J-Live Follow

J-live verse 1

Yo its about that time
for me to let up out that mouth of mine
something you wanna rewind that'll let you unwind
enhanced by time like vintage wine,
you heard through the grape vine
that it's all on the line
from now on forever imma break through the shine
peer through the clouds, sprout through the concrete for what it's all about
or disappear into the night but i doubt the stakes are that high
not quite do or die, more like die or do
thats what i am going through, so j could get live T a venue near you
thats why i quit the job way back in '02

Hook
it's the upgrade
(what)
the upgrade
(whaat)
the upgrade

J-live verse 2

we're not here now merely just to survive of rap
we're trying to eat more healthy than that
so not to tread water but to run laps
but see my legs been crampin since the start of gun-clap
not too many in the pool survive from that
so i learn how to stress to avoid those traps
stroke 9000 miles and back
i know it goin like a swim of one track
but im blowin over piece like that, you understand?

Hook
it's the upgrade
(what)
the upgrade
(whaat)
the upgrade

J-live verse 3

see on stage i
try to ride to the athalon
i run a marathon
getting my decathalon
yo, i put so many shots in the air, spin the discus and toss mad javelin spears
long jump, high jump, so many hurdles in here
take pole i vault into the vault with the greats with the soul, funk, jazz or that straight up raw rap sound
i fill in your forefront in your background
on business side im pickin up the slack now'
so we can stay paid in the shades

Oddisee verse 4

J a herd of people dem looking for change
aint under they seats so the top of these beats shake
talk underground but i walk like giant over top of these streets
wathca say? aint buyin it
then i read the label on your fable and it state out of date, expired
back on the show you go see
o-flow deserve attention, thug niggas ride wit me cos im ready to die
righteous ride too cos i deserve to live
thats real soldier that up and was post coast guards or somethin
i write where im at like post cards or somethin
born in dc, raised in maryland, right around corner from the grays and hurrwind
i played in the playground where them strays found, im talkin about cats now yall, not greyhounds
talk about the cat now yall stay down, recess over, i see your play now
lookin for a beat? holla at me, upgrade now!
listen to j-live, Plug One (posdnous), you pay now

Posdanous verse 5

Yep, some say if the shoe fit
know theres another foot that can fit in too
don't ask, slip that foot in
walk that foot to the cash
yall can call me cashews (cash shoes)
some others call me work-matic
ima category 6 with that roar in the fall, my dawgs we inhale lightning known as the thunderhouse
the niggas who dont know us call us underground
nah niggas we under water, we fuck with prince neymar and such
got all these pretty fishes in the clutch blowin them bubbles
some like to blow the weed while we bore your eyes to succeed
the very sound your ears feed upon is born and raised in the oddisee projects
ya break ya neck the prism is steady tellin yall j-live and Plug One (posdnous) be a spit mechanism
channel flows like the whole channel water from out the hydrant through me who me? I be the u-p 'grade
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