
Date of issue: 24.09.2012
Record label: Messiah
Song language: English
Can Be |
I know I can be |
A little hard to deal with so I stay |
High as I can be |
To get through the day without screaming |
They call me Lyrical Jesus but don’t make me get evil |
If I put my hands on you it won’t be to heal you |
Sometimes I’m hoping that this life is just a bad dream |
Cause I done seen things that make a dead nigga scream |
«Where you been at?» |
I’m questioned by my peers |
But even Shakespeare disappeared for seven years |
Then returned with the greatest work that a playwrite ever did |
So counting Chino out really is not a bright idea |
Manuel Barbosa, meet your son |
I’m half Chalino Sanchez, half Big Pun |
And as a shorty they would call me Chino Action |
Was 10 years old at Def Jam trying to battle Run |
11 years old in a juvenile cell |
Lyrically already, you couldn’t tell me I wasn’t LL |
I never failed I’m still a hell of a writing machine |
Chino raises stakes like Van Helsing |
I’m like the pope, kiss the ring |
How can I be anything else with so many tendancies of a king? |
I’m like a veteran from Vietnam |
My mind’s numb, at time my grind shock you like electricians with sweaty palms |
I met Gil Scott Heron on a long flight |
He said, «Brother, you the type to make writers want to go and write.» |
How can I leave something I do so well? |
I’m tired, my eyes glowing red like jewels from Hell |
The hotels, sleepless night, the need for rifle power |
More parasites than you can see from top of Eiffel Tower |
They say my ego put me out of history |
I’m so conceited I’m jealous when people envy me |
I ain’t scared to die, I’m very moody |
Everybody gotta go sometime like jury duty |
But why try me? |
Even with all them Chinese kata’s who try to master you can’t tie Chi |
No |
Yo, you know Chino from the Wake Up Show |
The records, I Told U So |
And Poison Pen and classic Here To Save You All |
You ain’t even a factor |
So matter of fact I’mma mow your block down like I drive a John Deere tractor |
Haters feel the threat |
Cause the muscularity of Chino and an action figure’s anatomically correct |
Everybody likes to rattle a lion’s cage |
But no one wants to go in alone when his razors are displayed |
Afraid of long scars, dim-witted as Chumlee on Pawn Stars |
Still special like 50 Tyson’s report card |
All this Vicodin, Jack Daniel’s and valiums |
Bout it, blow them promos up, it’s time to drop these albums |
If I don’t make it and I’m decomposing in a box |
My influence lives on |
I just won’t be there to watch |
Say, «He was the illest when he picked up that pen.» |
And judge me by my enemies as well as my friends |
Gone |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Sickology 101 ft. Chino XL, Crooked I | 2010 |
The Slayers Club ft. Onyx, Brand Nubian, M.O.P. | 2020 |
Brass Tacks ft. FINALE, Apollo Brown | 2015 |
Buried in Vocabulary | 2012 |
Latino's Stand Up | 2012 |
Pain ft. A.G., Chino XL | 2015 |
Cypher of Five Mics ft. Chino XL | 2011 |
All I Wanna Do | 2012 |
Main Aim ft. Tony Atlas, Cella Dwellas | 2015 |
I've Tried ft. Chino XL | 2013 |
I Can't Breathe ft. E. Smitty | 2017 |
Finish Him ft. D. Lector | 2017 |
King Chi ft. Chino XL | 2018 |
Do This ft. Bekay, Canibus, Chino XL | 2009 |
Coming on Too Strong ft. Chino XL | 2015 |
What You Got | 2007 |
Water | 2001 |
Let 'em Live (feat. Kool G Rap) ft. Kool G Rap | 2001 |
That Would Be Me | 2001 |
All I Wanna Do...(Bout Nuthin') | 2006 |