R.A. The Rugged Man

[Intro]
Underground
Yo, I can do it all day
What you looking at, B?
Yo, come on

[Hook x2]
I'm the king of the underground
(Underground) under, under, underground

[Verse 1]
Yo, yo
Aiyo, meet this street kid, peep this, we the deepest
Ain't no weakness, we thrill seekers, street this
Skateboard tricks, we up in the mix
See the wild out clicks, doing the ollie to kickflips
The way we flip these grips, all the neighborhood chicks dig our style
They like the way we get buckwild
On our nose grabbing, body slamming
Air walking, street talking, nose jamming
Rugged Man and Tony Hawk
The skateboarding Michael Jordan, you better back up off 'em
We street rebels, trouble always attract us
Cops harass us, but too bad, they can't catch us

[Hook x2]

[Verse 2]
Money earning, there's no concerning, suburban urban
Brain dead, never learning, in your hood lurking
You wanna be down, hold up, no hearts, no guts
No rough, no you not rolling with us
We fall off boards, break bones, get cut up
Twist ankles, get bloody, but we get right up
Leap twists, pop shove it, yeah we in your neighborhood
And you jealous cause you know your girl love it
And now don't try to tell me how to live my life
They say I'm thick in the head, yeah, you probably right
I'mma skate 'til I die, skate 'til I got nothing left
I'mma skate 'til I take my last breath

[Hook x2]

[Verse 3]
Be afraid, stand aside and punk keep hiding
Graffiti riding, half pipe rail sliding
Forget 9 to 5'n, no license, forget driving
Never mind, yeah, we straight grinding
One day I'll get a company to come and sponsor me
I think I got something for the whole world to see
I'm the original gangsta, OG
Even if most people out there don't know me
We be the street's athletes, don't sweat our techniques
Boom box blasting, busting hip-hop beats
Rap around, y'all c'mon and beep out the sounds
My man Tony Hawk bring it from the underground

[Hook x4]

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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