Bum Deal - Jean Grae/Natural Resource.mp3

[00:00.429][Intro - Ocean]
[00:12.177]We bring it down on the two
[00:13.684]‘cause we’re not the ones
[00:14.927]No, we're not the ones
[00:17.677]We bring it down on the two
[00:19.178]‘cause we’re not the ones
[00:21.177]We're not the ones, yo, we're not the ones
[00:23.428][Verse 1 – What? What?]
[00:23.928]I. Drop. My. Style like this
[00:25.686]Twist, shape shift, bum deals get diss
[00:28.187]My flow's been blessed, chopping up at the breath
[00:30.934]Expand thoughts, chest retract, inhale the cess
[00:33.942]Digression—best defense emcees kept possession
[00:36.942]Southeast to northwest, contest to submission
[00:39.439]I flex, release, tense muscles and cease
[00:42.431]Stole the master key to free 'em from the industry leash
[00:45.186]I got a, full mind, [pack, stop?] with lethal weapons
[00:47.936]Breaking down crews in seconds while the hardcore beckons
[00:50.927]But I, stay focused even though triggers attempt
[00:53.941]Even though niggas are bent, so quick to represent
[00:56.188]Real emcees, we broke, Moet don't wet my throat
[00:58.928]I keep a double-edged sword, no one to mute the remote
[01:01.684]You need to keep your mouth shut, talking jaja on wax
[01:04.429]And no doubt, we'll see what happens with the company tax
[01:07.430]You know you gotta recoup, keeping your niggas with loot
[01:10.432]And gambling with your soul, rocks is your papers they shoot
[01:13.177]You're tampering with the art, and you're position's just temp
[01:15.678]I got the full-time job from bum deals in zest
[01:18.688][Hook – Ocean]We bring it down on the two
[01:20.688]‘cause we’re not the ones
[01:22.177]She's not your daughter, and I'm not your son
[01:24.434]So why you tryna play us like we're dumb?
[01:28.432]These deal is for bums
[01:30.927][Verse 2 – Ocean]
[01:31.434]From the cradle to the grave, elementary to the penitentiary
[01:33.427]The Black man's been getting the bum deal of the century
[01:35.688]Now you want to get with the rap techniques you used to diss
[01:38.692]I see you in these Coca-Cola commercials,
[01:40.689]and it's really making me pissed
[01:41.687]But I gotta give my [hair?], do and get my boots
[01:44.185]Two, in come more through. True, and get my loot too
[01:46.928]But you gotta remember from which this household started
[01:49.183]And these labels are trying to gas you up like someone farted
[01:52.687]I come more strong-hearted than Lion-O
[01:55.439][?] is my father and What? What? is [?]
[01:58.179]So we had no choice but to be good guys with appeal
[02:01.187]And don't got no time for nobody's whack record deal
[02:03.686]I feel we should make one buck out of every album that we sell
[02:07.178]If we did, you don't think that I'd know you'd make twelve?
[02:09.935]What the hell?
[02:10.678]I got a job, she's got a job, he's got a job, we’re all in school
[02:13.177]So why is it that you're trying to play us for fools?
[02:15.187]‘Cause most shit stinks like bird stool, can't hack it
[02:18.188]And I don't want to be playin’like white shit up on my jacket
[02:20.677]Your tax bracket sees you greenwhile all these emcees see is teal
[02:23.429]What are we, assholes? You can keep your bum deal
[02:25.938][Hook x2 – Ocean]
[02:26.438]We bring it down on the two ‘cause we’re not the ones
[02:29.178]She's not your daughter, and I'm not your son
[02:31.689]So why you tryna play us like we're dumb?
[02:34.187]These deal is for bums
[02:49.685][Bridge – Ocean]I'm surrounded by: bums
[02:52.683]Crowded by: bums
[02:54.192]Your style is like: bums
[02:56.940]Bums
[02:58.688][Verse 3 – What? What?]
[02:59.437]I need no bum deal for my bung-hole
[03:02.436]You sold your soul—now they're in control
[03:04.928]Jerked your body like a marionette
[03:08.186]Took your pens and your pads and replaced them with texts
[03:10.930]No say in the game, rappers sounding the same
[03:13.677]I'm sick of Versace, Chanel, and Gucci, drinking champagne
[03:16.428]Love's gonna getcha, I betcha, double dare you
[03:19.189]Physical challenge, your player shit is losing balance
[03:22.190]Get off the job, talk—your whole aura is weak
[03:24.677]My black people either got to be Italian or Greek
[03:27.435]Need to step off the scene, contracts and wicked seals, for real
[03:30.927]Keep your whack-ass ****ing bum deal
[03:33.430][Hook x2 – Ocean]We bring it down on the two
[03:34.928]‘cause we’re not the ones
[03:36.677]She's not your daughter, and I'm not your son
[03:39.427]So why you tryna play us like we're dumb?
[03:42.942]These deal is for bums
[03:44.942]……