Accepted Eclectic

* this is a remake of ed o.g.'s "i got to have it"

We gonna do it like this, yo this is aceyalone
Giving a big shout out to ed o.g. and the b.u.l.l.d.o.g.s.
Yo whole rock this, look

Yo brown is my complexion, i got that electric connection
Now who needs some protection?
We rocking hip-hop, come in and turn your gun off
Gave you the mic and off the head you couln't come off
I only say it cause nobody wants to shoot ya
I'd rather teach you science and work on the future
Aceyalone ain't not a phoney not by any means
And by any means necessary be supreme
I am the poet to flow with and get lyrical
I write songs like smokey and the miracles
I'm from l.a., city of the big bang
But everywhere around the world they screaming "get thangs!"
And at the same time i'm screaming out "i want mine!"
It ain't nothing really new under the sunshine
But sometime you got to put away the fun time
Get it cause you only living one time, i got to have it

360 knowledge of self (i got to have it!)
Records all over the shelf (i got to have it!)
The wind underneath my wings (i got to have it!)
Money and fancy things (i got to have it!)
The food for my family to eat (i got to have it!)
The raps that can ride these beats (i got to have it!)
My own piece of this earth (i got to have it!)
For everything life is worth (i got to have it!)

I got to have it in the 2 triple o
It's either work nine to five or you rip a flow
Or rob a nigga, but how low can you go?
I ain't a thief, i just want relief for sho'
I got to get mine, no different from everybody trying to get theirs
So i was getting prepared
Instead of spitting shots through the air, maybe getting the chair
Yeah i got ta got ta, have it have it
Like peas and carrots, broccoli and cabbage
Bread and butter, now did i stutter?
Don't you utter another word, you mouth is in the gutter
And i can't take it, don't want nothing from you
And i can't stay, i got this bitch something to do
And it's more important than michael jordan
Or operah winfery or billy cosby
To the death like a kamikaze, huh, i got to have it

360 knowledge of self (i got to have it!)
Records all over the shelf (i got to have it!)
The wind underneath my wings (i got to have it!)
Money and fancy things (i got to have it!)
The food for my family to eat (i got to have it!)
The raps that can ride these beats (i got to have it!)
My own piece of this earth (i got to have it!)
For everything life is worth (i got to have it!)

See i want everything that i don't have
So don't laugh when i tell you that i want half
But i don't want your half, i just want my half
And on my behalf, put it on a phonograph
Cd's tapes, packaged with a photograph
And respect the ancestors when we walk the path
Talk the math, speaking like a genuine
Bless the gods, bless the mic, and then you rhyme
And keep it going until you end up at the finish line
And when you see the light beaming, then it's time
We kick a four or ??? this without a space ship
Don't want to take your life, i know i can't replace it
So while you're sitting around the house getting wasted
You know you're not using your full potential now you're facing
And plus, ain't nothing wrong with riding the bus
So put on your nikes and kick rocks, i got to have it

360 knowledge of self (i got to have it!)
Records all over the shelf (i got to have it!)
The wind underneath my wings (i got to have it!)
Money and fancy things (i got to have it!)
The food for my family to eat (i got to have it!)
The raps that can ride these beats (i got to have it!)
My own piece of this earth (i got to have it!)
For everything life is worth (i got to have it!)

Uh, all right, do it like that

Here we go:
Five, ten, fifteen, twenty,
Twenty-five, thirty, thrirty-five, forty
Forty-five, fifty, fifty-five, sixty
Sixty-five, seventy, seventy-five ways

Today's in a maze
And start the craze
When they opened my coon
It was time to bloom

Thinkin' like ten people, trapped in one room
Sittin' in my sandbox, sand all over me
Overly anxious to get the mic in my hand
Now who wanna blow it up (i do)
Now who can rip it up (i can)

I glide like the ride of a man on a snowboard
When they pick up the microphone i ask him what he flow for
Various degrees of technique that's inside of me
Never try to be something you not- and don't lie to me
Ebony and ivory
Keys on my piano playin'
Tryin' to test some music, but the rhythm push my your hand away
Easy as the alphabet
Hard as solid rock
Pure as the driven snow
Pissin' on your block
Mark my territory then i'm right back in it when
Laughin' w/ the teras of a clown when i grin

I'm manic-depresive ever since i was an adolescent
But i never panic in a sesion when i'm bussin'
Cussin' like a sailor,
With a bottle full of jagermeister
Ready for whatever this world has to offer me

Plus it won't get off of me
And never ever test me
I'm one w/ the universe
The energy has blessed me
Bet you wonder why you got flaws in your character
Cause you're caught in the ass-crack of america

I just want to help you all but
All i do is stare at ya
You can have a shot of this
Or maybe hit this marija
Wanna if you wanna but
If not, stay drug-free
But, plug me in the mix boy
Right up next to plug three

Talkin' out the side of your neck it ain't a remedy
I just want the whole wide world to remember me
I don't want to have to think you're working for the enemy
Sbotage. you can't conquer this energy

You can be the center of attention if you want to
My party is in the other room and
We're just having fun too
(so i'd like to signify the monkey that's in back of you)
All i want to do is get rid of all the wack in you

Do not get offended because no i'm not attacking you
I don't have to do nothin', the rapper's start smackin' you
Maybe i should just give you a taste of reality
Welcome to my art show
Its not about a salary

Take two of these a day and burn a couple calories
Me and the mic are like mickey and malory
Rockin' like a b-boy
Part of my anatomy
Hands on your groin'
You can join this acadamy

Accepted... eclectic

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Respect it

(repeat)

Here we go:
Five, ten, fifteen, twenty,
Twenty-five, thirty, thrirty-five, forty
Forty-five, fifty, fifty-five, sixty
Sixty-five, seventy, seventy-five ways

Today's in a maze
And start the craze
Accepted eclectic the phrase that pays
Old eddy hayes it's time to blaze
One of l.a.'s that's born and raised

Now that we've got ourselves a little more acquainted
Ain't it about time i get this picture painted
I am what you call a psycho-analytical
Critical thinker of the formulas we all need

I think i'm running out of brain space in my hard-drive
Plus i need a memory-card for my control pack
Throw that hand up so i can see your finger-tips
I'm about to rip it up better than before

Yeah i had a crazy-people party and invited you
I didn't know my underground hip hop excited you
Now that i know this fact i'm gonna throw it right at you
I just want to give you everything you're entitled to
Down in the leimert park, hangin' w/ the hooligans
Every now and then i've got to take'em back to school again
Maybe you should call me your hip hop counselor
I'll be on the rhythm when the beats start bouncin' up

I'll give you a minute just to get yourself together and
We can have a sing-along, all and together and
Here's to the netherlands, sistern and brethren
B-boy benevolence, birds of a feather and
It don't matter what you say
We all are connected
Some are on a rap path, some are mis-directed
When i say "who wrecked it" just like they expected
Aceyaloney-boy, accepted eclectic

Accepted ....eclectic

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Respect it

(repeat)

Yeah

Brought to you by project blowed recordings

Ha!

one two, one two
You got the levels straight?
Lets do my thing

Talking shit while he was rollin' his weed
My niger hit him in the face
He didn't know that disrespect
Would lead to such a serious case.
If you knew how to read the situation
You would stay your his place.
If there is one thing that everyone one needs
Is their god damn space
Let me talk about it as i rock it

Give me five feet,
All around the world,
I don't want no body touching me unless it's my girls
I give a pound of hugs of love some are like that
Don't be tapping my shoulders
Or patting me on the back
Or pullin' my arm
Checkin my size
I'm liable to do you harm,
My temple is my prize
I'm wise and on the really
I ain't too touchy feely
If you put your hands up on me,
I might just smack you silly
There a billion people
Touch somebody else, touch yourself
I'll be sure to get at you if i need your help
But until then, maybe when i'm dead, or still
But to touch you without touchin' you is one of my gifts

Talking shit while she was drunk at the bar,
My homey slapped her in the face
She didn't know that disrespect
Would lead to such a serious case
If she knew how to read the situation
She would stay in her place
If it's one thing that everyone needs is their god damn space

Why you all up up under me,
Screamin in my ear
Why you tryin to talk over the music
When you know we barely can hear
Why you tuggin on my coat tail
Grabbin on my sleeve
Yo cover your mouth when you cough around me
Don't touch me when you sneeze
I don't like disease,
I don't want to give you what i've got
Yo hit the weed,
But what i don't need is someone always in my spot
Stadin when i'm standing,
Breathin down my neck
Yo have some respect
I guess you think that water ain't wet
Just back the back the fuck up,
No i ain't stuck up
I just don't want to hear your moans and groans
And hick-ups and stuff
Being recorded with the tape recorders all in my grill
But touchin you without touchin you is one of my skills

Talkin shit while he was up at the mic.
Somebody hit him in the face
He didn't know that disrespect
Would lead to such a serious case
If he knew how to read the situation
He would stay in his place
If there is one thing that everyone needs
Is there goddamn space
Let me talk about it as i rock it

Now i'm a draw the lines on the ground and show you my squares
At least arms distance so stand over there
Hey love you know i miss you
And how we embrace,
But i let you know if i wanna kiss you
Or see how you taste
Yo we all got issues we need to face,
So don't think i'm tryin' to diss you
When i tell you the case
In case you wondering it's just like that
I practice telepathy
I already know what you're goona say
Before you step to me
I hate crowded elevators and downtown brush,
Pack trains, crazy-ass people on the bus,
Sometimes roll blush,
Lookin' so called crush,
But i'd rather teleport through space so ya'll can bite my dust
Use body language baby,
I can dig that,
But homey you need to kick back and relax on the act
The bottom line is don't invade no body's own
Or maybe your own, sincerely aceyalone

Talking shit while he was walking the street,
Somebody shot him in the face
He didn't know that disrespect
Would lead to such a serious case,
If you knew how to read the situation
You would stay in your place
If there is one thing that every one needs
Is their goddamn space

Give me five feet all around the world
To each his own

Pump it up a little bit
Alright look

[verse one]
See i never really new life could be so hard
I never really new pain til i got scared
I never knew people could be so cold
I never knew wrong til i was ten years old
I never knew fighten til i got my ass kicked
I never knew gettin' got til i got tricked
I never knew healthy til i got sick
And i never knew people killed people so quick
Yo, i never knew mind power could be so deep
And i never knew hardship was mine to keep
And i never knew the wolves attack the sheep in their sleep
And i never knew people played people so cheap
Yo, i never knew that we was in such bad shape
And i never knew what i would have to do for the papes
And i never knew that i would put my life on tape
And i never knew hip hop would be my escape
See i never knew real folks could be so few
And i never knew so many people don't got a clue
And i never knew beautiful til i met you
But, never say never because it never comes true

[verse two]
Hey yo, i never knew that some nigga's just don't bury beef
I never knew that i brought you so much grief
I never knew that you was a two time thief
The way you stole my heart was beyond belief
Yo, i never knew my medicine would come in a leaf
And i never knew that life could be so brief
And i never knew that i would get no relief
I never knew so many indians that wanna be chief
Yo, i never knew the wrong move could cost yo life
And i never knew the wrong move could cause yo strife
And i never knew money could just buy you fun
And i never knew so much power came with a gun
Yo, i never knew that i would have such bad luck
And i never knew the next man could get you stuck
And i never knew lighting til i got struck
And i never knew that you would go so low for the buck
Yo, i never knew real folks could be so few
And i never knew so many people don't got a clue
And i never knew beautiful til i met you
But, never say never because it nver comes true

[verse three]
See, i never knew the future would be like the past
And i never knew a woman could just slang that ass
Yo, i never knew that you were so sassafras
I never knew that you played the game so fast
I never knew that there was no time to waste
And i never knew no one who could take your place
Yo, i never knew reality til you showed me a taste
And i never knew how you made my heart beat race
Yo, i never knew courage until i got brave
And i never knew discipline until i behaved
And i never knew freedom until i became a slave
And i never knew that i would take this to the grave
Yo, i never knew that i had so much to lose
And i never knew i had so many to choose
And i never knew an ego was so easily bruised
And i never knew the game until i studied the rules
See i never knew real folks could be so few
And i never knew so many people don't got a clue
And i never knew beautiful til i met you
But never say never because it never comes true
(true, true)

[refrain]
Never say never because it never comes true
I never knew that i would be about the revenue
Never say never because it never comes true
Oh, i never knew that you didn't know what they was telling you
Never say never because it never comes true
I never knew this about the heaven and the hell in you (ha yeah)
Never say never because it never comes true
I never knew