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Raphi - It Goes Down
(from the album Cali Quake)
© copyright 2002

Verse 1 - Raphi
Yo follow my lead. All I need is four lines/
To make the crew's heads nod before I pass it to you/
I be laughin' at dudes who be thinkin' they can move me/
Smooth, we quick on the draw/
Puttin' down what we spit with no flaw/

Verse 1 - Wordsworth
Shoulda hit record after those couple of lines/
Wordsworth, Tunnel Rats, same track both coasts are combined/
Rhymes a dozen a dime customers jumpin' in line/
Album covers in mind, everybody got somethin' to sign/

Verse 1 - Raphi
Man, I feel the clock tickin'. It's got my block trippin'/
There's no thrill in start whishing/
Unless the man can listen to fact and fiction/
And envision grandchildren. Living right/
Given sight by the risen light. We dippin'/
It always comes back to the element of surprise/
Number one in the clutch is relevant 'cuz time flies/
On the run I rip it up. Will never quit/
I realize the reasons why my foot's in the door/
But I still want more/

Hook
Oh-oh, there they go, live in stereo/
Hear them everywhere you go - it goes down/

From the front to back crowd is always packed/
Live no matter where you at - it goes down /
(2x)

Verse 2 - Wordsworth
Career wise you don't wanna battle on air live/
A mere tie. You flee when you hear that I'm nearby/
Dare try. You run so fast in fear, scared that the tears you cried/
And sweat that what you did won't air dry/
Wordsworth, I'm the type you like and the level I'm on/
You can't even adjust the mic my height/
And you claim people love you (they don't)/
But you ain't highly spoken of, it's just people are high when they're speakin' of you/

Verse 2 - Raphi
This is how it's supposed to sound when you get around real M.C.'s puttin' it down/
I've found that too many of the other brothers are up in the dark/
Man, it's all about heart. That's why we're up in the dark when the mic sessions start/
Life lessons mark the dawning of a whole new age. On wax, on stage/
Either way, you'll remember the day. From Brooklyn to L.A. /

Hook
Oh-oh, there they go, live in stereo/
Hear them everywhere you go - it goes down/

From the front to back crowd is always packed/
Live no matter where you at - it goes down /
(2x)

Verse 3 - Wordsworth
Gone and reachin' each state across the region/
This is where the losses begin/
Had an office meetin, your boss is beefin/
Cuz I'm the reason your corpse had to divorce its breathin/

Verse 3 - Raphi
With just a basic kick and snare like there/
I'm gonna walk in casually and maybe that'll be fair/
But I swear, if anyone dares to go on after us there/
They probably scared. They practically stare/
They know they unprepared/

Verse 3 - Wordsworth
My freestyles seems to show how quick I spit/
My freestyles help me think of lines quick for chicks/
It's common courtesy to bow/
Respond verbally - how/
I've always been better, it ain't occurred to me now/
Great minds think alike and you don't have a mind such as mine/
So it's obvious you ain't thinking right/
Tunnel Rats and Words, you heard a thousand artists/
But we here now, so it's goin' down regardless/

Hook
Oh-oh, there they go, live in stereo/
Hear them everywhere you go - it goes down/

From the front to back crowd is always packed/
Live no matter where you at - it goes down /
(2x)