Off the Books
Title | Off the Books |
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Artist | The Beatnuts |
Album | Stone Crazy |
Release Date | 1997-06-24 |
Description | One of Big Pun & Cuban Link’s first recorded performances. The infectious beat is sampled from Buddy Baker’s “The Sign Song” over the drum loop from Lafayette Afro Rock Band’s “Hihache.” |
Lyrics | ("Yooouuu better watch your step!") ("Yooouuu better watch your step!") [Verse 1: Big Punisher] Hey yo It's all love, but love's got a thin line and Pun's got a Big nine, respect crime but not when it reflect mine The shit I'm on is wrong but it lasts long Pull a fast one on Pun and wake up with your stash gone I'm mad strong, and my cream is fast, smoke the Greenest grass, my bitch got the meanest ass And a taste legit, I don't have to waste a whole case of Crist' All it takes is my pretty face and my gangsta wit Lace the clique, 'cause we all share, it's all fair Like love and war, thug galore with the long hair Big Pun, Pun the name that makes the kids run Like spelling murder reverse it deliver redrum Come one, come all, if you wanna brawl I'm the mighty Thor clotheslining motherfuckers like Steven Seagal 'Cause all you're gonna get, is your ass kicked or up in a casket That's it (That's it?) That's it [Verse 2: Cuban Link] Punisher Bash it, at last it's rappers that really blast shit Cats getting Big Willie niggas like Billy Bathgate Up in Jimmy's Cafe, having caviar Crackin Cristal at the bar, smokin' cigars, livin' large We rob and steal, run with the mob, doin' jobs for bills I'm hard to kill for real, nigga, guard your grill I like to chill, spark an L and get high I'm one hell of a guy, fly pelican fly [Verse 3: JuJu] Whattup Duke-o, you know, politickin' papi chuco I'm out here, watching for Jake, getting this loot though Shoot bro, I got a waterproof suit yo Swervin' like a A.K.A. in Beirut yo Squeezin', out of automatic M3's and Please, you ain't seen no thugs like these I can tell you lots of things that'll make you believe In Corona, yo, it's better to take than to receive [Verse 4: Psycho Les] Your career's on life support, and I'mma pull the plug And have every thug shootin' that Beatnut drug In they blood, no escapin' this, niggas is Goin' over their favorite shit (for what?) to be tapin' this World premiere, loud and clear Lah and beer, get the dough, blow up the show Disappear, jump in the Cavalier Feelin marvelous, street pharmacist, twist arboles For pleasure, bring your territory terror Keep my workers under pressure got em sayin' "FUCK LESTER" But that's aight Duke-o, my heart nowadays too cold Don't give a fuck where you been, what you done Where you go, you know, peep this statement In black shades like a secret agent We're night thieves, roll up on you like sleeves We light trees, bust these and stack cheese You might also like[Chorus] It's off the Hook this year (cheddar), makin' mad money off the Books this year. ("Yooouuu better watch your step!") Ain't nothin' but Crooks in here, gettin' mad money off the Books this year. It's off the Hook this year (cheddar), gettin' mad money off the Books this year. ("Yooouuu better watch your step!") Ain't nothin' but Crooks in here, gettin' mad money off the Books this year [Outro] Go, go, go, go Go, go, go, go Go, go, go, go Go, go, go, go Go, go, go, go Go, go, go, go ("Yooouuu better watch your step!") Go, go, go, go Go, go, go, go ("Yooouuu better watch your step!") Go, go, go, go Go, go, go, go Go, go, go, go Go, go, go, go Go, go, go, go Go, go, go, go ("Yooouuu better watch your step!") Go, go, go, go, go Go, go, go, go ("Yooouuu better watch your step!") |