Shaolin Showdown

free yo mind and hold that focus

break it

back down

hocus pocus 

square dance

ho down

speed up

slow down

shawty

she show up 

shaolin showdown

[Used to watch this show Shaolin Showdown back in elementary school. It was dope and inspired the whole vibe for the visuals attached to this track.]

babe it’s elementary

say it back like abcs 

and feel that strength of hennessy

what you know bout hulk juice?

[Hulk Juice is a cocktail of Hpnotiq and Hennessey liquors. Used to be a demon time pre-game staple back in the day.]

i see you in yo bag bag

i hope no one approach you

i’m blowin spots like baghdad

[I just broke up witchu so better not NOBODY try to get witchu. You can’t get in your bag first. I’ll even snitch and blow up ya spot like baghdad]

i can’t stand no popsicles

[“Let’s blow this popsicle stand!”]

all these niggas obstacles

see my herd of opps thinning

hairline on my pops

oops

ima follow clues

[Hairline on my pops = follicles…
Follicles… Follow Clues…]

they prolly want me follow suit

but i never had a

taste for spades

[This one’s crazy. You follow suits in the card game, Spades. But you also get buried in a suit and a spade is a shovel]

hallelujah halle berry

shorty had the ass for days

lord forgive my nasty ways

i need the world to run my loot

i want my pound of flesh

and pray it don’t cover in soot

[No dirty money, please]

i read the lines in holy books

it give me guidance to the righteous 

i’m tired of these wicked games

i swear i’m off these childish bitches 

switched it up to keep the steps certain

saw the light was good

it hurt my head to keep my eyes open

we in hollywood

[The imagery here is what I’m going for. I was in Cali and me and my boy went to look at the Hollywood sign. Anti-climactic asf. But it was bright outside.]

but it get lonely at the summit of the mountain

no one to hold me down or watch my back

they only hold me back 

or try to slow me down

when real niggas hold you down 

you supposed to drown 

they hosed me down no hellfire

claimed my soul from lost and found 

climbin up the lords ladder

trippin on that live wire

explosive i can feel it 

while i exorcise my spirit i just

free yo mind and hold that focus

break it

back down

hocus pocus 

square dance

ho down

speed up

slow down

shawty

she show up 

shaolin showdown