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This Drip lyrics
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Intro
(Filtered, cosmic pad. Distant radio static) (Voice: Sun, booming, distorted) "A-yo, testing, one-two. This is your judge, The Sun." "We got a new cypher in session. The beef? Water." "Planets, line 'em up. Earth, you got the mic first." "Let's see what this... 'drip'... is all about. Ugh."
Verse 1
(Voice: Earth, arrogant, confident) (808 drops, triplet hats kick in) Yo, check the globe, I'm the one in liquid blue Two-thirds surface, what you gonna do? They call me Terra, got the biosphere Y'all just rocks and gas, livin' out in fear (Voice: Mars, envious, dry filter) "That's easy to say, you arrogant blue dot I'm the red planet, dry, and stuck in this spot Got the canyons, Valles Marineris, look at the size But they're just empty scars under dusty red skies (Wistful, pad swells) I dream of oceans, see 'em fillin' up the plains My whole world shiftin', carved by liquid rains If I had your ratio, that two-thirds flow I'd be the living, not the dusty old show."
Chorus
(Voice: Earth, full energy, layered vocals) Y'all just dust, y'all just ice I got the drip that gives 'em life Call it oceans, call it rain Y'all just thirsty, feel the pain You got canyons, I got flow You got ice, I make it grow This ain't a beef, it's just a fact I got the H2O, and that's a wrap
Verse 2
(Voice: Saturn, echoing, icy reverb) "Hold up, Earth, your boasting's kinda loud I got the rings, I'm the jewel of the crowd Yeah, they're frozen, water ice, a billion shards A pretty halo, but they're just frozen cards (Wistful, bells chime) I dream those rings were liquid, swirlin' 'round A liquid highway with a tidal sound Not just a frozen crown, but a real deep sea But I'm just gas and ice, envyin' your degree." (Voice: Sun, booming, distorted, cutting in) "ENOUGH! What is this obsession with this liquid? This H2O sounds frankly... insipid! I'm pure plasma, fusion at the core If I had that much water, I wouldn't be here anymore! (Confused) This 'drip' you speak of, it threatens my fire! I'm the judge, I'm the king, I'm the empire!"
Bridge
(Voice: Earth, laughing) (Drums stripped back, pad and 808 only) He don't get it, 'cause he's just a hothead While the whole damn system's wishin' they were wet They just mad 'cause they can't hydrate Stuck in their orbit, sealed in their fate
Verse 3
(Voice: Pluto, distant, cold filter) "Don't forget me, way out in the dark My heart is frozen, just a nitrogen mark Tombaugh Regio, a sea of solid ice I got the subsurface, but at what price? (Wistful, building) I dream that heart would melt, a vast dark sea A hidden ocean, finally set free But I'm the dwarf, the cold and distant one While you just spin there, bathin' in the sun." (Voice: Earth, final flex, drums return) Yeah, I hear you. The cycle's my design Evaporation, that's the bottom line I make it rain, I make the rivers run I'm dynamic, life has begun This ain't a battle, I'm in my own class While y'all are frozen, solid, or just gas So keep on dreaming, I'll just keep on flowin' The only one with drip, and yeah, I'm knowin'.
Chorus
(Full energy, all layers) Y'all just dust, y'all just ice I got the drip that gives 'em life Call it oceans, call it rain Y'all just thirsty, feel the pain You got canyons, I got flow You got ice, I make it grow This ain't a beef, it's just a fact I got the H2O, and that's a wrap
Bridge
(Building intensity) He don't get it, 'cause he's just a hothead While the whole damn system's wishin' they were wet They just mad 'cause they can't hydrate Stuck in their orbit, sealed in their fate
Chorus
(Maximum energy) Y'all just dust, y'all just ice I got the drip that gives 'em life Call it oceans, call it rain Y'all just thirsty, feel the pain You got canyons, I got flow You got ice, I make it grow This ain't a beef, it's just a fact I got the H2O, and that's a wrap
Chorus
(Layered ad-libs) Y'all just dust, y'all just ice I got the drip that gives 'em life Call it oceans, call it rain Y'all just thirsty, feel the pain You got canyons, I got flow You got ice, I make it grow This ain't a beef, it's just a fact I got the H2O, and that's a wrap
Outro
(Voice: Earth, fading out, cosmic FX) "Cypher closed. Mic drop." (Voice: Mars, whispered, distant) "Just... one drop..." (Voice: Sun, distorted) "I still don't get it. Session over. Get out." (Beat fades, pad remains and fades)
Inside the recording
"A-yo, testing, one-two. This is your judge, The Sun." "We got a new cypher in session. The beef? Water."
"Don't forget me, way out in the dark My heart is frozen, just a nitrogen mark
"I still don't get it. Session over. Get out."
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