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The Jam

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Hip-Hop/Rap

The Jam was released on February 13, 1996 by Rhino Atlantic as a part of the album From Where???

Song Details

AlbumFrom Where???

Release DateFebruary 13, 1996

LabelRhino Atlantic

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM92

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Skillz

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

D. Lewis

Songwriter

James Dewitt Yancey

James Dewitt Yancey

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Skillz

Mixing Engineer

Jaydee

Producer

Tony Smalios

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Now who done passed you a diaper and got you thinkin' you the shit?

The styles I be inkin' get you hyper when I get and attack tracks

Bruise and snooze on the wax

My crew's in the back, gettin' blitzed like a slow quarterback

No introduc's needed, this be the jam

Which occurs everytime that the mic hits my hand

Now understand, me not makin' MC's sweat

Is like seein' a brother sellin' a final call chillin' in the short set

Check the drill, when you see me write your will

Makin' cheese like grill, here to test a ****'s mic skills

When I rhyme REAL heads get the shivers

Here comes that **** name Shakwan, signed, sealed and delivered

To your tape deck, CD's and crossfaders

Beats be hard like blowin' bubble with Now or Laters

Don't front, like you don't know who I am

Fully equipped to mic rip, brother here comes the jam

[Verse 2]

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

Money, you'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

Kid, you'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

Yo, you'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

You'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

[Verse 3]

Now if you wanna play around don't play with me

You can play with AIDS, I'm puttin' H's in your IV's

Bum raps over drum taps, rappers jumpin' up in my face

Like the ground was covered with thumbtacks

I'm in your face like mace, take a taste

Make a crowd vibrate, like a device on my waste

Skillz Mad, will he be bad? Ask your dad

Don't front, he know about the skills that I had

Or should I say got 'cause my mic still hot

Back up it's Shakwan, I'm lettin' off verb shots

I take MC's, wake 'em up out they sleep

Pour ammonia in they face, slap 'em with some microphone techniques

After that, **** retire, 'cause I'm iller

And my lyrics are thicker than Richard Pryor

One time for my crew, two times for the fam

Givin' crews sun tans, make way for the jam

[Verse 4]

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

Yo, you'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

Money, you'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

You'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

Yeah, you'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

[Verse 5]

Yeah, the jam has arrived so all that garbage can walk

Before I personally interact with that ass like Box Talk

So pass the steel when I flex on the reals

You know the deal that **** Skillz be up in dips like Massengil

Douche, ass, tush, who get loose

Funk monkey times five gettin' live call a truce

From Compton to Maine I tear **** out the frame

I don't battle I show **** how to play the cryin' game

Like last November, when your man got dismembered

It was me, I ate his meat, and it lasted through the winter

So enter, 'cause, yo, I been, bombin' since

'91 when I started destroyin' MC's confidence

So peace, to the real MC's

Kalonji, the mind bender, and my man, Lonnie B

Javon, Little Rock, Big Street, my man

Fuckin' 'round with Skills you get caught up in the jam

[Verse 6]

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

You'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

Yo, you'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

You'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

You'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

[Verse 7]

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

You'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

Yeah, you'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

You'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

When the mic hits my hand, you know I'm gonna slam

You'll be like, oh, shit, that's the jam

Written by: D. Lewis, James Dewitt Yancey

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