Yeah
You watch too many films
Too many films for real
Some contracts you take too seriously-
Your record deal
A record deal pays bills
Feeds the family
Your profile is too big
How you gonna be a crime family
Too many films are for real
You want to see any films
Films are for real
Don't get me wrong
I know you got guns
And you're not scared to use 'em
But is there money bein' made 'round these guns
Or lives to be losin'
You watch too many films
Films for real
You watch too many films
Too many films for real
Some of these people have to life their life
For real
I don't have to
I got a record deal
For real
You heard
I chill
I smoke herb
Now how about these sexy singers
Sex cards
Two pack girls in a turn
Your fantastic, you supersperm
yeah, i'm a player hater
i hate when players can't take their turn
And when the record company drops me
That's when I learn
It's not for real
It's just passed the time
It's not real
All I do is rhyme
It's not real
It's just passed the time
All I do, all I do is rhyme
You heard you heard
You go Romeo
Girls say you look tall on the video
And the colored girls sing
Give me money, give me money, give me money, give me
money
And no one sings the blues
Everyone sings the greens
Some will say keep you on the prize
How you lose a dream
Who am I to say I don't need cash
In this hundred yard dash
I moved a while ago
And passed through New York
I'll be back in a minute
It's my turn to talk
For real
You heard
For real
You heard
I can grab a mic and wreck it
Make it copesetic
I train my mic
Restrain my mic
You watch too many movies
For real
You watch too many films
Films are for real
You watch too many films
Too many films are for real
You watch too many films
For real
You watch too many films
Too many films for real
Some contracts you take too seriously-
Your record deal
A record deal pays bills
Feeds the family
Your profile is too big
How you gonna be a crime family
You want to see any films
Films are for real
I know you got guns
And you're not scared to use 'em
But is there money bein' made 'round these guns
Or lives to be losin'
Films for real
You watch too many films
Too many films for real
For real
I don't have to
I got a record deal
For real
You heard
I chill
I smoke herb
Sex cards
Two pack girls in a turn
Your fantastic, you supersperm
yeah, i'm a player hater
i hate when players can't take their turn
And when the record company drops me
That's when I learn
It's just passed the time
It's not real
All I do is rhyme
It's just passed the time
All I do, all I do is rhyme
Girls say you look tall on the video
And the colored girls sing
money
Everyone sings the greens
Some will say keep you on the prize
How you lose a dream
In this hundred yard dash
I moved a while ago
And passed through New York
I'll be back in a minute
It's my turn to talk
You heard
For real
You heard
Make it copesetic
I train my mic
Restrain my mic
For real
Films are for real
Too many films are for real
For real
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This is definatly one of my fav. Tricky songs, the beat and lyrics are very chilling!
I TRUELY wish someone would post the lyrics for Car Crash if at all possible. Maybe if no one does, i'll actually break down and post them myself ;)
Ok I just posted Car Crash myself. Do I have to do EVERYTHING around here? J/K
And i'd like to edit my 1st post I didn't mean "chilling" as creepy but rather chilling as a tune in which to lounge and listen. (Perhaps "chillin' " is more appropriate ?!)
yah its easy to listen to this song hey. very chill, smoke herb.
that word is spelled copascetic, but not so important. keep your eye on the prize. but i train my mic.
anyway, the song's about the phrase 'for real' as used by rappers and the culture around it. the films are probably referring to the white-promoted blaxploitation films of the 70s that started black youth on the road to gangsta subcultures, but might be just blockbuster action films in general. the whole song is trying to minimise the gravity ganstaz give their lifestyle and hip hop, by presenting them as being caught up in their image, which isn't 'real'. 'It's my turn to talk' is the negation of hip hop hype, because all hip hop is is people talking with emphasis.
'the coloured girls sing' comes from Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side. that's why the song is probably about self-racism, because by making gangsta rap as black as the night, it segregates itself into a corner. anonymous coloured girls singing backup.
problem is, tricky does the same image thing as the culture he's dissin. this is how i use my mic. and his voice is saturated with the feeling of wanting to be heard, give people an image, this is tricky smirking. you look wise on the video.