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This Kid
2,349
Underground Rap
This Kid was released on January 1, 2005 by Headbop as a part of the album This Kid - Single
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Release DateJanuary 1, 2005
LabelHeadbop
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM91

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Credits

Lyrics

Yeah that cat was nice with his
Every time he rhyme it was like he had advice to give
Even though he had his whole life to live
He got biz at all the open-mics he did
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I used to peep him at the Nuyorican every weekend
One night he started freaking, these rhymes couldn't believe him
It was like he wasn't even breathing
His performance left the crowd pleased for good reason
In his neighborhood trees and brew was all he knew
Besides battling crews by 3's and 2's and breeze and through
Cause he knew some shit that MCs didn't
Pattern flipping, wordplay and straight spitting
Freestyle or written, his style was different
Far from the norm, no bullshitting
Born to get on, but had no direction
No connection, but this one cat was checking
For him, and then an odd man that saw him rocking
Got him a card so he could call him
And talk about his new career
Big rap star and that was music to his ears
(Hey kid, take my card, give me a ring
I got big plans for us, big plans)
* scratches *
Through the hard times my man signed on the dotted line
In his mind, feeling like he gotta shine
Even though he had no knowledge of the music biz'
He needed dollars but no one schooling him
So there he is, gassed by cash advance
And his chance to hit wax he would just sit back
While the A&R, got cats to submit tracks
Arrived at the session and find that this shit whack
In fact this was his first time up in the lab
You could tell he was pepped the way he scribbled in his pad
Every session no suggestions just went with the flow
Bunch of yes-man telling him "yo kid you're gonna blow"
But all he blew was the dough
On overpriced producers, guest MCs and time in the studio
Writing his rhymes plus trees to puff
Unorganized but deep enough that the deadline was sneaking up
So he speeded up the album, outcome was whack
Dropped it, no one copped it, stood on the racks
His label released him, gave him the ax
Just another case of a cat that didn't know the haps
(For MCs, take hint and don't let it happen to you)
* scratches *
Written by: Ken Boogaloo, yesh
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