![So Think Again - El Da Sensei](https://cdn.muztext.com/i/3284752559073925347.jpg)
Date of issue: 30.09.2002
Record label: Seven Heads Entertainment
Song language: English
So Think Again |
As I recall it |
I first started to only get dap |
To show the cats on my block and in my school that I could rap |
They knew me as a B-Boy |
Now I burst a verse and added piece to my collection |
Twice that for the selection |
I chose this direction cause I was an expert |
At not only art, plus I had the ill footwork |
Dancing supreme, flares, crabs, slice and windmill |
Twelve years was the age, by then I had the will |
I knew deep in my heart that if I came up with a scheme |
To use my tools and my skills I’d fulfill my rap dreams |
Started copping LP’s as the years went by |
Noticing the different styles and how MC’s sound fly |
P.E., J.B.'s, Rakim, Red Alert |
KRS, Marley Marl, Juice Crew and B.L.S |
The state of fresh plus a mess inbetween |
That makes up my whole aura as an MC fiend |
«Don't think you can before you start rapping» — Fat Joe |
Labels, A&R, marketing schemes |
«Don't think you can before you start rapping» |
Looking at contracts and don’t know what it mean |
«Don't think you can before you start rapping» |
Per diem, promo shows worth no doe |
«Don't think you can before you start rapping» |
This is what happens in the game but you just don’t know |
To get my props as a pro I entered local talent shows |
Cause I knew without my lessons my profession wouldn’t grow |
Battle cats in my school, in the street or in the club |
Made a name for myself, everybody showed me love |
But there was still something missing from my flavor of the month |
So I sold out for a partner that was ill from the jump |
Enter Tame One, lyric extrodinar |
Two superb legionar, niggas couldn’t compare |
Slaying cats left and right, who performing tonight? |
(That's them!) |
Damn right, known to always be nice |
Count was minimal but we didn’t gain respect |
Till 89.9, Bob and Armstrong Stretch |
Official to the world or shall I say the industry |
Now we hit from Dirty Jers' with the shit for NYC |
Cause where we at, Jersey already on the map |
So we uphold tradition so enters Artifacts |
«Don't think you can before you start rapping» |
Executives in your ear telling you, you the shit |
«Don't think you can before you start rapping» |
Until your album comes out and there’s nobody buying it |
«Don't think you can before you start rapping» |
Check the soundscan, to see your flow |
«Don't think you can before you start rapping» |
This is what happens in the game but you just don’t know |
Aight, the year is '94 and we signed a record deal, put your boots on |
Big Beat/Atlantic was the shield |
On the real, the first album was a dope experience |
Hear my voice on wax over T-Ray instruments |
Hitting tours and all |
From a song talking 'bout writing on the wall |
Many thought we had balls |
We knew it was the plan, laid the whole program |
Between A Rock And Hard Place, the label didn’t understand |
Example yo, my nigga listen to this |
We would’ve blown from a vid' off the Busta remix |
Second album mad pressure but we did that shit |
Came with The Ultimate, a plaque, one tour, we split |
Now the whole world shaking cause they knew that we was breaking |
No more cans to be shaking, know the scores that we was lacing |
From this I took a two year break and I was back |
Cause I can’t be stopped from getting mine, fuck that |
«Don't think you can before you start rapping» |
How it affects your life and how those around you feel your strife |
«Don't think you can before you start rapping» |
Whether you like it or not, the hottest MC can get dropped |
«Don't think you can before you start rapping» |
Keep your day job, messing with this you get robbed |
«Don't think you can before you start rapping» |
This is what happens in the game but you just don’t know |
«Don't think you can before you start rapping» |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Ain't Trippin ft. The Returners, Ghettosocks, Timbuktu | 2009 |
Crowd Pleasa | 2011 |
Still Got The Ammo ft. El Da Sensei, Main Flow, SnowgoonsIMain FlowIGodillaIEl Da SenseiIJ. Sands | 2008 |
Under Pressure ft. El Da Sensei | 2008 |
Frontline ft. El Da Sensei, FT, Mike Zoot | 2008 |
Money ft. The Returners, Reef The Lost Cauze, Roc Marciano | 2008 |
Life It Is ft. The Returners | 2008 |
Aight Then! ft. The Returners | 2008 |
Elements ft. El Da Sensei, DJ Don Martin | 2010 |
Gravy Like Gumbo ft. El Da Sensei | 2017 |
Relax | 2002 |
Questions And Answers | 2002 |
Frontline Featuring Pharaohe Monch & Prince Po ft. Prince Po, El Da Sensei | 2002 |
Speakin' | 2002 |