Recorded and Mixed at The Glue Factory, San Francisco, CA in February 1994 by Kurt Matlin and Dan "The Automator" Nakamura
This song was sumthin' in a relaxation mode of me writing a mild story i had in my head at the time. it was inspired by The Mack and the Bay Area pimp scene i used to watch on Blacksploitation movies in the 70's.-Keith
When Keith came to Santa Cruz to work with me on the pre-production for these songs. This track was sorta made on the fly. He was telling me he wanted to rap over big bass lines and somber sounding tracks, so i chopped the drums and multi pitched a bass note to make a fat round sounding bass line (later on i added the horns and other sounds)...then turned back around to face Keith and he already had his pen writing on a yellow legal pad.-Kurt
lyrics
Pimp: Yo Keith, let me tell you sumthin' son: Rap is big business. They been signing wack M.C.'s since the begining of time. It's been goin' on, and it continues goin' on...
I'm Rhythm X, Kool Keith, Papa Large same time the Phantom
Four People in one, sometimes I can stand 'em
My lyrics spark the world on a station in your program
Girls get wild, this ain't no slimey corny slow jam
I walk around sometimes in Santa Cruz, California-I-A and drop the funky news
The kids flowin' with speed like Jesse Owen
Mexican girls I love 'em mixed with Samoan
I go cruz up the west going ta Oakland-Town
Passin' Fremont the Caddy runnin' Oakland bound
I Turn a right an make a left on a nice block
No time for drugs cocaine and a nice rock
I might lean to the side like i'm Super-Fly
Smoke no skag, i'm bugged and a Super-Guy
I might flip out: My attitude change
People in America, whoo they think i'm strange
I'm not no regular man or the average man
I might trip-out, sometimes i think i'm Batman
Chorus:
Girl: You know the game
Keith: This time they gotta play it
(Repeat 4x)
I read my comic books, I bring my cartoons to life
Gangsters and Immortals they can bleed with a knife
I straight bug 'em my way, they live their fantasy
I seen wilder stuff, what they tellin' me?
That's just an act from them, they in a studio
Wildin' on wax and perpetratin' in they video
I hate to look at TV, I'm getting sleepy
They grabbin' Dr Dres' sound try' na get sneaky
I see my style so different they can't take it
2 million rappers and everybody wants to make it
4 thirds are wack and stop and clog the industry
You wanna sign him? to me i think he sound like pee
I was dissed and insulted at the Gavin
800 wack M.C.'s (huh, huh) they kept me laughin'
Playing and perpetratin' you thinkin' and debatin'
All this time, no one and still has awakened
Chorus (Repeat 6x)
Flight in, flight out, every single night out
Lookin' at people jumpin' you puppets with no clout
I got no deal in that part, no half a second movie
I stay down low, my music touch still groovy
I look at contracts what's up with Warner Brothers?
My day on the sliver screens with condoms and more rubbers
You bet your socks again, this Bronx kid rocks again
Smokin' that blunt your black lungs need oxygen
Who you cool with, and stupid who you fool with?
Never mind my mental friend i went to school with
My style is pro, connecting to a fessional
Breaking it down like tiny parts in a mineral
I chill and watch M.C.'s, they don't see me
2 hundred 80 million, a thousand try to be me
Yo company's are dumb, bum's signin' anything
In the long run, you're stuck with a chicken wing
Wasting your money these acts they can't rhyme
You're dealing with cornflakes, a lemon head an lime
Everybody's mean and walkin' up on the scene
They're pure bacon, a brand new pack of sizzle lean
I hate to walk on over and pull and pick your file
Like a bandit i wear a mask and vic your style
Chorus (Repeat 8x)
Pimp: Yeah, i hear what you sayin' man, you just gotta keep on doin' what you doin'
With all these people runnin' the game, you just gotta play the game
Goldy know about that, you should know that too. Think about the real players...
credits
from Sex Style Unreleased Archives,
released November 6, 2007
Produced by KutMasta Kurt for Funky RedNeck Productions
Kool Keith began his rap career with the group Ultramagnetic MCs. After the release of Critical Beatdown, Thornton was
reportedly institutionalized in Bellevue Hospital Center. However, he later said that the idea that he was institutionalized came from a flippant remark made during a stressful interview and he never expected the story to become so well-known....more
Zambian rapper and producer Abstract Sekai fuses golden era hip-hop with ambient sound design and a heady cosmic philosophy. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 17, 2023
