go go go)
Need to get ahead, get a record in demand
Rugged never ran, get a better plan, better dead a man
Schizophrenia, mind in prison, the existentialist nihilism
When I flow and go in and I'm rope on the men
You see Mussolini body blow in the wind
With the Damien devil, the omen of sin
Is Mao Tse Tung, Ho Chi Minh, murdering holy men
Rippin' the mic 'til I'm dead in the grave
I'm the best in the world, I get better with age
And I dedicate it to my son and my daughter
Recorded this album for every supporter
This for those that admire fire flows and bars
This not a fashion show, clothes, money, hoes and cars
When my pen touch paper, pages feel violated, shook
I #metoo'd my notebook, the speech creep, the known crook
I'm from the murder era when O.J. was acquitted
Before oversensitive triggered little bitches existed
The bloody ape, lowlife, die-rugged legend never died
Welcome back to R.A. The Rugged Man, Part Five

[Outro: Combat Jack and R.A. The Rugged Man]
...but here you are, you're this golden child, dude
You got this crazy deal, y-you're crazy talented
I have mental problems, man. I was mentally ill in the 90s, man
It was true, you know? And I cleaned up my act

R.A. Thorburn better known by his stage name R.A. the Rugged Man, is an American rapper, screenwriter, film director and film producer. He began his music career at age 12, building a reputation locally for his lyrical skills. R.A. signed to major label Jive Records at age 18, but his debut album, Night of the Bloody Apes, was never released.

Since then, he has worked with the likes of Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, Kool G Rap, and Notorious B.I.G., as well as producers Erick Sermon, Trackmasters, DJ Quik, The Alchemist, J-Zone, and Ayatollah.[citation needed] He was featured on all three of Rawkus’s Soundbombing albums, as well as the platinum-selling WWF Aggression album. After a brief stint on Capitol Records (during which he recorded another unreleased album, American Lowlife), R.A. signed with independent label Nature Sounds and released his official debut, Die, Rugged Man, Die.[4] In 2013, R.A. released his second album, Legends Never Die on Nature Sounds

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