Waste Of Mind (1998)



1.   Check
2.   Get Back
3.   The Real Me
4.   Someday
5.   Waste Of Mind
6.   Feel The Way
7.   Walk Away
8.   Big Shot
9.   Swing
10.   Jag Off
11.   Time
12.   Move On
13.   Fly Daze
14.   Bootylicious Vinyl

"Check"
 
Coming hard core looking like a gangster bitch
Trying to front like you ain't rolling filthy rich
Laguna Hills you were born and raised
But you?re claiming South Central is where you spent your days
Coming out hard talking crazy
Knowing in your mind that you really don't fit
Standing up straight with a ganster lean
Talking ganster slang about what you seen

Take a chance kid, don't fall down hard again

You better think twice before you come at me
Right through your dome I can clearly see
Hey little dog, you gonna bark all day?
Cause toe to toe, in the ring, is where I play
So you better step back and check yourself
Stop fronting and just be yourself
Cause no one cares what set your claiming
Till someone grabs their gun and starts their aiming
At you!

Tripping out cause you got no clout

Cause it ain't about how hard you are
Try using your brain and you will go far
Be true to the color that you were born with
Not the color that you're adorned with
So keep it real and always be true
And be yourself in all that you do
Stand up tall and get some respect
And always remember, keep yourself in check

"Get Back"
 
Here comes the boom

I got game like Kobe, act like you know me,
if you rhyme better well then kid you best show me
Fly by wrecking, never come in second, fists in my pocket
and use my words as my weapon
Ghetto blaster thumping, girlies are bumping,
got to get the dough like my man Donald Trump and
Set this in motion, jaws in the ocean,
if you need a rhyme well, then kid I got the potion

Damn
Building this up like a high rise,
better yet phatter than Nell Carter's right thigh
Coming in slanging, never leave you hanging,
if you talk then on your door I'm banging
Twisting up hip hop, running with my flip flops,
past all the cops just chilling in the donut shops
For no other reason, no it ain't treason,
just coming up cause this is the zebrahead season

Get it back
I didn't want it
Didn't need it
My time is the only thing that you have taken
So above the world, don't be mistaken
Get it back
I didn't want it
Didn't need it
You've lost the only thing that you were given
Afraid to stand alone, so now you're tripping

Living life disco, here to San Francisco,
do my own stunts cause I like to take the risk, yo
Punk rock rhyming, rap is always climbing,
like your first time cause I'll pop out your hymen
With the bass drum booming, jump up in the room and,
watch the walls sway cause the groove is gooving
Got your hands shaking, suckers that I'm baking,
made you look dumb cause it's your girl that I'm
Taking
What?

Let me set this off like a bomb,
have your ass stepping like Jerry had Tom and I'm gone
With the free style form that I'm kicking,
have your ass tripping, with the rhymes that I'm flipping
And this ain't no west coast thing,
it's a world wide ring with the style we bring, right?
So watch the dime drop as I harvest my crop cause
I'm going to ride this to the top

"The Real Me"
 
I know a girl who welcomes the world
I think though the world is spoiled
And she holds on to me
She holds my head up so that I can breathe
And I've found that when I'm on the ground
She's the only one still sticking around
Only she knows the real me
And I know that she won't let me down

And I get mine

No way I would ever leave today
Cause she listens to the dumb things that I say
And I seem to get high
With just one smile as she walks on by
And I found that when I'm on the ground
She is the only one sticking around
Only she knows the real me
And I know that she won't let me down

There's only one girl in this world who understands the real me
There's nothing superficial, artificial you get just what you see

I know a girl who takes up my world
Takes all of me and every breath that I hold
We meet and she makes me feel free
With one look she knows just what I need
And I've found that she's got me bound
Cause she's the only one that my mind surrounds
Only she knows the real me
And I know that she won't let me down

I know a girl who wakes up my world
Brings in the warmth when I'm feeling cold
And she's got places to be
But she says that she would rather stay here with me
And I've found that when I'm on the ground
She's the only one sticking around
Only she knows the real me
And I know that she won't let me down

"Someday"
 
Late out the door, grab my clothes off the floor,
backpack and books cause school is a chore
Coming straight out the block, punk rock ain't no shock,
blue hair everywhere cause we got the stock
Slide by all the narcs, as the late alarm barks,
take a nap in the class on a film about sharks
Try to make my way through, but it's all I can do,
cause I keep coming back and all I think about is you

Didn't want to go, didn't want to stay, didn't want to lie by my side
I don't really care cause I'll still be there swallowing my pride
Someday I'm going to be there

Step out in the hall, with the girls dressed like dolls,
and the burn-outs are baked as they step out the stalls
See the games that they play, cause they practice all day,
and the more that I see the less I have to say but
It's a quarter to ten, by your locker again,
cause I know you'll be coming round the corner with your friend
Try to make my way through, but it's all I can do,
cause I keep coming back and all I think about is you

Listen when I say
Today is the day
And I'm on my way

See you when you're wandering by
And you still catch my eye
Blow my mind
Cause my face you won't recognize

I know that it's crazy, how you seem to phase me,
when nothing else matters but that all escapes me
This is a new trip, got to get a better grip,
a day in the life and you know I'm going to take it
And then you turn and walk away, before I have a chance to say,
I know that you can make this all okay
Try to make my way through, but it's all I can do,
cause I keep coming back and all I think about is you

"Waste Of Mind"
 
Let down, but I'm ready for another round
Bear all the times that I miss and hit the ground
Time is the key and it's holding
I won't get burned cause regret is scolding
So I find that this is just a waste of my mind
To think of the days gone by and all the things I want to try
And everyone says get your head out of the clouds
And all I want to do is play loud

Break it, break it down
There's funk in the sound
I'm gonna live my life fly and keep my feet off the ground
And I'm not the only one when I see
You got your feet bound to the ground when you should be living free

So you get the feeling that I waste another day
Now I got the feeling that I'm not the only one
If you think about it, it's a waste of mind cause
Try to live without it and you'll stop

I think about the time when everyone will hear me
Hear my rhymes loud and understand clearly
That I can spend each and every day
Doing things my way and I'll be okay
But I find that this is just a waste of my mind
To think of the days gone by and all the things I want to try
And everyone says get your head out of the clouds
And all I want to do is play loud

"Feel The Way"
 
I'm up and I'm alright
Push on with all my might
Got to find a way to get away today

Because I am the man
What?
I am the man
What?
Who's the man
Try to front like you want to try and understand
But you don't know man
Through the times that we shared
I know that you care
And I know you

And I'll go where you want to go cause I feel this way
And I care what you got to say cause I feel this way
So I stepped up and I said I just don't understand
He said just come and check it out man

I'm up and I feel fine
I won't drop till I get mine
I got to find a way to get away today

Because I am the man
What?
I am the man
What?
Who's the man?
Try to front like you want to try to understand
But you don't know man
Through the times that we shared
You know that I care
Cause I know you

Here we go
Hip hop nation, vibe affiliation
All that I need is mind emancipation
Got to find a way to get away
Got to find something to make me want to stay
Cause all that I see is jaded
Now I can't even see straight cause I'm faded
Stressed cause of strain and you know that I'm leaving today
And I care what you say, but I feel this way

"Walk Away"
 
Here I come around the bend again
Don't want to battle cause you know that I'll win again
Check it, battle scars earned and worn with pride
These words are where my soul resides
And never did I ever fit into this place, right?
And I couldn't stand looking at your face, right?
And you didn't mind making this a race, right?
So check out the bass
When I flow, I know, that I grow
Sit back relax and check out the bomb show, bet
And never could you ever bring me down, clown
Yeah, check out the sound!

Well I saw your face one time, I never thought I'd walk away
Then we hit the trip that wouldn't quit, and I never walked away again
I said I'd never walk away again

Let me jump back into the boom of the room
Come and take a ride to the top of the moon
I don't want to fight and make this a bad trip
I just want to sit back, relax, take a fat rip
Check out the shapes and the colors in the grooves
Check out the thoughts that make your mind move
Check out the lights that form the new patterns
Check out the beats and the rhymes that make us much phatter

Check out the zebrahead style
Boom, boom, boom in the room
And I kick
Free style form not the norm
Cause I slang it
Coming five fold take another hit and I hold
And don't try to wreck cause kid you'll get rolled
On the flip side if you choose to decide
Wreck it from New York to Cali or anywhere I reside
So check out the crew with the funk flow flavor
Spitting out smooth sounds that you know that you want to savor

I wish you could see all the that I see
Back in the day you were down with me
Back in the day when things were all right
Check out the lights
Check out the sounds that I found all underground
And the swing that I bring up all around
Watch the walls as they all come crumbling down
Check out the shake and the quake as I kick it down
This is the bomb track and we never take it back
Funky fresh flow is something that we never lack
So get up and ride this and never try to bite this
Aim for the sky cause you never know you might miss
Check out the shapes and the colors in the grooves
Check out the thoughts that make your mind move
Check out the lights that form the new patterns
Check out the beats and the rhymes that make us seem much phatter

"Big Shot"
 
LH cause 714 is the area
Everybody grab a friend and jump on in
Get a new view and a message to send
Look for the truth and a hand you can lend
But you
Got something to prove
A turn of your back and you?re on the move
And me
I get to see
All of the things that you had and all you could be
When the world is all about you
Can't you make your way through
And all I can do is say
Hey man, where ya going?
Going real far and I won't stop for nothing
Hey man, what ya thinking?
What I see is me, don't you see me shining?
Why do you think you can make the world yours?
No way today

So your a big shot now, still don't know who you are and
Everything you want and need is at your feet, so what?

Good times
Drink your red wine
Try not to think of things left behind
You?re a star
And you've made it this far
Strange how you really don't know who you are
Divide
All your time and your pride
Take all the names that you've learned in stride
When the world is all about you
Can't you make your way through
And all I can do is say
Hey man, where ya going?
Going real far and I won't stop for nothing
Hey man, what ya thinking?
What I see is me, don't you see me shining?
Why do you think you can make the world yours?
No way today

God damn! Here it comes again
My friend
I'll stay to the end
But I need some room so that I can get in
This place
It?s all a waste
Your energy spent on just getting a taste
And me
I get to see
All the things that you had and all you could be
When the world is all about you
Can't you make your way through?
And all I can do is say

Hey man where ya going?
Going real far and I won't stop for nothing
Hey man, what ya thinking?
What I see is me, don't you see me shining?
Why do you want to make the world yours?
No way today

So ideal
Your time is running but you don't know why
And nothing comes for free when you don't want to try
So unreal
Your time is running and I see it
All of your life, did you really want to be it?
Your time is running out

"Swing"
 
Here I come
Force like a vector, radar detector,
abandon you cause I'm a defector
Loyalty reflective, crooked lie objective,
never trust you cause you are deceptive
Base burned sample, lyrics are ample,
don't step to me cause you I will trample
Mainstream averted, tracker inserted,
found something pure, but it was perverted

If I ever got a chance, should I swing
Step to the side, swallow your pride,
ignorance breeds more laws to abide
Ideal in your mind, expectation defined,
picture distorted and you claim what is mine
Battle like war, chaos in store,
money and power always glorify gore
Needless tradition, chose my position,
sprang like a lion to meet opposition

Third verse and I'm gonna burst a new topic
Don't come to front cause you know I'll say stop it
Money you're a liar, printed on a flyer
Turned my back on you and you said fire
All shapes on the wall fall to form one quote
Check out the note that I wrote
And the hip hop hordes that have always been born on the street
Degenerate me

Here comes my chance should I swing