Crooked I - Dey Know lyrics

[Intro: Crooked I] Yeah yeah, it's a new year Hip Hop Weekly baby, we made it to 40 Hahaha, yes sir Let's go Can I talk to you? I ain't gon' rap to y'all right now I'm a talk to you We call this talkin', haha Start this year off right you know what I mean? Yeah, let's start the year off right It's 08 baby, we gon' begin 08 by puttin' some perspective in the air You know? Yeah lemme holla at y'all man It might sound like a rap, but I'm talkin' to you It ain't a rap, I'm talkin' to you Here we go, lemme talk, yo [Verse 1: Crooked I] Yo, I'm drawin' pictures with every word that I'm usin' Draw what you never saw while you draw your own conclusions The world is crazy, look at the news it's confusion And rebel views that I'm usin' in my music ain't for amusement I let the words from my heart penetrate mics Change the hood and I change, cuz art imitates life Dog, I don't think your bark demonstrates bite How ironic, we don't view the dark in the same light I see yo' press people, packin' them Des Eagles You see some evil doers who ain't makin' they bread legal I see a whole country that was stolen from the red people The whole press a treat us lesser even though we bled equal That's why I love my shows, smiling faces from different races in the crowd And it ain't a racist in the crowd We raisin' the roof so high, the stage is in the clouds Then it's back to the hood, where the racism is proud Prejudice police wanna throw my crew in that Patty Wagon, cuz we get our sag on, and hustle gladly Momma say my father rocked j**elry and drove a Caddy So even though he didn't raise me I'm stuntin' like my daddy I'm buyin' diamonds with dough, I ice my cream Know you consumers love hooks I'm doin' it like Kareem Yeah, been in more crossfires than Chrysler's team First I dream of what I recite then I recite my dreams Listen, cuz dreams are real as the air we breathe They put us in a good place, how dare we leave Through the door of success the selfish barely squeeze I kick the door open, make spares then I share these keys It's hard work tryin' to chase whatever's considered to glitter n***a, it ain't no failures only quitters and bullsh**ters So long before "Rest in Peace" is etched on my stone n***a, I bet I stay cross-legged out west on the throne You heard it, the boss said it, one of the best spitters known That vision is prophetic, yes, let's get it on, yes I've been there before that's why I know what I'm doin' I'm a old soul, older than ancient Minoan ruins I was buried under volcanic ash, then I rose Dusted off my clothes, first words I spoke, is "where the hoes?" Back then I had golden threads woven in my robes Now I hear "bling blaow" from diamonds glowin' in my lobes I'm mind bafflin', time travelin' on all you losers I'm presently the best and I'll make history in the future [Outro: Crooked I] Yeah, y'all know what it is You know what we doin' right? C-O motherf**in' B ho Treacherous And I'm on the West Coast My name is Crooked I thanks for listenin', yeah I was just talkin' to ya today It might of sound like rappin' But it was really talkin' Hip Hop Weekly baby, see you next week