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Breakdown (Radio Edit)

Mos Def
2002-01-012:31 minSynced lyrics

"Breakdown (Radio Edit)" is a song by Mos Def, released in 2002 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:31 long and contains 55 lines and 479 words.

Lyrics

0:02YO
0:03Good evening ladies and gents close and distant fam
0:05Let me break it down for ya'll exactly who I am (CAV)
0:09That brotha straight off of Myrtle Ave
0:11That dude that make the other dude say that's my man (CAV)
0:14It ain't nuttin' I want I can't have
0:16The haters know it's real and that's why they mad
0:19They struggle so hard while I just lay back
0:21They sound under pressure sweaty and straight wack
0:24I rock like this because I ain't that (CAV)
0:27Tell the players I'm taking the game back
0:30Matta fact tell the coaches the GMs and owners
0:33Shut down the stadiums it's ova
0:35I make the cat's in the back draw closer
0:37Get the comp choked up like white folks on Oprah
0:40Yeah you d**e but (CAV) is more doper
0:43Mo skill mo style than mo folkas
0:45I hit the lab with good sh*t to smoke up
0:48And tell the sound man where I wanna go from
0:51Blow up skit sheet across the notepad
0:54School em' all from the drop out to post grads
0:57What history book you do or don't have
0:59There's only two eras of rap pre and post CAV
1:02Now you know that
1:03Stop the train there's no place for the game left to go at
1:07(BREAK)
1:07CAV is my name but you can call me (CAV)
1:10It's all the same abbreviated or whole
1:12Shout it out so it don't be a secret to folk it go (CAV)
1:16Short for Cavee but I'm not from Cali
1:18I'm from the rotten apple dirty streets and alleys
1:20Bed-Stuy Brooklyn doin'it exactly Get at me
1:29Holla Like Missy and Ja Rule
1:31Ain't a crowd in the world that CAV cannot move
1:33Hot dude cats was thinkin' it's not true
1:36But come front row at show I got proof
1:39I went from sellin' candy in junior high school
1:41To servin' spoony g for the fiends to gnaw to
1:44Got sent upstate on bus (Not cool)
1:47In the yard thinkin' damn should've listen to ma duke
1:50Come home in 99 what the f**k I'm gonna do
1:52I won't move bundles I got a new hustle
1:55I quit pie baking started rhyme makin
1:57Buildin' up my rep to be one of the five greatest
2:00And I ain't saying CAV the best ni**a out there
2:03But until he appear I'm sittin'in his chair
2:06And I'ma need a few moments just to get in ya'll ear
2:08To make you forget the Duke was eva even here
2:11I got two words for the world BE PREPARED
2:14I got three words for your girl DON'T BE SCARED
2:16And when they ask where the real hip-hop IT'S OVA HERE
2:19And when they ask where Brooklyn at HOLD YA EAR
2:22It's like YEAH Chris Antione Vashon
2:24Capricorn hit em' off with the classic bong and then I'm gone
2:31Ridin' back to Brook-Lan boyeeeeee
YO
Good evening ladies and gents  close and distant fam
Let me break it down for ya'll exactly who I am   (CAV)
That brotha straight off of Myrtle Ave
That dude that make the other dude say that's my man  (CAV)
It ain't nuttin' I want I can't have
The haters know it's real and that's why they mad
They struggle so hard while I just lay back
They sound under pressure  sweaty and straight wack
I rock like this because I ain't that  (CAV)
Tell the players I'm taking the game back
Matta fact tell the coaches  the GMs  and owners
Shut down the stadiums  it's ova
I make the cat's in the back draw closer
Get the comp choked up like white folks on Oprah
Yeah you d**e  but (CAV) is more doper
Mo skill  mo style than mo folkas
I hit the lab with good sh*t to smoke up
And tell the sound man where I wanna go from
Blow up  skit sheet across the notepad
School em' all from the drop out to post grads
What history book you do or don't have
There's only two eras of rap  pre and post CAV
Now you know that
Stop the train  there's no place for the game left to go at
(BREAK)
CAV is my name but you can call me  (CAV)
It's all the same abbreviated or whole
Shout it out so it don't be a secret to folk it go  (CAV)
Short for Cavee but I'm not from Cali
I'm from the rotten apple  dirty streets and alleys
Bed-Stuy Brooklyn doin'it exactly  Get at me
Holla     Like Missy and Ja Rule
Ain't a crowd in the world that CAV cannot move
Hot dude  cats was thinkin' it's not true
But come front row at show  I got proof
I went from sellin' candy in junior high school
To servin' spoony g for the fiends  to gnaw to
Got sent upstate on bus  (Not cool)
In the yard thinkin' damn should've listen to ma duke
Come home in 99  what the f**k I'm gonna do
I won't move bundles  I got a new hustle
I quit pie baking  started rhyme makin
Buildin' up my rep to be one of the five greatest
And I ain't saying CAV the best ni**a out there
But until he appear  I'm sittin'in his chair
And I'ma need a few moments just to get in ya'll ear
To make you forget the Duke was eva even here
I got two words for the world BE PREPARED
I got three words for your girl  DON'T BE SCARED
And when they ask where the real hip-hop IT'S OVA HERE
And when they ask where Brooklyn at HOLD YA EAR
It's like YEAH      Chris Antione Vashon
Capricorn hit em' off with the classic bong and then I'm gone
Ridin' back to Brook-Lan    boyeeeeee

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