Rise - “Make Sure (That We Win)”
[Emcee(s): Rise]
[Producer(s): Da Beatminerz (DJ Evil Dee and Mr. Walt)]
[Scratches: DJ Evil Dee]
[Verse 1: Rise]
I’m your life. Grass at the bottom, face looks like, “Fuck is
Your problem?” Promise solemn to get all the props in your column
Shots? I’ma call ‘em. Don’t answer, I’ll pay ‘em a visit
Explicitly vivid when I’m sharing my thoughts like a triplet
See what I’m saying? Hear how I look?
I’m the one in the center right between the two rooks
Next to the queen. I’ll rep with the best in the scene
We just burn all the proof and leave the rest to be seen
They like the respect. How can he reach his height in his death?
So extreme on both levels and with only a step
And dozens I’ve met. I see some are cool and some ain't
I always draws the foul—a little guy that cuts to the paint
I’ll run ‘til I faint and get back up all vexed
I just walked in this game and I got your necksnext
Believe I’m the boss. My team ain’t leaving the court—even if
We see that the amount of legal people is short. Come on
[Hook: Samples with Scratches by DJ Evil Dee] (x8)
“I’ma make sure that we win this” - Sample from Rise on PackFM ft. Wordsworth and Rise - "Relay Remix"
[Verse 2: Rise]
Man, you can’t win. You try and you curse ‘cause it's hopeless
It's frustrating like dying of thirst in the ocean
Rehearsed with devotion, a man obsessed
And you came out on one track like they panned you left, and then think
That you ill. And most people think you should chill
Even the cats that you roll with, they really don't feel
All the rhymes that you kicking, and your whole style been had played
But they can’t diss you. They knew you since the fifth grade
I can. I’ll stand for two or three bars
And if you wack or any metaphors are going too far
I just leave or turn it off and throw the tape out the car
And, having nothing nice to say, I don't say nothing at all
‘Cause you tried, so no insults, no need for the dissing
Technically, boo ain't a word and neither is hissing
Reason sufficient. Prophecy you knew would occur
Rise. I think I'm the man. You would too if you were
[Hook: Samples with Scratches by DJ Evil Dee] (x8)
“I’ma make sure that we win this” - Sample from Rise on PackFM ft. Wordsworth and Rise - "Relay Remix"
[Verse 3: Rise]
“Be quiet” my style. We chill, my whole crew’s just loners
Obnoxious and loud after just a few Coronas
Then back to the bar. Whatever that we ask ‘em to pour
It can't make us act cooler than we actually are
Then tragedy starts. I’m a big deal. The rest petty
Just get ready. I’m too cool, so dress heavy
But still hot, so dress light and get ice
And I’ma always be nicer then you get—twice
Right now, if I fall, no one’s helping me up
But everybody got a cousin that could help me blow up
I'm selfish as fuck and worth more than Elvis’s stuff
While a lot of rappers out now are selling what sucks
So it's cause for alarm if we ain’t getting along
I'll tear your ass apart and put you back together wrong. You'll have a
Eye for a nose, a leg for an arm
It says on my palm: I rule and I'll never be gone
Come on
[Hook: Samples with Scratches by DJ Evil Dee] (x8)
“I’ma make sure that we win this” - Sample from Rise on PackFM ft. Wordsworth and Rise - "Relay Remix"
Make Sure (That We Win) [Dirty] was written by Rise (Emcee).
Make Sure (That We Win) [Dirty] was produced by Da Beatminerz.
Rise (Emcee) released Make Sure (That We Win) [Dirty] on Fri Mar 21 2003.