Vicious Cycle - Northern State: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Vicious Cycle

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Rock

Vicious Cycle was released on June 3, 2002 by Startime as a part of the album Dying In Stereo

Song Details

AlbumDying In Stereo

Release DateJune 3, 2002

LabelStartime

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM93

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Northern State

Performer

Hesta Prynn

Vocals

DJ Sprout

Vocals

Guinea Love

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

GoodandEvil

Composer

Hesta Prynn

Lyrics, Composer

DJ Sprout

Lyrics, Composer

Guinea Love

Lyrics, Composer

Katie Cassidy

Composer

Eli Schneider

Composer

Seth Johnson

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Northern State

Producer

GoodandEvil

Producer

Lyrics

I thought I was gonna introduce the vicious cycle

Like this is an introduction to the vicious cycle

It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

I like to write my rhymes in twos

You know that even cowgirls get the blues

And I'm a-saving all my money 'cause I don't drink booze

I'm just the ill MC who gets the ill reviews

You want my resolution? So come and get it

I write in the nude and you know that you sweat it

Corinne is the artist plus I'm just the rapper

My name's Juliet and now don't you forget it

But in the night, I listen to the distant chimes

The wind howls through my head as I dream in rhymes

I keep the beat, I hear the clock tick

I burn the candle from both ends of the wick

Said I got to feel the electricity

Gonna take deep breaths and use my body

Gotta stretch beyond my capacity

Both musically and mentally

I gotta spend less time watching MTV

Gotta use what I have and give the rest away

I must remember all the things that I want to say

I'm feeling unshakable like I knew I would

'Cause Northern State is up to something good

Yo, my hands are steady and my mind is ready

And man, heads try to hear us 'cause they know they should

But hold up, son

Your rhyme style's sloppy like a hit and run

Your game's all over and it just begun

I write what I know, I know a lot

You know the state gonna blow up this whole fucking spot

It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

It's the writers and the MCs and the DJs and the breakers

Not the corporations and the hitmakers

That keep hip-hop fresh, the kids gotta hear it

I move closer to the speaker so that I can get nearer

Think you're controlling the world '

Cause you're controlling the wealth?

What, what?

I don't belong to you, I belong to myself

That's right, oh

And you could run fast but you can't catch me

I'ma lead right like Muhammad Ali

All up in the action wherever I be

That's Doctor French, PhD

In the age of police brutality

Open up your eyes and then it's clear to see

It doesn't take forty watts to kill a man without a gun

I'm glad to wave goodbye to Giuliani, what?

Yo, who owns the wall space in this big city?

The companies have billboards but that shit ain't pretty

Government busy scrubbing true art off the wall

The voices of the people and the freedom scrawl

It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

I'm going back and forth and forth and back

And my pen is on the paper like the train is on the track

I'm going back and forth and forth and back

And my pen is on the paper like the train is on the track

I'm going back and forth and forth and back

And my pen is on the paper like the train is on the track

I'm going back and forth and forth and back

It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

I'm trying to write a greater rhyme

See, I'm just trying to have me a better time

You know I'm trying to get me some peace of mind

And that's hard to find (Yo, it's hard to find)

We're all sisters fighting over Jacob in the red tent

Dependent on a man 'cause he pay the rent

But we make half as much for working twice as hard

I walk around in the summer, need a bodyguard

You say that I'm beautiful under your breath

But you're not looking at my eyes, no, you're staring at my chest

I could see history like a palimpsest

I know the ladies can figure out the rest

And this goes out to the government who bombed Baghdad

To the founding fathers who ravaged this land

Open your eyes and rewrite your text

'Cause there's a lot that you can learn from the opposite sex

It's a vicious cycle (It's a vicious cycle)

It's a vicious cycle

It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

Written by: DJ Sprout, Eli Schneider, GoodandEvil, Guinea Love, Hesta Prynn, Katie Cassidy, Seth Johnson

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