Breakdown (Radio Edit)
Mos Def"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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