Dungeon Family는 당대 힙합계의 최고 프로듀서이자 아티스트인 Outkast와 Organized Noize를 필두로 이들과 긴밀한 유대 관계를 유지하고 있는 MC들- Goodie Mob, PA, Backbone, Cool Breeze, Witch Doctor, Concrete, Lil Will, Blvd, Cronk Copeland, Slimm Cutta Calhoun, Nathaniel, Big Rube, Killer Mike, T-Bone 등 실로 엄청난 인원이 모인 이 프로젝트 팀이다. Organized Noize의 기존 작품들을 보면 이들이 다루는 장르가 록에서 펑크, 소울, 재즈와 힙합, 가스펠까지 그 한계를 자유로이 넘나들고 있다는 사실을 깨닫게 된다. 이러한 이들의 영향력은 이번 [Even In Darkness] 앨범에도 그대로 반영되어 있다. 첫 싱글로 정해진‘Trance DF Express’는 Cee-Lo와 Andre 3000, Big Gipp, 그리고 Backbone과 Big Boi, Sleepy Brown이 참여한 곡으로 Organized Noize의 Rico Wade가 프로듀싱한 곡이다. 이 곡은 Outkast의 최근 앨범을 연상시키는 비트와 웨스트 코스트 느낌이 물씬 나는데 줄줄이 이어지는 각 랩퍼들의 독특한 랩핑이 맛있게 어울려있는 곡이다. 마치 1970년대를 풍미한 Earth, Wind & Fire의 흥겨운 훵크리듬을 2001년의 감각으로 재해석한 듯한 느낌을 주는 이 곡은 앞으로 클럽씬에서 상당한 반응을 얻게 될 것으로 기대된다.
Make ya,and shake yo shit (woo lord) I am puttin' poetry into motion my addiction is overdosing from a natural high
Supplyin' the soul with that unmistakable mystical magical feelin' that your money can't buy Becomin' a slave to the rhythm there's no way that you could stop me now I'd like to see you try Because I'm already long gone don't be scared for me baby just blow me a kiss good bye I can't believe you'd rather stay behind then go beyond talk to me baby tell me why Society won't set ya free now follow me programmin' your fear to fly Best believe I'm a breathe and break ground before I die I know it's live and let live but my love won't let me lie Make me want to do the
And we don't speak proper English when we walk we strut our stuff We act like life is gravy even though it's oh so rough My doctor diagnosed me and he said now here's the deal You're coming down with a bad case of
The crooked booty (come on, everybody) The crooked booty (i can't hear why'all) Now everybody do the crooked booty, Come on, I say the crooked booty (come on) Come on everybody I say the crooked booty Yeah, the crooked booty Now everybody do the crooked booty Yeah, come on, the crooked booty
Oh doctor doctor help me please I got this problem come over me And I just can't shake it (i just can't seem To shake this thing off up me, now help me) At first I was just fine Didn't really play it no mind Until it hit another time (another time) Cause my chest popped out (my chest popped out) And my back went in (i said my back went in) Started movin' my body Like I had a nervous itch (ooow) So the doctor gave me (say what?) This remedy (what'd he say?) He said, "pop it to boy" And feel the beat
It's the brand new craze And it's comin' your way It was started in the slums By the dungeon family It's not very hard it's kinda easy to do All you got to be is poor and broke and have no loot It's called the crooked booty when it's only a test It's like tryin' to stop the IRS from takin' your checks It's like tryin' to soak your cheese and took all the rap It's like tryin' to stop a nigga from crackin' your back on this track It's like tryin' to tell your daughter you can't chase the cake It's like tryin' to stop a boss jack from swangin' his set You just go like that (it don't matter) You can be four hundred pounds or be as tall as shaq (come on) Pimp get out your llac And do the crooked booty And do the crooked booty Do the crooked booty do the crooked booty Do the crooked booty (aaaaaaaaaaah)
Now everybody do the crooked booty (everybody, come on) The crooked booty (i can't hear why'all) Now everybody do the crooked booty (a little louder) Come on, I say the crooked booty (people in the back) Come on everybody I say the crooked booty (people on the side) Yeah, the crooked booty Now everybody do the crooked booty (yeah, why'all got it) Yeah, come on, the crooked booty (a little louder why'all)
I ain't got no paper I can't wipe my ass But give me one lil' dollar I'll show you how to make it last I ain't got no paper I can't wipe my ass But give me one lil' dollar I'll show you how to make it last (I'll show you how to)
And we don't speak proper English when we walk we strut our stuff We act like life is gravy even though it's oh so rough My doctor diagnosed me and he said now here's the deal You're coming down with a bad case of the
The crooked booty The crooked booty (a little louder now) Now everybody do the crooked booty (do it like you can't do it no more) Come on, I say the crooked booty Come on, I say the crooked booty Yeah, everybody do the crooked booty Now everybody do the crooked booty The crooked booty Now everybody do the crooked booty (yeah, everybody) The crooked booty (come on) Now everybody do the crooked booty (I can't hear why'all) I say the crooked booty Now everybody say the crooked booty The crooked booty Now everybody do the crooked booty The crooked booty (yeah, why'all got it)
[click] You don't use our music to get high Then use our music to get by [click]
Break!! [Chorus] Ooh-ooh, ooh-oo-oo-ooh Ohh, ba-doo-do-doo-doo-doo Follow the lights, they Lead to something... Ooh-ooh, ooh-oo-oo-ooh Ohh, ba-doo-do-doo-doo-doo Follow the lights, they Lead to something... Ooh-ooh, ooh-oo-oo-ooh Ohh, ba-doo-do-doo-doo-doo Follow the lights, they Lead to something...
The time we're face-in, uhh Get off your feet 'cause time is wast-in, uh Must be strong in this situatio-in, well So raise your hand and let's start takin, let's start takin Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go
[Big Boi] Even In Darkness Darker than the Lochness monster's dwelling It don't scare me, that's fairy telling But what about Hell and Heaven? Nothin is that ir-rel-ev-ent, you must find yourself, your intent Don't commit thyself, 'cause another nigga done did it In and outta style like leather African pennants Say that your with the spirit, follow the Ten Commandments Mad Mixmaster said, "Now can ya spin it?" Say NOW!!
[Chorus] [Big Gipp] Gipp the epiphany I want to be remembered in infamy Composer and producer of the symphony I done had struggles in my life, so I know that it was meant for me You was sent for me Showed me light through the power of chi and your intent to see You teach for He, discretely Givin them a piece of me -- the peace was free, gone
What I need, what I want, what I see Is two different things, two different...
[Chorus] [Cee-Lo] It was so elequent-aly, I emerged from the sorta verse Origin purpose be partially profound of the very power that's in me When God said he so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son I thought he meant me Jesus is my older brother evidently, experiment in me Let the complexity collapse the pocket quickly Life is but a dream, ya row ya boat gently It's cool to have a Bentley, I want a Bentley Yet I ponder why, I smoke my presence prominently? If you want your mind blow, look we're all alone... Follow the light
[talking] Save the Atlanta sound? Oh we don't represent Atlanta? We ain't put the A-Town on the map? Okay... Here we come!
"In the even of an emergency You'd have 5 seconds to get to the Dungeon"
Aww yeah we crunk, we crunk, we crunk...
[Big Gipp] Gipp economy is strange in the meaning, lookin street Even (?) for no team, I swing dissipainted lines Stroke after them, apple martinis I live kosher, I'm the most-a like the art Took my moves from Billy Whiteshoes Fight back like Geronimo, crack comma Ustafa Who said, "Like the sky, like a hot fire" Dorcey put a hit up on that man, control red Some watchin liberation, abberation house down ya throat Tapdance on ya kidneys, come around that ass like measles The first and the second shots ain't nuttin but teasers Set your body afire like Watson Travel through yo' team like hydrotoxins Premium dutch, blood shift you closer to the edge Project push, A-T-L - you get yo' water out the faucet, We get our water out the well We win the war with Miami boys over these streets to eat Channel 5 got the story of the day Old church burnin, Emma got hung And the student caught with a gun, Wayne Williams interviews Remote controlled cars for teachers In Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5 Whattcha gon' do, who ya gon' call? The (?) gun show? Now nigga come on!
[Hook] Awww yeah! We crunk now (We crunk, we crunk, we crunk) Awww yeah! We crunk now (We crunk, we crunk, we crunk) Awww yeah! We crunk now (We crunk, we crunk, we crunk) We crunk now, we crunk now! (We crunk, we crunk, we crunk)
[Mello-Capone] Capone got that Southside pimp creep, College Park out the door Die-hard, booze chillin, nan nigga wanna start Niggaz round the A-Town, salty cuz they gameplan Breakin they neck tryna run, but Dungeon niggaz done been ran Y'all was out for grannin and pussy pursuin We slum deeper studio-type, breakin great entrepreneurs Alert, it's a all out emergency homes Hit up, slick Ricky Wade on my cellular phone Man my group done broke up, just starters claimin we rock It's my destiny to make it, I'm a fuckin survivor This might be one again, oh hailin in the blaze that we brought (?) then waited (?) but my stomach was growlin Dungeon Family
[Hook x2]
[BackBone] Yes y'all, all the time, it's goin down Whattchu say shawty? Look here you betta believe it Oooooh, call the po-lice *sirens* I will verbally murder one of these sucka emcees I talk that - know they act if they ain't understandin me How they gon' handle me, this Dungeon Family I spit this shit randomly (Brrroaw!) From point-blank range, blow out they brains Leave all thoughts dang-a-ling - shhhhhh, nobody say nothin Facin charges on account of the attempt and assault with a weapon Know what it is, you done seen this here befo' Come through ya front do' and letcha know fa sho' You hear them automatics spittin Leave ya whole coalition in critical condition When we speak, we recieve ovations from nations Why that 2nd Generation strapped in attack formation Shook up the world but it wattn't pretty I conversate strictly for the nitty-gritty We crunk now!
[Hook x4]
"I repeat - this is not a test... this is not a test..." This is not a test..." "In the event of an actual emergency, you'd have 5 seconds..." "I repeat - in the even of an actual emergency You'd have 5 seconds"
[woman's computer voice]
"We're settin the stage very possibly for World War III"
[Big Boi] Yeah So fresh so clean When I step in the booth they scream Like they all tend to cheer (?) Dungeon D-boy here In effect mode like Who's to Love it? so slow motion Like 3 wheels and triple cheeseburgers ATL coastin (say no more!) But the pimp is one of the coolest but I (pay no more) Been known to rock the big blocks and colorful gay toys With the flip-flops, and the silk socks and a Kangol to the tip top I flow hard you drip drop Cleaner than the urine of a two time felons piss test I'm sitting in some Monte Carlo curse right in the headrest
White Guts White Wall tires Floor plush It's so fire!
Fire meaning breathing like a dragon and it's seeming that I'm Falling into a world of my own Fire meaning breathing like a dragon and it's seeming that I'm Falling into a world of my own
[Bubba Sparxxx] My own world too White thangs can't complain Bubba on them white guts Custom made ain't a stain 0-2 Z-7-1 on them Mickey T's Standing with ya man wanting me to sign your hickey please I don't need no worries keep ya white guts How I'm riding these days keep me with the right sluts He's just Bubba happen to love the D.F. You in the midst of history Betty take a deep breath Sitting on the tailgate polo to the boxers Bubba is the truth you a homo if it shocks ya Reppin loud and proud with my buddies from Atlanta You trying to live cleaner here's a study and example
[Hook] White guts White wall tires Floor plush It's so fire Brains blowed sittin on dubs Come through could never be loved White guts White wall tires Floor plush It's so fire Brains blowed sittin on dubs Come through could never be loved
[Gipp] Sitting on 400 wides that's what they love Incense swingin from the mirror that's what they love Six course licked with the glaze that's what they love Drive with the dealership tag that's what they love Hairbone strayed on my shoulder that's what they love The smell of new leather in the cold that's what they love Strawhat V-neck t's that what they love Moonroof open blowing smoke that's what they love Romeo cologne every week that's what they love That's what they love That's what they love Go from 12 to12 Monday to Sunday Take the first two days and sleep like mummies And I'm out
[Khujo] Who in the spot you move! Play games with us you lose! Mercy rules beat you make you say he mean as hell But the cutest nigga out the group Gotcha head spinnin like tread on a spool Clean as a fool With them gold shoes oooooh! And I got that pool Make you want to HOLLA! Seen in my impala hear them flow- Masters duals amp tweeters and twos Stay alert on this dirt Don't be no fool I take you to school Shoot you like pool Rep with his I don't do Expenses I dumped you! ?? Outkast, Goodie Mob Dungeon Family I thought you knew
[Hook]
[Cee-Lo] There's this one in my stable Saville so motherfucking clean It's got a soda shade around the mean green These youngster have never seen It has a signature wood grain steering wheel such as yours But oh my God what are harder are the hard wood floors It's not coincidental all the glass was kept clear Who's worried his or her first shit it's freezing it here The only heat is my piece to make it even at least I'll go to work without even catching a crack in my crease I guess the dubs out there do what they 'posed to do I'll ride 15mph to make a believers out of you I got a lawsuit, pending charge for wreckless blade spinnin I was riding through west end and killed two women UH-OH!
[Hook]
[Sleepy Brown] C-A-d-I-l-l-A-C you and me will grey so cleanly C-A-d-I-l-l-A-C blowing smoke so high and freely C-A-d-I-l-l-A-C you and me uh Blowing smoke so high and freely
[Chorus] Are you rolling Down the same street that I'm going Up the same stream that I'm folding On the new ride?
High is high, low is low Everybody want to go to heaven But nobody wants to die Nobody wants to die
Nobody wants to, Do the don'ts Don't what is Colour outside the lines And nobody wants to try Nobody wants to try Nobody wants to
[Chorus]
I can feel it all over me right now And girl, if you're so good Got me on straight lock-down (down, I can't shake it) It's takin' me, it's spendin' me (I can't shake it) It's makin' me want to be with someone (tonight) Make her feel (so right)
[Chorus]
Up the street Around the corner Down the block Around the clock It's bound to stop Or ease at least
I can breath at least My brain release Pain relief It's the same belief that make you stand the chief And to this ain't the snuff so obtain the spluf Cellophane of reef
Trade your grief For these magic beans Crown the stop Ride the clouds Surf the waves An earth decays
Expose your soul Never close your soul Slow your role Never overload your soul Hold your goes Never lose sight of those
I suppose We can all float away As it goes We can all know the way If we prose We can share the way
No one knows We can all go today If we chose We can all roll away
Until you're truly ready to say, "Fuck your fear!" You are not alive You don't have to settle and be stuck right here You can let me drive Come and ride the roller-coaster Give all the troubles of the world to me At least come and see, come see the other side This may be the way you want the world to be (Ohh-oh)
Shoop-bop shoop-bop dooooo [Repeat until it fades]
Here's some shit make ya go "Hmmmm" Have you ever wondered why the world hates you? Maybe it's because you is a child of God? Hmmm
They come (they come) Yeah, You best be done ready becausec they come (they come) Better hold your straps ready because they come (they come) Your mens better not be spaghetti because they come (they come) You turn your pocket into grafitti yeah they come (they come) Nigga you ain't ready but they come (they come) You better hold your straps ready because they come (they come) Yeah they come (they come) Yeah They come (they come) Now here they come
They say the sound of revelation takin em off while your occupation Now we all computers puttin cheques by sharp shooters You cruise world, one nation undivided but deliver me from evil And these crazy people all across the world All out warfare mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally Fulfullin, you ain't doin no killin Cause I ain't scared I got friends comin to my house And I gonna put you on your place By the grace of god Because I don't really think you ball that hard That's what your mouth said
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It's like the whole damn world is caught Now y'all whole motherfuckers is just rotten Like the CIA, the IRS, the DEA, the FBI and whoever else with three letters in they names You think you quick on the draw puttin them ten times is mo better We got all the superstitions they got all the cheddar You don't own nothin You bought from them we might as well say we just leasin Ain't no reason then why the preacher and his false teachins Keepin hot coals over your heads Yeah when I looked into your eyes I will see that
(Big Rube) Ask not what the Family can do for you Ask only what you can do for the Family
(Big Gipp) This is my pledge This is my pledge to we, and all those that come after
Let's talk about it, 'posed to assimilate insincupate Euphoric you raw superstations, appear with information Hesitation, metaphoric in a solid state of logic Focusin on, me and the Family, gawkin Parallel parkin was an artform Atilla the Hun, school that I wrote to write Spoke for some to speak, provided copperstone Stole to steal parone, cut the heart up out of Caesar I protect the Black Madonna shrine from seizures I survived the 80's child killings Excruciating pain like a root canal without a filling Forever we, pillars in this stature In this ASCAP rapture Wordplay that will snatch ya, mangle ya mind Signed upper bull pull, I relinquish To become forever more excaliber To become forever more excaliber
(Big Rube) Caliber unknown - infinite in stature Indiscriminate fracture - sindicated rapture Indicated capture - sincupated nature Defeated we raise the wager No secret, I hate the majors But they major players - so I'm a gladiatin Not so glad we waitin - niggaz is graduatin Fuck what flag we wavin - kids is misbehavin Parents is worse than Satan - apparently church is pagan Sworn away my freedom, through words that sing my freedom Rebirth the world of the Earth in intent to spin my freedom Prepared to defend the next-us Didn't get in for no Lexus Didn't get on through connections or to get off my erection Fuck the soft and the wetness Luck is lost in election Bucket that caused the detection Sent to impossible rections Still to much to achieve - we build to much to believe Fear to much to recieve - appear before you achieve
(Hook - 2X) We are the few We are the strong We are the proud holders of the ex-caliber! We are the few We are the strong We are the proud holders of the ex-caliber!
(Cee-Lo) Guess I was (?) sworn Promise to make it show that, the legend of Dungeon live on Even knowledge I known and heights I flown I alone can't snatch the sword up out the stone The charged chasities here, have to cock outta fear Matter of fact, I (?) Lyric far, witness to suck the star May the force be with us, for we are!
(Hook - 2X)
(Khujo) Eyes'll have you so puffed up Until you eventually flow up and bust on their or buck to their (?) Drag the slayer, oh we ain't forgot about you playa You still don't weigh enough I gotcha beat off the rip From the jump, keep it still to relapse on that junk Pump fake, off ya feet -- Fall on this sword ya beat with eggs on ya face Amazing Grace, how sweet it is The shit we spit, thicker still Niggaz don't deserve to live It's gettin so goosy, where a girl can kill her baby the next day by takin a pill Breakin off beat, when they blow the horns They open up the rest of them seals Out wit yo' head, for not keepin the ears real Walkin through the valley of the drop Bone! Lookin for my damn drone! Where ya at? I see ya! I see ya! Come on let's get 'em dawg come on!
(talking) If I got one my nigga you got one He got one - they got one Them motherfuckers gon' make them a damn gun