N.o.r.e. - The Rotten Apple lyrics

[Intro] When I'm in Miami When I'm in Atlanta The radio sound like I'm in Miami When I'm in New York The radio sound like I'm in Miami So you feel like Now, my response to that is Miami currently, Atlanta currently Is making better music musically than New York Let me explain something to you Them dudes is in power because yall putting them in power [Verse 1: Papoose] I've been fighting in spikes Came off tour, my mic was on Me and Ebro been having this dialogue Even though they play a major part in each way We can't blame it all on the DJ Because when New York slows down I play the side like a G Waited my turn but learned it down to the T Other New York artists change they bop to a bounce Started snappin they fingers like they was from the south Out of towners come in town, they just tag along Apart of the entourage, playing chaperone A bunch of escorts, got yo mains with you n***as do anything for a Instagram picture But it's bigger than them and us I warned yall on charade, the hip-hop tops was tryna finish us Play some boom back, take the melodies off It's the concrete jungle, we can never be soft [Interlude] We should not be playing 2 Chainz, we should not be playing Ross all the time We should not be playing Drake, we should not be playing Drake, we should not be playing Lil Wayne I ain't sayin that I'm sayin we shouldn't be following Soo We should be dictatin something We should be dictatin for them to play some sh** ‘Cause they dictatin what we play Out here I sit back and I hear the radio, they like oh this is hot in Atlanta New joint, hot, I never heard it before This is crazy in Atlanta, boom! I do hate that phrase And I'm like yo, this ain't Atlanta This ain't Atlanta [Verse 2: N.O.R.E] Yea, four gold albums, one platinum plaque, still shining I get my record hot, they tried to tell me keep grinding Live in Miami, how I'm pposed to get some spins there? The first thing they say is New York spinning it there We don't support our own, records ain't hot enough Towards the artists with the budgets, guess they got the hottest stuff We pull the support, independent artists We proud of our city and stop playing this garbage When we first came out this heavy wasn't relevant Puff was k**in the agenda, walk towards gold was evident I ain't trying to live off my past accolades But nowadays music gets looked over Every new n***a's hear their new song with me already But my love in the city dead, obituary f** it, it's the support, good music I ain't talkin Kanye'ing them, I'm talkin Kay Slay'ing em Bust Rhymes, NORE and Ghost, Cam, Rae and em [Interlude] When we down there, them n***as don't give a f** about New York If you ain't knowin one of they joints they ain't supportin it You ain't getting no New York n***a out here for dolo and his sh** poppin Look, if there's good music being made it's gon get a look, right? That's how your music gets on, that's how A$AP is poppin right now You know, but at the same time if there's sh**ty music being made or it's sounding basic or regional And it's not poppin, streets not poppin [Verse 1: Papoose] Look at the last few years, it's count Most up north artists who made it had to sign to a artist from the south That makes me scratch my head Why the legends from up north left all the up and coming for dead? Why is it that Eminem had to sign 50? When everybody knew he had the town in his frenzy Ross had to come up north for Meek Millie Wayne signed Cory, Jae Millz and Iggy When Jay-Z came up he piggy backed Biggie Why he ain't never pushed no artist from his city? Ain't hatin, every man gotta put in they own work I'm just pointin out the facts, been doing my homework They don't judge a artist by his excellence Everybody only know one word, relevant Expand your vocabulary when the real artist sh** drop ‘Cause the word relevant is really k**in hip-hop This goes out to every city, big or small Support up north like we support yall