In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
[Rodney P]
He's the Blade I'm the handle
Mark B's the paint I'm the vandal tagging my name
Riddum killer all city like I'm bombin' dem trains and plus
The remedy and therapy for your pain is us
The high grade, check the waves we made
From the days when the flavour was the high top fade
Always around the mic I blaze for sure
P the old doggest and Blade the hard core is raw
[Blade]
Double the force, legendary rhyme writers
Calculated rhythm attackers, mic snatchers
Credible, gathering chemicals on a level
Whatever available, to reconstruct the animals
Of rhyme, extreme intelligence building the stats
Go off, the understanding is you can't have it back
So step in the direction of the way that you came
Consider this a part of the game, whatever your name
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us. for real
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, yo
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, for real
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, 'cause you might get crushed
[Blade]
The fingers on the clock ticking, your ship sinking
Wait a minute, listen, shhh, we're thinking
It's all part of a formula, written and gone in a
Flash, living legendary emcees storming the
Stage area, grabbing the mic tight, give it up
Rappers come a dozen a penny but you know what
We are
[Rodney P]
Always right up in it tryin' to kill it
When I build it I just build it from the heart I trust
[Blade]
Moonlight sort of like a spotlight shining down on us
Illuminating the many mics we bust
[Rodney P]
And plus we stay rough 'cause we're dangerous
Should've never played tough tryin' to play with us, for real!
Something to think, something to feel
I feel my skill killing the mic is God's will
And yo while you recognise the lesson I'm stressin'
Rodney P, Mark B and Blade, that's progression
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, for real
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, yo
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, for real
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, 'cause you might get crushed
[Blade]
Time to collect respect and plus a pay cheque
Turntables rotate connected to the tape deck
Whatever when you're ready, bell me, call me
Tell me you're about to help me, sell me
[Rodney P]
Yo! I want ya free me, allow me let me be me
Love is never easy, success don't come cheaply
Yeah on the road we travel we do battle
Tryin' to rise as we fight these snakes that do rattle
With a venom that will leave you hurtin', danger lurkin'
Survival of the hardest working, know you heard him
Yeah, we keep goin', we keep flowin'
And true we connect and build, we keep blowin' for real
[Blade]
Cut to the chase, me and Rodney P are on the case
Like 2 sticks of dynamite placed
Strategically so when the explosion occurs
You'll remember us as the legends and pioneers
We carry the banner with the understanding the manner
We conduct the programme with is considered as raw
Hard to diffuse, Mark light the fuse to conclude
We destruct with the tools that we use
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, yo
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, yeah
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, for real
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us
He's the Blade I'm the handle
Mark B's the paint I'm the vandal tagging my name
Riddum killer all city like I'm bombin' dem trains and plus
The remedy and therapy for your pain is us
The high grade, check the waves we made
From the days when the flavour was the high top fade
Always around the mic I blaze for sure
P the old doggest and Blade the hard core is raw
[Blade]
Double the force, legendary rhyme writers
Calculated rhythm attackers, mic snatchers
Credible, gathering chemicals on a level
Whatever available, to reconstruct the animals
Of rhyme, extreme intelligence building the stats
Go off, the understanding is you can't have it back
So step in the direction of the way that you came
Consider this a part of the game, whatever your name
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us. for real
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, yo
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, for real
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, 'cause you might get crushed
[Blade]
The fingers on the clock ticking, your ship sinking
Wait a minute, listen, shhh, we're thinking
It's all part of a formula, written and gone in a
Flash, living legendary emcees storming the
Stage area, grabbing the mic tight, give it up
Rappers come a dozen a penny but you know what
We are
[Rodney P]
Always right up in it tryin' to kill it
When I build it I just build it from the heart I trust
[Blade]
Moonlight sort of like a spotlight shining down on us
Illuminating the many mics we bust
[Rodney P]
And plus we stay rough 'cause we're dangerous
Should've never played tough tryin' to play with us, for real!
Something to think, something to feel
I feel my skill killing the mic is God's will
And yo while you recognise the lesson I'm stressin'
Rodney P, Mark B and Blade, that's progression
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, for real
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, yo
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, for real
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, 'cause you might get crushed
[Blade]
Time to collect respect and plus a pay cheque
Turntables rotate connected to the tape deck
Whatever when you're ready, bell me, call me
Tell me you're about to help me, sell me
[Rodney P]
Yo! I want ya free me, allow me let me be me
Love is never easy, success don't come cheaply
Yeah on the road we travel we do battle
Tryin' to rise as we fight these snakes that do rattle
With a venom that will leave you hurtin', danger lurkin'
Survival of the hardest working, know you heard him
Yeah, we keep goin', we keep flowin'
And true we connect and build, we keep blowin' for real
[Blade]
Cut to the chase, me and Rodney P are on the case
Like 2 sticks of dynamite placed
Strategically so when the explosion occurs
You'll remember us as the legends and pioneers
We carry the banner with the understanding the manner
We conduct the programme with is considered as raw
Hard to diffuse, Mark light the fuse to conclude
We destruct with the tools that we use
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, yo
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, yeah
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us, for real
We stay rough, 'cause we're dangerous
You should've never played tough, tryin' to play with us
Lyrics submitted by mixmastermike
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