Tech N9ne - Face Off (feat. Joey Cool, King Iso & Dwayne Johnson)

[00:26.04] Rumble

[00:28.29] They gon' take yo' face off

[00:29.05] Spirit of a lion describes my soul

[00:32.04] Give it up to Zion, then my fire grows

[00:35.04] Wishing of a riot inside my lobe

[00:37.54] Am I trippin'? Is the highest when I fight my foes?

[00:40.79] Bip, I'ma hit 'em with this, you 'bout ta get yo' ass kicked

[00:43.78] My technique is so sick, I'm 'bout to make the hit quick

[00:47.05] Whole lotta muscle (chea), you don't wanna be in a tussle (chea)

[00:49.54] Better than me? That's rubble

[00:50.79] You want trouble? What's up, dawg?

[00:51.54] Feelings hot to kill a top guerilla

[00:54.53] Drop and kneel to pops, I grilled the opp

[00:55.55] For real, your clock it yield and stop

[00:56.80] Your will is shot, the deal was knock ya 'til you plop

[00:58.04] I got the hell comin' your way

[00:59.54] You softer than a thing of Yoplait

[01:01.03] Never competitive with the better kid, I go kray

[01:02.54] Gonna be deaded because I fed it to the mo' graves

[01:04.03] When you wake up in that wet blood

[01:05.54] Ain't no way you 'bout to get up

[01:07.04] How you know that I taxed yo' ass

[01:08.28] 'Cause you got the motherfuckin' check stub

[01:10.03] Always gonna have to pay cost when you steppin' in my way boss

[01:13.04] When I build steel and you stay soft, you're gonna punk out when we face off

[01:15.79] Rumble

[01:17.05] They gon' take yo' face off

[01:18.54] They gon' rumble

[01:19.79] They gon' take yo' face off

[01:21.54] They gon' rumble

[01:23.03] They gon' take yo' face off

[01:24.30] They gon' rumble

[01:25.78] They gon' take yo' face off

[01:27.03] They gon'

[01:27.79] Rumble there young man, they rumble

[01:29.53] Run up, get a combo, quickly help you understand but stay humble

[01:32.53] Don't nobody wanna talk about the way of the world

[01:34.53] The weight of the world'll make 'em all crumble

[01:35.54] And I might stumble, but I pick myself up, brush myself off, my thoughts of a goddamn boss

[01:39.28] I am at they neck like I'm Malcolm X, like I'm Dr. King, like I'm Cornell West

[01:41.78] Like I'm Huey P., like I'm Booker T., like I'm Rosa Parks, I'ma need my rest

[01:45.53] Niggas know what I'm 'bout, I'll run up in yo' house

[01:46.78] Feet up all on your couch, sock you right in your mouth

[01:47.28] I ain't after no clout, it could really go south

[01:48.54] I'm prepared to go to battle whenever there is a bout

[01:51.04] I am Muhammad, Ali, I'm payin' the homage, policy is to be honest

[01:53.28] I take it beyond it though, I can relate to ebonics and really I hate to be ominous

[01:56.53] All of your hate is too obvious, I am the hustle, the muscle, I play for the audience

[01:59.54] I am a gangster with knowledge, if you wanna enter the ring, I would hate to be opposite

[02:02.79] Jab with the right, jab with the left, jab with the right, now you got 'em all staggerin'

[02:05.28] He gon' come back with the right back

[02:06.29] With the left that's when you step to the side, now dagger

[02:08.28] You gon' be damned if you do, damned if you don't, bastard, I'm like Cassius my swagger

[02:11.27] It really don't matter, pardon, I'm hardened, lawless the Martian, kickin' that jargon

[02:14.53] Rumble

[02:17.03] They gon' take yo' face off

[02:17.53] They gon' rumble

[02:18.53] They gon' take yo' face off

[02:20.03] They gon' rumble

[02:21.29] They gon' take yo' face off

[02:22.52] They gon' rumble

[02:24.27] They gon' take yo' face off

[02:25.28] They gon'

[02:26.02] Barber cape off how I'm giving a fade

[02:27.78] Based off the description I gave

[02:29.27] Cut the game off, I'm a Street Fighter

[02:30.52] Beat breaks off like the whip on the stage

[02:31.78] Hand out, ass whippings my plate

[02:33.27] Haters ate off, yeah, get Hitler a steak

[02:34.77] It'll be chaos like a emerald chase

[02:36.02] When I face off in a Nicolas Cage

[02:37.78] Yeah, I'm living in rage

[02:39.28] Punch a pussy nigga like I'm fistin' his babe

[02:40.77] I was sittin' in the 'spital, goin' mental

[02:42.03] Doc had told me they'll forget me, but they didn't, I remember them days

[02:44.27] And I don't wanna be Batman, nigga, I'm Bane

[02:45.27] Literally how the venom enters my veins

[02:46.52] Since a little one, Killa really been sick in the brain

[02:48.02] And the more I think about it, my life was twisted (wait)

[02:49.52] Reminiscing on when mom and dad would wonder

[02:50.78] Why they couldn't reach 'em, like they didn't have my number

[02:52.28] Fighting for my sanity, I never had it hunger

[02:53.77] Put a nigga under ground quick, that's a bunker

[02:55.27] Shock 'em like I'm Master's brother

[02:56.77] Better pick your battles, busters halfway under

[02:57.54] Hit more times than acupuncture

[02:59.53] When it comes to rumbling, I'm Afro thunder

[03:01.29] Really it be funny when I kick it to you dummies

[03:02.51] How I'm grippin' on this iron when I'm rhyming on the mic

[03:04.01] Because it really will get bloody like I'm kicking it with buddies

[03:05.52] When I beat a nigga up like I was Iron nigga Mike

[03:07.02] I tell 'em they don't wanna tussle when I'm at 'em, they gon' drop

[03:08.53] Bet you that he stumble when I jab 'em then I cross

[03:10.02] Leave a nigga humble, like Damn, when Kenny dropped

[03:11.27] 'Cause really we can rumble like Jackie in the Bronx, we gon'

[03:13.02] Rumble

[03:14.27] They gon' take yo' face off

[03:15.78] They gon' rumble

[03:17.02] They gon' take yo' face off

[03:18.52] They gon' rumble

[03:19.77] They gon' take yo' face off

[03:21.28] They gon' rumble

[03:22.51] They gon' take yo' face off (chyeah)

[03:24.52] It's about drive, it's about power

[03:25.76] We stay hungry, we devour

[03:27.27] Put in the work, put in the hours and take what's ours (ahoo)

[03:30.02] Black and Samoan in my veins

[03:31.51] My culture bangin' with Strange

[03:33.02] I change the game, so what's my motherfuckin' name (Rock)

[03:35.52] (What they gonna get though?)

[03:36.51] Desecration, defamation, if you wanna bring it to the masses

[03:39.52] Face to face, now we escalatin', when I have to put boots to asses

[03:42.27] Mean on ya, like a dream when I'm rumblin', you're gonna scream mama

[03:45.26] So bring drama to the King Brahma (then what?)

[03:47.52] Comin' at you with extreme mana

[03:53.51] Thank you, brother, Tech N9ne

[03:55.76] Thank you, Teremana

[03:59.26] One take, that's a wrap

[04:03.01] Face off