Gather all my forces all together rally round Listen to the drummer talking; listen to the sound Ambush (ambush) -- battle's going down All types of warfare, defending the crown, c'mon and Gather all my forces all together rally round Listen to the drummer talking; listen to the sound Ambush (ambush) -- battle's going down Can hit you from every angle, results can be astounding It could be a tangle in which during the verse that you spit You threw a name in that sh** you ain't have no business with Soon as it's off of your lips somebody tellin' this chick He heard the words and gets pissed righteously righteous and this Now maybe you could just slip Or maybe you figured that in a battle you could whip him lickity-split But either way upon that fateful day he bum-rushes you -- Busted! Ambush! You could say you've been hit, now Gather all my forces all together rally round Listen to the drummer talking; listen to the sound Ambush (ambush) -- battle's going down All types of warfare, defending the crown, c'mon and Gather all my forces all together rally round Listen to the drummer talking; listen to the sound Ambush (ambush) -- battle's going down Can hit you from every angle, results can be astounding It could be you hadn't thought ahead to the feeling of the dread And the tension in the situation steadily increasing Full steam ahead only difference is instead You predicted the events that constricted inchin' in on Your confidence and all your confidants have Heard about the verbal murder worded on some mix tapes By your enemies somehow, somewhere they gonna sting you Reachin' for some sweet sh** and caught a bees' nest now They swarmin' mean, aggrevated team, got ya scared Panicky decisions made in haste with short-sightedness shook Like guerilla tactics -- ambushed! you can say you've been hit, now Gather all my forces all together rally round Listen to the drummer talking; listen to the sound Ambush (ambush) -- battle's going down All types of warfare, defending the crown, c'mon and Gather all my forces all together rally round Listen to the drummer talking; listen to the sound Ambush (ambush) -- battle's going down Can hit you from every angle, results can be astounding It could be you figured you could take on Lateef and the Chief In the beef it was something you could chew on Or bring it too wrong, we too strong Got cuts that can lay you down like a new lawn Or underneath it, so avoid the putfall Cause the Truth Speaker got the gall to crush all competitors Or better still catch you flat-footed Oh no! didn't think that it could be so Keep you out of sight until the timing was right and Explode! strike the first blow! Sink your battleship, you've been torpedoed! oh lord! Watch your poker face bluff fold Just quit, cause this is maroons that you f** with Ambush -- you could say you've been hit Gather all my forces all together rally round Listen to the drummer talking; listen to the sound Ambush (ambush) -- battle's going down All types of warfare, defending the crown, c'mon and Gather all my forces all together rally round Listen to the drummer talking; listen to the sound Ambush (ambush) -- battle's going down Can hit you from every angle, results can be astounding