Brooklyn Took It
Brooklyn's Reckoning: Unveiling Urban Triumphs in Jeru the Damaja's Anthem
Lyrics
Here's the remedy, for all your cornball raps
Addressing weak rap with a solution.
Brooklyn's back on the map, I'm not bragging
Highlighting Brooklyn's resurgence without boasting.
Defeating all foes, bring your styles
Challenging opponents to bring their unique styles.
I stomp out the last dragon
Symbolically defeating challenges or rivals ("last dragon").
Grand groove, Grandmaster, like back in the days
Referencing Grandmaster and the hip-hop culture of the past.
Holding my own, on the street and the microphone
Maintaining prowess both on the street and the microphone.
You can't rip it, I grip it, and flip it
Asserting control over the content and delivery of the rap.
Trip it down memory lane, back to the park jams
Reflecting on the history of park jams and hip-hop culture.
We used to spark jams, now niggas get jammed
Contrasting the past enjoyment of jams with current struggles.
Or should I say jelly?
Playful reference to getting caught or in trouble ("jelly").
My vocals rip through your Pelle Pelle
Rap vocals overpowering fashionable Pelle Pelle clothing.
You can't see me so you can't hit me
Being invisible and untouchable to competitors.
You ace deuce tre, I four five six and trips
Numerical references to dice, emphasizing skill and luck.
Drums numb your ears, rhymes swell up your lips
Impactful drums and lyrics affecting the audience.
Chicks gravitate towards the crooked
Attraction to unconventional or rebellious individuals.
If your props are gone, Brooklyn took it
Attributing the loss of recognition to Brooklyn's dominance.
Mindcrusher, spinecrusher, Brooklyn been banging
Emphasizing Brooklyn's historical and powerful influence.
Making noise from the US to Russia
Global reach and impact of Brooklyn's hip-hop culture.
Couldn't set it, even if you wanted
Asserting exclusivity and difficulty in replicating.
So many bodies on my microphone, the shit's haunted
Metaphorically haunted microphone due to numerous users.
Doggonnit, your girl's on it
Indicating widespread interest, including from women.
Record companies are on it, you can't have it, causing havoc
Record companies and others coveting Brooklyn's success.
Building, destroying, deploying
Describing the cyclical nature of building and destroying.
My rhymes on beats strategically I melt any MC
Strategic lyrical skill overpowering any MC.
I repre- aww fuck it, don't even need to say it
Interrupting a thought, emphasizing self-confidence.
You know the time when I start to sautee it
Confidently starting the creative process.
So niggas be having mad maws and shit
Reference to envy and jealousy among competitors.
Cause Brooklyn stole the show like a grand larcenist
Brooklyn stealing the spotlight like a grand larcenist.
But ease up off us, or you'll need officers
Warning against underestimating Brooklyn.
We're deadly, there's no cure
Asserting Brooklyn's deadly impact without a cure.
Boom bang em on down, treat competition like clowns
Treating competitors as insignificant.
Crooklyn, Crooklyn, from town to town
Repeating the impact of Crooklyn across different locations.
Serve your girl butt naked
Expressing a bold and explicit attitude towards relationships.
If she's gone, who took it?
Possibly questioning who took the attention or success.
This one is for Brooklyn, land of crooks, home of my game
Declaring the dedication of the song to Brooklyn and its culture.
Try to front and we retire, MC's set em all on fire
Retiring or defeating MCs who challenge Brooklyn.
Scooping up the fly ladies round my microphone like a Mercedes
Attracting attractive women to the microphone.
If I was a video game you couldn't play me
Asserting uniqueness, not easily understood or replicated.
So keep it moving, don't play yourself
Advising against self-deception or arrogance.
Your rhymes are sinna raffin, mine quite graffing
Comparing the quality of rhymes, asserting superiority.
Switch up, change up, Brooklyn still gets biz
Adapting and evolving while maintaining success.
Plop plop, fizz fizz like Alka-Seltzer
Playful reference to Alka-Seltzer, suggesting a soothing effect.
Try to freak it, wind up in a homelsss shelter
Warning of potential consequences for attempting to imitate.
Cause fuck what you heard, this is Crooklyn's casa
Claiming ownership and dominance of Crooklyn.
Try to see us, and it's an MC massacre
Anticipating a complete defeat if challenging Brooklyn.
When we step, your state we shook it
Brooklyn's impact on states or regions.
If it's gone, no doubt, Brooklyn took it
Affirming Brooklyn's role in
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