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Respek

from Act I by Phodiso

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lyrics

Lyrics:
I hold it down for LaTisha
But I might break a hip for a Keisha
And if ya hatin on the Skeem, I don’t see ya
Worth more than a bogus Mona Lisa
Respek on the name
Some wanna come test on the name
Some wanna grab checks on the name
Them run go vex on the name

Spin em thoughts pyt, we can talk about it
Like minds remember the time, they can clock about it
Made some enemies and now they wanna come around me
Bad energies run run, tryna shut me
Team run strong you could never cut it
Umbilical cord, I’m a cynic of course
But I tire spin, never brakes of sorts
All these fakes never trace the source
Of what it takes to force
The darkest of thoughts and turn em into a fun time
Got these kids tuning in for the drum lines
Throwin ass, imitations never one time
Used to hate it now they’re soakin in the sun shine
Real blessed for a mother like mine
What’s a Jordan to a brother like Mike
What’s a Courtney to a Chimamanda
Or a Karen to the sis Ayanda

I hold it down for LaTisha
But I might break a hip for a Keisha
And if ya hatin on the Skeem, I don’t see ya
Worth more than a bogus Mona Lisa
Respek on the name
Some wanna come test on the name
Some wanna grab checks on the name
Dem run go vex on the name

Couldn’t claim riches in my youth, but I got stitches
I been smiling in the faces of the snitches
I was forced to keep fighting, but they chose to be leechin
I pray they been stretching, for the times they been reachin
This is a warm up, I intend to incinerate
Scorchin up the booth, and bust out your tooth
Hold it in the air to the skeem, I dedicate
They thinkin I be smoking every time I levitate
This ain’t no scooby dooby, ain’t no sneaky mystery
Gifted by the motherland, plus I don’t hesitate
If you a true G, ain’t nobody gonna regulate
I come from a place where everybody steady cakin
So every time they play this, it’s gonna quakin
And that is what is shakin, shouts to the kinfolk
Life be feelin cagey, really what you in for
Tell the Lord a slice of joy, is really what we sin for

I hold it down for LaTisha
But I might break a hip for a Keisha
And if ya hatin on the Skeem, I don’t see ya
Worth more than a bogus Mona Lisa
Respek on the name
Some wanna come test on the name
Some wanna grab checks on the name
Dem run go vex on the name
I hold it down for LaTisha

But I might break a hip for a Keisha
And if ya hatin on the Skeem, I don’t see ya
Worth more than a bogus Mona Lisa
Respek on the name
Some wanna come test on the name
Some wanna grab checks on the name
Dem run go vex on the name

credits

from Act I, track released August 14, 2020
Prod: CaraWei w/Phodiso
Lyrics & Vocals: Phodiso
Additional Vocals: Carawei & Paidamoyo Machakaire
Recorded by: CaraWei
Mixed by: Tom Broome
Mastered by: Abraham Kunin

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Botswana to Aotearoa

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