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Verse 1 (JREM):
Back at home in Bull City, North Crack, NC
making minimum wage, my tank stuck on empty
tryna live our lives like it's back in the days
yeah we wanna be paid, don't wanna be trapped in the maze
with no control sell my soul just for cash
get it quick and fast
I lay back and hit the grass, space out when I sit in class
I blast a beat, lambaste the mic and pass
tryna live every moment like it's the absolute last
I study prose, muddy clothes, Bricktop my buddy knows
and it shows, we kicking flows and just waiting for shows
I suppose y'all know what I mean, it's something you do too
waiting for these opportunities to come to you
I pay my rent barely and keep my girl near me
J to the REM is who it be, living life carefree
somewhere we got off track, where the road's unpaved
but I got everything I need and I'm ready for the rave
Chorus:
We just waiting for the show
We waiting for the show
We just waiting for the show
We waiting for the show
We just waiting for the show
We waiting for the show
I got everything I need and I'm ready to go
Verse 2 (JREM):
From Little Brother to the others like Simone and Coltrane
reminds you when the music hits that you feel no pain
so while I'm waiting for the show man you know I'm rehearsing
devise a way to display the funk tapes I'm immersed in
it's all gravy in the place with the killer bass on the scrilla chase
rappers softer than a pillow case, I take control
in my hands hold my destiny at times I wonder what's the best for me
especially when I'm scraping by but I take my time
try to awake the mind, can't escape the grind, I shine
and sit back and unwind, find the truth in it all
amidst the lies and propaganda
our way of life's endangered like the panda
but I'm the man to make it move
these layers built on the groove
I keep it sounding so smooth because I got something to prove
now to do you want to get down, you ready to leave?
I got so much on my mind that I'm trying to achieve but we just waiting for the show
Chorus 2X
Verse 3 (Median):
Mic check 1, 2 get set golden, just going in
coast is clear I'm just going in
on the way I took the scenic route to everything
so the saying says it's in the journey anyway
pacing it, everyday patient, taking it, giving favor and flavoring
amazing is as amazing did and does and ish
Pun was a cadence man the pun is intended
I come with the vision, kinetic as children
with so much potential in their individualism
the tone steady rock to the rhythm, the gift is sent from this
ignorance is bliss, then again, who's filming this again?
only makes sense to predict and be a gentleman
live for today but pray for futuristicness
keeping fit, extending my physical to the infinite
the end is a new beginning, doing it different
a new beginning doing it different
until the end doing it different
get set, golden, we just going in,
until it's time to go in again, we just waiting for the show
Chorus 3X
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Verse 1 (JREM):
Aiyo it's J, sitting on the dock of the bay
casting my net tryna catch the biggest fish of the day
you know me I just wanna rock, all around the clock
whiskey in the soda pop, hair looking like a mop
man I try, to reach up to the sky but I'm lazy too
I'd rather kick it with my crazy crew, check the rhyme
let's roll like we Optimus Prime, man i'm the key to the lime
like a goal in extra time for the win yo, slap me some skin
you know I see you getting down like that
I'm Farley gnarly with the style that's fat
I gots to if I'm gunna make a through, getting dome like terror
and only bump the golden era
cassettes, records, and tracks with the crackle in the boom bap
shaking ribs through your body, vibes, tunes that you need to feel
the seventh round steal
your boy know how to build and destroy yo that's real
Chorus (J-La):
Leave one, to me
freedom, for them
it takes five, so succeed
you're lucky, is seven
Verse 2 (JREM):
I don't have much, everything ain't gold I touch
but I'm thankful for every day that I don't walk with a crutch
I wake up around noon, I start making a tune
and then I lose a couple hours on the roof with the sour
that's what you get when time you gotta split down the middle
and what you love can play second fiddle but it's cool
something like the deep end of the pool
don't forget the golden rule or be acting like a fool
yo the news will give you the blues but me and Gulley getting down
if y'all feel it then rock to the sound
1, 2 better brush up on your kung fu
ay son you gotta be trained to participate in the game
there's others out there doing the same but there's no one like me
I'm likely to knock you out them Nikes
and see I got a problem often I ain't nice or genteel
but your boy know how to build and destroy yo that's real
Chorus 2 (J-La)
Breakdown (JREM):
You know it's hard to figure out the truth but they say, "Numbers never lie"
Chorus 3 (J-La)
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