Текст песни The Coup - Funk
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[Boots]I used to kick it with a brother named, MoeMoe used to kick it with a brother named, JoeJoe used to kick it with his girlfriend Lateishawhose brother Elmo, looked like meElmo used to elbow lots of brothers in the noseKick em when they down and he`d steal they shoes and clothesElmo would develop lots of beef as a tweakerand all of them was mostly come lookin for meImagine that, fat motherfuckers with bats tryinto rat pack, hmm, time to get a gatSo I`m strapped cause I`m trapped like brother Thomas in his fatmomma`s lap, what`s happenin here`s a rapSaturday twelve o`clock, told E-Roc, the whole blockand what not, about, how men are spottin he said"This little homey gets bread like flossinYou ain`t Steve Austin, Elmo got paws in BootsMaybe you should move to Boston"But you get lost when you play like a punkPile on the Right Guard I got SERIOUS funk"I`m trying, not to lose...""I`m trying, not to lose my head..." --> Melle Mel(repeat 2X) "I plan to tell you what it is later"(DJ Pam cuts and scratches)[Boots]Bet George and Bootsy, never had funk like thiscatch twenty-two, twist no fist can dismiss thisrip that I`ma go through, maybe I can flow throughthis whole ordeal and not pull out the black steeland my friends make suggestions...that I should squeal to the cops but that`s out of the questionIf I die by the trigger of a misled brothercould he be judged by the system that is scared of me and others?I believe no, so I don`t go, with the floweven though I`m bout to roll with no paddleup a creek called shit, light is lit on the situationCause me and him is gonna decrease the populationNow we wonder why our revolution never growKillin motherfuckers just for steppin on our toeIf we had as much funk for our oppressors as we didfor ourselves, the blood would never flow againAnd then, the uzis that were once used to kill each otherCould be used, to serve and protect the brothersAnd the sisters and the cousins or whatever othersBut the funk keeps growing like a fungus..."I`m trying, not to lose...""I`m trying, not to lose my head..." --> Melle Mel(repeat 2X) "That`s Elmo, get that fool" "Yeah get that fool""Ay, I`m Boots, I ain`t Elmo -- I`m Boots from The Coup!!"[Boots]Four years til I`m twenty-five, now I got a forty-fivecaliber don`t take no jive, just pull to fixDon`t want to be eighty-sixed, three six and six ain`t in my mixDon`t flap your lips about me takin no, tripsYou won`t be takin no sips from a milk cartonseein my face with a caption, askin"Have you seen Boots, he`s missing in action"This shit is more Off the Wall than Michael JacksonCause brothers who be doin brothers who be doin othersscrewin brothers but The Coup be doin more than shoo-be-doinon the corner, talkin revolution from Victoria to FloridaIt`s why it don`t make sense that they want me a goneron a, run cause some brothers in a ratpack think I`mpoppin junk cause they don`t see for centuriesthe genocidal funk so I`m a punk if I don`t blast they assBut I gots more funk for the rulin classWill it ever end, will we ever win, drinkin juice and ginFive-oh gets again, gets off with a grinNational Guard sent in for when we got beefYou wanna pop the trunk we got serious funk"I`m trying, not to lose...""I`m trying, not to lose my head..." --> Melle Mel(repeat 4X)*** spellings of the names of people in this outro may not be accurate ***Aight, back it upI wanna say whassup to the brothers and sisters that really got my backwhen the funk be onOf course it goes without saying, that E-Roc and DJO from The Coupgot my back at all times and at all costsSame goes for D-Force and Sneaker, Point BlankJ-Post and Stone of the OutcastsOsajih Po from the Tenth PlanetsChuck Da Pharoah got my backEvo got my back, Rose got my backNiko and the whole Mau Mau Rhythm Collectivegot my back cause I got theirsThe funk is on, and African Identity is thereThe funk is on and Midnight Voices is thereThe funk is on and T-More and Twin from Elements of Change are thereAnd I`m there for Cindy, I`m there for 3rd RailI`m there for Aztlan NationI got your back Leftside SimI got your back Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy cause you got mineAll y`all got my back, Neckbone got my back with the saxProblem Child got my back with the pianoAiy y`all let`s fade out, but before we fadeI wanna say rest in peace to Plan B, we out