Hot Songs: (4/30/10) 8 Ball & MJG – “Life Goes On” (Featuring Slim Thug) & Jay Electronica – “The Ghost of Christopher Wallace”

8 Ball & MJG – “Life Goes On” (Featuring Slim Thug)

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The southern legends speak about persevering through life’s ups and downs on this Drumma Boy-produced single off of the upcoming Ten Toes Down album.

All three artists put forth serious lyrics about the game of life, but MJG’s verse best embodies the song’s theme:

“Some of our mothers and fathers are gone,
Our sisters and brothers are gone,
Our babies and children are gone,
But, Life. Goes. On.
And so you gotta be strong,
Because hard times do not discriminate,
They only intimidate bully and eliminate people without any faith,
And if it wasn’t for the pitfalls in my life,
I never ever would have learned how to climb out,
Some things you can’t be told or taught, some things you just gotta find out,
Some people go from millions to nothing,
Some people go from nothing to mills,
But what both of them got in common, neither one of them is happy still,
You can be a preacher or pack the steal, or whatever your tactics is,
Soo many people out here so fake, they need to take a break and practice real,
Pimp tight M J, tryin to live life, and trying to live good,
I played my part but I didn’t write the book.”

8 Ball & MJG’s eighth studio album drops on May 4th.

Jay Electronica – “The Ghost of Christopher Wallace”

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Jay Electronica released a new song today, and that rare occurrence deserves a post in itself, ha!  No he didn’t give us the much anticipated video for “Exhibit A,” but this Notorious B.I.G.-inspired track will do.

Jay Elect speaks on the current state of the game with his opening lines:

“The game ain’t been the same since B.I.G. died,
And Wu swarmed on New York from out that bee hive,
Don’t talk to me bout emcees got skill,
Don’t talk to me bout who’s the king of the hill,
Don’t talk to me bout who’s the best alive,
Or who’s in your top five,
Cause he’s not ill,
Real recognize real,
Stick to your deal,
Try to make a cool mill, off the single,
With that ringtone to bill,
In three years you’ll be nil.”

That metaphor about the Wu-Tang clan building buzz out of Staten Island, similar to bees coming out of a hive, is awesome.