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The Tunnel Rats

Bow Down

187

Rock

Bow Down was released on January 1, 2001 by Brandon Ebel Company (BEC) as a part of the album Tunnel Vision

Song Details

AlbumTunnel Vision

Release DateJanuary 1, 2001

LabelBrandon Ebel Company (BEC)

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM96

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Tunnel Rats

The Tunnel Rats

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Dax Reynosa

Composer

Raphi Henley

Composer

Donald Baker

Composer

Rosario Ortega

Composer

Damion Reid

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Dax Reynosa

Producer

Donald Baker

Producer

Raphi Henley

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

(We won't bow down)

My killer coordination causin' contusions

It ain't no illusion, the way that I'm fusin' the music, I'm usin'

Together with God sound, all towns from Roxbury to San Juan

Rockin' to the rhythm of some young Puerto-Rican young gun

I tell the world where I come from

The microphone missionary reachin' the slums

So come on, come all, get up off the wall

Came to wake the minds of those trapped in a time warp

I meddle with measures ministerin' through rhyme

Never for sport, only thirty percent caught

I take that to heart every time I shout stop

The music, they're yellin' turn it up

I'm forced to burn it up, man could never earn enough to compare

With riches untold that I got in my soul

You know these Tunnel Rats

[Verse 2]

(We won't bow down)

We steady keepin' the sound that we started with

Rockin' at parties around town, never stoppin' it

Keepin' it for the underground, rise

[Verse 3]

(We won't bow down)

We steady keepin' the sound that we started with

Rockin' at parties around town, never stoppin' it

Keepin' it for the underground, rise

[Verse 4]

Now I write to appease the appetite of MCs

To ignite dreams in these bird visionaries

To create a visual description

One individual's depiction of

Widespread famine and cultural malnutrition

So feast your eyes on this rendition

And after second or third, the words take on a position

So you know where I stand, there I start the incision

For those of y'all who can't cut bein' a man

No ambition, no plan

If thoughts are plastic, then there's no "I can"

Life's a stereo and y'all is panned

I cut my arm at the wrist to give you a hand

But you still didn't understand

That the race ain't for the weak and the pace is hard to keep up

Your label tellin' you you ain't gon' make it till you G'd up

They turn the heat up and tell you to stay cool

Put the game in motion and want you to play the fool

And there ain't nothing you can do about it

Because you know about it

You was warned about the game but you was 'bout it, 'bout it

And didn't wanna hear nothing I said

Look at you now

[Verse 5]

(We won't bow down)

We steady keepin' the sound that we started with

Rockin' at parties around town, never stoppin' it

Keepin' it for the underground, rise

[Verse 6]

I've got to be well-rounded

And unpredictable for the fickle and critical public but I love it

So I go past the boundaries of the last flow

'Cause if I don't then I won't have a chance to advance

I know the people wanna move when the feel the groove

Pay attention to the beat but don't care what you speak

As long as they can get they freak on, it's all sweet

But fool, I rumble in the jungle made of concrete

Dishin' it out on wax plates (And ya'll ate it)

Blowing up the spot to (Elevate it)

Keep it tight man, I got to (And you hate it)

'Cause now we the competition and in position to make it

We on a mission for the sake of the love

Real talent on the mic, pushes come to shove

Take it to the next level, bicoastal local

We freedom bound

[Verse 7]

(We won't bow down)

We steady keepin' the sound that we started with

Rockin' at parties around town, never stoppin' it

Keepin' it for the underground, rise

[Verse 8]

(We won't bow down)

We steady keepin' the sound that we started with

Rockin' at parties around town, never stoppin' it

Keepin' it for the underground, rise

[Verse 9]

(We won't bow down)

Written by: Damion Reid, Dax Reynosa, Donald Baker, Raphi Henley, Rosario Ortega

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