[Verse 1: Chase N. Cashe] Message in a bottle to my frenemies/ Vow to get closer to you than you get to me/ Gotta know your enemies and know yourself/ Jealous n***as in the circle, bad for the health/ Lyin b**hes in your ear, bad for the mind/ Putting p**y over profit, bad for the grind/ Being broke not a option better play the game/ Money isn't everything but it ain't a thang/ That's why my whole team strong n***a/ That's why my whole team on n***a/ A truth hidden is a lot given/ Before I spin it Imma go flip it/ You don't f** with them then I don't either/ Your enemies my enemies we could go even/ They fear you they fear me, only way to treat em/ You catch a case I catch a case and we both beat em/
[Prouducer Ryan "RYU" Alexi speaks] I been producing for about 5 years now The sounds and samples that I use to create this beat Was a lot of old boom bap type of drums I put like a lot of different layers on stuff so It gives it that 90's gritty feel. I really just pretty much just re-arranged it Sped the tempo up, chopped it up a little bit. That's kinda how it came about
[Verse 2: Azad Right] Look at my track record, boy you getting lapped now/Wax you on wax don't let me black out/ Push it to the limit never pa** out/ I'm my country's Pacquiao/ Cuz even when I know I'm gonna lose I never back down/ I gotta get it my clock is ticking/ You say my times up, you reaching homie no scottie pippin/ Knew I was the best back when we didn't have a pot to piss in/ Listening to Pac and Big my plans was apocalyptic/ Taking over the game let me earn it don't throw me nothing/ Rap fiends nose is running, label heads know I'm money/ Asking is he white is he brown is he mixed?/ He's dope is he broke is he rich?/ Shut the f** up with your questions homie just know I could spit/ AZAD Michel Angelo drawing from my life/ Channeling a young D-Angelo all up in your wife /
Hip hop second generation in a state of elevation/ I'll military press the expectations/
[Producer Ryan "RYU" Alexi speaks] I'm from Charlotte, NC And its had one of the biggest influences on my production Because it's a little bit of everything here There's a little bit of northern and southern swag that kind of meets and just you know pushes the music direction in all types of different genres
[Verse 3: Cappaddonna] The Fest, check it out Late always, be in the hallway/ Policemen everywhere pee in the doorways/ Cocaine crack addicts, streets that we live in/ Flu shots is free but love never given/ Hood rats, my n***a too EBT/ Rocking Kareem black panther sh**, MTV/ HollyHood Motown, roll the piff in the credits/ Guyanese sake?? illegal cosmetics ??? Ramatu, Liberian convo/ African hits, 12 in the console/ My faculty behind me we breaking the chains for peace/ Ride on the beast, STATEN ISLAND wildin' again God/ silencing each end. Legendary architects from the parks to the recs/ We sparking the sess, lees and Adidas My squad is the best/ 20 years surviving the wars and Tsunamis, your target is next
[Producer Ryan "RYU" Alexi speaks] Shout out to RAPFEST for this interview Shout out to everything they're doing for the hip hop community Join The Cipher when you can its MEMBERS ONLY Just shout out to my whole city Charlotte man And just everybody trying to make it in music Its an awesome amazing thing that's going on here, thank you!