Tech N9ne - Face Off

[00:00.39] Rumble

[00:01.55] They gon' take yo' face off

[00:03.39] Spirit of a lion describes my soul

[00:06.24] Give it up to Zion, then my fire grows

[00:09.04] Wishing of a riot inside my lobe

[00:11.81] Am I trippin'? Is the highest when I fight my foes?

[00:14.90] Bip, I'ma hit 'em with this, you 'bout ta get yo' ass kicked

[00:18.33] My technique is so sick, I'm 'bout to make the hit quick

[00:21.34] Whole lotta muscle (chea), you don't wanna be in a tussle (chea)

[00:23.60] Better than me? That's rubble

[00:25.07] You want trouble? What's up, dawg?

[00:26.81] Feelings hot to kill a top guerilla

[00:28.17] Drop and kneel to pops, I grilled the opp

[00:29.46] For real, your clock it yield and stop

[00:30.52] Your will is shot, the deal was knock ya 'til you plop

[00:32.72] I got the hell comin' your way

[00:33.97] You softer than a thing of Yoplait

[00:35.28] Never competitive with the better kid, I go kray

[00:36.61] Gonna be deaded because I fed it to the mo' graves

[00:38.12] When you wake up in that wet blood

[00:39.79] Ain't no way you 'bout to get up

[00:41.25] How you know that I taxed yo' ass

[00:42.65] 'Cause you got the motherfuckin' check stub

[00:44.10] Always gonna have to pay cost when you steppin' in my way boss

[00:47.00] When I build steel and you stay soft, you're gonna punk out when we face off

[00:50.04] Rumble

[00:51.21] They gon' take yo' face off

[00:52.83] They gon' rumble

[00:54.21] They gon' take yo' face off

[00:55.65] They gon' rumble

[00:57.07] They gon' take yo' face off

[00:58.65] They gon' rumble

[01:00.11] They gon' take yo' face off

[01:01.55] They gon'

[01:02.01] Rumble there young man, they rumble

[01:03.51] Run up, get a combo, quickly help you understand but stay humble

[01:06.59] Don't nobody wanna talk about the way of the world

[01:08.29] The weight of the world'll make 'em all crumble

[01:09.64] And I might stumble, but I pick myself up, brush myself off, my thoughts of a goddamn boss

[01:12.95] I am at they neck like I'm Malcolm X, like I'm Dr. King, like I'm Cornell West

[01:15.87] Like I'm Huey P., like I'm Booker T., like I'm Rosa Parks, I'ma need my rest

[01:18.80] Niggas know what I'm 'bout, I'll run up in yo' house

[01:20.04] Feet up all on your couch, sock you right in your mouth

[01:21.82] I ain't after no clout, it could really go south

[01:23.24] I'm prepared to go to battle whenever there is a bout

[01:24.79] I am Muhammad, Ali, I'm payin' the homage, policy is to be honest

[01:27.46] I take it beyond it though, I can relate to ebonics and really I hate to be ominous

[01:30.54] All of your hate is too obvious, I am the hustle, the muscle, I play for the audience

[01:33.77] I am a gangster with knowledge, if you wanna enter the ring, I would hate to be opposite

[01:36.60] Jab with the right, jab with the left, jab with the right, now you got 'em all staggerin'

[01:39.55] He gon' come back with the right back

[01:40.77] With the left that's when you step to the side, now dagger

[01:42.41] You gon' be damned if you do, damned if you don't, bastard, I'm like Cassius my swagger

[01:45.34] It really don't matter, pardon, I'm hardened, lawless the Martian, kickin' that jargon

[01:48.63] Rumble

[01:49.86] They gon' take yo' face off

[01:51.32] They gon' rumble

[01:52.66] They gon' take yo' face off

[01:54.18] They gon' rumble

[01:55.53] They gon' take yo' face off

[01:57.05] They gon' rumble

[01:58.57] They gon' take yo' face off

[02:00.14] They gon'

[02:00.50] Barber cape off how I'm giving a fade

[02:01.79] Based off the description I gave

[02:03.20] Cut the game off, I'm a Street Fighter

[02:04.60] Beat breaks off like the whip on the stage

[02:06.04] Hand out, ass whippings my plate

[02:07.51] Haters ate off, yeah, get Hitler a steak

[02:09.02] It'll be chaos like a emerald chase

[02:10.47] When I face off in a Nicolas Cage

[02:12.79] Yeah, I'm living in rage

[02:13.69] Punch a pussy nigga like I'm fistin' his babe

[02:14.88] I was sittin' in the 'spital, goin' mental

[02:15.96] Doc had told me they'll forget me, but they didn't, I remember them days

[02:17.90] And I don't wanna be Batman, nigga, I'm Bane

[02:19.51] Literally how the venom enters my veins

[02:20.83] Since a little one, Killa really been sick in the brain

[02:22.10] And the more I think about it, my life was twisted (wait)

[02:23.51] Reminiscing on when mom and dad would wonder

[02:25.30] Why they couldn't reach 'em, like they didn't have my number

[02:26.61] Fighting for my sanity, I never had it hunger

[02:28.02] Put a nigga under ground quick, that's a bunker

[02:29.45] Shock 'em like I'm Master's brother

[02:30.91] Better pick your battles, busters halfway under

[02:32.46] Hit more times than acupuncture

[02:33.95] When it comes to rumbling, I'm Afro thunder

[02:35.56] Really it be funny when I kick it to you dummies

[02:36.69] How I'm grippin' on this iron when I'm rhyming on the mic

[02:38.23] Because it really will get bloody like I'm kicking it with buddies

[02:39.74] When I beat a nigga up like I was Iron nigga Mike

[02:41.28] I tell 'em they don't wanna tussle when I'm at 'em, they gon' drop

[02:42.63] Bet you that he stumble when I jab 'em then I cross

[02:44.18] Leave a nigga humble, like Damn, when Kenny dropped

[02:45.74] 'Cause really we can rumble like Jackie in the Bronx, we gon'

[02:47.11] Rumble

[02:48.45] They gon' take yo' face off

[02:49.83] They gon' rumble

[02:51.16] They gon' take yo' face off

[02:52.67] They gon' rumble

[02:54.18] They gon' take yo' face off

[02:55.62] They gon' rumble

[02:57.10] They gon' take yo' face off (chyeah)

[02:58.42] It's about drive, it's about power

[03:00.11] We stay hungry, we devour

[03:01.61] Put in the work, put in the hours and take what's ours (ahoo)

[03:04.55] Black and Samoan in my veins

[03:05.85] My culture bangin' with Strange

[03:07.30] I change the game, so what's my motherfuckin' name (Rock)

[03:10.04] (What they gonna get though?)

[03:10.62] Desecration, defamation, if you wanna bring it to the masses

[03:13.36] Face to face, now we escalatin', when I have to put boots to asses

[03:16.36] Mean on ya, like a dream when I'm rumblin', you're gonna scream mama

[03:19.18] So bring drama to the King Brahma (then what?)

[03:20.75] Comin' at you with extreme mana

[03:28.36] Thank you, brother, Tech N9ne

[03:31.09] Thank you, Teremana