Royce da 5'9"

Released: February 24, 2004

Featuring: Ingrid Smalls

Songwriter: Royce da 5'9"

Producer: Carlos “6 July” Broady

If you need me I will be nearby, mountain high, valley low
If you need me I will be nearby, mountain high, valley low

[Verse 1: Royce da 5’9”]
Hold it... uhh... uhh... uhh...
It depends on the type of men you keep in your regime
And when it's beef just how extreme they will go
You should bust yo' gat with care
Nigga go to jail, I get you stabbed for a pack of squares
It's more to me, look - past the beef
I'm laughin' that's why this album is so morbidly put
I tote twice just in case I gotta shoot you
And throw away my future for yo' life
I could knock you out
I'd rather stand over you holdin' a smokin' gun
Nigga, watch yo' mouth
You can go in that booth and call me all kinds of names
But motherfucker you gotta come out
So whoever hatin' my team
Remember who the gun totin', who provoked the fat lady to sing
It's one rule everybody should know
Everybody should calm down and just live 'cause

[Hook: Royce da 5’9”]
Everybody goes
Why all you front? The big picture stays the same
You can change the frame all you want
You can pretend all you wanna pretend
It's all gon' violently come to an end
Everybody goes
Die soldiers, try to live for the moment
We all borrow tomorrow, this is what God hones us
The biggest Indian giver, he gon' take it back
Erase you, I'm statin' facts to everybody

[Verse 2: Royce da 5’9”]
Narcissistic rhyme style comes equipped with the
Guns and clips are hungry, click in my compound
The M.I.C. represents the strength of henchmen
Here to get the attention of everybody
Now that you listen, nigga why you dissin'?
I can get to your brain quicker than what you sniffin'
I can open your mind quicker than that marijuan' that you smokin'
And close both of your eyes
Toe-taggin'; break you apart, break your momma's heart
All because your brothers is holdin' a closed casket
The pinnacle of the word 'absurd'
The centerfold of murder when the unpreventable occurs
We do it with minimal words
Dependin' on the person sent to hurt you might give you a criminal slur
This MAC-10 is a blur - bullets is fast
I'm a cowboy, I wear my Timbs with spurs

[Hook: Royce da 5’9”]
Everybody goes
Why all you front? The big picture stays the same
You can change the frame all you want
You can pretend all you wanna pretend
It's all gon' violently come to an end
Everybody goes
Die soldiers, try to live for the moment
We all borrow tomorrow, this is what God hones us
The biggest Indian giver, he gon' take it back
Erase you, I'm statin' facts to everybody

Valley low
Mountain high, valley low

Royce da 5'9", real name Ryan Daniel Montgomery, is undoubtedly one of the underground rap kings of Detroit. The Michigan MC is a long-time collaborator of Eminem’s, meeting him in December 1997, and is noted as one of the greatest lyricists in hip-hop’s history (in 2012, The Source ranked him as the 48th greatest lyricist of all time in their top 50, this questionable ranking unsurprisingly being scrutinized by many as a gross misjudgment).

Although critics have previously cast shade on his ability to create a well-rounded body of work, many, critics included, considered his sophomore effort, Death is Certain (2004), to be a strong album. To learn more in-depth about his solo discography, read this page (the page listed is old, so it is not updated).

Royce is the Bad half of Bad Meets Evil (with Eminem), ¼ of Slaughterhouse (alongside Crooked I KXNG CROOKED, Joe Budden and Joell Ortiz), and ½ of PRhyme (with DJ Premier). Royce currently operates a independent record label, Bad Half Entertainment.

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