From Illmaculate’s ‘Green Tape’, released in April 2011. Producer G-Force sampled every single track of Al Green’s album ‘Lay It Down’ in order, with Illmaculate rapping over them. The mixtape was released for free download on the internet
[Verse]
It comes together like sweaters on Betty White
Legs on a pedal bike and sex on your wedding night
It’s unscripted, I’m cup-liftin', I’m cheersin'
I’m just livin', I’m here and appear to be cut different
They hear it, it’s upliftin', see a young artist get it
Want our position? Come harder with it!
Uncharted mission, just part of livin'
To hustle and bubble above your sub-par condition
But we love it, stomach is growlin'
Even my young heart is skippin'
Listen close to this beat and even the drums aren’t as vivid
I’m seein' the way we judge, see what a hater does
They just think they’re fly ‘cause they’re sweet as a ladybug
Speakin' in native tongues, bleedin' my native blood
It’s safe to say I ain’t the Greg you see on the Brady Bunch
Try to tell them that there’s no one like me
It’s obvious we’re opposites, home run, strike three
Yeah, and there’s no one like you
You focus on the old stuff, so what? I grew
Ha, I guess I’m causin' them a head-high
Watch 'em gossipin' and get caught up and they spread lies
While I’m just ponderin' my next high
Tossin' up Westside, followed by Siletz Tribe
Aye, then take a photo and dip
The same destination no matter the road that we pick
You know that I spit
When it comes together like the roach and the clip
Or G-Force has somethin' soulful to flip
Hold up, I don’t sleep ‘cause I’m cursed
It's so hard for a dreamer in a world where no sleepin' occurs
With both feet in the dirt
I grow seeds with my words, no paper, no ink
I go green with the verse—how appropriate!
Haha, yeah, no paper, no ink
I go green with the verse—how appropriate! Green Tape!
[Outro]
Is that organic enough for you?
That's how you go in the lab with nothin' wrote down
Nothin' sketched down
When it comes together, it comes together like that
No One Like Me was written by Illmac.
No One Like Me was produced by Calvin Valentine.
Illmac released No One Like Me on Tue Apr 12 2011.