1200 Techniques

You and me gotta be
Living life, dignity, integrity, sincerity
Cause honestly, that's how it's gotta be
And when you come to that fork in the road
Which way will you go

Go get your destiny
Yeah, that's what my god advised
Dont be resistantly
Seek someone to help us grow wise
Cause, mentally, spirtual excellence
Is far beyond any physical decadence
Acceptance is great, yeah
But it will be a brittle case
Trying to please all
And find a middle space
Where you belong
As a little kid I dreamt intense dreams
Now as a grown man, these same intense dreams
Are what I'm chasing
Feelin' mad, amazing, right
But I can see how my life
May have fallen by the waste side

Scenario one
Hanging with mates who like to stay high
Fucking up, going out, acting up, getting drunk
Chucking up, acting tough, far too much
Got me copping upper cuts
While dole payments keep me smacked up
Killing my soul while I'm high
Head to toe
But y'know, I'm only talking about a possible scenario

You and me gotta be
Living life, dignity, integrity, sincerity
Cause honestly, that's how it's gotta be
And when you come to that fork in the road
Which way will you go

Scenario two
What would I do
Not amused
Situation I'm facing
Got me feelin' confused
(Rewind selector)
Back to me and my girl in high school
Both sixteen years of age
Doing what lovers do
Confusing independance with ignorance
Having unprotected sex
Now she fallen pregnant
Now we stressing bout how we think our parents gonna act
Will they kick us out the house
Will they have our backs
To bring a child into this messy world
Could be no more goin' out
No money for me or my girl

Scenario three
Either we get rid of the child
Before we get to hear it laugh
Or see it smile
Live with the grief and keep the pain underneath
Like six feet deep, may it rest in peace
What's to become of us
God only knows
But y'know, I'm only talking bout a possible scenario

You and me gotta be
Living life, dignity, integrity, sincerity
Cause honestly, that's how it's gotta be
And when you come to that fork in the road
Which way will you go

Life moves on, life flies by
A lifetime can flash by
At the blink of an eye
You and I had best be aware
You and I had best be prepared

Confucius said
Only a benevolent man
Can live a full life and
Draw an accurate plan
So understand
Why I choose scenario four
That be the life I'm living now
The life I'd die for
Maybe I might score (score), make the top of the list
Maybe I might fall (fall), but I'm ready for this
Like being offered bullshit
This steams the cream
A million dollars for my soul
Or a priceless dream

Faith is a red rose (is a red rose)
Almost a thought
But it will grow

You and me gotta be
Living life, dignity, integrity, sincerity
Cause honestly, that's how it's gotta be
And when you come to that fork in the road
Which way will you go

(DJ Peril:)
Nfamous - step, step, step, step, step, step, step up!

(Verse 1: Nfamous)
Caught between a rock and a hard place
Nfamous, rock the mike and fill up the bar space
A car chase couldn't match the adrenaline, that we're sending them
And haters who talk shit, me not befriending them
Me not defending them, too busy ascending them
They lacks in like albinos lack melanin
Ventolin, couldn't help them catch their breath
I got bored waiting for them so I soared ahead
Now each tread is made, on pavement we laid
To reach the next stage, the pavement is grey
But hey! We're not in it for the checks
We do it for the love, respect
The cause and the effects we get from
Fatter beats, fatter rips, fatter matter of subject
To free your mind state, man there's nothing above that
Now wind the clock back, when it came to urban music, radio and then rock that
But now they're playing local hip-hop acts, it's even on the tellie
Coast to coast, it's got to grow steady so I'm ready
To boast the most or get spiritual hope
Cause hip-hop's a mind state, not an area code

(Chorus x2: Nfamous & DJ Peril)
From the north, to the south, to the east, to the west
Come on everybody, go off, a go off
I said it's not where you're from, it's where you're at
1200 put the boogie in your body bag

(Verse 2: Nfamous)
Lyrics are my language, my ink stains canvas
I study syntax in my world map atlas
Looking up foreign cities and towns
New borders we got to cross to rock these crowds til they're
Bouncing to the rhythm we delivering
Announcing it god given like everything
Blast the pop critics who think we're pretending
When we give our heart to the art, spill it now he no billing
Peril: Yeah we gave blood for them!
Oh yeah, you know it man
And after the show, we stay around and say hello to them
Meeting new peeps that we never met before
Crowds that once stared now cheer for more
We've been booed at hits, we've been swooned and kissed
We've copped it all, we're not new to this
The future is, unknown but we've got to grow
Cause hip-hop's a mind state, not an area code

(Chorus x2: Nfamous & DJ Peril)
From the north, to the south, to the east, to the west
Come on everybody, go off, a go off
I said it's not where you're from, it's where you're at
1200 put the boogie in your body bag

(Verse 3: Nfamous)
Hey all around the world there are people like me
Loving hip-hop renegades and sanity
From Aotearoa to Iceland to Ecuador
Aboriginal, Japanese, German, French, what's more?
Nations at a battle, separated by a war
Their kids connect over friendly battles on the floor
No money to go out when staying indoors
Trynna build a fat beat like you've never heard before
Constructing rhymes to bust the mind, oh!
In destructive times we're got to find goals
1200 Techniques started with nothing at all
Now we're onto LP number 2, on tour
The evidence is when the youth of New York
Created different elements and they travelled abroad
All the way to Aus, touching our souls, it shows
Hip-hop's a mind state not an area code

(Chorus x2: Nfamous & DJ Peril)
From the north, to the south, to the east, to the west
Come on everybody, go off, a go off
I said it's not where you're from, it's where you're at
1200 put the boogie in your body bag

(Nfamous:)
Clap your hands everybody
And everybody just clap your hands
Australia, clap your hands
South Pacific, clap your hands
Europe and Asia, clap your hands
And plus the Americas, clap your hands
Middle East and Africa, clap your hands
Well Ryde, clap your hands
Ahahaha

people are so fickle
these days its so dispicable
like tenticles, they all try stick on you
hold you down if they cannot be sick on you
they try to bind you with an A too (?)
enforce the written restrictions that we all got to stick to
they all disapear and re appeared
to suit their needs
which to me is a joke,
like short term peace treaties

i see a disease
swarming like bees
thinking these underdeveloped war torn countries
apparently im on the good side
but this worlds so freaky at times
i swear this planets on an intergalactic fault line
every time i race i cant win
i keep place till this land mines blow up in my face again
dismembered, i still gotta keep pacin' on, standin strong
facing the eye of the storm

these days three ways
the life game all wrong
these days, what we say
can do such harm
i replay. each day
like an endless song
endless of my mind, non stop
like the hands of time

whats with this financial envy
we've got so much poverty, but we keep spending
we're like pigs, they just won't stop eating till they hit the bottom of the trough and lick up stinkin
im seekin the truth , but how can i be
we're in a broken world of families and falacies
taught to praise stars who seek fame,
do what we must to gain monatry gain
and even im with it, but there are limits
whatever happened to unconcious idea,
MC's talk verbal dihorrea
caught up with gun talk and bling bling,
hip hop producers who work with pop singers, for ching ching,
im thinking

my rich stole, is now of no value
light turns to dark, when cold breath hits the candle
im here to rekindle your spirit
keep the flame burning strong
as we press on
through the eye of the storm

these days three ways
the life game all wrong
these days, what we say
can do such harm
i replay. each day
like an endless song
endless of my mind, non stop
like the hands of time

the clock ticks
your name off the list
life goes quick, so we gotta be quicker
the worlds devilish, making me sicker
i smell the reminants, of drugs, sex and liquor
the kids are immune to these
cus as they leave
they get a fix on their new tv
parents dont need a talk to their kids no more
they feed em video
show them the internet
log onto the porn site
here we go
television
the drug of a nation
breeding ignorance
feeding radiation
friend to hit the nail on the head
wish we were sailing ahead
but we're shipwrecked and failing instead
but the tests of changed were all passed
so long as you're an expert in arson
im asking which way is up, cus my compass is gone
you know what?
I'm gonna let my beating heart be my guide through the eye of the storm

these days three ways
the life game all wrong
these days, what we say
can do such harm
i replay. each day
like an endless song
endless of my mind, non stop
like the hands of time