Coup, The

The Name Game
[Boots]Now, motherfuckers done made a name for theyselfBut a name don't mean wealth, let me up you on the shitIf we was up in this, just to get up out the ghettoLet me tell you right now, we damn near done quitI spit game on a regular basis; now everybodylookin at my hand like I'm holdin all the acesCool that they know our faces, from different placesBut you can't catch-up/ketchup if you don't know what the pace/Pace isEverywhere we go you know especially in the O we hear"Coup, Coup, you know we got love fo' sho'"But even mo' when they see us on B-E-and-T andM-T-and-V but me and E can't pay the P-G-and-EPower come from the barrel of a buckerI use the mic so that we aim at the same motherfuckerCause your shit could go gold, and the only cash you gotis the silver kind that don't foldI'm gettin dope when they ask about the road that I passedMy peoples really be thinkin they gon' come up fastand then come rap and shake they assYou ain't the first, motherfucker who done spent his gamethen plan to scram, up out the ghetto let me break this downFrom kids to gramms, fuck the videos with the Benzesand the cellular phones, spendin hundreds like quartersThe Benz is they partner's, the money's on loan, and umm.."the cellular number you have reached is out of order"Letras de canciones[B] Now, motherfuckers done made a name for theyself[E] But a name don't mean wealth[B] Let me up you on the shit[E] If we was up in this, just to get up out the ghetto Let me tell you right now, we damn near done quit Now, motherfuckers done made a name for theyself[B] But a name don't mean wealth[E] Well let me up you on the shit![B] If we was up in this, just to get up out the ghetto Let me tell you right now, we damn near done quit[E-Roc]I mocked _Rockbox_ wearin socks in my basement, told my popsI fin' to have as much mail as they got -- notI still got to keep my cash clot flowinMy mind is bent on the rent I'm barely makin it micraphoneIt's true, it's a few gettin fund expansionsIt ain't like Acorn Projects gon' move into mansionsStraight authenticized shit, over synthesized hitsWith this misty eyed mental make your teeth gritAnd I'm not tryin to diss like it's a bandwagon trimThey sellin six-packs of them waves out the ghetto againIn the 20's it was rocks, in the 50's doo-wopIt's nineteen-ninety-fo' and everybody's store hoppinAnd ain't nobody really tryin to hear me speakThey too busy watchin loot, gettin interviewed by Robin LeachSo if you're modest and don't higher/hire economicsJust kick it with The Coup, smoke this dub sack of funk![B] Now, motherfuckers done made a name for theyself[E] But a name don't mean wealth[B] Let me up you on the shit[E] If we was up in this, just to get up out the ghetto Let me tell you right now, we damn near done quit Now, motherfuckers done made a name for themselves[B] But a name don't mean wealth[E] But let me up you on the shit![B] If we was up in this, just to get up out the ghetto Let me tell you right now, we damn near done quit* DJ Pam cuts up "turn up the beat and let me come with some game main" *[Boots]I'm gon' die before I lie to my peoples on the blockIt's like front and you gon' shoot when you ain't got no glockYou bet' not (that's a punk trick) this is how we run shitI'm fin' to pitch a fit cause I'm tired of hearin gums hitWhy do motherfuckers get up out and go for singlewhen the real high rollers grab the army to protect they Pringles?[E-Roc]Confusion, just a system based on prostitutionThey done ganked you, don't be no stank fool with they solutionUnless you got about a million semi-automaticsyou gon' think you strivin doin them wholesale acrobatics[Boots]No I don't have it like that, Planet Planet ain't got itKeep my whole life savings stuffed in my back pocket, flock itI'm scrapin fronts off like plaque, no slackI'm come Realistic like Radio ShackIntact and fat motherfuckers finally get they shit rightAin't no fight, they scared shitless, all they do is grab the micAin't no organizin real shit on the street, it's a fleetof revolutionaries - in the studio makin beatsSo fuck the fame, fuck the game, fuck the riches foolI ain't got shit unless all my folks gon' have it too![B] Now, motherfuckers done made a name for theyself[E] But a name don't mean wealth[B] Let me up you on the shit[E] If we was up in this, just to get up out the ghetto Let me tell you right now, we damn near done quit Now, motherfuckers done made a name for themselves[B] But a name don't mean wealth[E] Well let me up you on the shit![B] If we was up in this, just to get up out the ghetto Let me tell you right now, we damn near done quit From Letras Mania