[Verse 1] Live and direct us, Crooked Eye directed This lifes like a movie, these opening credits Nine times as epic, white lines for breakfast Low lives in presence, but the highlights is hectic As I level measured up here with giants and legends But I built it myself, just minding my business Fuck Im high as the jet is, shit Im flying forget it Shit I fall from grace, but shit I climb from the wreckage Aint here to smash it, what you here for? Shotgun summer cause suckas hit the rear door Long as I hear applause, cheering me on They like Illy, Illy, its yours, kill it, kill it Lets go, sure I dont see why not ONETWO my own label, now the deals signed off Im a franchise player, put my home team on We toast to the winners with our own theme song And aint no match for it, yall act like its an accident Me and Phizzle smashin shit, its arrogant but accurate Four discs deep, they can wonder how With all respect to the underground [Chorus] We put it down my brother, black suit, black tie Cue applause, kill the lights, welcome to opening night We put it down my sister, we composed that score Making silver screen records while they scream encore And its real beyond reels, way beyond stills Motion picture shit, like we put it on film We roll, we roll, we roll, we roll We roll, we roll, we roll, we roll [Verse 2] Aint shit changed but the year and the album name And the album number and the label, and the standards way up, anyway I aint been gone that long, still missed yall fam, couldnt keep me from it I promised to be right back, so here I am, run a track get a canter And they still cant keep up with the pace I set, matter fact they bout to get lapped And already blessed with the grace to accept it, never that nah man never that I dont rush Im prolific, I dont give a fuck if they different They just lazy, at a snails pace, still lucky they finished Still leads us to the hoops they credit in, for how I got ahead of them and Im like Hmm actually thats probably true, fuck, forget it then Im a competitive son of a bitch, I got enough friends, fuck what you think Im on that ILLY ONETWO tip No respect if nones deserved, no glory if nothing earnt With that I present to yall the Nexis worth, of verses of my words Rest assured, fourth time lucky, 2013 Viva la un deux dios mio, bitch we [Chorus] We put it down my brother, black suit, black tie Cue applause, kill the lights, welcome to opening night We put it down my sister, we composed that score Making silver screen records while they scream encore And its real beyond reels, way beyond stills Motion picture shit, like we put it on film We roll, we roll, we roll, we roll We roll, we roll, we roll, we roll We put it down my brother, black suit, black tie Cue applause, kill the lights, welcome to opening night We put it down my sister, we composed that score Making silver screen records while they scream encore And its real beyond reels, way beyond stills Motion picture shit, like we put it on film We roll, we roll, we roll, we roll We roll, we roll, we roll, we roll [Outro] The cameras pop, snares snap, records crackle Serial cinematics capture every angle Peel that curtain back, see them wheels churning Poetry in motion my dream works, Im Spielbergn And I Tarantino the flow, lotta slick shit, pulp fiction Adrenaline hit that dope, flatline then back to the living ShShShShow of my life, hold your applause Welcome to opening night
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