Dead Prez-Capital Steez

[00:03.13]I'm green and inexperienced, dreamin' 'bout that chariots [00:05.77]Stay sparked and trade cards, he know that they be cheering it [00:08.77]On, I'm feeling grown when I spray my cologne [00:11.46]Got a mind of my own, but time's ticking too long [00:15.90]And I got a plan to restore the game [00:18.10]This **** was looking quite critical right before we came [00:21.05]Co and cane flow in that novacane for your open veins [00:24.05]All we need is something medicinal, torch the flame [00:27.14]Third rail skippin' over missin' track [00:30.04]Soundin' like the kicks and claps that filled the gaps for missing tracks [00:32.96]The third kind been real, we just missin' Jack [00:36.04]Food for thought, but I tossed the scraps in a doggy bag [00:38.87]Rehearsin' verses in my head, no iPod [00:42.44]Gave my life to Ja and still can't find a job [00:45.19]So what I'm grindin' for, to put these new Nikes on [00:47.80]Or to hide the scars from the eyes of God [00:51.12] [00:51.53]Is there heaven for us hip-hop heathens [00:53.91]Big Pop and Pac, even Eazy had 'em leanin' [00:56.60]We all children lookin' for a reason [00:59.48]What do you believe in, betrayal, treason? [01:02.58][x2] [01:14.26] [01:14.89]I'm out for dead presidency [01:17.00]I'm out for dead presidency [01:20.11]I'm out for dead presidency [01:22.96]I'm out for dead ****in' presidents that represent me [01:26.17][x2] [01:37.98] [01:38.35]"Hey yo, STEEZ, lemme send you a track [01:40.54]I've been a fan for a while and I appreciate you hittin' me back [01:43.94]Cause me and you, we like similar cats, just tryin' to get on the map [01:47.75]And I would love to work with you and Jakk" [01:49.92]But I'm afraid it's not as simple as that [01:52.97]Cause the symphonies and melodies [01:54.23]Haven't been havin' the same chemistry [01:56.40]The distance fact is only addin' on stress [01:58.93]And it's hard for me to live up to what you expect from me [02:01.93]The yellow tape was a warnin' sign [02:04.86]It's hard to cut straight to the chase without a dotted line [02:08.36]And if I made that the bottom line [02:10.92]Then I guess the Khan hit rock bottom about a thousand times [02:14.37]Some people like to compromise for the dollar sign, but I had my mind aside [02:18.57]I told Jakk from the get that I'mma ride or die [02:21.84]And I'd rather die by homicide [02:23.96]Instead of goin' out without a pride [02:26.12] [02:26.46]Is there heaven for us hip-hop heathens [02:29.28]Big Pop and Pac, even Eazy had 'em leanin' [02:32.05]We all children lookin' for a reason [02:35.01]What do you believe in, betrayal, treason? [02:37.91][x2] [02:49.71] [02:50.73]I'm out for dead presidency [02:52.43]I'm out for dead presidency [02:55.56]I'm out for dead presidency [02:58.41]I'm out for dead ****in' presidents that represent me [03:01.65][x2] [03:13.48] [03:13.90]Presidents that represent me up on some G **** [03:16.75]Tryin' to stay afloat so long they got me seasick [03:19.67]It's been a good minute since we kicked it [03:23.12]And I'm still hopin' that you come home for a weekend [03:25.53]So I could kick it like a kid again [03:28.95]I was all constructive like criticism and Timbaland [03:31.93]But I remember back in the days [03:34.67]When we was goin' through that Torch and Excalibur phase [03:37.33] [03:38.04]Is there heaven for us hip-hop heathens [03:40.86]Big Pop and Pac, even Eazy had 'em leanin' [03:43.79]We all children lookin' for a reason [03:46.63]What do you believe in, betrayal, treason? [03:50.00][x2] [04:01.13] [04:01.84]I'm out for dead presidency [04:03.38]I'm out for dead presidency [04:06.90]I'm out for dead presidency [04:09.91]Dead ****in' presidents that represent me