9th Wonder - War lyrics

Damn...Chitlin Circuit [*echoes*] [Phonte] Yeah...wanna take time to welcome y'all THis "Chitlin Circuit 1.5" It's your man, Phonte Yo f**, I don't need no introduction Let's get it goin on... Uh, on the right track, to get it, it's like that Phontigga right back, to bi'ness I Strike Back Like the Empire, Tay's that celebrity dude That moved next door, now they done made your rent higher Raised the property values cause we the livest I don't care what they tell you, until them n***as beggin for A spot on the album, ya need to fall back Medicate yourself, I mean pump up the volume/Valium Cause me and you are not cut from the same cloth This is all me with no alteration Got my team outside, and we all be waitin Trust YOU don't want no altercation Cause no tellin what I'mma say to you, and if we in ya city Act now, cause we prol'ly sell it out in a day or two Cause everytime me and Pooh step on stage Hoes start Klymaxx-in like we Met in the Ladies Room, n***a! This is the team you got respect for Everytime we step through that door to remind you This rap sh** is chess and not Connect Four Phonte, Big Pooh on the track - now that's WAR!! That's what I'm sayin man... LB ain't no flash-in-the-pan a** sh**.. Not no here-today-gone-tonight n***as.. It's really on Phonte, Big Pooh on the track - now that's WAR!! [Rapper Big Pooh] I got the, heart of the lion, eye of the tiger 20/20 vision watchin sh** transpire Nonperishable, my records don't expire I'm that blue flame if we speakin on fires "Wo" like Mya, burn like niacin Feelin froggy, well try me then I'mma a cold motherf**er wit a leaky pen Don't be confused cause you seen me grin Take two to the chin, I been writin Rap word recitin, Bogard-in on n***as Like Poobie is a Viking You ain't gotta like 'em, but I got the juice You thirsty n***as better off with the Sprite then Marquee light and f**ers stay bitin Do some other sh** and you do it just like 'em Your flow's like he, your show's like he Now you out tryna bag hoes like me?! Got no I.D., better be yourself! You wantin to be n***as ain't good for your health ..I'll be damned, it's like I'm speakin to myself The very next day, you tryna be somebody else, f**er! Stop tryna be like this-n***a that-n***a Won't you just DO YOU, n***a? I'mma do me, I'mma let my n***a DJ Flash do his thing (Phonte, Big Pooh on the track - now that's WAR!!) [DJ Flash cuts and scratches] "WAR!" [- Chuck D (Phonte, Big Pooh on the track - now that's WAR!!) [Phonte] Uh, yo, f** whoever I offend, just talkin 'bout war Not promotin violence we just, orchestrate And promote violins like the London Philharmonics And every track I bless, you gonna feel me on it [Rapper Big Pooh] Tay, this is what they need, right? (yeah) I'm on a whole 'nother plane, this past year I been goin insane Pickin at my brain for the right direction Left winner interludes at your own discretion [Phonte] Uh, dawg this is for your own protection LB and we run this section, and we ain't tryna hold off We just, tag team like Nikita Koloff You don't wanna make that fatal faux-pas [Rapper Big Pooh] And you don't want it wit these boys - hell nah, cause we all all-stars Checkin in to the game, 'bout to settle the score 9th soundin better than he ever did before Big Pooh and Phonte on the track - now that's WAR!! [Phonte - Outro] Uh, had to take it back to the days of the wrestling, n***a.. Goin back and forth like Ivan and Nikita, it's goin down Hulk Hogan, we comin fo' YOU, ni**a!! (Big Pooh and Phonte on the track - now that's WAR!!) [DJ Flash cuts and scratches] "WAR!" [- Chuck D (Big Pooh and Phonte on the track - now that's WAR!!)