GRITS Album

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He feel it She feel it We feel it
Hey so round and round we go
He feel it She feel it We feel it
Ah here we go
he gon' get up she gon' get up we gon' get up
lockin' down the joint til the playa haters shut up
take it to the outer limits flawless with no gimmicks imitate but cant get it
Ah here we go

my brain pattern skip a gigawatt
no more room in the pan i cook up rhymes in a bigger pot
on a roll, what you think I got
tricks up my sleeve you wont believe
my story lead to a thicker plot
words leap off the pages hop on stages,
we crazy need to be locked in cages
raah you feel it
yeah im light skinned vanilla,
comin atcha like a pack of gorillas
whole planet gone ape
understand from afar nashville to the lone star state
relate indicator instilled in me by men greater
this is where you belong strong you gon' be great
flaunt clout with a scream and a shout cast out doubt
fast like a gun blast drawn out
the sounds in leaps and bounds flush out clowns creeps and hounds
foxes and wolves in sheeps gowns

He feel it She feel it We feel it
Hey so round and round we go
He feel it She feel it We feel it
Ah here we go
he gon' get up she gon' get up we gon' get up
lockin' down the joint til the playa haters shut up
take it to the outer limits flawless with no gimmicks imitate but cant get it
Ah here we go

i was born in the cold
moved to the heat
got used to the flame
now i spit it on beat
i was chose in the womb
groomed by christ
with a gift to raise souls from the tomb
please don't assume
we aint tryna take the slot
blow the spot
worldwide still parta the plot
everybody talkin bout changinthe game
but everything i hear yall soundin the same
from the beats to the videos
clothes and looks
same concept for your flows and hook
see these round here they can raise the dead
so come on everybody now bob your head
yall need to heed these words from the wise
rhymes so meaty like jambalaya
got truth for hire
can you stand the fire
to see you come alive that's my desire now

He feel it She feel it We feel it
Hey so round and round we go
He feel it She feel it We feel it
Ah here we go
he gon' get up she gon' get up we gon' get up
lockin' down the joint til the playa haters shut up
take it to the outer limits flawless with no gimmicks imitate but cant get it
Ah boy looka here

Have you ever heard a dead man talk before
You ever seen a dead man walk before
You ever heard dead man lock the flow
Like these before
We raised the qou
Now my time frame flip make time change
You knew another record would hit
Explode and make your brains hang
Peep my language of my dialect
Circulate like a boomerang
Man what did you expect

He feel it She feel it We feel it
Hey so round and round we go
He feel it She feel it We feel it
Ah here we go
he gon' get up she gon' get up we gon' get up
lockin' down the joint til the playa haters shut up
take it to the outer limits flawless with no gimmicks imitate but cant get it
Ah here we go

Dirty south boys, GIRLS
Tennessee boys, GIRLS
Dirty south boys

T e (tennessee)
Double n e (tennessee)
Double s
Now double e
Now spell that out, it's tennessee
No matter where i be
Everybody say it loud for me
Travel from state to state
It's gonna be my home place

Bonafides my name
To change the games my aim
Gone break the chain and steak my claim
While putting nashville all on the brain
With a twist of the mid south twang
And a little bita bounce to bang
Gone feed the soul and crowd the floors
And take control and break the mold
Kick the doors and spit the flows
We in the pros what you aint know
Cause round here they caddy roll
With gold grills and twenty wheels
On jefferson at mary ribs
Bounce to this from state to fisk
We keep it hot for every spot
Been round the world done seen a lot
Tp all the boys out on the block
Got love for yall for real dog
You the reason im here at all
And took the call to break the fall
And show the way from where i stay
In tennessee boy the dirty south boy

65 south ridin dirty window down open mouth
Spirit stirred off the sermon i just heard that's my word
Dipped and doused
Awakened quickly mold me shape me but first strip,
Hold me take me to extremes in my reside
Though it seems i'm so beside
Myself in this state i'm place in open the box my fate
Encased in break the seal and let me out
In tennessee thats what i'm talkin bout
Now i'm here not much can stop me you
A supporter if you got this copy now show dem
Pearlies boys and girlies buff and burlies straight
And curlies no surprises, where we at got all shapes
And sizes put on the brakes remove all disguises
Erupt like geysers, sound off one time(wooh)
Whether sadistic legalistic outcast, or misfit
Fortune teller mystic, ones who love god
Revere him fear him these and more found in my district>

thats when you know a group is hip
is when your parents say
what is it with the hippy hip hip hippy glows
and you cant understand a word they are sayin

back on up back on up
aw yeah
back on up back on up back on up
aw yeah
back on up back on up
aw yeah
back on up back on up
aw yeah
back on up
aw yeah
back on up

make room
cause we about to start swelling
catching attitude
get buck sweat it up
and really lose cool
its what we been commissioned to do so
back on up and give me room
we gotta keep makin moves

my long range aim is dedicated to change
persist to twist brains with rhymes only god can explain
attain divine intervention if your attentions arrested
imprissioned and in position to listen to lessons given
gotta make moves steadily heavily bruising these dudes
we got the gift but abuse tools misleading these youths see
my birthright is light in the darkness of night
to lead the lost paying the price of sacrificing my life
ive been sittin and contemplating waiting anxiously peeking
perception of these releases embracing the deeper reasons
of timing and perfect season believing this thing is bigger
than faces and soundscan reaching for the completion
of purpose in promised land watchin behind the curtain
for certain the game is hurtin looking for some solution
searchin for revolution like music is the conclusion
refusing to look at life a livion for forward movement

oh god don't let me act up i feel a fit comin on
my conniption's my conviction's reaction to what's goin on
my rebuttal's far from subtle take you there just like a shuttle
gather round the huddle embrace the pace i spit at give it a kiss and cuddle
boy what's that there you sayin'
i'm tight like the shorts that men look gay in
aw lawdy you don' said too much
my slightest touch is a cobra clutch
let it be known we are the epitomy of strange and bizarre
swichin up and change our repertoire come discover who we are
wreaking havoc on satan's mavericks through a labyrinth filled with nooks
and crannies (an elite group called the factors) we like the x-men so uncanny
imagine looking up seeing the plastered ceiling cracking
it aint because we broke we lost our minds for god provoked and crazy actin

back on up
back on up
ah yeah back on up
move cowards
move all you cowards move
he scared she scared
and if you scared then move

My life be like Ooh Ahh (yeah)
Ooooooh
My life be like Ooh Ahh, Ooh Ahh (yeah)
Ooooooh

CHORUS:
It's times like these that make me say,
Lord if you see me please come my way.
Leavin bread crumbs for when I stray
Rely on sacrifice and the price you paid
Feel me like a fingertip
(flow fingertip flow fingertip)
Sometimes I fall I slip
My heartfelt desire be more like you
Trying not to quench your fire by the things that i do

I'm on an island by my lonesome stranded
Low key and stayin candid
Reflectin on the things I try my hand at
Search for the equations to persuasions I'm used to
Findin comfort in the zones of closet bones I get loose to
A mountainous fontaine,
Spinnin and monsoonin
Grinnin its high octane
This flow's how I came
Rollin down the hills cause lifes a hassle
Encircled by my folly like a moat surround a castle
Stay afloat,
Catch a second wind thin is the air I breathe
Teary-eyed nose runnin, wipe the snot on my sleeve
I'm callin on my savior to be all that I need
Please forgive me my behavior had me lost at light speed

CHORUS

The fear of never falling in love
And the tears after losing the feelings
Of what you thought love was
Like the dirt still up under the rug
(My life be like)
Bad characteristics covered in Christ's blood
The joy of new birth and the pain of growing up
The bliss between giving my all and giving up
The highs and lows,
Paths and roads I chose
In the cold I froze
Trying to ease my woes
In this world of sin
Clothes to thin to fend
So to God I send
Words of help to win
In grumblings so deep letters could never express
So the sounds of Ooh Ahh beneath my breath projects

CHORUS

(Toby Mac)

My life be like ooh aah ooh
Dum dum diddy
Here comes that boy from the capital city
Last up on the Grits new ditty
But eight bars of the truth will do, uhh
I believe there's a pride thats stunning,
And I believe in the kingdom coming
I believe if you seek the truth,
You don't need to look far cuz it's gonna find you

So why, oh why, do I trip and stumble?
And ooh ahh as commitments crumble?
I can't believe that I'm here again...'gain....'gain....


My life be like

CHORUS (x2)

(flow fingertip flow fingertip)
(flow fingertip flow fingertip)
My life be like
(flow fingertip flow fingertip)
(flow fingertip flow fingertip)
My life be like

(flow fingertip flow fingertip)
(flow fingertip flow fingertip)
My life be like
(flow fingertip flow fingertip)
(flow fingertip flow fingertip)
My life be like

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(This is how we overcome); so yo' (everything's gonna go ma way); we're here (doing this from the mornin' sun); ma light (up until the break of day).

[Pre-chorus: All the spies, we grows; on the side, oo-oh-oh-oh; bone slash, away we go; Christian move, so watch it, oh].

[Chorus: Bobbin' bouncin'; move yo' head; we all need counselin'; we ain't scared; goin crazy, hittin' walls; He's here all night; ain't no pause].

[Refrain: Bangin' bobbin' bouncin', bouncin'; bobbin' bangin' bouncin', bouncin'; bangin' bobbin' bouncin', bouncin'; bobbin' bangin' bouncin', bouncin'].

Told ya'll we had a lil' bounce to bang, and out your range; it ain't comin' out the same; we skitzo, over-flowin' dyslexic messages; meant for the souls, the flesh can't detect it; don't disrespect, you just gon' accept; the south been hot, rich men preppin'; this our weapon bobbin' bouncin', bangin' beats and counselin', counselin'; every line inclined and designed, by divine inspiration and time; to speak to a certain situation, to those that hurt and in desperation; this the reason why we came, hollerin' talkin' ‘bout Jesus name; so elbows and shoulders get in the motion, brake yo' neck and take in the potion.

Ho; [Chorus]. [Refrain].

Ma neck snap back as a direct reaction; (people point), what is that son; parties gonna be lock a jockey; goin' up and down like the stairs on Rocky; revamp the situation, ma loyal subject surround encamp the nation; breathe life into the obsolete; break up the riff raff, who can't compete; overweight folk, lean on the rail; it's about to break, and they can tell; preach about the bars through the cells; speak of all the scars, times they fail; march to a different drum; free in Christ, no cause to get dumb; countin' on how he has lost his Son; this party ain't free, it cost a ton.

[Chorus]. [Refrain].

Move it now, don't break yo' back, don't break yo' back, don't break yo' back, don't break yo' back, don't break yo' back (move it son); don't break yo' back (until the break of day).

[Pre-Chorus].

[Chorus]. [Refrain]; oh.

Move yo head; we ain't scared; hittin' walls (break yo' back); ain't no pause.

[Refrain]; oh.

Coffee's verse:
Deadlocked in the zone, we prone to dip into the unknown
Quick to flip if one trip, first we break bread, then break heads
Look at all the people runnin' in fear, scared
Unwilling to hear what's said, hide under the shed
We lyin' in the filth, grown men layin' in our own beds
Pull ourselves up by the bootstraps
Hit them curves, dodge the trap
Don't move at a slow pace
Hand us a mic, we move the whole place
This for each and every hood,
Eighteenth Ave, Wedgewood, South side, clean cutz
Tell me who on it, tell me what you know that's good
Baller blockin' ain't an option, that ain't the purpose of my concoction
Releasin' toxins in the abyss, boxin' you in so you don't miss
Me gettin' you rockin', Nashville
Proud I'm in it, been a minute
Gettin' our due, me and my crew
Rep our city, how ‘bout you?
Hittin' curves!

Hook:
Hittin Curves, shorty, baby, ooo hoo
(Dipping in the ride, swerving in the ride)

Bridge 1:
That's why we tell them
Swerving we ruling we serving
Hittin them curves and then we
Pushing them verses them curses
They must be broken yeah
Taking them Tennessee corners
And changing lanes cause they
Brought us enough contradiction
So now we change our position yeah, yeah….

V2
Bonafide's verse
I'm in LaVergne letting the Chevy burn rubber every turn
Changing lanes while the body swang heavy to the right
Like my life hit them curves swerve as I discern to turn
Back down the one way truth and the life
I learn lessons every block counting blessings like rocks
As I bubble in the struggle in the Classic Caprice
Releasing pressure like these woofers in the back of my seats
And speaking clearer than these tweeters when I'm over these beats
I check the navigation to see what direction to take
To lead a generation headed for collision with fate
On the darker side in the ride looking through rearviews
In full speed searching for a u turn to save you hittin curves….

BRIDGE

Girl u must be trippin falling head over heals for a man who don't love u and don't know God and don't want to do either letting him lying and dying and no wonder you figure men are dogs, your brokenness his neediness brought you this conclusion, in God theirs another solution after all men are maid in the image of God even thought they are delusional just set higher goals, Godly ambisus educated brothers do exist u just cant see because your visions twisted close your eyes and I will paint a picture for a man whose not posted up in clubs trying to get your number who looks at your set of eyes not to predictable others who preys to god for his cleanliness, he aint impressed by short hair, short dresses, and blind and superficial things, he knows his diamond piece don't come with a price tag on her tail but verture in her heart something he discovered on his knees before God not you, so you want a good man heres what you do button up that shirt loosen up those pants, when and unusuall suspect come to you give him a chance, ask God what u need not your girl to remember you determen your self worth, make the nesisary sacrifices even though it hirts. O and get dog out of your vocab, God and his world prest hood can hear your every word. To think D O G spells MAN is beyond exerd.

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love child love child
you need to know bout this
love child love child
you need to slow your roll
wild child wild child
and get to know bout this
love child love child
loved child

it's a sadder day than last saturday
can you help liposuck all my fat away
come and see dig my stee between you and me
insecure feelin obscure a lot of times unsure
rapper spit it rapid-fire buck cuz i'm stuck in the muck and the mire
latch on anything going up to be higher
(that's ferocious) outlandish atrocious, that i'm a mistake
and this is the closest i'll ever be to reaching or
attaining my goal that contract i'm breaching maintain control
like buff singers who swole slowly crawlin outta rabbit hole comin for your soul
now i see it destiny and purpose hear a small still voice
sayin "trust me don't be nervous" fill my pocket with the 10 percent
head to sunday service stop the swirl of my tilt-a-whirl get it girl

well it's a different day and this particular day
i was thinking bout life and the part i play
my purpose man feeling worthless and
if parenthood really was a part of the plan
cause the way i see i wasn't meant to be
just a great awake in a love mistake
so the price was paid and a life was made
then a wife betrayed with a son to raise
foundation layed for the wrong influence
path directed by a strong influence
runnin wild scarred child
headed upstate for the pen now
now im grown with kids of my own
and i gotta do right what the grans did wrong
now im in a battle for my soul control
tryin to get back everything they stole

Yeah, yeah, yeah; (boo) [Chorus: let the fire burn; (boo) let the fire roar; (boo) bouncin' back and forth to the beat; (boo) gettin' angel wings to soar high; high (high), high (high), high (high), high (high), high (high), high (high); yeah, yeah, yeah; high] (x 2).

I gotta hit and then submit it to it; let the flame consume me, control me, that I would listen to it; glisten while it's christenin'; rhymes that bring precision through it; lines paintin' vision through it; lives resurrected through it; game well respected for it; and that's why we so true with it; and ain't gone never be through with it; why we so hot, but cool with it; so fresh, so clean, so new with it; so let the fire burn; and let the fire roar; build ya body baby; trust me you'll be comin' back for more; lack for no more; thirst for no thing; hurt for no pain; a lust for no man; a woman not yours (whoa); and that's the truth man; hundred fifty proof man; swig some and get dumb, so you could get high, so high, so high.

[Chorus] (x 2).

Sink in favor, with your big behavior; flash across the screen, it inflict the flavor; cherish and embrace in every moment savor; unconsciously, our conquest; aimlessly they goin' bonkers smokin' on dat bombs as; foolishness and nonsense, we barely scratch the surface; not on purpose, about a thousand times around with countless minds; we pass they're lives as worthless; we poke our nose when them boys pose; we curious to see, what's goin' down when doors close; figure out they Morse code; they box up they emotion; cause commotions; beyond, they act like big fish in a pond; but really rocks in the ocean; boarded eyes; saw da score in '94; and we cleared the floor; pores that were sore; mended wings 'til we reached the core; where fire burns (fire burns).

(Boo); let the fire roar; (boo) bouncin' back and forth to the beat; (boo) gettin' angel wings to soar high; high (high), high (high), high (high), high (high), high (high), high (high); yeah, yeah, yeah; high.

[Chorus] (x 3).

(Boo); (Boo); (Boo); (Boo). [High] (x 8).

[Chorus] (x 2); yeah, yeah, yeah; yeah, yeah, yeah; yeah, yeah, yeah.

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