Joe Budden – My Downfall.
“My Downfall” didn’t make Joe Budden’s upcoming album, The Great Escape, due to sample clearance problems.
Joe uses this track to speak on his fans, the blogs, Slaughterhouse, getting punched in the face, and his ex, Tahiry. I know the “internet soldiers” have had this one on repeat since it dropped last week.
Here’s his verse about Tahiry and why they broke up:
“Tell me what am I to do,
If I ain’t have a soul, a nigga always had you,
Pardon duke, but I got to speak candidly,
How the fuck could you abandon me?
With five years of blood, sweat, and tears,
But there was obviously a disconnect,
We turned that into a disrespect,
Said she been holding it inside for years,
She’s unhappy, so the girl I want to marry,
Was afraid to come and tap me.
So I went away on tour,
And you went on one of your own,
But while you was on horn all day with ol’ boy,
Did you ever think about what it would do to your home?
What’s his name, where’s he live?
What is it he offers, what’s he got to give,
And I love you so much, that when I caught on to your fibs,
I hit you like a man, you wore it in your ribs,
I was heated but had to be strong enough,
to remove the infidelity and see what’s underneath it,
Come to find out you felt lied to and cheated.
Mistreated, and kept it a big secret.
Or are you just loose?
And I’m so niave, I’m tryin to give you an excuse.
Now that I refuse to believe, we life partners,
Always rode around whatever tried to tear apart us,
Can’t use anything I ever gave you to bury me.
You’re supposed to be the one to bury me,
You want to leave then goodbye.”
It’s cool to get an inside look at their break up, but I hope he didn’t really “hit her like a man.”
The Kid Daytona – Inspire
The latest leak off 6th Sense’s upcoming project, It’s A 6th Sense Mixtape Yo!! Volume 2 & 3, is “Inspire” by The Kid Daytona. Daytona uses this track to speak on his rise in the game.
Here’s an excerpt:
“I’ve been playing around with skill,
Eventually good luck happened,
I quit playing around for real,
Sorta like when Mike met Phil Jackson, an oasis,
I took greatness, and embraced it,
Hit the pavement shit ain’t been the same since.
They say I’m changing, nah bitch I’m morphin,
Went to bed amazing, woke up awesome,
I had dedication, niggas was like you ain’t on yet?
(Pssst you’ll never make it.)”
I like that line about people telling The Kid Daytona that he’d never make it. These are the same haters that he refers to in the hook:
“I can’t wait to go,
And show grandma I made it yo,
Shit on all the niggas that hated though,
Just to see the look on they faces, ohh,
This is what you call inspirational,
This is what you call inspirational,
Speaking out for a generation,
Look at me, I’m inspiration.”
Keep an eye out for more from The Kid Daytona coming soon!
Bun B – Pants on The Ground
It was just a matter of time before a hip hop artist worked the popular phrase “Pants on the Ground” into a song. I’m just happy that Bun B and Double O, from Kidz In The Hall, had the first go.
Bun uses this track to stunt, as he spits rhymes about his spending habits, cars, and clothes.
Here’s an excerpt:
“You know what we on, you know how we do,
We ridin G5, you ain’t seen a G2,
My dash digital like R2D2,
Waitin on a ride mane? I wouldn’t want to be you.”
That R2D2 line is pretty hilarious!
The “Pants On The Ground Freestyle” served as a bonus track off No Mixtape, which dropped this morning.
