BUST HUCK lyrics are ready!

ft ft Lexi Khan, DJ Distraction, & Tyler Wolfe

(intro)
Now, I want you to contemplate carefully the idea presented in the following excerpt:

[TED]
Like the Internet flossin data nonstop,
Reading comp stomps prompts to prompt the prof’s props.
Thus nonchalant, I got what they want,
Cuz to me that SAT appears gaunt.
--Malnourished--Shall I flourish with ease
To crack the College Board like what? I'm Bruce Lee!
The essay is a battle of wits and quick facts
It's whack; you either flunk or punk that.


[chorus]
If you’re waiting for luck, your time’s up
So when I’m stuck in a rut, I bust HUCK
So ubiquitous, it’s ridiculous
Even the trickiest test gets f’d up
When I'm stuck in a rut, I bust HUCK
Cuz when I'm waiting on luck, my score sucks
So ubiquitous, it’s ridiculous
Even the trickiest test gets f’d up

[T. Wolfe]
Wait a minute wait a minute, what are you talking about Huck Finn?  Why do I gotta read this book?

[Ned]
See Huck Finn by Mark Twain, yo mark down that name
Cuz you can take it anywhere like a private jet plane.
It wrecks any subject like hypocrisy,
Youth and age, freedom versus democracy,
From superstition to intellectualism,
The spectrum from friendship to overt racism.
What symbolism better delivers
Than Finn's depiction of the Mississippi river?
---It can't be touched---Though that line was rhetorical,
Ebullience aptly maps such metaphorical
Tact; it’s like when Rakim rapped, we’re left rapt.
Twain redefined the game and that’s that.

[TED]
Plus, it's a fantastic book in it's own right and it's short

[c]

When I'm stuck in a rut, I bust HUCK
Cuz when I'm waiting on luck, my score sucks
So ubiquitous, it’s ridiculous
Even the trickiest test gets f’d up
If you’re waiting for luck, your time’s up
So when I’m stuck in a rut, I bust HUCK
So ubiquitous, it’s ridiculous
Even the trickiest test gets f’d up

[T. Wolfe]
Ah, hey College Board! Haven't seen you around in a while---what's up now? Oh, you've got a prompt for me? You want me to talk about hypocrisy? Ha, I think I read Huck Finn---whaddup now? You want me to talk about morality? What, you got a prompt about adventure? You got something about honor? You want me to talk about education? Huck Finn's in my back pocket; what's up now?
So ubiquitous
So ubiquitous
So ubiquitous
HSI
Ned and TED, y'all

[outro]
Crack the College Board--You can take it!
Crack the College Board like WHAT! I'm Bruce Lee!

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Posted March 29, 2010
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Presenting our newest song, BUST HUCK

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So ubiquitous, it's ridiculous!

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Posted March 29, 2010
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Any Beat (ft Daniele Watts, Dave Bartels, Distraction Dan & True)

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ft Daniele Watts (v), Dave Bartels (d), Distraction Dan (h) & True (p)

(intro)
This goes out to a very special type of person--the Stupid Rapper. I think it's courageous that you attempt to rap with such a limited vocabulary. For those of you fixin-to-spit, all hype and no hip, dressed sharp with dull wits:

This here's a treat to sample like an MPC
Any beat that I will march to starts through me
And builds awareness, whatever happens I'm lucid
Thus I won't spit stupid

(v1 - Ned)
I rev my mental engine with irreverence
For silly supercilious irrelevance
Without the shame that goes with being cocky
They claim that poppycock is piping hot because it's poppy
So many myopic rap stars
I guess the dime a dozen doesn’t see that far
I..m rapping for the love---what do you love?---every bit of it
Regret even a minute, it’s illegitimate
I..m passionate, an advocate for music happening
Not passive when the mic is in my hand I must tap into
Aesthetics. Yes, they're bright as we deserve
Observe pathetically cosmetic and synthetic stuff deferred
Such rap is whack and weak as Kaplan’s class
Simply slanging tips and tricks like subprime morgages
My norm is conscious and conscientious
Cuz I can't let my form and content be contentious

(c)
RAPPERS SPITTIN STUPID
SING THAT SAME-OL' LIKE THEY LOOPED IT
RAPPERS SPITTIN' STUPID
SINGIN THAT SAME OLD TUNE
RAPPERS SPITTIN STUPID
SING THAT SAME-OL' LIKE THEY LOOPED IT (it's insipid)
RAPPERS SPITTIN STUPID
SING THAT SAME OLD TUNE

(v2 - TED)
Such a gamut of tools for spittin a flow
I'm like OO! Only fools front that 'ol same show
Repetition that's expressing express impressions
Needs to articulate articulate inflection
Like ronin (samurai) roaming hills of Japan
My sick linguistics serve woman and man
That's no idle boast; my supply meets demand
My title toasts recitals of the lessons we plan
---An MC---with the savvy broadcast in your town
What I know is apropos to throw down
If it’s ponderous, as a Jetta or Ford
You can ponder it as metaphor...
When we speak to shove or simply show love
We embody language actually made of
A substance that we know can change minds
Like yours if its open and hears me more than rhyme

(c)
RAPPERS SPITTIN STUPID
SING THAT SAME-OL' LIKE THEY LOOPED IT
RAPPERS SPITTIN STUPID
SING THAT SAME OLD TUNE
RAPPERS SPITTIN STUPID
SING THAT SAME-OL' LIKE THEY LOOPED IT it's jejune
RAPPERS SPITTIN STUPID
SING THAT SAME OLD TUNE
(brdg)
Rappers act as if the fact that they can rap staccato
Justifies bravado that they'll cash in like the lotto
Ned, our rule of thumb?---Everything we rap must be legato
Our rhymin prose will keep your mind on toes and that's our motto

(v3)
I will persist in this until my face is blue
I've got to; they twist what we enlist to reach you
While modern ad campaigns bombard us with junk
We aim to build your power to debunk
Commercial methods hookin us with just a pitch
We're like meth heads who need to get their fix
Of the purchase propaganda pop picks
Is it worth it? For lackluster lyrics?
Such a system is a detriment to minds
Our brains are always hungry for knowledge to define
Every morning is a moment to imbibe
Anything can fit inside this cornucopia of vibes
Cuz the data that I ratify and let enter
My mental production center
Means I've always gotta chance to make amends
And point my means away from evanescent ends

(c - final)
Oh so STUPID (sophomoric)
Rappers singin that singin that oh
RAPPERS SPITTING STUPID
It's getting old and old and old (it's vapid)
RAPPERS SPITTING STUPID
SING THAT SAME OLD TUNE

(outro)
This here's a treat to sample like an MPC
Any beat that I will march to starts through me
And builds awareness, whatever happens I'm lucid
Thus I won't spit stupid

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Posted February 17, 2010
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In A Word (ft Lexi Khan)

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ft Lexi Khan

[chorus]
Magnanimous - noble
Multifarious - diverse
Captivating - enchanting
But what are we depicting here?

[verse1]
In a word, Ned
I flow where few dare tread (trite airheads)
I hang above em like the sword of Damocles
That way I damn emcees
To understand who evokes that power they seek
Only a fool would speak
Without the insight to ignite the content of speech
Without that you're weak
Pipsqueaks, this is no braggadocio
I mean what I flow--how apropos
Come see what I see and glean half I know
You'll get rebuffed peremptorily so
We're like hospital orderlies handling ill patients
Take 'em to another level wait for the laymen
Mayhem ensues when shoes come off
Just don't confuse what's smooth with what's soft

[c]
Magnanimous
Multifarious
Captivating
Magnanimous
In a word...

[v2]
TED
Spit hot ish like it’s lead
Lyrics split open domes like chrome to the head
Or zen poems when read
Sermon on the road / No one learns a thing
But all reveals the peace of spring
Was that a haiku? That’s right dude, my bank’s diverse
Guaranteed to gab a gamut--Ah ha!  And that works
My verse bites back at hackneyed rap minds
It’s quite whack to live off presumptuous rhymes
I won’t do that, I've no patience for patsies
Empyrean Petulance: Heaven sanctions my rap sheet
For the rapture it’s reppin'
If your mind’s not a weapon, you’re dead weight schleppin’
Halfsteppin’ out the gate
Haphazardly hackin' it hampered by fate
Why wait?

[c]
Magnanimous
Multifarious
Captivating
Multifarious
In a word..

 

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Posted February 17, 2010
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Critical Reading 4 Life


[Ned]
To flow fabulous, vocab's a must
I got the verbal flame to bang in a gregarious gust
Don't be cantankerous you can't hang with us
Compared to me, any emcee's innocuous
Conscientiously contentious, my drive's unorthodox
To grip the mic like dots on free hospital socks
There's some odor here, must be that Ted smells
Of athlete's foot and other fungal skin cells

[Ted]
Fresh from the washing machine, I hit the scene bleached
Your precedent's impeached
Cuz Mrs. Ned's home late with my lint in her teeth
And elastic so loose that it sags to her feet
I had to compete, countering what you bring
Starting static like a carpet, can't handle the cling
Must be your polyester blend, you're synthetically made
All your toes have been frayed
My M.O.'s to get PAID

[N]
Your style's spurious, but such fate was pre-written
Your mama was a gym sock and daddy was a mitten
Hear me spittin' it's a given my rhyme's punctilious
Meticulously crafted to debunk the supercilious
Punks fabricating prosaic presumptions
I'm advocating a florid, ingenuous gumption
Ted's worn down and tore up like Host Hank
With a diverse array of whackness in his example bank

[T]
Your dogmatic approach belies your equanimity
To scrutinize your style is to find exorbitant duplicity
Betwixt what you say and what you do
I denounce your vainglory and excoriate your crew
You better watch your back in the laundry room
Sucka socks like you disappear with no clue
Some say that's not scrupulous, but I'm incredulous
Cuz mitigating playa-hating might be right for us
Plus, you ordered beef, and this I serve
My rap's preferred by proponents of polemical words
Venerate this veteran with the utmost irrefutable,
Exuberant raps matched with facts waxed immutable

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Posted February 17, 2010
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