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Crusader For Justice

by The Grouch

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G - R - O - U - C - H They don’t really care about this music They don’t even know how to use this I said they don’t really care about this music They don’t even know how to use it I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep I use this shit to get up, so get up They're using this to advertise and aid with savage lies They always play the role, better strategize Do you really believe or only criticize? You phonies this disguise never fooled me I wear no jewelry, I play it cool see Don’t follow rules he set To a game he wasn't in, he was never my friend He wasn't down when I used to sleep on floors and I only knew my pen I grew within and spread throughout Listen my routes mission Is about liftin myself and devout kids in this position you might say quit your bitchin But if I didn't bitch, they might never listen to this And wonder is that about me Well now really what you about Progression or makin money Profession yeah thats funny We do it in the streets for fun Since I was young, hip hop made adrenaline run And I was dumb, to think it was the same for all But now that I know, I got a lot of blame for y’all fuck people in positions of power who trip with their power Probably want what you got too, plus more so they are sour Its been happening forever and a day but nows the final hour your not the smartest ones, ain't got the largest guns We will crumble your tower I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep I use this shit to get up, so get up Well now the people who run this biz don’t know the culture And the people who run this biz are a bunch of vultures Im a bull But I defy gravity, you don’t wanna get sav with me What a travesty Your majesty's a fake To laugh with me is to relate. I chuck at the fickle fucks till they fuck me up For years I wait So many peers I reach but I stay limited A dimly lit candle in the wind growin timid with it Why am I so hard to satisfy? And anyone who I think can is always mad to try the other lads who are fly, they fly by Just below the radar, but Im glad they made it far I had to play my part nobody else could Lookin back on all the strugglin but thats what really felt good And thats crazy but Im not, thats a used up trait What I got is a divine fate My mind state fluctuates And Im up late fuck hate I got love in the face of that cuz I learned thru rap I never burn you back I just vent Even after all of my last efforts have been spent I give 100% And wonder who's sent you or I to be the true speaker and freak it till they die fuck people in positions of power who trip with their power Probably wont what you got to, plus more soul they are sour Its been happening forever and a day but nows the final hour Ur not the smartest ones, they got the largest guns We will crumble your tower I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep I use this shit to get up, so get up They don’t really care about this music They don’t even know how to use this I said they don’t really care about this music They don’t even know how to use it I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep I use this shit to get up, I use this shit to go to sleep I use this shit to get up, so get up
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Some People 04:44
some people get better with time and some people have a hard time (yeah) some people, they age like wine and other people, they can't find themselves, man (repeat) you gotta move on, move on, move on, move on move on, move on, move on, move on man move on, move on, move on, move well then move on, move on, move on I used to have love and now I can't stand this fool this couldn't have happened even if I planned it to friends for life on a spectrum so wide nobody works perfect believe me, I tried but when two worlds collide you gotta give somethin' take a step back and learn to live humble you know pride, it'll eat you up inside and all that self-pity will turn your whole world shitty I’m on old girls titty tryin' to hang on, dearly live days sincerely and see both sides clearly there's no room to build enemyships especially out of old friends when'll we quit? went from penalty kicks to it don't mean shit ridiculousness, actin' like bitches at this age bing! turn the page pow! quit actin' like a child or are you riled up and ready to be petty? that's a heartbreaker well I’ll be the charge taker and make sure it don't happen in the future extend my hand while you cryin' like a rooster damn, dig up the root and be a man (yeah, show 'em how to be a man) some people get better with time and some people have a hard time (yeah) some people, they age like wine and other people, they can't find themselves, man (repeat) you gotta move on, move on, move on, move on move on, move on, move on, move on man move on, move on, move on, move well then move on, move on, move on with every stroke of the clock theres more pressure who could fully understand the growth of a child more or less this innocence exposed free form, no mold to experience livin' in possibilities I hold ******************* visions in my head I wanna spread to these children before they get sidetracked what sword are you wielding and I'm not talkin about shielding what's in the glass or comin' half ass me, I don't really want the last laugh just to be laughin' at all my last days *********************** because somebody else is passin' up the mark that I made turnin' dark to light or bark the bite blindfolded, flyin', and all without a fight I’m all up out in the night, tryin' to kick down the deamons with all my big sounds screamin' like he-men (arrr) fuck the power of grayskull go 'til my skull is grey every day, all day I’m a never fall prey some people get better with time and some people have a hard time (yeah) some people, they age like wine and other people, they can't find themselves, man (repeat) you gotta move on, move on, move on, move on move on, move on, move on, move on man move on, move on, move on, move well then move on, move on, move on your body is a tool, mind is too shape them well, feel them them the finest food if knowledge is power then most of us are muscle less it's easy to be that, you gotta tussle with the bad bring yourself back to the essence make your presence felt when you're there and you're stressin' your points put oil on your joints kill the t.v deal with people face-to-face if you don't believe me join the race, flow some oxygen through the brain remember what you learned and apply it so you gain drop game on a lame and later he'll be walkin' chalk it up as just choppin exposin options never frozen, 'cause we are the chosen 'bout to set in motion and keep coastin' keep coastin' keep coastin' keep coastin' some people get better with time and some people have a hard time (yeah) some people, they age like wine and other people, they can't find themselves, man (repeat) you gotta move on, move on, move on, move on move on, move on, move on, move on man move on, move on, move on, move well then MOVE ON, MOVE ON, MOVE ON
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Clean Nikes 03:56
(in background) "you're tryin to cover up the holes in your sneakers.." x 2 When you first get it it's shining and sparkling you hold it high like a trophy and start targeting what you goin to use it on where does it belong and for how long you can barely sleep and when you wake you hope it isn't gone or it's still livin at the very least you're givin energy and a lot of it, you're drivin you wrap it in a ribbon and you look at it all day you hook it up in a way that with it you can play regardless of anything else it isn't yourself seen in your reflection it's a super clean resurrection of you're better half measure that and multiply it hope to buy it and treat it as good as how much you think you need it I bet later you won't feed it like my puppy and leave it in the gutter for some other to think he's lucky but of course you broke it cause you had no patience with it probably didn't deserve it in this life time but you lived it now what do you know now? can you recall and recognize how it goes down when it does? How many times have you had a pair of clean nikes? and scuffed 'em up hella bad, kinda like these? on my feet, man, I used to fucking clean 'em toothbrush and everything now I'm just mean to 'em How many times have you had a pair of clean nikes? and scuffed 'em up hella bad, kinda like these? on my feet, man, I used to fucking clean 'em toothbrush and everything now I'm just mean to 'em now I'm just mean to 'em now I'm just mean to 'em now I'm just mean to 'em Seen so many waste away what they had, it makes me mad but they never know 'till it's too late to appreciate and be glad seems like the ones with nothing are the ones who put in work and use what they have to get where they're going showing the jerks leaving them wishin they would have thought of that or just said it had it embedded in their minds now they regret it let it sink in and get to thinking 'bout what you got how you can freak it or treat it right so you don't experience a loss later whether it's a cross-fader, girlfriend or a thought when you're mind is in a whirl-wind you better remember to stop and smell the roses between dosing cause for every breath you take upon this planet you're one of the chosen How many times have you had a pair of clean nikes? and scuffed 'em up hella bad, kinda like these? on my feet, man, I used to fucking clean 'em toothbrush and everything but now I'm just mean to 'em At what point was this ok? I gotta ask myself (self) let me retrace my steps will I surpass myself? or am I destined to be lazy? because honestly, lately, I really just don't amaze me it drives me crazy 'cause I'm searchin constantly getting shit then throwing it away thinking I'm workin really I know the answers but they hurtin covering curtains over my problems so they worsen drinkin and cursin invades my person it becomes urgent sometimes I can't live it but I can word it and that's my therapy so dear to me and I know this but often it's too hard to keep my focus How many times have you had a pair of clean nikes? and scuffed 'em up hella bad, kinda like these? on my feet, man, I used to fucking clean 'em toothbrush and everything now I'm just mean to 'em now I'm just mean to 'em scratched in background (and I talkin 'bout sneakers neither..)
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Dragonfly 04:07
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You say it ain't my life It don't really mean shit But if you think for a minute Then it fits You don't remember the fight Theres no hindsight tonight But if your payin the price You’re checkin it twice (repeat) Huh I wanna take it when I make it so I take it in And when I speak it hope it reaches so you freak and then You go and share it cause you care and they can see it in the reaction satisfaction when we teach these men It comes from deep within I cannot keep it in I do not celebrate sin I do not harbor hate I’ve got a larger fate then a mansion In a farther place then the Hamptons And if you can all relate put a hand in Your more than welcome The guest list's for all I bless this and call On my homies to help me stand tall Cuz I can fall back with my eyes closed And get caught and rise And hope that all shit talkin dies I’d rather have a healthy life than a wealthy wife to take from And if nobody ever gave a shit then I would make one And then another for my brother but only once Each one teach some no love for a dunce You say it ain't my life It don't really mean shit But if you think for a minute Then it fits You don't remember the fight Theres no hindsight tonight But if your payin the price You’re checkin it twice (repeat) Can you feel it in the air or just a cold stare? I try and roll near my family, what I hold dear I got this old fear lookin foolish when I soul share You tryin too hard just to rule this with that bold flare Quit the laughin how I'm actin is it so rare If I was mackin full of passion id go no where Whoa there I grab the horsey by the reigns And tell him take me to the kingdom Where no one is feelin pain And everyones got a name Beautiful to match the face Where the world is not a race Till the finish were enjoying this place A boy in his space Utilize his mind To the fullest thats the coolest Now lets just to do this Tables seem stable people Who speak powerful Cowards you can leave and Get devoured by the greed And feed off machines Collect that green collect that green Me, I wanna breathe in You say it ain't my life It don't really mean shit But if you think for a minute Then it fits You don't remember the fight Theres no hindsight tonight But if your payin the price You’re checkin it twice (repeat) I don't wanna be treated like a king All I do is rap Cant even sing And when I think of that it stings Collect my little scratch And travel across the map Babble and toss em back And fools is lovin me for that Like they lovin the Shaq attack And girls for bein stacked Lovin to smoke a sack But I broke it down to the fact that Nobody loves a stranger And everybody stays within a range Of themselves and what pertains to them But if we change it then We'll see the strangest grins Maybe hang with kin Everywhere you go I feel the ones Who are in to know are already peepin I watch and understand and grow And I give thanks for that no sleepin I watch and understand and grow And I give thanks for that no sleepin You say it ain't my life It don't really mean shit But if you think for a minute Then it fits You don't remember the fight Theres no hindsight tonight But if your payin the price You’re checkin it twice (repeat) Huh
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Yeah, all you slow thinkers Move to the right, signal with your blinkers Move come on You bring out the worst in me I said you bring out the worst in me Well now you bring out the worst in me You bring out the worst Now don't you hate it when other people bring you down? Get you all depressed every time they come around Shoot out your ideas like there much greater but they ain’t done shit when you talk to them later Steal your concepts never return the favor Everyt ime they do a little sumthin then its major Your minor, their hatin on your girlfriend Just cuz she’s finer then theirs If they even have one You run around, tryin to get your stuff done pre sun down They call you, you give em the run down They act like your dissin You start believing them Side track from the mission Listen I've put in work And I've paid hella dues I've been hella broke But now I never choose to snooze I bruise my brain Thinkin up ways I can make the most of my days All my people are big risk takers No time wasters Nothings left to lose all slow thinkers Signal with blinkers Theres no space left If your spaced out move I said.. All my people are big risk takers No time wasters Nothings left to lose all slow thinkers Signal with blinkers Theres no space left If your spaced out move You bring out the best in me You bring out the best in me Well now you bring out the best in me I said you bring out the best Now don't you love it when your friends get you thinkin? Do something innovative never even thought of Get you all inspired and fired up to live life You tell em what they did was tight your fully motivated You might have hesitated now your on the move though Without some of my friends I probably move too slow and that ain’t cool so I need reinforcements And to be around positivity makes more sense Its intense Tryin to top a legend But I make due and get praise for my brethren Then they top me and the last is the past It keeps me on point with my foot on the gas You gotta give respect where its due and stay true Its neither all about them nor all about you Surround yourself with prosperous people and you will try hard to be more than equal All my people are big risk takers No time wasters Nothings left to lose all slow thinkers Signal with blinkers Theres no space left If your spaced out move I said.. All my people are big risk takers No time wasters Nothings left to lose all slow thinkers Signal with blinkers Theres no space left If your spaced out move Well if your layin down with dogs then your gettin up with fleas Negativity stay away from me please I earned my spot and I got plans to keep it I work very hard for what I got thats the secret Maybe I can't be it I can damn sure try No need for approval and no one to tell me why Im doin wrong man Im just makin songs When its night its on and to the day its on too Like I am to the next I wanna bless you And stress through my writing Reaching a goal is exciting A challenge thats inviting And sitting around on your ass is worse then biting I like igniting thoughts within a stranger Having them tell me I did then making another banger Then catching another kid of his guard Who didn't know my old shit was hard All my people are big risk takers No time wasters Nothings left to lose all slow thinkers Signal with blinkers Theres no space left If your spaced out move I said.. All my people are big risk takers No time wasters Nothings left to lose all slow thinkers Signal with blinkers Theres no space left If your spaced out move
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[Zumbi] Hey, yo, put it together Piece by piece Life as a puzzle Stay supple, release It take a couple of thoughts, let's bubble Abandon trouble, negative speech make it crumble I speak each My dream, black beach Livin' like a sheik My queen, fly physique I leave the concrete world behind Retreat to the forest, free up my mind [ugh] It's like a cake, to bake it take time I make my livin', celebrate makin' my strides Now what it is, I wanna have a couple kids I'd be a good daddy, livin' prosperous My esophagus, how I spark with this North Star shinin' during the Apocalypse That's how I do, prayin' that God bring me through [Grouch] I'll finish between two mountain peaks I seen a few fountains within reach My all-natural pace is set Tell the gambler, place his bet on Me, how to make a livin' head on Straight, fit the pieces to the puzzle Picture bread on the plate for each another struggle in fate This marathon's on share a Moment of yourself with yourself as you prepare to jump There's the thump I hit the head of the nail I’m ready to sail Grouch is not designed to fail My output is designed to yell Final destination, man, only time will tell Really you gotta Make it last longer Look a bit farther Push yourself harder Study, get stronger Overcome hunger Victorious livin' Make it, or give in (repeat) [Bicasso] I make my moves make moves that make me And take from the energy that breaks the fakes Seen the straight path lately It keeps me focused, afloat through this showbiz and note that Most is a hope that we dreamed when it seemed like a joke Then it's close when we toast this place We got to We say we ought to But who talks shit? Thought of it then quit, never followed it through [Zumbi] In my world I'm the president with ten cents Spent on sentiments, tense Intelligence is a quota It only make good sense 'cause it make ignorance a little shorter Spend a half-dollar of your passion Pass the cash 'cause now you askin' But I put a whole bill up on the faithful 'Cause when it get real hard you need a crateful Helpin' you stableize yourself, energize your health I live the life that provide the wealth I stay stealth in the silence With an abundant flow 'Cause what you give is what you get, and now you know Really you gotta Make it last longer Look a bit farther Push yourself harder Study, get stronger Overcome hunger Victorious livin' Make it, or give in (repeat) [Grouch] I don't want to plateau out I'm through the backdoor I think of days when I only had one though Bask in the sun, got my own piece of earth now Tellin Larissa that forever's gonna work out I never work out and seldom eat healthy I look toward my peers, and some of them do help me It takes years to master the mind and body To never pass my prime's my hobby [Bicasso] I’m not where I wanna be yet Cause I wanna go and get This livin' they were talkin about I caught fools was livin in debt When we havin' these doubts And circumstances is turnin fools out But I never make the same mistake twice I shake the same dice And patternize to live this life right The question that I'm askin is, what's satisfaction? Money or time? Well, if time is money then I must be a mogal or a millionaire But now I'm still livin local, and it's crystal clear Man, I put that on my vocals, this time next year I'm a be bicoastal, bumpin' in your borough Bet, B.I. be Thorough on a path, man I practice I passed this baton beyond the songs you know and love Twenty years from now I'll be Josh at a jazz club Freakin the brass while you fiendin for ass I'll ask you a question, it’s a lesson, And the answer is direction What you need in life? I broke it down into sections that you feel is right I break it down into sections that you know is tight Really you gotta Make it last longer Look a bit farther Push yourself harder Study, get stronger Overcome hunger Victorious livin' Make it, or give in (repeat)
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released June 25, 2003

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The Grouch Los Angeles, California

Fully Independent Underground Hip Hop Artist born n raised in Oakland California. Member of the Living Legends Crew. Additional Albums as Zion I & The Grouch, The Grouch & Eligh, Thees Handz (Me & Murs) and The CMA (Me & Luckyiam). 27 albums and counting. Started by selling homemade cassette tapes out of my backpack as a teenager 1995. ... more

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