Here's one that was meant to be on the previous EP in this series, FRMX2. Sadly, it wasn't quite completed in time to go on that EP. I decided to add it to FRMX3 ... it's a freestyle over "Hey You!" - one of my favourite tracks of 2012 by the Shining. It features my man Devise - yup, it's a Dupa Styles reunion for all those that know! Also available alongside a slew of fantastic tracks by my labelmates on the latest First Word Records comp Two Syllables Volume Nine. Check out www.firstwordrecords.com for that.
lyrics
Verse one (Essa):
THIS RIGHT HERE IS A...
Game changer, brain strainer
Rain maker, hay maker, risk taker,
Hip shaker, criss flavour,
Sip, savour, wait, hold on...
SWITCH CRITERIA
Resume mission, with new vision,
Dude listen, true spitting, we slew riddim,
We rule Britain, new king in town,
The shoe's fitting, the suit's linen
EASE UP ON 'EM ESS....
They're like keep it simple for them Yge
You ask me that isn't good advice advice
You catch it first time you won't listen to it twice
So I packed a verse tight with the intricate delights, like
The asthmatic, rap addict, back at it
With that magic, black magic
My track classic, your track tragic
A wack racket, sack it, jack it in like a bad habit
HEY YOU! (hook)
Bridge:
It's been a while since I came through
So if you lost touch I don't blame you
You just rocked up? Welcome to phase two
Essa's the name and I came to entertain you
HEY YOU! Dupa styles in the building
HEY YOU! How you feel how you feeling
HEY YOU! Raise your hands to the ceiling
HEY YOU! Standard proceedings
Verse two (Devise):
Sat back and I cotch
Osho Rajneesh Bhagwan a’ watch
Bandanna on, Rachmaninov
Your girlfriend's back play backgammon off
Check the back catalogue
Respect the tracks and the songs
I'm back man so watch
The capitan the boss
The champion that man's cantankerous
You act like you and you mans handle glocks
And bang bang and pop that black cannon off
A badman you're not, a gang banger? Stop
Like batman and robin I backhand 'em off
OFF
I bang bang a lot
But with my pants round my socks
Get Hannah montana's thong and her soft black panties off
Then wham bam thank you ma'am and I'm off
Stranded and lost
Ram from Afghanistan to Bangkok
In Amsterdam that's where that stopped
When I got caught carrying a bag of crack rock
Ransacked **** *****'s pad
Did a handstand w**k in my pants and ran off
I'm a madman like Yasser Arafat was
Give the man a standing handclap and hats off
HOOK
credits
from FRMX3,
released November 15, 2013
Featuring Devise of Dupa Styles
It's not your typical rap sheet. Born in a leafy suburb, educated at a prestigious boarding school and qualified as a city
lawyer. But somewhere along the way (under former name Yungun) Essa became a key figure in UK hip-hop's "golden era" with shameless party joints, cryptic love songs, bilingual Spanglish wordplay and soul-searching escapism, earning nods from the likes of Nas and Mark Ronson....more
supported by 6 fans who also own “Hey You! ft. Devise”
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