Dog Eat Dog

Always The Same

Always the same and that's a shame.
The only change is the name of the game.
I know it sucks, cause times are tuff
and it's ruff but you gotta keep your head up.

What do you want?
I want a shot to follow my dreams, they're all I got.
What do you need?
I need a chance to go for it all cause I got plans.
What do you got?
I got nothing but fire burning inside for all I desire.
What do you see?
All I see is walls obstacles in my way they're gonna fall.
How do you feel?
It's all wrong but if it's not kill me I'm getting strong.
Where do you go?
On that I must decide exhibiting a sense of self.
What is the deal?
Just playing with time, learning alot, trying to get mine.
What do you know?
I don't know why it hurts, but if it's really worth something it takes hard work.

Big Wheel

Yeah it's a big world out there
and most of it is water.
So you better learn how to swim real good
or you should know how to fly this is motion
taking too long, like a bad song, fly to hong kong,
high as the sky without the bong.
Never the less the level of stress was endless,
I felt pressed in the cabin cass business.
I remember what it took to get us here,
the mad years we performed just for the beer.
Now we hover undercover in the atmosphere.
Intergalatic players, true pioneers.

Big wheel, spinnin around,
breaking thru cities and rippin thru town.
Get down time to flip that frown,
keep your body moving from your feet to the crown.

This is the J to the O H to the N C and then I'm on.
I spy like James Bond. N to the OR. I'll put you in the ER,
fumming like a cigar, screaming like a marshall.
Electric guitar starp me in there, a true circle, the perfect square.
Hot like flares, danger, beware you must prepare.
Only strategic affairs turn boys to millionairs.
We got to keep moving/forever staying in motion.
Papa never gave me tools to the trade, yo, I'm tryinta make the grade.
Suckas think I got it made. I won't trade or give aid.
You'll be played like arcades, follow the big wheel wherever it takes,
you nothing, but the truth. You must pursue in the endeavor.
Just remember to yourself be true explore the world.
It's a treasure if you only knew

Buggin'

Maybe I fly too much
Maybe you're high too much
I don't know, but I know
That I'm buggin'

Maybe I think too much
Think maybe you're out of touch
I don't know, but I know
That I'm buggin'

On and on and on it goes
Where it stops nobody knows
Round and round and round again
It feels like this will never end

Maybe I bitch too much
Shut the fzzuck up
I don't know, but I know
That I'm bugging

Maybe I smoke too much
Please put out that butt
I don't know, but I know
That I'm bugging

I'm buggin'

Bulletproof

Check check one two on the boom shot
Here's the one on the gun in the street spot
Little boyz in the hood far from L A.
Got the heat on the street
Now they're ready to play
Got the look of a crook
Now they got the prop
Gassed up head full of lead
Might even drop a cop
Or not, who knows, it could go any way
But fun with a gun the games children play

Why did someone have to be the victim
Of a stupid game you shouldn't be playing
Don't you know that guns aren't for children
I tried to tell you but you didn't listen

The second verse skit is on the hearse tip
Young fingers on triggers and bodies gonna get hit
Lick fe shot's that go bang in the night
Just that quick you know he lost his life
Such a shame that the game
Had to end like that
Body dies mama cries
When the hammer cracks
I know you didn't mean it
The damage is done
It's what you get
Playing with gun, son

Bulletproof - it's a shame
Bulletproof - and you know the game
One mistake, a lifetime of pain
Hell your cell yourself to blame

Bulletproof - no you ain't
Bulletproof - and nobody is
A gun ain't a toy, toys are for kids

Click-clack-pop-pow l

Dog Eat Dog

The rush I get when I'm makin' a break yeah
It's that cracked out, whacked out look on your face man.
Nothing like a ragamuffin making a handplant
While I'm pushing all the buttons of a ruthless villian...

Oh yeah, Oh no. Bip.
Oh no. Switch.

Got 'em now it's a damn good feelin'. Oh yeah.
So ya think I'd give up that easy? Oh no...
Oh so long with the pain right hear man. Oh shit you can't take it.
This one goes to the brothas that I'm feelin'. Oh yeah.

Cash and carry in the Dog Eat Dog system,
Me, myself, I and I was a victim.
Playin' games the rules are suit to fit them
They're getting rich on a tip that's abusive...

'Cause he kills two friends, and he kills two friends, and so on, and so on... Bip
Oh yeah, Oh no. Switch

Got 'em now it's a damn good feelin'. Oh yeah.
So ya think I'd give up that easy? Oh no...
All this time with the pain in my mind. Oh shit you can't take it.
This one goes to the Northern Valley Skate Posse. Oh yeah.

It's a Dog Eat Dog world. Dog Eat Dog.

Got 'em now it's a damn good feelin'. Oh yeah.
So ya think I'd give up that easy? Oh no...
All this time with the quarrel in my mind. Oh shit you can't take it.
This one goes to the 076 crew. Oh yeah.

It's a Dog Eat Dog world. Dog Eat Dog

Expect The Unexpected

Now you never know when it's your time
It's always there in the back of your mind
Read it in the paper see it on TV
Never think it could happen to me
Accidents occur we don't know why
Just look what happened to Princess Di
One car crashed and the whole world cried
No time to say goodbye
Won't see your future in a crystal ball
Your psychic friends can't help you at all
Can't buy time at a shopping mall
The writing's on the wall
Struck by lighting, fall in a well
It sounds far fetched but you never can tell
When you're swimming with sharks that you can't repell
No one can hear you yell...

You never know where
You won't know how
When you least expect it
Expect the unexpected

Boom! What a terrible sound
Planes go up, and crash back down
You never thought when you left the ground
That you would not be found
Took a big chance when you made that bet
Laid it on the line now you're starting to sweat
This is one day you'll never forget
Cash in your pockets and no regrets
Fly in the sky, or sail in a boat
It don't matter which way you go
Titanic, don't panic,
There's other ways to cross the Atlantic
Don't be surprised by what you hear
Things aren't always as they appear
The unexpected ain't nothing to fear
The truth is always clear

Funnel King

Wake up Monday nothing new
Weekend has caught up with you
Lie in bed hold your head
Pray to god you ain't dead
Alarm clock rings out like a bell
Start this day a living hell
Take a breath and what's that smell?
Well it smells like shit... but you can't tell

Just like you - always there
Just like you - never care
Just like you - head's in a sling
Just like you - the Funnel King

Puke it out think its gone
But you're in for a marathon
Lips are blue eyes are gone
Grab the rim and just hold on
This is like a weekly thing
'Cause you are the Funnel King
OK now but you ain't done...
Just wait until next Monday comes
Knock knock knockin' at your door
Never ever gonna drink that filthy beer no more

Games

Standing up at the plate
Waiting on my date
I was starin' to worry
She was a halt-hour late
My team don't like it
When I delay the game
But they know I'm crowned
The girls on the rebound
Life is like a stadium at night
Crowd cheers jeers
Drama spot lights
The public know us
Maybe they don't
But now I m gonna show 'em
What the cameras won't

Time is running out for you and me
What's it all about ?

When I was a kid
I went down to the minors
For stealing a base
They gave me a shiner
Sat me on the bench
'til I learned my lesson
Little older, wiser
And a little less aggressive
At the age of 17
I got back on the team
Like a quarterback sneak

Every kid's dream
Never far from home
Always in the zone
Home or away
In ballparks and domes

C'mon and play these games today
Who wants to play these games today
I'm gonna play these games today
We gotta play
Play games

Gangbusters

Back in the old days when gangsters were all the rage
And crime was the front page of news and TV....
A group known to no one who's blows were all low ones
The cops had shit to go on they had no leads....

Drive by shootings
Murders at will...
Pay for protection
Or have yourself killed...

Gangbusters...

Guys like Al Capone who loved being unknown
Made themselves at home and still got away...
The law couldn't catch him or none of his hit men
So he died in prison for taxes unpaid...

Screw prohibition
Crimes go unsolved
Elliot Ness
Couldn't wrap up the mob...

Hey Ho- Who the gangbusters
Hey yo- You the gangbusters
That's Right- We the gangbusters...

Some say crime don't pay but they didn't feel that way
And so I would have to say that I do agree...
The gangbusters in the past proved they were there to last
By knife or shotgun blast for the world to see

Gangbusters

Getting Live

I'm hitting switches in my eighteen wheeler
Burning trees on the run from the smokies like a dealer
A master MC on the CB kid nappin your ears G
But you can't even see me
I'm breakin up all you good ol' guys
And I'm collecting mad props
At truck stops from all your wives
I keep it live with word manipulation
Its the Dog Eat Dog roguish armament invasion

All across the nation and around the world
People are getting live, yeah they know the time

We won't stop and we won't quit
And all you truckers gotta deal with it
We don't care we got the right
Stupid gear jammin we're getting live

Breaka breaka 1-9 it's live and direct
The I double L captain of the armament

The FCC's been looking for me
This is my radio these are my channels 125 channels
Testing
We're going down in the live annals ancient ones
The handle
I burns the candle at both ends it's live my son
Raw like sewage world wide is how we do this
Keeps it true to the music so you can move kid

Hi-Lo

It's not about a revelation
It's not about some religion
It's not about a house of worship
It's about our redemption

We have to make it work
We've got to live, give, don't trip

Why do you ask what I believe in
When we both know that you don't care
If heaven's high
Then hell is low
How do we know
Where we all go

It's not about sectarianism
It's not about superstition
It's not about what you believe in
It's about our salvation

Don't ask why
I don't know
I'm just trying
To save my soul

If These Are Good Times

Yeah yeah look here what I got for you
I can hear you inside screaming
Feed me the juice
There's nothing left for you to do
I got get mine no time to be sorry

If these are good times

Hey man ya got some spare change
For me brother?
All I need's a little somethin'
You see me sittin' here face to the gutter
All'ya pass me by ridin' high
If the last one dead's a rotten egg
Meybe I'm better off a bad egg

All we know
If these are good times

In The City

East side, west side
larcency and homicide
people trying to survive.
Prostitution, retribution
toxic waste and air pollution
politics: no solution.

I've come from the other side of town
This concrete jungle's got me down
I feel the heet, from the street

Live in the city,
die in the city.
Talk is cheap and the air smells shitty.
Laugh in the city,
cry in the city.
It's my home, but it sure ain't pretty.

Uptown, downtown
On the streets and underground
People trying to get around.
Skyscrapers, money makers
New York Knicks and L.A. Lakers
One too many circuit brakers.

Live in the city,
die in the city.
Talk is cheap and the air smells shitty.
Laugh in the city,
cry in the city.
It's my home, but it sure ain't pretty.

In The Doghouse

You don't have to be the person actin' like the fool
About time you learned you somethin', so go to school
You never knew you had the answer but that's a lie
Livin' by your intuition and that ain't right

Face first
In the doghouse
Face first

Would not could not should not, but you did
Don't even try to cross me you snot nosed kid
This fight ain't half way over, you soft skin clown
That ill pill you're selling just wont wash down

I see what you do to others, and what you've done
I can't help but think and wonder when my time will come
So when you go for yours, you better knock me out
You come back to my neighborhood and I'll bust your crown

In Time (Growing Came)

We live just for today,
now is not yesterday,
tomorrow's another day in live.
I heard that growth is slow,
that's not the way it goes,
variety's the spice of life.

My life,
We're not the same, growing came,
Who can explain why we change?

The wheel in motion now,
prepare for ups and downs,
sunshine and dark and cloudy skies.
Those things we want to say,
Allways seem to fade away,
This pain is what we recognize.

In time,
We're not the same, growing came,
try to maintain even plain.

There's a rhyme for every reason,
a time for every season,
to grow in our lives it's just natural.
Move with the transition, constantly in motion,
modify the model, feel the physical mutation.

The body grows along with the mind,
compel the soul with cycles and lines.
Sensation, pain you feel in your brain
Reduce the strain embrace the gain.

Isms


You come on over right through my front door
Strapped with all your baggage
What you bringin' that for
Don't want no disrespect cuz we all know the score
But you need to put time in
At the common sense store

Yes yes y all you're brain washed all in your head
Let's make one thing crystal clear
We don't want no ism here

How you say you hate me and you're not ashamed
It's just insecurity that's causing you pain
Well if you can't get past that we are not the same
Then realize that ism is a part of the blame

Racism - we don't want it here
Sexism - we don't need it here
Fascism - we don't want it here
Keep that ism out of my ear
Terrorism - we don't want it here
Leftism - we don't need it here
Fakeism - we don't want it here
We don't want it we don't need it

It's Like That

Oh god I'm sick right to the bone in this hell that I call home,
Boob tube has brought me down, it's worse than it's ever been.
Look what's going on in Los Angeles, violence and social unrest.
And look what happened to New York City, such a shame it's a god damn pity
It's Like That...

Used to live my life, blind innocense. Now all I see is mankind's ignorance.
I can't live like this. I can't live like that. It's like that.

You got a black mark on your face. Paint it.
You dissed the entire human race. Stop it.

Once you find yourself, you better make it stick.
You don't wanna get pulled down by that racist shit.
Oh no, I can't live like that. 'Cause that life is wack.

You got a black mark on your face. Paint it.
You dissed the entire human race. Stop it.

Is this how it's gonna be? From Arizona to NYC?
To me it seems that they can't resist. They walk and like some backwoods hick.
'Cause skin is white, or it's black or it's blue, don't make no difference to me or you.
So give respect to the human race, or Dog Eat Dog will spit in your face punk.

It's Like That...

Modern Day Devils

One life to get it right, there's no time to waste
One track in this rat race, keep up with the pace
Who is sure the rich or the poor
I'll take my time and be secure
Time is now we're all going down
I'll go for mine someway or somehow
Modern Day Devils pushing things to dangerous levels
Latter Day Saints promises for those who wait

One way to walk a path following a code
Another way is to blaze a trail driven by your hopes
Chance we take, a choice to make
Answer to who at the end of the day
Living in faith we just have to wait
Surrender your will to a power that's great

Modern Day Devils pushing things to dangerous levels
Latter Day Saints promises for those who wait

God helps those who help themselves...

Pick your fight, choose your side
There's a thin line between wrong and what's right
Time will tell, you'll see for yourself
Don't bet with your life, it's bad for your health...

No Fronts

No fronts no tricks no soap box politics
No guns just blunts we kick this just for fun
We come with the fat joints
To uplift the moods
Big up to people catchin' on this groove
This is Dog Eat Dog not a snitch or a snoop
I might chew a bone but don't call me pooch
We're not braggin - No
Are we laggin - Never
I can already see we got your tail waggin'
I could doggy bad ya
Or have you for lunch
The answer is no now - who fronts?

Introducing the kids who get loose
Microphone check one to the deuce
Deuce to the tre relax and parlay
With the 4-5-6 we roll hits
Flip the script to move your hips
Flavor we kick the boom to the bip
The boom to the bap ABK type fat
Strapped with crazy herbs and that's that

Alright kid what ya want ya get
S.G. Dog Eat Dog represent
You know the time so act like you know
Listen to the way this ill shit flow
We travel around all boro, any city
Some got beef but they wont get to me
If you come correct and your vibes are true
Peace to your crew
We're looking out for you

Numb

Could I fly around the world
If my wings were really broke
And see so clearly
Drowning in grey smoke
I've got to stay quiet
But there's so much to say
If I could feel my arms
I'd push it all away
I know there is a future
And the best is still to come
When all I have are feelings
Why am I always...
Wishing that a moment
Was really like an hour
The every penny that I earn
Could balance out the dollar
Something that's spent on patience
Would make me patron saint
You know I might be ordained today
I guess I'll have to wait
Hurry up and wait

Gotta break it out
Gonna turn the lights on
See what's there for me
Take a look around
With an open shutter
There's a world to see

One Day

Had to run from my home if you can call it that,
Grabbed my cd's and an overstuffed backpack.
Things got hot with my moms and pop,
night after night they blew up the spot.
Throwing plates and pots, shit's got to stop man,
gotta break out let the pressure drop.
Too extreme kid when you're only a teen,
can't believe what they're putting me in between.

Maybe one day it will all make sense,
a tight offense is still the best defense.
Don't even know if I can trust my friends,
taking anything just to make this end.
Cheap wine, hustles, drugs and streetcrime,
sleeping at the flicks turning tricks hard times.
Wake up th streets calls out my name,
should be in school, but I'm beggin for change.

Keep things moving by showing and proving,
on the street by myself what the hell am I doing?
Somehow one day, someway anyway,
better look out world I got a lot to say.
It's my time to shine, need to get what's mine,
make a move to the future leave the past behind,
There's a pie in the sky, gonna get a piece,
I wanna be at peace.

Psychorama

Too many people are talking shit,
Too many people are telling lies,
Nobody ever wants to give an inch,
Nobody ever wants to sacrifice.

Sacrifice, pay the price, understand you gotta lend a hand.
Respect the man, live your life like a fucking man.

You walk the globe acting like a fool,
But what you're doing comes back to you.
Just remember rule number one
When you're a dick, you'll be treated like a dick.

A dick, a cock, a piece of shit,
'Cause karma has everything to do with it.
It's not where you're going, it's where you've been,
It's not what you're doing, it's what you've done.

That's right, you'll never be the little one,
Never give in and never say you're done.

Nobody ever wants to sacrifice
Nobody ever gonna pay the price.
Nobody ever gonna understand,
Nobody ever gonna lend a hand.
When ya listen to the lyrics it's a conscience song,
School your differences on right and wrong.
You teach, you learn, you gain insight
I'll show you the difference between wrong and right.

One is wrong, and one is right

Pull My Finger

If I pull my finger on You
Would you pull your trigger?

Bang clack clack pop pop
How many have to drop before it stops
Big man with a trigger
What makes him bigger by blasting off a cap
But how do you figure?
The number one son-of-a-gun is named death
A thief of life, a poacher of breath
It's against me here's a dead ringer
You draw the gat
And I'll pull my finger

Right Out

Listen up party people all in the place,
I've been around the world like Puffy and Mace.
Wake up with the moon sleeping with the sun,
this life of style ain't for everyone.
Close your eyes, open up your mind,
I can clearly see you're all so blind.
Everythings for sale, name your price,
the sneakers on my feet are nice.

If you're not going up,
then you gotta get down.
Put your head in the clouds
and your feet on the ground.
If you're not coming in,
then you gotta get out,
right out, right out, right out.

Keep it on time, always running late,
even when I'm early hurry up and wait.
Totally sain, fully out of my head,
I'm still alive and I'm the living dead.
Black or white, left or right,
smokin' and drinkin', night after night.
Top of the world, living on the edge,
you can fall right of the ledge.

If you're not going up,
then you gotta get down.
Put your head in the clouds
and your feet on the ground.
If you're not coming in,
then you gotta get out,
right out, right out, right out.

Right out is what I'm talking about,
right out is what I'm talking about.

Fast forward, future to the past rewind,
A.D. to B.C. , nothing but time.
Top to the bottom, front to back,
all 12 sings of the Zodiac.
Asking everybody from east to west,
y'all wanna know who's style's the best.
Telling all the people in the north and south,
that this is what we're talking about.

If you're not going up,
then you gotta get down.
Put your head in the clouds
and your feet on the ground.
If you're not coming in,
then you gotta get out,
right out, right out, right out.

Rise Above

Rise above
You can rise above
With a little bit of love

Life has taught me one thing
How it is I wanna live
Love has shown another light
Gave me, something to believe in
There is love hate, birth and death

For us all
In these pits do not fall
Rise above

Detachment from the body's needs
Cannot live my life in fear
From my mind I must be free
Free at last I see so clearly
There is wealth, loss, pleasure, pain
In this world
So you know
This will go
Quick as it comes

And like the smoke we rise
You better open your eyes
Cuz your soul can't hide behind the lies
Open up and breathe
You gotta plant the seed
Check the flow of the breath over reed

Rocky

You're just like the kid next door
Still too young and immature
You always seem to hang around
When you're not wanted you're always found

Why do you embarrass me
So everyone can see
Us duke it out on live TV

Hey Rocky I hate to say
I wish you would just go away
Don't come back another day OK

What did you come here for
Don't wanna be insecure
It's about time that you went home
So go away leave me alone

Sore Loser


You tried out for the high school team
So you would have some childhood dreams
That you and your father could share
Football coach said you're too small
Don't even think of basketball
You knew you were destined to fail

Went to the track meet
You wanna be an athlete (sore loser)
Get back in your seat they said
Go to the dugout
Three strikes you stuck out (sore loser)
And home runs flew over your head

Looking down on rock n' roll
And you dreamed of scoring goals
You're saving those dreams for your bed
Thought it was cool to be a jock
You ended up a rent-a-cop
A dozen donuts in your hand

You're a loser
A sore loser

Now it seems the tables turned
The game of life you should have learned
So try using some of your brains
All your high school friends are stars
Driving really fancy cars
The irony drives you insane

Step Right In

Clap your hands
Stop your feet

Dog Eat Dog said to step right in
Dog Eat Dog said to step right out
Tell me son what the fuck is life about

We search this whole world for love, peace & harmony
But all we found was hate, deceit & jealousy
Dog Eat Dog so come and check the dialogue
Get your brain out of the fog
Vinny Barbarino represent the Sweathogs
All Boro Kings Roadrunner catalog
You could run but you can't get far
No matter where you at, that's where you are

No matter where you from
Don't matter what you do
We got the bangin' beats & you can all get some
It's like a rabid dog infecting you

Explosion I'm moving like motion
I'm gigantic I m deep as the Atlantic Ocean
Feel the force I strike with the iron cross
You're the face of the pale horse
True indeed we plant the seed to infiltrate the
Whole world community
We're taking no slack it's an all out attack
Cuz this time the RZA let us hook the track
Word to god together on a mission
so guard your tape deck were converting stereos
Ded and the RZArecta tell you one more time boy
Protect your neck

Strip Song

Start off the day say you wanna play
You don't wanna pay but you wanna stay
Do what you want when you wanna do it
Could of had more but you went and blew it
Now the time has come time to have some fun
Won't see the sun until I'm done
There's one thing before we begin
Get on the table and let me see some skin

Back to the story you know you really bore me
Hard enough to live when you're always horny
I like you you love me
Simple as that it's gotta be
I'm givin' you a chance you better take it
An orgasm you fake it
Something you should know before I'm good to go
We're gonna have sex I gotta see a show