Royce da 5'9"

Released: October 26, 2004

Songwriter: Royce da 5'9"

Producer: Royce da 5'9" Asar

[Intro: Royce Da 5'9"]
DJs and MCs!
Comin' up next is the incredible!
We takin' it back to the beats and the rhymes!

[Verse 1]
5'9" is back, about to make a nigga spin on his back
Not on a cardboard, on the ground with people surroundin'
Lookin' down at him; lookin' astounded
Ready to draw 'round him an outline of his body in chalk form
This nigga here let the trigger talk for him
His niggas'll bark for him, for real, his heart's warm
So you've been warned
I don't even need to be drunk forever, the liquor is rootin' me on (go, go, go, go, go!)
I turn tables fast as Jam Master Jay do
I'm N.W.A., I choke hoes like Dre
Poke holes in the pavement, throw foes in the grave
If you could choose between a broke nose or the AK
I make movies like Cube 'cept I use hammers
Yep! I shoot but I don't do it with cameras
(Nope!) So you can call me Malcolm
You can all witness what I be doin' to all of these rappers (yes!)
With y'all sloppy tactics; don't try to copycat me
If you ain't tryna box me back
And watch your back, don't take another look into the eyes
Of a nigga that's willin' to ride 'til he blind

[Hook]
(Fuck a hook... fuck a hook...)
Chka-chka-chka, Royce... 5... 9!
Yeah, and it's on
(Fuck a hook... fuck a hook... fuck a hook...)
Chk-chka-chka-chka
I will rhyme all day, yes!

[Verse 2]
I'll show you the back of your brain
Slap you with the back of the gun
Clap you when the rappin' is done
I aim to hit, I pack MACs, accurate ones
Change the clip, I send rappers back where they from
Changin' fast, the game I ask is not a sport
I'm tired of bein' a fuckin' day late and a dollar short
And I'm back! All of you rap niggas hide your mics
I'm ridin', dyin', and I ain't flyin' by on them bikes
I'm walkin', talkin', you eye me you dyin' tonight
This iron is showin' you the shine designed by Christ
And I am the head reaper about the sick shit
You about to see dead people without the "Sixth Sense"
And yeah, takin' food off my mother's table'll
Get you killed regardless like my brother's label
My heart and arteries a part of me that'll test the truest
We can do it, put your vest into it, yeah

[Hook]
(Fuck a hook... fuck a hook... fuck a hook...)
Chka-chka-chk
("You don't wanna play with him today")
Yeah, No!
Yeah, hardcore! Rhymes galore!
(Oh!) Givin' you what you need!
Like I told you before!

[Verse 3]
Yeah, the rap game is dead, I'm 'bout to breathe life in it
Bring it back to when niggas was cypherin'
Yeah, back in the day, when nobody needed radio play
I was straight long as my radio played tapes
And this went on before all of them pay dates
We was backflippin' and windmillin' to save face
These days, we'll give you the MAC so stay in your place
I hope before you lay on your back, you sayin' your grace (pray!)
These new cats that rap to me, they groupies
You never see 'em in Max Julius or them Guccis
Or they woulda got robbed for them Diadores
Or the Gazelles, we the store, we take, we sell your
Items we took, have you goin' to tell
(We crooks) we either goin' pro or goin' to jail
I know I'mma spare (many) lives
This rap shit is comin' with me, 'cause don't nobody know how to share

[Hook]
(Fuck a hook... fuck a hook... fuck a hook...)
Chka-chka...
("Get in your mind—
Get in your mind—
Get in your mind all day!")

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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