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Higher and Hire

from FRMX3 by Yungun

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I decided to write a song all about money and getting paid, and then give it out for free ... see what I did there?! When I first heard the beat by my man Matti Roots I went crazy. It would have been easy to approach the vocal in an obvious way but I wanted to flip it a little....

If you don't know about Matti, you must check him out at www.mattiroots.com. His album Beat Roots is incredible and he's one of the nicest guys I've had the pleasure to meet and work with in the music industry.

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HOOK:
Come and check me I’m for hire
Come and check me I’m for hire
Come and check me I’m for hire
But you pay cash if you wanna get me on a flyer

Come and check me I’m for hire
Come and check me I’m for hire
Come and check me I’m for hire
And I blaze tracks brother you get me, I’m the fire

There ain’t nothing in this life for free
You want Yge better find the P, supply the fee I’m for
HIRE see nowadays I’m getting my cash right
‘cause Ess on the track’s like petrol when a match strike
FIRE hot enough to make you perspire
See I’m catcy with the words like a flipping advert writer
Who said that they can rock a verse tighter?
You need to go slow like a hearse driver with a burst tire
These big talkers make the worst liars
Talk’s cheep when you ain’t saying nothing deep like a girl’s choir
They see me and catch nerves like a first timer
‘cause I’m the one who makes their girlfriend’s purse lighter
She told you that she didn’t even like rap
She heard my track now she wanna buy that
Using your cash, and you don’t like that
She saw the show and came right back said “are you for hire?”, I said

HOOK

I worked hard just to make this far
And now I’m here I’m gonna raise the bar, aim for the stars and go
HIGHER straight to the tip of the top
But don’t just give me the props, give me the dosh, I’m for
HIRE I’m good value, I don’t come cheap
But then again you know I don’t come weak, the flow’s just heat
HIRE hire Ess and I’m a bless ‘em with pure styles
I lay down patterns like I’m setting some floor tiles
And I don’t do it for the love do I look like I’m stupid to you bruv?
Don’t be fooling with me cuz
I’ve got love for the scene and a lust for the cream
Two extremes, so you know there must be stuff in between
And I don’t care if it’s wicked promotion
Just act like the pizza boy, bring me the dough, son
Because tonight we’ll be doing it my way
I say jump, you say how high, and then I say …

HOOK

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from FRMX3, released November 15, 2013
Produced by Matti Roots

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Yungun London, UK

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

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