Naming Names

[spoken intro]
It's your boy, Jesse D
And I am your boy, man
A lot of people think that I’m a hater
They know that I've got a lot of opinions
And it's true
Bad rap makes me madder than practically anything
But I’m a lover, too!

[verse 1]
G-G-G-G-G-G-Ginzu, 'bucktu, Hardcore, Thesis
Of all the cats I creep with I'm down with you the deepest
Rockfort Loopfrog, can you keep a secret?
Anyone that sleeps on you can eat shit, believe it
Bizzy, S.J., call me an elitist
Between you, the crew could achieve the highest reaches
Scooby-Doo, I believe this to be true
The Burner is truly huge
And booty crews are booing us
But won't say boo to us
Who amongst the scum could test us?
Big up Uncle Fester, the drum collector, and funk molester
Drunken boxers, Dexter is none the less ill
When blood gets spilled, don't run to Fresh Kills
Who said Toolshed wouldn't leave the fools dead?
You better hope to rival the rhymes of Choke and Psybo
Open Bibles and sing a psalm for sudden calm
What could go wrong? I rest my fingers on buttons to bomb suckers
Hip-hop disc jocks, cutting it up swift
Backburner posse ain't nothin' to fuck with!
Stuck in a rut, kid? Blow your nose in a hanky!
I know the dopest flower that no one knows and it’s Frankie
Deluxe, chocolate chips, don’t be a greedy gus
My rocket ship's dropping Apocolypse Now Redux
Turn the heat up, ’til we burn the street up
Really though. Yo, you wanna get with it? (here we go)

[Chorus]
Here I go, a-here I go, a-here I go again
Naming names just so they can hear I call 'em friends
Here I go, here I go, here I go again
(rhymes get FRESH from the time that I spend)
Here I go, a-here I go, a-here I go again
Naming names just so they can hear I call 'em friends
Here I go, here I go, here I go again

[verse 2]
Since Cal vacated his place by the LC
We never see his face like Rammelzee
Rest in piece to LB, the kid helped me to keep my
Attitude healthy, which fills me with gratitude
And there'll be a part of me that always can smile about when
Desa ran wild with the handstyles for his man, Kyle
Party Time fanned out and covered the peninsula
And for a little while, brothers stopped being so insular
Kindness came in random acts, tributes were planned and scrapped
Abandoned after all because we felt like our hands were strapped
I’m a fan of Apt and altogether fond of Kimber
Not Jem's sister, Josh's brother, come on, remember?
Man listen, it's a long transition
But we could all take a tip from blond Ambition
And build our bets with elder vets and heads still in a stroller
Backburner's for the children, word to Rez Villain and Lola
Hold the phone, I'm rolling up with solo acts from Hamilton
Like Mayor McCA, BA Johnston and Wax Mannequin
I'm adamant, euphoric, in orbit like a satellite
With Fax4, Half Life, Squaretown, Alpha Flight
CTG, PRD, KSK, Dead Beats and Universal
Soul, I try to see us all as units of a whole
Shooting past the goal, my city, province and nation are hotbeds
With that said, you're sure to see that courtesy is not dead

Here I go ah here I go ah here I go again!
I'm naming names just so they can hear I call 'em friend!
Here I go! Here I go! Here I go again!
Rhymes getting doper from the time that I spend!

Now that's dedicated, so copasetic that it
Made it so that credit goes to Soso and Epic
You want it? Go and get it, climb the ramparts
Put your faith in it like mine is in my man Heartz
Spread the rumours, rock with Kassy and Lunar
I'm proud of you and you're basically Jesse D, Jr
Who in their right mind wants to lead a life like mine?
Kids who feel light shine when they write rhymes!
Fool, please. You'll be truly schooled each
And every time you endeavour to get clever with Kool Krys
Ooowee, you want a try some lame move?
Get punched out by Kelly repping Dice Champagne crew!
Praise due to Cosmo, surely none is finer
He'll serve you on the decks like he'll serve me in the diner
Right across from the Khyber where Krista used slang booze
While crews would hang loose and watch each other paying dues
Gordski, Drunc Ness, Jorun and Bastid spun there
And when it shut down it felt SO UNFAIR
One way or another, even if you're unaware of him
Scott Da Ros had 'em all, it's unamerican
EMC, Andrew G and Dave P bravely rhymed
And there's a lot of Dave P's so that saves me time
I can't legally rap without a permit for a fire
And if you say I don't get down with Hermit, you're a liar!
Awww shucks, it's got to be either that or you've gone
Nuts and written off society like Jon
Hut, the wrong person to wrestle with
Is Flexxman - half rapper, half Messerschmitt
Don't you believe the lie that I only hate
I won't debate that I decry cloned remakes and phony fakes
But don't sniff and cry if this is corny to say
I live and die in my pride for moves that my homies
Make