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Calling all cars, calling all cars
If y'all out on the balcony, come inside
We about to get this kicking
Yow... When I say yard, y'all say core
Yard (core)
Yard (core)
When I say First, y'all say Coast
First (Coast)
First (Coast)
Yeah, I like how that sound
Alright. The next artist we going bring up to the stage is one of the uh... one of the most hard working emcees that we've had in the island for the last three years, right?
So, please help me welcome (Gimme di track deh)
Five Steez
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2. |
Diamond Gem
04:07
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Yeah
Son Raw (Yeah)
Sounds triumphant, y'nahmean
Montreal (Here we go)
Listen (Kingston)
Yow
Bless the god, the repertoire
Deep like a reservoir, sprinkle special sauce
Hotter than Sichuan (hot), to make a record strong
And not get it wrong, you need me in the session log (Need me)
Recalibrated, every empress salivating (Alla dem)
Been painting pictures, now I'm animating
Militant since twelve back in cadet training
Meditating, learnt the value of having patience (Yes)
This my emancipation, embrace destiny
My fate's testing me, MCing, a strange specialty
Never the same recipe (never), I chef with difference
West Indian, serving these issues like dishes
Riches in my future from spitting on computers
Beat MCs purple, a chick will say it's fuchsia
I'm never neutral, if it's beef, it's mutual
I have no scruples, it's fruitful to reduce you (Yes)
The underground dweller has risen to the surface
Shit is real like a motherfucker
Niggaz say I found God with the flow
Shaking up up up up up a storm a storm
This is where the buck buck stops
Won't care for anything you transpire
Knock, knock, Knock 'em out like Jack Dempsey
Aim, fire, fire, fire, fire
All hail the king, they name me godfather (Hail)
The general, young OG spitting raw lava (Fire)
Here's a kata from a rapper that you call master (Os)
Score every time, you get the ball after (Next)
Five seven, on tracks, I have a tall stature
You get lapped, I can walk past ya
Bring your whole crew, get your squad plastered
Never knew how wide the bomb blast is (Boom)
Competition get obliterated
As I'm scripting statements, yes, this is greatness
My flow is dangerous like a sword that's stainless
Choking strangers within my vocal ranges
Anything I write turn to golden pages (Uh huh)
Words on the mic prove I know the sages
Ahead of my time yet my soul is ancient
Here to inspire and provide motivation
The underground dweller has risen to the surface
Shit is real like a motherfucker
Niggaz say I found God with the flow
Shaking up up up up up a storm a storm
This is where the buck buck stops
Won't care for anything you transpire
Knock, knock, Knock 'em out like Jack Dempsey
Aim, fire, fire, fire, fire
Yow, yow
They try to crucify me but I paid for my sins (I did)
See realness in my eyes through the shade of my lens (Just look)
Push sum'n Japanese but I'm made for the Benz (Uh huh)
It's best to stay humble, too much hate on the ends (For real)
I got real ones but know about the fakest of friends
Wasn't there for the come up, only major events
Acknowledging certain names is a waste of my pen
The opps never stop seeing my greatness again (They won't)
Even the greatest of men had the fiercest critics
They can bring it, when I spit, you can hear my spirit (Feel it)
Only God can judge, I got balls and blood
Been fighting my whole life, I know war is love
My environment sorta like a lion's den (Yeah)
Had to look within for the highest Zen (Yeah)
When I spark, it's the finest blend
So every thought is a diamond gem
The underground dweller has risen to the surface
Shit is real like a motherfucker
Niggaz say I found God with the flow
Shaking up up up up up a storm a storm
This is where the buck buck stops
Won't care for anything you transpire
Knock, knock, Knock 'em out like Jack Dempsey
Aim, fire, fire, fire, fire
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Maintain
03:06
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Yeah, let's go
Yeah, uh huh
You ready for this one?
Listen (let's go)
Listen
Yow, yow
Listen this African funk, I brought the Afghan skunk
Son Raw pass the blunt, it feel like he blast the pump (Yeah)
I eat these beats up early like breakfast or brunch (Early)
You see me stash the trunk, it's not trash or junk (Uh uh)
I just need half a month to make the masses jump
As high as a classic dunk or gymnastic stunts (Whoo)
No need to brag or front, let's get these bags in bulk (Let's get it)
While we craft a cult, shaping the fashion pulse
Fly on any runway, never needed clearance
Even if I know you, there's a fee for the appearance (Pay me)
Repping a city, can't afford being careless (Uh uh)
Even the girl with me need basic street awareness (Yes)
Told her take it out the bag, keep it in reach
Nobody know my business, I don't speak in these streets (I don't)
They know the face though and they know the name
And that the flow is flames, the god so to say
It's from the jungle that I came
We live amongst beauty but we feel so much pain
It's strange, you will think there's all to gain
But lose everything and then it's such a strain
This game can take you to a different plane
You better focus or you will throw it down the drain
Fame and power can drive you insane
Stay grounded, give thanks and maintain
Ayo, ayo
Watch how I navigate (watch), the positive gravitate
My energy captivate, never procastinate (Uh uh)
You can't get validate if you move fabricate
Use the machete blade, lacerate a rattlesnake (Uh)
I had the fakes eradicate on the battle date
Then catch a plane at the Palisades to rap on stage (Yeah)
They hafta hate, I rather stay getting accolades
Avoid the masquerade, they quickly pass away
They call it bad mind in this place where I'm from
When we hear the guns, we need to be near the fun (Why?)
Society twisted, the sickness, I reflect it
Connect with the streets and spirits for protection (Uh huh)
The muse for my artform, witness the perfection (Witness)
Went into a trance for these lyrics that I'm sketching
Friends died, close my eyes, think of all my bredrin (Jah know)
Remember every day given is a blessing (Yes)
It's from the jungle that I came
We live amongst beauty but we feel so much pain
It's strange, you will think there's all to gain
But lose everything and then it's such a strain
This game can take you to a different plane
You better focus or you will throw it down the drain
Fame and power can drive you insane
Stay grounded, give thanks and maintain
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Ink Spillz
02:12
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Yow
I just let it spill on the page
For my people that been building with rage
We know about being in the field as a slave (We know it)
Make sure your mind is not still in a cage (Get free)
Get free by any means necessary
We have so many ancestors in the cemetery
Greatness hereditary, bloodline legendary
Black three sixty five, not just for February
Proud Jamaican, African son
Spitting raps from my tongue that's backed by the drums (Uh huh)
Liberation for those trapped in the slums
Revolution from hustlers stacking the funds
We trying to provide for future generations
While fighting for survival and our preservation
But we can gain our freedom with our dedication
So train your people, do your meditation
I just let it spill on the page
For my people that been building with rage
We know about being in the field as a slave (Uh huh)
Make sure your mind is not still in a cage (Get free)
Knowledge of self is what we all need (Need it)
The journey is like a climbing a tall tree
Introspection can make you switch direction
So check your options and pick the best one (Yes)
Don't lose your soul in this cruel world (Don't)
Especially if you a woman or you a girl
You a diamond, you a gem, you a pearl
When I see how they treat you, I truly hurl
Don't let people simple use you (Uh uh)
You have to know your enemy and know who's who
Conquer your foes, first master yourself
Seek wisdom if you really after the wealth
Again, good evening, people, my name is Five Steez
AKA the Five Star MC
AKA Category Five Hurricane
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5. |
The General
04:12
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Yeah
The General, uh huh, The General
The General, uh huh, The General (Wha yu know 'bout me?)
The General, uh huh, The General (Wha yu know 'bout The General?)
The General, uh huh, The General (You hear the name Five Steez but wha you really know though?
The General, uh huh, The General (Dem nuh know nut'n)
The General, uh huh, The General
The General, uh huh, The General (Yu ah guh know now)
The General, uh huh, The General (Yes, yes, yes)
Twenty Ten is when they first heard about me (Uh huh)
Five Steez been a General like Bounty
A killer on the mic, you best deliver on my price
I bet double you can't find a spitter so precise (Uh uh)
I gave enough dope for my catalog
You can rock with that, I don't need rap at all (Mi nuh need fi rap)
Mixtapes, EPs, and some albums
Plus nuff more in store, yu know mi cyaa done (Cyaa done)
Beats need ripping, shows need rocking
Schemes keep switching but the flow keep chopping (Uh huh)
The trees we're twisting, you won't need options
That means we're lifted, you know we popping
I been ruling the scene and put my team on
Took some time to regroup and relaunch
Rebranded, standing tall as ever
Like the walls of Mecca, the gods march forever (Yes)
The General, uh huh, The General
The General, uh huh, The General (Wha unu know 'bout Five Steez?)
The General, uh huh, The General
The General, uh huh, The General (Wha unu know 'bout The Five Star MC)
The General, uh huh, The General (The Category 5 Hurricane)
The General, uh huh, The General (Yeah, dem call mi nuff tings)
The General, uh huh, The General (But one ting dem call mi everyweh mi guh)
The General, uh huh, The General (Dat a di General)
Salute me when I enter the room
One man army, still send a platoon (Yes)
Always been a leader to the men in the crew
Let me show your soldiers how a general move (Just watch)
Salute me when I enter the room
One man army, still send a platoon
Always been a leader to the men in the crew
Let me show your soldiers how a general move
I don't debate rap, been doing this from way back
So I need to be paid stacks, that's straight facts
Gimme di mic, I blaze dat and leave the stage flat
Acapella, wid a band, or we play tracks
Who in Kingston did what I did for Hip Hop? (Who?)
Been dope before your favourite fraud had the big locks
Always cool but disrespect and get a quick box
Artists getting slapped, post it on TikTok
Steez, chill, yu ah guh too hard
There needs to be a bully in the schoolyard
For just cause, people telling dem is tough bars
Dem seh di artist dem a hit but is garbage dem a spit
That's why the music playing at the party full of shit (Fuckry)
I don't suck up to nobody so they hardly on my dick (Uh uh)
I do me and stand as my own man
I don't rep no gang, I came up with a whole plan
The General, uh huh, The General
The General, uh huh, The General
The General, uh huh, The General (Dat dem call mi)
The General, uh huh, The General (So when yu see mi)
The General, uh huh, The General (Wherever yu see mi)
The General, uh huh, The General (You better salute)
The General, uh huh, The General (Stand at attention)
The General, uh huh, The General (And salute me)
Salute me when I enter the room
One man army, still send a platoon (Uh huh)
Always been a leader to the men in the crew (Salute)
Let me show your soldiers how a general move
Salute me when I enter the room
One man army, still send a platoon
Always been a leader to the men in the crew
Let me show your soldiers how a general move
Salute The General
Yes
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First Coast
01:09
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I mean, nowadays, wid everybody kinda biting off of patois (biting off our style, yeah, yeah)
It probaly wouldn't mek a difference, but at the time, it was a big deal for us to kind of
Well, I will... I will add on and say Hip Hop has always sampled from Jamaican culture, Reggae, Dancehall, ever since the eighties. So, this is not new. But I find what makes us, what we do unique and what truly makes it Jamaican Hip Hop is not just the patois or you drop inna deejay style, but when you talk about that Jamaican reality which no one else can talk about. Today is Chubb Rock birthday. Today is Chubb Rock birthday. Chubb Rock is a legendary rapper born in Jamaica. Just like man like Heavy D. Born in Jamaica. And they've played their part in bigging up Jamaica around the world and Hip Hop. But they were never telling you about life in Kingston, life in Jamaica, which is what we do. You know what I mean? And you'll continue hearing that in the music and in the art. Yu nah mean. Because at the end of the day, Hip Hop is about two things, kind of about two things... keeping it real and repping where you come from, so...
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New Kingston ft Annajé
04:05
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Mmm
Mmm mmmm
Mmm
Yeah
Son Raw
I going tek unu pon a journey, yu zimme
Through my city
Mek unu know how wi flex, so let's roll
Yow, yow, yow
I pull up on the ends now
Turn the music off but the scent loud (Loud)
Rep my city, make my friends proud (Uh uh)
Fight for the culture, go ten rounds
Twelve for the championship, watch me dance on this (Watch me)
At my mouth corner is the ganja spliff (Yeah)
No more Rizzla, only Lion Pride
Doing the Willie Bounce from side to side
Rastafari seh Jah in I n I (Rastafari)
Watch for di Yeng Yeng riding by
Plus di squaddie dem, we nuh waa problem
One whiff, smell the grades in the oxygen
Just a normal day, nuff people gone away
So I miss the place is what they call to say
There's nowhere like dis
Living a life that's priceless in a crisis
In New Kingston, we vibe, yeah
Throw your hands up in the sky, tonight (Tonight)
We know we got our crime (Yeah)
We just live our lives
But still in our minds
In New Kingston is a vibe
What you know about the route taxi, or the roots from the natty?
With the truth 'bout Selassie, orange juice and a patty (Yeah)
Mind Joe Grind mek a move pon yu catty (Mind)
Real yardman, wi face screw and unhappy (Uh huh)
Put up yu hands dem if you know di anthem
Big up di man dem from Seaview to Grants Pen (Big up)
What you know bout di President and Skeng? (Wha yu know?)
What you know bout hot grabba and blem? (Wha yu know 'bout dat?)
This the lifestyle, Kingston is quite wild
Especially at night time, but there's a fine line
Check the flipside, mansions and sick rides
Every chick fly, plus the whip she drive (Dem gyal deh hot)
Dem ooman deh, yu call dem goodaz (Yeah)
Tell her sum'n sweet, she waa di sugar (Uh huh)
Do dem wrong, yu get bun, all di bulla
In this city, you hafta put out all you coulda
In New Kingston, we vibe, yeah
Throw your hands up in the sky, tonight (Tonight)
We know we got our crime (Yeah)
We just live our lives
But still in our minds
In New Kingston is a vibe
Man ah real yard man from Kingston (Yeah)
Rap on boom bap from it have the ill drums (Uh huh)
Gimme di riddim if yu know fi build one (Sen on)
I'm like Supercat and Big Pun (Whoo)
Skinny though, survive the city roads
Been wid pretty hoes like you see in videos
My style smooth like Biggie flow
I don't plan to die so don't let Diddy know (Nuh mek him know)
You know I'm Jamaican from the spliff I roll (Yeah)
Dragon Stout, no Michelob
Double XL, no pics for Vogue (Uh uh)
On the cover of The Source with the killer pose (Look at me)
Or Unsigned Hype with the iller quote (Yes)
I deserve an Emmy from the scripts I wrote
Never sniffing coke, everything I spit is dope
The opps miss the boat, I left them a little note
In New Kingston, we vibe, yeah
Throw your hands up in the sky, tonight (Tonight)
We know we got our crime (Yeah)
We just live our lives
But still in our minds
In New Kingston is a vibe
New Kingston, babe
New Kingston, babe
New Kingston, babe
New Kingston, baby
Ooh oh oh oh oooh
Yeah
In New Kingston is a vibe
Live our lives
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Juggle
03:39
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Yeah
Yow
More time, I don't even know, yow
Just haffi hold it and stay focused
Life is a juggle at times, I wonder how I don't go under
This hustle and grind, it's all come to a juncture
This stuff on my mind, feeling dumb for every blunder
It's gonna be fine, though my hunger feel like thunder
I juggle at times, I wonder how I don't go under
This hustle and grind, it's all come to a juncture
This stuff on my mind, feeling dumb for every blunder
It's gonna be fine, though my hunger feel like thunder
I made it so far, me, without a co-star
Been known to go hard, always had the dope bars (Always)
Since I had the old car, survived the crash in it
Oh Five accident, I only had a scratch in it
That's how I know I'm blessed (blessed), had more brushes with death
And there was no success, so I'm never stressed (Uh uh)
There were times I was down but I resurrect
Now I recollect the records set by my directorate (Yes)
But even with achievements, we still fighting demons
Trying to overcome it all in this life I'm leading (Uh huh)
Sometimes, we do wrong, for some righteous reasons
You have to find sum'n that you might believe in
You not woke full of hope, you probably smoking to cope
Whatever floating your boat, watch the coke and the dope (Watch it)
I roll my spliff ital, for me, it's vital
My random thoughts like a poetry recital
Life is a juggle at times, I wonder how I don't go under
This hustle and grind, it's all come to a juncture
This stuff on my mind, feeling dumb for every blunder
It's gonna be fine, though my hunger feel like thunder
I juggle at times, I wonder how I don't go under
This hustle and grind, it's all come to a juncture
This stuff on my mind, feeling dumb for every blunder
It's gonna be fine, though my hunger feel like thunder
I'm tired, surviving on a daily basis (Yeah)
Then came the pandemic, I started making changes
Spent time at home, outside, they say it's dangerous
I went in a zone, now, you see the weight I'm gaining (Just look at me)
Staying safe was draining, they say it's over
Now, it's war wid Russian and the Ukrainian soldiers (Jah know)
Miles away from here but it hiking the prices
And I'm sick of my job, can't strike in a crisis
I'm a hustler, find a way to double up (Yeah)
When you lose the work, it feel like an uppercut (Uh)
But I'm still afloat, scheming on my next move
I feel hope but I feel I'm in a mess too
It takes a lot to stay focused and disciplined
Look out for my parents and both of my siblings (Family first)
People see success but never notice the beginning
Just know dat whoever wrote this is riveting
Life is a juggle at times, I wonder how I don't go under
This hustle and grind, it's all come to a juncture
This stuff on my mind, feeling dumb for every blunder
It's gonna be fine, though my hunger feel like thunder
I juggle at times, I wonder how I don't go under
This hustle and grind, it's all come to a juncture
This stuff on my mind, feeling dumb for every blunder
It's gonna be fine, though my hunger feel like thunder
Life is a juggle at times, I wonder how I don't go under
This hustle and grind, it's all come to a juncture
This stuff on my mind, feeling dumb for every blunder
It's gonna be fine, though my hunger feel like thunder
I juggle at times, I wonder how I don't go under
This hustle and grind, it's all come to a juncture
This stuff on my mind, feeling dumb for every blunder
It's gonna be fine, though my hunger feel like thunder
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9. |
Simple Man
03:13
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Yeah
Yow
Listen, yow
I like my wines Malbec or Rose
Indica or sativa, that is OK
Not no low grades, pop pills, no way
Used to do sports but silly games, I don't play
Started rapping, thinking 'bout it whole day
Wished I could show Sway or meet Toure
Now, sending tracks to Sirius is how I throw shade
Not a forty five, but every joint is so blaze
Sometimes, I can't believe how I did this
Burnt bridges, in the past, I was livid
But I splitted, they were caught up in their image
Now, they finished, said I'm vintage but I'm still in it
And winning, release dates and flights in my schedule
Working on myself in these fights with the devil
To whom much is given, this is life on this level
Speeding towards my goals with my right on the pedal
I'm just a simple man
Trying to live out my plan
I did the work with my own hands
It's always on principle that I stand
I'm just a simple man
Trying to live out my plan
I did the work with my own hands
It's always on principle that I stand
I was taught different, raised with morals and values
In a country where it's plural with bad news
Small place but five dead every day
We use to it anyway so we never phased
The headlines find a clever phrase
Hold your head and pray people seek a better way
So many legal routes to getting paid
Before you send some weight, send a resume
Easier said than done but too many dead from guns
If you making some money, give your bredrin some
Teach him how to fish instead of reaching for the blick
No respect for a dude that beating on his chick
Real men have codes, too many fathers missing
If you cyaa keep it real, then mi nah guh listen
Your word is your bond, check the verse in my song
I never lose myself though the herb is so strong
I'm just a simple man
Trying to live out my plan
I did the work with my own hands
It's always on principle that I stand
I'm just a simple man
Trying to live out my plan
I did the work with my own hands
It's always on principle that I stand
These days and times
How you feeling?
Can you make some noise?
Can you make some noise for DJ Sawandi
Make some noise for the city of Kingston
Make some noise for yourselves
That's lovely
Alright
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10. |
Broken Heart
02:15
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Real life stuff, y'know
Happens a lot
Yow
It took her thirty years to leave the marriage (Long time)
By then, even the grandkids were damaged
Regretting the children she carried for this savage
He used to abuse her, beat the children growing up (Alla dem)
You'd think it would stop when they were old enough (But it never did)
Two daughters, one son, they were molded tough
(They had to be)
She'd never thought she'd be a victim (Uh uh)
She stayed in it for the sake of the children
Even though he had more with other women
(Yow)
They were high school lovers but times change
It became migraines from his mind games (Yeah)
Till her mind frame was to make him die in pain (Watch this now)
Yes, this what she told me
Yow, listen
It was like this
Three decades of hurt compounded
And he felt it all when the gun sounded
She stood for a second dumbfounded
Then disappear before anybody come round him (Run)
He got everything he had coming to him
She went to the river, threw the gun into it (Splash)
She had her alibi, she was running through it
Her true whereabouts, nobody knew it
She held her composure like a soldier (Yeah)
Went home and broke down when the cops told her
Nobody suspected her, they never knew (They never did)
About the abuse, so why tell the truth? (Why?)
For his children, his death was bittersweet
Try to find good memories and they grit they teeth
He been dead to them, their lives torn apart
They don't care she shot him over a broken heart
That's how the story goes
Sometimes, that's how it should go
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11. |
Dub Outro
01:18
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Five Steez Kingston, Jamaica
It is impossible to have a credible discussion about Hip Hop in Jamaica without mentioning Five Steez. Although the country isn't a hot spot for Hip Hop talent, the underground Kingston MC has graced international festivals and has been acknowledged by Earmilk, Okayplayer and The FADER. ... more
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