I Could Write a Rhyme-Celph Titled/Apathy

[ti:I Could Write a Rhyme] [ar:Celph Titled] [al:Nineteen Ninety Now] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.92]On and on and on and on and on [00:02.71]Yes yes you'll as I proceed [00:05.04]Yes yes you'll as I proceed [00:07.68]Yes yes you'll as I proceed [00:10.26]Yes yes you'll as I proceed [00:12.97]You'll got Celph Titled questions [00:14.31]I got Celph Titled answers [00:15.49] [00:16.04]On how I started [00:16.93]How I represent Tampa the God city [00:18.94]I know you're used to hearin' [00:20.17]Me on some wild out sh*t [00:21.53]Yellin' at the top of my lungs [00:22.81]How my nine gon' spit [00:23.99]And I got more styles that's sick [00:25.96]And I've been doin' [00:26.69]This since Fahrenheit 813 since 93 [00:28.97]I've been makin' beats [00:29.92]And writin' rap sheets [00:30.83]Mischievous teenage wither [00:32.59]A creative outlet to release anger uhh [00:34.45]Booty shake bass music [00:35.83]I was into that [00:36.63]Poison Clan 2 Live Crew [00:37.87]That's what got me into rap yeah [00:39.69]Loopin' tracks with fast [00:40.69]Hi hats and 808's [00:42.14]Four track machine [00:43.12]With the high speed cassette tape [00:44.19]Now keep in mind I was a fan [00:45.78] [00:46.41]But as MC's we all are [00:47.90]And very few of us become stars stars [00:50.02]Went from blastin' Magic Mike [00:51.47]To grabbin' a mic [00:52.46]Tried to sound like Spice 1 [00:53.84]And not Rapper's Delight nah [00:55.45]E 40 to Ice Cube [00:56.81]The west coast had a lot to do [00:58.46]With the type of beats I'd write to true [01:00.38]But still the Juice Crew was one of my favs [01:02.61]Never discriminated [01:03.63]Whether New York or L A word [01:05.75]And around the mid nineties [01:07.41]I became fascinated [01:08.52]With the Lord Finesse style of slick rhymin' [01:10.97]The Redmans the Big L's [01:12.58]The Das EFX's [01:13.82]Ras Kass Chino XL type of records [01:16.15]So guess what [01:16.93]WHAT [01:17.47]Celph Titled emerged bowlin' ball style [01:19.09]Runnin' through pins author of murderous words [01:21.11]And I was set to rip every verse I put down [01:23.71]17 years old and at rappin' I'm pretty good now [01:26.21]Yes yes you'll [01:26.77]I could write a rhyme [01:27.51]Rip it up and write a next one [01:28.95]I could write a rhyme [01:29.79]Rip it up and write a next one [01:31.44]Yes yes you'll [01:31.95]I could write a rhyme [01:32.59]Rip it up and write a next one [01:33.98]Right on the spot [01:34.81] [01:35.43]Right on the spot [01:36.18] [01:36.70]Yes yes you'll [01:37.24]I could write a rhyme [01:37.98]Rip it up and write a next one [01:39.22]I could write a rhyme [01:40.07]Rip it up and write a next one [01:41.78]Yes yes you'll [01:42.33]I could write a rhyme [01:43.12]Rip it up and write a next one [01:44.45]Right on the spot [01:45.71]Right on the spot [01:46.76]Yes yes you'll [01:47.50]I'm from a city that [01:48.36]Don't have much hip hop roots [01:50.15]So I felt compelled to form a hip hop group [01:52.62]See I was once on some go against the norm [01:54.84]Flow fast and write rhymes in complex forms [01:57.11]It was kinda ill at the time remember [01:59.13]Cause the only other choice [02:00.43]Was Puffy and Mase and they big willie [02:02.52]Club joints take that take that [02:03.85]So I got my act together and eventually [02:05.91]Met two other MC's that rap together [02:08.46]We was all on that underground vibe [02:10.59]Cella Dwellas Kool Keith [02:11.99]Tribe and Organized [02:13.04]I was kinda out of my mind [02:14.63]A weird guy [02:15.62]Cut designs in my facial hair [02:17.12]And f**ked around with beard dye [02:18.84]It was me Majik and Dutch [02:19.99]And we had a lot of fun [02:21.47]Thought we was smart [02:22.49]Named ourselves Equilibrium that's right [02:24.56]And had a label called Atomic [02:26.04]With Walkmen and Kramtronix [02:27.55]Layin' down cuts on it [02:29.13]I stayed pollyin' 24/7 [02:31.21]And in 1997 started [02:32.60]Recordin' our first record [02:33.87] [02:34.39]Then my phone rang didn't know [02:35.88]Who it was from who [02:37.08]Some guy who called himself [02:38.20]Apathy The Alien Tongue [02:39.48]Heard I had production [02:40.80]And could rhyme too [02:42.01]He was from up north [02:43.24]And knew some Jedi Mind dudes [02:44.84]Plus he had a crew better than any quad [02:46.97]A couple months later [02:48.21]They was callin' me a Demigod yeah [02:50.12]I started shoppin' [02:50.77]My demo aggressively [02:52.30]Landed on the desk [02:53.39]Of Budz Distribution NYC [02:55.30]Next thing you know [02:56.04]I got a single on wax [02:57.44]And an offer for a job [02:58.56]In New York so my bag was packed [03:00.03]Yes yes you'll [03:00.50]I could write a rhyme [03:01.18]Rip it up and write a next one [03:02.71]I could write a rhyme [03:03.69]Rip it up and write a next one [03:05.34]Yes yes you'll [03:05.89]I could write a rhyme [03:06.74]Rip it up and write a next one [03:08.12]Right on the spot [03:09.31]Right on the spot [03:10.26]Yes yes you'll [03:10.82]I could write a rhyme [03:11.62]Rip it up and write a next one [03:13.02]I could write a rhyme [03:14.03]Rip it up and write a next one [03:15.52]Yes yes you'll [03:16.26]I could write a rhyme [03:17.09]Rip it up and write a next one [03:18.43]Right on the spot [03:19.75]Right on the spot [03:20.47]Now I'm nineteen nineteen [03:22.04]A Floridian in New York [03:23.83]A white Cuban boy [03:24.73]Who says ni**a and eats pork wow [03:26.64]So you can call me foul [03:27.68]But back then I didn't care [03:29.34]I would do whatever to [03:30.26]Catch a listener's ear whatever [03:31.68]So I submerged myself [03:33.17]In the local scene [03:34.30]New York Rican Wetlands [03:35.36]Tramp Speed S O B s [03:37.00]That guy Apathy that's him [03:38.23]He's from Connecticut [03:39.26]So we would link up [03:40.30]And write songs to make records with [03:41.88]The label I was messin' with [03:43.72]They was feelin' it [03:44.69]So then we had vinyl distribution [03:46.20]At our fingertips ching ching [03:47.56]The Demigodz onslaught was in full motion [03:50.03]Twenty singles in 2000 [03:51.51]With no promotion [03:52.56]My name was everywhere [03:53.61]For beats or for features [03:54.88]But best believe I had [03:55.87]A f**k load of nonbelievers [03:57.56]Masterminded an underground persona [03:59.85]Dirty mouth punchline [04:01.22]Wild animal [04:01.62]Down to bring the drama what [04:02.96]I made a lot of [04:03.93]Friends from Boston to Philly [04:05.33]Never thought this many heads [04:06.70]Would say they really feelin' me [04:08.00]So you gotta respect that [04:09.55]And when Vinnie Paz asked me [04:11.25]To join the Army I was like Bet that [04:13.39]Then Jimmy Iovine's assistant insisted [04:15.63]That me and Apathy [04:16.63]Make a little visit for business [04:18.12]The deal fell through [04:19.58]But Atlantic picked Ap up [04:21.04]We expanded the Godz in L A [04:22.74]With more rappers [04:23.61]Then Cage got smacked up [04:25.11]I remember punchin' him [04:26.33]I remember pressin' up his diss songs [04:28.08]And chumpin' him yeah [04:28.99]I remember havin' him so scared [04:30.60]Chain smokin' in the backroom at his show [04:33.17]Just cause I was there hahaha [04:34.60]He was drugged up and panicked [04:36.12]He couldn't face me he was frantic [04:37.40]Snuck behind with a bottle [04:38.36]And then he ran quick b**ch [04:39.54]That's how a little man fights a giant [04:41.54]Cowardly lion and God [04:42.84]Strike me down if I'm lyin' [04:44.52]But I moved passed that f**k it [04:46.18]It's all gravy [04:46.80]I was on an album [04:47.76]Executively produced by Jay Z uh [04:50.16]Tours with Mike Shinoda [04:51.64]Gettin' paper with Fort Minor [04:53.04]My worldwide exposure [04:54.15]Is a sore reminder sorry [04:55.45]To those who think [04:56.47]I'm gonna disappear [04:57.27]But it's pretty obvious [04:58.40]That I ain't goin' nowhere nope [05:00.51]I am a haters worst nightmare [05:02.12]That got fans [05:02.89]And I gain more [05:03.69]And more every time I drop jams [05:05.43]Yes yes you'll [05:05.85]I could write a rhyme [05:06.48]Rip it up and write a next one [05:07.71]I could write a rhyme [05:08.82]Rip it up and write a next one [05:10.52]Yes yes you'll [05:11.14]I could write a rhyme [05:11.92]Rip it up and write a next one [05:13.16]Right on the spot [05:14.33]Right on the spot [05:15.48]Yes yes you'll [05:16.05]I could write a rhyme [05:16.78]Rip it up and write a next one [05:18.51]I could write a rhyme [05:19.35]Rip it up and write a next one [05:20.92]Yes yes you'll [05:21.41]I could write a rhyme [05:22.17]Rip it up and write a next one [05:23.76]Right on the spot [05:24.71]Right on the spot [05:25.96]Yes yes you'll as I proceed [05:28.51]Yes yes you'll as I proceed [05:31.21]Yes yes you'll [05:32.11]Alright I'm think all will happy right now yeah