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The Beatnuts & Cuban Link & Big Pun
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One of Big Pun & Cuban Link’s first recorded performances. The infectious beat is sampled from Buddy Baker’s “The Sign Song” over the drum loop from Lafayette Afro Rock Band’s “Hihache.”
[Intro]
("Yooouuu better watch your step!")
("Yooouuu better watch your step!")
[Verse 1: Big Punisher]
Ayo, it's all love, but love's got a thin line and Pun's got a big nine
Respect crime but not when it reflect mine
The shit I'm on is wrong but it lasts long
Pull a fast one on Pun and wake up with your stash gone
I'm mad strong, and my cream is fast
Smoke the greenest grass, my bitch got the meanest ass
And a taste legit, I don't have to waste a whole case of Crist'
All it takes is my pretty face and my gangsta wit
Lace the clique, 'cause we all share, it's all fair
Like love and war, thug galore with the long hair
Big Pun, Pun the name that makes the kids run
Like spelling murder reverse it deliver redrum
Come one, come all, if you wanna brawl, I'm the mighty Thor
Clotheslining motherfuckers like Steven Seagal
'Cause all you're gonna get, is your ass kicked or up in a casket
That's it (That's it?) That's it
[Verse 2: Cuban Link]
Punisher
Pass it, at last it's rappers that really blast shit
Cats getting Big Willie niggas like Billy Bathgate
Up in Jimmy's Cafe, having caviar
Crackin Cristal at the bar, smokin' cigars, livin' large
We rob and steal, run with the mob, doin' jobs for bills
I'm hard to kill for real, nigga, guard your grill
I like to chill, spark an L and get high
I'm one hell of a guy, fly pelican fly
[Verse 3: JuJu]
Whattup Duke-o, you know, politickin' papi chuco
I'm out here, watching for Jake, getting this loot though
Shoot bro, I got a waterproof suit yo
Swervin' like a A.K.A. in Beirut yo
Squeezin', out of automatic M3's and
Please, you ain't seen no thugs like these
I can tell you lots of things that'll make you believe
In Corona, yo, it's better to take than to receive
[Verse 4: Psycho Les]
Your career's on life support, and I'ma pull the plug
And have every thug shootin' that Beatnut drug
In they blood, no escapin' this
Niggas is goin' over their favorite shit (For what?), to be tapin' this
World premiere, loud and clear
Lah and beer, get the dough, blow up the show
Disappear, jump in the Cavalier
Feelin' marvelous, street pharmacist, twist arboles
For pleasure, bring your territory terror
Keep my workers under pressure got em sayin' "FUCK LESTER"
But that's aight Duke-o, my heart nowadays too cold
Don't give a fuck where you been, what you done
Where you go, you know, peep this statement
In black shades like a secret agent
We're night thieves, roll up on you like sleeves
We light trees, bust these and stack cheese
[Chorus]
It's off the hook this year (Cheddar)
Makin' mad money off the books this year
("Yooouuu better watch your step!")
Ain't nothin' but crooks in here
Gettin' mad money off the books this year
It's off the hook this year (Cheddar)
Gettin' mad money off the books this year
("Yooouuu better watch your step!")
Ain't nothin' but crooks in here
Gettin' mad money off the books this year
[Outro]
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go ("Yooouuu better watch your step!")
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go ("Yooouuu better watch your step!")
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go ("Yooouuu better watch your step!")
Go, go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go ("Yooouuu better watch your step!")
Off the Books was written by Psycho Les & Juju (Beatnuts) & Big Pun.
Off the Books was produced by The Beatnuts.
The Beatnuts released Off the Books on Tue Jun 24 1997.