8 Is Enuff
Unleashing Rhyme Mastery: People Under the Stairs Unveil Hip-Hop's Essence
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One, I'm unexplainable, but able to rip
Expressing being unique and unexplainable but capable of delivering powerful rap verses.
You got some way to go before you even handle this
Challenging others to reach a certain level before attempting to compete.
Two ways to understand the formula is don't trying it
Advising against attempting to understand the rapper's formula, emphasizing its complexity.
Saying in ways, my paving it, nigga, I can't deny it
Acknowledging personal success and denying any ability to hide it.
Three verses to my one, and two niggas to your camp
Highlighting the rapper's superiority with more verses and a stronger team.
Squares living undercover, and you trying to diss the champ
Criticizing rivals who live in secrecy and attempt to insult the champion.
Four-wheel rapping over broke beats uphill
Describing the struggle and difficulty in the rap game.
Trucking like an old-timer with a rival to kill
Comparing oneself to an experienced trucker with a determination to defeat rivals.
The five star deputy Loc, watch the smoke, choke
Referring to oneself as a top deputy with a smoky presence, cautioning others about underestimating.
Every rapper in the place, taking music for a joke
Calling out rappers who don't take the craft seriously.
Six seconds minus five to keep the burner alive
Describing a countdown to readiness, emphasizing the importance of survival.
So when it's time to gat 'em up, only the K survives
Stating the rapper's commitment to keeping the "burner" (gun) ready for action.
Seven times eleven was the year Mike Will dropped
Referencing the release year of a Mike Will album, marking a significant time in the past.
Twenty-four years later, and I still can't be stopped
Boasting about longevity in the rap game, claiming to be unstoppable after 24 years.
Eight's enough and late's enough, will be the time that I return
Expressing that the number eight is sufficient, signaling a return to the rap scene.
Coming back to claim rap, catch me chilling on perv
Declaring the intention to reclaim the rap genre, being present in a specific location ("perv").
Yo, the P take the weight like a pulley, hooking and slinging
Continuation of themes such as lyrical prowess, confidence, and hometown pride.
Los Angelino bullies rapping, not seeing
-Meaning flaps to non-fiending to a soft land and
-Taking props like a principal cops a Walkman (to all mine)
-I assign rhymes to the culture like enzymes
-To erase the Alzheims, they remember my odd lines
-Scribed in vibes on wax, then off tracks
-They repeat 'em or copy like fax (he's a fighter, man)
-It's tighter than what he could write on his own
-Sitting alone with some headphones on his dome
-With his mom yelling, "Turn the beat down" (turn that shit down)
-In the background, slapping wack sounds, send him back to his town
-To catch a one-way pass, a Cambridge sound clash
-They burn like hash, I take the cash and dash
-Spread the love like a rash, I'm irrational
-Messing with a Latino, so national
-I fly anywhere on a thirty-three cent stamp
-And spread plates in my field like a discus champ
-Distance champ, I'm undisputed even when I do it
-Double K send a chorus forward, you'll pursue it
-And I'm perving, serving, you better watch that man
-Coming with heat you can't escape, burning up your land
-And we perving way hard, overboard and underweight
-Fresh noise knocking 'em out, we come from L.A
-And we perving, serving you niggas, just watch that man
-Coming with heat you can't escape, burning up your land
-And we perving way hard, overboard and underweight
-Fresh noise knocking 'em out, straight outta West L.A
-People Under The Perv
-People Under The Perv
-People Under The Stairs (what you say?)
-Perving, serving, you better watch that man
-(People Under The Stairs)
-This here's the doctor, saying
-"The bigger the headache, the bigger the thrill
-And we the big headache, baby"
-Ha
-Say, Thes One, what's happening?
-What's happening? What's happening?
-Oh, okay
Closing with acknowledgment and agreement.
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