Strategy (Album Version)

Raidermen ft. Natural Elements (ft. L-Swift and Mr. Voodoo), Sean Prince, Lace Da Booms, and Mike Zoot - “Strategy”
[Emcee(s): L-Swift, G-Blass, Stex, Mr. Voodoo, Sean Prince, Lace Da Booms, and Mike Zoot]
[Producer(s): Sha-Self (AKA Sha Money XL)]
[Scratches: Sha-Self (AKA Sha Money XL)]

[Intro: G-Blass and Samples with Scratches by Sha-Self]
[G-Blass]
Yeah, one, two, one, two. Yeah, yeah, one, two, one, two. We bring to you the most powerful underground groups on Independents. Raidermen featuring G-Blass and Stex, Sean Prince. We got Natural E featuring Mr. Voo, L-Swift, A-Butta. We got Mike Zoot. Yo, we got Sha-Self on the beat. Lace Da Booms, we bring the doom, hitting the pressure points on your anatomy with strategy
[Samples with Scratches by Sha-Self]
“I’m into the real deal ‘cause we know what’s up”
“Shall we begin?”

[Verse 1: L-Swift]
Yo, yo, I run my strategy from the
Beginning to the end, I’m winning with a pen, been under-
-ground so long, feel like I’m sitting in the pen
Picture this again and catch me at a Natural E show, ask me
To flow, I get the cash and we go. Oh, you don’t know, so you
Go-go like D.C. cats when CDs stack. Northeast
Bronx where you see me at. Yeah, we relax and kick it
With you. If there’s an issue—even on a record
You feel it like I’m sitting with you. You got drama? My nigga
TIM get with you, show you what the drama’s about, run in
Your crib, search your safe, and tie your moms to the couch, run out
The crib with some liquor and some traum in the mouth. We focus
On it, we’re toting on it, Mr. Voodoo put magic
Potion on it, I’m floating on it automatically
Rapidly ‘cause Natural E and Raidermen got
Niggas wondering about our strategy (Word)

[Verse 2: G-Blass]
Magnetically, we connect the cerebellum to the neck
Erosion, explosion, the earth cracks the backs. When
Backs are taxed, get them guns off the racks. Vultures
Run into the shacks, hold your vest. It’s G-B-L-
-A-double-S, lady-thriller, drink-spiller, silent
Killer, got rhymes in the medulla, old-schooler
Hibernate when it’s cooler, on-point like a ruler
Enhancing expansion from the ghetto to a
Mansion

[Verse 3: Stex]
Keep blasting lyrics automatically
My strategy’s to never ever tell my strategy
Avoid tragedy, stacking loot, looking raggedy
They’re trying to bag me—that’s why I’m moving like a stealth
Undetected, invisibly connected is how we get it

[Hook: Stex, L-Swift, and Sample]
[Stex and (L-Swift)]
What’s your strategy? (I got mine, so don’t get mad at me)
Strategically arranged, G. (Don’t try to change me)
[Stex and L-Swift]
You’re crazy, this all pays in the end. If you ain’t
Hear the first time, then I’ma say it again
[Stex and (L-Swift)]
(Yo, what’s your strategy?) Yo, what’s your strategy?
(Yo, what’s your strategy?) Yo, Voo, what’s your strategy?
[Sample]
“It’s my turn”

[Verse 4: Mr. Voodoo]
The gat’s the key
Strategy to success. Tired of being buck-less
I’m trying to touch S-Cross for The Source, I’ll
Attend to yours. Win, lose, draws, I hold mags, intend
To cause menopause/men to pause like old hags. I just wanna hold bags
Rap at will, get to trap and chill, but if not
I’ll have to clap at will for capital, sit there
Smoking. I’m simply broke, ‘bout to get chicks to start
Robbing spots for me like family on Diff’rent Strokes, the force
Is hot. I’m trying to conquer the world like pure’ll take me
To trial. I get the name and address of all the jurors

[Verse 5: Sean Prince]
On a mission, strictly line-spitting, my time’s ticking
My strategy? Must I hold pistons? Position: one
Verbally supreme like Sun, call my son
Tell him I got weed to burn. Niggas wonder where the
Style’s from. Why run? That’s the wrong move. You need
Another arsenal. Taking me out’s impossible
My strategy illogical, I never front to
Follow through (Say what?). Yo, who the fuck is you? My strategy’s
Like the cops, leave crews black and blue. Sometimes
When I hold tools or maybe acting a fool
Lace Da Booms guider and approve, accept me
As the jewel-dropper, certified fake-emcee-stomper
Lyric cement—every day, I get harder
Going where no man has ever gone, I go farther
My teeth iced up, I think I’ve been nice enough
Hit you with the rough—nigga, duck. If I was Gretzky
My strategy would be to hit the puck. If I was
Jordan, strategy never runner-up. If I was
Green, I’d be bucks so leprechaun’ll have luck
Staying bent in a white truck—nigga, wise up. Every
Man on this record, they got guts, pure strategy—what?!?

[Interlude: Sample]
“I got something I want everybody to know”

[Verse 6: Lace Da Booms]
Ayyo
Hip hop patriarchs blazing shots, taking spots
Surprised on how we evade the cops, haters got to hate a lot
Play me not, you’re paraplegic, power moves strategic
Peep shit, catch wreck, connect like half of you to reach us
Peep this, believe this, spit verses, crowd disperses, snatch
Purses, virgins’ hope. Some see nurses, some see hearses

[Verse 7: Mike Zoot]
Player plot, strategize, bomb the first bar
Passed up to par, planting my feet in hot tar. Feed us
Love and unite, what’s never-ending. Fights not fruitful
It’s Mike Zoot. Pull cards, crowds now show approval
If you’re down-B group-able or attempt any fighting, I start
Writing truthful mouthfuls, making ‘em useful
Niggas start biting, bitches say, “Who’s you?”
Or something else they mumble, but, for now, I keep it humble as usual
Easy does it, buzzing on the easy. East Coast
Say, “No doubt,” West Coast say, “Fo’ sheezy.” Turn
Measly dollars into Wallabees and Phoebes. Smile
Cheese, get cherry. If I’m dreaming, I better be
Awoken soon by my rusty, broke spoon, a broken home
Empty soda, silver fork, anti-Ricky-Schroder
Open-mic-rock-holder, go-hard soldier that I had to be
With the speaker, blowing studio strategy

[Hook: Sean Prince and Lace Da Booms] (x2)
What’s your strategy? I got mine, so don’t get mad at me
Strategically arranged, G. Don’t try to change me
You’re crazy, it all pays in the end. If you ain’t
Hear the first time, I’ma say it again

[Bridge 1: Sean Prince and (Lace Da Booms)]
What’s your strategy? (We gon’ hurt ‘em again)
What’s your strategy? (We gon’ hurt ‘em again)
What’s your strategy? (We gon’ hurt ‘em again)
90s, what’s your strategy? (We gon’ hurt ‘em again)

[Bridge 2 (Overlapped with Outro): Mike Zoot and (Lace Da Booms)]
What’s your strategy? (We gon’ hurt ‘em again)
So what’s your strategy? (We gon’ hurt ‘em again)
What’s your strategy? (We gon’ hurt ‘em again)

[Outro (Overlapped with Bridge 2): Sean Prince]
What? ’97 shit. We gon’ hurt ‘em again. We gon’ hurt ‘em again, hurt ‘em again, hurt ‘em again