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Kyle: Standing up against the wall
Feel the stinging cold wind of fall
Hands in my pocket I stare at the ground
And still noBody can see me when I look around
Where'd I come from and where do I go?
Can someone tell me for I do not know
I am the Answer to a question that nobody has asked
I try to Look at today but all I see is the past
And now we
Try to run away as fast as We can
Cause the world sees us as a threat to their plans
And the time we have left is gonna weigh on my head
I've got to get you to Heaven before the Devil knows that you're dead...
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C-Doc: Here I go again with the pen strike then kid I'm Audi-
Impossebulls pull Impossetools make it rowdy- say
Howdy to the crowd- jump up beat em down- any
Sucker Em Cee thinks We clown around...
This is old hype shit nineteen ninety three
Battle rhymes like mines if you bitin me
Blowing off your face like a bomb in the mic- gotta
Song for the fight- make em Wrong when I write
"what's the matter with my brain?!" Hold up- now
Everybody thinking that I'm crazy when I roll up
...But all I'm Tryin to do is build my flow up- and
Tryin to show these rappers on the mic that they can grow up- so
Show up and listen to the sounds of the party-
Impossebulls wreck like Eddie Griffin in Ferraris
Wait lemme stop like the beat was muted- and
Rewind my mind so I can get back to it...
Marcus J: Back to it this is how we do it all the time
Pull it like a bully pulls a bullet from a 9
Loyal til the end man imma stick with mine
Like Spiderman sticks to the walls when he climbs
Yo we be too high no you can’t be down
Once bitten twice shy re-jack the sound
Fuckin with LOWdown damn kid you blew it
Doc bite the beat back we can get back to it
Back to it this is how we do it once again
Back like the body part you turned to a friend
Loyal til the end man imma stick with Doc
Not Chuck D but C-Doc’s my Hank Shock
Lee like Bruce cause the beat it be kickin
Recipe famous without the finger lickin
Showin to prove it, stickin to move it
Impossebulls never front gettin back to it
Daddy-O: Emcees be actin a fool as if they don't know
About the D-A-Double D-Y-O
Bar schemes and punchlines like battle rap
How you get all the way up from leanin back?
How you from Troy Ave and ...
How you a pederast and call yourself Bambaattaa?
Here come that real emcee with real street ties
And we ain't pettin no pandas, that's them other guys
We on them C-Doc beats, cut above the rest
YouTube is free if you don't like me get it off your chest
But like I said before you judge me I'mma judge back
And what I use to judge it ain't applause but yes it claps
Ain't no weapon against me is gonna win
I rep that old ass truth me and my partner Lion
Flavor in your ear, no Craig Mack
And we ain't seen in no coach cause we don't like that!
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3. |
Never Met A Mic
03:06
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Marcus J: Enemies I got very few
And if you think you are I ain’t talkin to you
But who I’m talkin to forever is a mic
A love hate thing like spike do the right
So maybe I might just grab a pen
Write a letter to myself askin how you been
And then spit the answer in a verse
16 lines 8 rhymes 6 times rehearsed
Friends I got very few
And if you think you are then I’m talkin to you
But what I’m talkin through forever is a mic
Forever is a long time dark to light
Life is a long rhyme framed with vanilla skies
Most these dreams are unseen man damn these eyes
But I never met a mic that I didn’t like
Cause I never seen a dark that you couldn’t light
C-Doc: Everything I say you can hear cause I transmit-
Sound into a signal that can bounce around the planet- my
Tool for this is simple in my hand it's understated- I'm
Makin it look easy even when it's complicated- so I
Treat it with respect- a respect that it deserves- as its
Pulling from the air and its collecting all my words- when I
Put it all together then the picture is complete- and I'm
Hypin up the crowd to get em jumpin out their seats
I never met a Mic I didn't like no I'm joking- that
Kidd Joey bread tried to sell me one was broken- and
This is just a token- of my appreciation- to
Everyone supporting hip-hop around the nation- nah
Man I mean the planet cause we've gone worldwide- for
All those who've died and those who still try- so my
Mic sounds nice check one and you can SEE- why the
Impossebulls have always been some microphone fiends
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4. |
Debt (Parts 1 & 2)
03:11
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Marcus J: Debt… how many owe what they ain’t paid yet
How many ends gonna end in a… debt
No not all is monetary
Easy to pick up… but hard to carry
Sometimes defined by those we indebted
Too deep before I said I wouldn’t let it
Me and the microphone is still poetic
Like ABC is still alphabetic
Like 1 2 3 to 3 to 2 1
Debt be forever like father and son
Or debt can be for never if you owe none
But everybody owes something to someone
Take a moment audit your karma accounts
Debt comes and goes in varying amounts
To any and all that gave to Marcus J
Payback starts today…
C-Doc: Everybody pays one way or another
Done by a lover or the hands of your brother- or the
Man who's the other person you have scorned... It's
One wrong move and debt will be born
Torn between right and wrong until you say that
Now's the right time for mine to get payback- and
Debt's get paid in the worst of ways- gotta
Empty out your wallet or your purse today- or
Give up your soul man you've lost control- when you
Try to withhold is when it all goes cold- blooded
... When there's blood in the water they come runnin- you
oughta- get out the way of the oncoming slaughter
Teach your daughters and sons to take care- cause these
Debt collectors don't like to play fair- and
Payback's a mutha like the people say- cashin
Out at the end of your day the wrong way...
The Honorable Sleaze: All I see is debt comin over the horizon
Try to call it in but I'm owin' to Verizon and
Comcast sending me bills I can't pay
Wanna go and party got work I can't stay
Gotta make this cash gotta make this dough
Pay these bills then I'm broke once mo
I don't want no favors I don't want no loans
Lemme settle all this shit on my own, they say
Nothin is for certain but death and taxes
Bills too man that sound like wack shit
But we pay it all up just to keep shit straight
And keep them debt collectors in they place
They have me hittin the safe, takin out money I was savin
Any left over goin straight to the blazin
Then I'm gonna chill cause it ain't a dollar left
But bein broke feels better than bein in debt, I said
Then I'm gonna chill cause it ain't a dollar left
But bein broke feels better than bein in debt, and yo
Then I'm gonna chill cause it ain't a dollar left
But bein broke feels better than bein in debt
Let's go...
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5. |
Brothers
03:43
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C-Doc: What up Sean? Yo, it's me, man the CMD- your
Partner in that group we called The Plaid Chinese- I met
You in high school- you went by DLX...
Cuttin and scratchin and all that mess- and you were
Nice with the mic and the beats, I was impressed- I
Guess... That some of us are naturally blessed... And
That was you man- yo you changed my life- took a
Chance with my music man and gave me insight- cuttin
4 track demos from the rhymes that I wrote- although my
Lyrics were wack man the music was dope- we could
Talk about life, music and film and then- we would
Laugh till it hurt and start laughin again- and though I
Hadn't got to see you in a long time, friend- I'll be
Damned if I won't be your brother till the end- and you
Always told me that you were gonna go first- so we'll
Have to catch up when I'm done on this Earth...
Marcus J: To whom it may concern Yo it’s me Marcus J
Writing again all the things I couldn’t say
Rappin again cause I know no other way
Wanna help you understand why I couldn’t stay
Do you miss me? Cause I know I miss you
It hurts now knowing that’s all that I can do
True now nothing is everything I do
True I’m nothing cause everything is you
True truth hurts and I got a lot of verity
Still it’s a rarity this ever leads to clarity
Still this is therapy my verbal dexterity
Wise words given freely to posterity
Truth is I know that I should have done better
Truth is I hope that you never find this letter
Losing every memory we ever had together
Forever wishing you were unfamiliar I remember
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6. |
Heroes
03:08
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C-Doc: If this is 88 I'mma dance like its nineteen
Ninety nine outta time movin like I might be
Reinvigorated from a childhood dream- to be a
HipHop hero kid and this is my theme... Cause
Every good hero should have some so we be- the
Improbable squad of Impossebull emcees...
Back to save whoever needs saving... And when we start
Playing... We always come out with guns blazing
Original school raised on the originators- you can
Try to be hard but C-Doc'll complicate it... And
Run some shit that might be flyin over your head- like a
Spanish Sky writer translating what I said- but
You are invited and We are delighted- that
You are excited that We have reunited... To
Rock a party right "till the break of dawn" and call
Me electricity for turnin it on... come on...
Marcus J: Now C-Doc got me thinkin that he be Thes One
Like he was born California sand and sun
But his west was mid just like mine
Grew up with clouds and less sunshine
Still we like to rhyme, and do it everyday
Name’s Marcus J and I’ll play Double K
Bulls be the same ones under them steps
You say Impossible I say not yet
Just cause the crew is now down to two
We still PUTS the boogie into your boogaloo
You know how we do or maybe you don’t
Kinda like secret you don’t tell I won’t
Ain’t many rap groups do it like this
Many stay ignorant lost in the bliss
Or musical abyss but never a dis
We only reminisce over things that we miss
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7. |
Who Killed The Cactus?
03:07
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Marcus J: My story starts out about a year ago
Watchin internet porn as the cactus grows
You see I don’t really get out that much no more
Think I’ll check craigslists lookin for a whore
I know I really shouldn’t but I’m just lookin
Plus I need it free I ain’t paying for the hookin
E-mail a female no not a she-male
But honestly man it was hard to tell
She hit me right back said she D-T-F
Mind said no, but the cactus said “yes”
I said ok she ain’t that fat
Slide to her crib without the Jimmy hat
She was like a 5, but I was kind high
So I ate that ass like the movie Alive
Not to survive, I did it for the nut
Pulled back cactus threw up on her butt
And I said oh guess I got to go
Just one more thing that I need to know
What’s your name again? Please forgive…
And the bitch said her name was Hiv Positive
And I said Hiv? What kind of name is Hiv? Could you spell that for me? And she said sure it’s H I V … Positive…. Hiv Positive.
At first I thought she said Biv Positive… like Bell Biv Devoe… well that girl was poison… and she killed my cactus…
C-Doc: Stepping to the AM...
Saturday night and I'm avoiding all the mayhem
Lookin for some interest I see
A Girl at the bar lookin back at me...
Now I'm Tryin to stay fly... Cause I'm a
Dope emcee who's disguised as a white guy
But before I step to her... Check my
Breath... And hope it doesn't smell like manure
Pop a Doublemint... hoping that'll fix it- a
Fight in the corner bringin beef like brisket- I
Look at her and tell her Yo we should slide
You gotta ride? cause mine is outside...
To the motel? no back to my place- we
Walk in the door and she wanna watch Scarface...
Funk dat cause I gotta better plan...
Took her by the hand and led her to the bedroom
iPod cuein up the next tune... I'mma
Play Art of Noise- she can give me Max Headroom...
Night stand for the jimmy hat... But she's
Leanin back... And I tot I taw a Puddy Tat...
Raw doggin till the break a dawn- fell
Asleep... And when I woke up she was gone
Must've left quick I'm surprised I didn't hear her
In the bathroom lipstick on the mirror...
She left a message and I read what was written- and
If I would've had pants on I would've shit em
Tried to play fast but my ass got played- it
Said... Welcome to the world of AIDS! Now I'm dead...
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C-Doc: Lookin for a break to shake up the room
Add a little something with the 808 doom- ka
Boom....... Thuddin thru your speakers- no you can't
Beat another WarHammer heater
Diggin thru the stacks is a never ending Quest- like a
Tribe Called guess these beats I manifest- like the
Words from the Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal
And skip the rehearsal
Nah I'm just kiddin cause I gotta make it right- some
Times I'll be skippin to these loops all night- and
Step into the AM with a beat that'll please- all my
Friends who are real emcees- we gotta
Bring it to the music that I serve to the people- a
Dub plate filled with ill grooves for your needle- and
Bounce to the rubber soul I bring like the Beatles
C-Doc's the don like Cheadle
Hit it!
C-Doc: My Vinyl weighs a ton I should know cause I moved it
Groove into this stew right here and get stupid
Looped it from a break that I found in the basement- it
Hits so hard I call it pavement
Gotta get the drums with the breaks like Kurtis- the
Purpose to blow up the spot- and if it's worthless- we
Never get nervous and always deliver no lip
Service- you see it on the surface
The Straight shooter, loop looter underground like
Sewer- leavin wack producers in a stupor... The
Domino trooper way back in the day- into the
Future with something to say
We gonna Spin some jazz funk and rock and roll- and add a
Little bit of rhythm diggin blues and soul- and so
Cold when we mix it all together- Doc and The
Impossebulls- HipHop forever...
Marcus J: Hit me with a hit one time
Must admit I be the shit with the rhyme
Must admit I be the shit with the mic
Marcus J hey what’s not to like?
So I do what I do just not for you
Cause 3 plus me equals 2
I’m the negative one, a son of a gun
Only do what I do for the fun
So hit me with a hit two times
Nothing really matters in this life but the rhymes
Nothing really matters in this life at all
Like life doesn’t matter to the cull
It’s all for the greater good
I’m just hating like a hater should
Like 3rd Bass my worse face gets gassed
Now hit me with a hit from the past
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9. |
Bleeding Envy
03:12
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C-Doc: Those we know know not what they do- when they're
Trapped with delusions inside a dark room- with
Ego's stroked so hard they burn bridges- and
Facebook rants turn men to little bitches
Air out your grievances and void your maturity
Sitting in the middle of fame and obscurity
Desperately trying to cling to the former- it's
Torture... To get relegated to the corner- with
Every unaccountable word and you've dug
Deep into a hole swept under the rug- and through the
Mud... How you comin back from that? And this is
HipHop... You should get a smack for that
Truth is one but talkin shit not the same man
Who you blame fam, when you messin up the game plan?
Lost your credibility and where does it lead? Imma
Break you off a band aid you're starting to bleed...
Chorus: If it's what you think versus what you deserve- in
So many words and look now if it should occur- that
It is absurd and what we all heard we see- just
Another sucka open up bleeding envy
Marcus J: You want to be more shiny but not reflective
Sometimes you’re too close and you lose perspective
Want love from strangers damn it you deserve it
These are the dangers of fame vision blurred it
Like a drug gotta have love to abuse it
But love’s gonna getcha and want’ins how you lose it
Jealous of everything somebody else has got
Forgetting what you have cause man you’ve got a lot
But what you got ain’t fill’in holes in your soul
So you try to fill’em with material goals
But material things ain’t truly what you’re missing
Your heart’s tell’in you this is true but do you listen
Lash out at everyone cause life ain’t fair
A feeble attempt to uncover those that care
Lose a few who truly do look up to you
Time to change your dressings son you bleedin through
Chorus
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10. |
Blood On The Sidewalk
03:49
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C-Doc: Blood on the sidewalk a knife in the kitchen
The details tell the story if you listen....
Spectators gathered around they all talkin- it's
Gossip- I look away and keep walkin...
Things fall apart but rarely back together- and
Things get worse before they ever get better- did
Someone talk when they should've kept silent? And
All the wrong words erupted into violence? Or
Maybe it was us that shouldn't have kept quiet- and
Maybe some things aren't meant to be private- the
Scary little secret that everyone knows'll spill
Out onto the street in front of everyone's homes
Right where they standin now to bear witness
Too late to help- too late for us admit this
Could've been avoided if we would've said somethin
Instead of turnin eyes to the left to see nothin
Kinda glad he's a goner, no
Longer have to listen to his rants at the bar on the corner- a
Bully is a bully that's what I've heard... And a
Bully's gonna get what a Bully deserves... But
Who's gonna get hurt along the way? As it
All decays and the trusts betrayed... It's
Runnin through my head as I hear them say how they
Waitin for the rain to wash it away...
Anime (Chorus): We close our eyes
Pain goes away
Nothing to see each day
We wonder why
Things go this way
Nothing to hear today
Marcus J: No I’m not innocent but who truly is
I didn’t do half of those things they think I did
The other half yea there’s some truth to that
But I never started it, I only fought back
No excuses though I was wrong and I know it
Though I felt pain I lack the scars that would show it
But that’s all done please leave me alone
I’m just looking for the peace I can’t find at home
And all I really want is to enjoy my drink
Let my mind rest, let my heart think
Stand up, stagger, then grab my coat
Step into the rain fresh air burns my throat
Dark and still something shines in the shadows
I’m motionless and cold like my soul was froze
And I stop, knowing that I shoulda seen it coming
Fall to the sidewalk blood forever running
Chorus
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DefBeat Posse Productions, ID! Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Collective of emcees founded by Public Enemy's Chuck D. Spearheaded by producer / emcee C-Doc, The Impossebulls were nicknamed "the world's first virtual rap squad" as they would collaborate virtually with anyone at anytime. They recorded their self titled debut in 2001 and are set to celebrate their 20th year in 2021. ... more
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