Nothing Ventured

Lyrics

[Verse 1 - Black Thought] Merry fifth-mas 'til you get your trees up Black Thought spit like a firearm - lickin' your knees up Fifth militia crowdpleaser [a]like Nate Wally Worldwide - civilized when it speak ollie Courage under fire - Thought, the wire-walkin' SP Smooth-talkin' rap Attila - the hundred-spliff skilla So travel the globe, there's none iller Come blows in the spine - tell her why the rhyme killer Clone grafted on sweat that I shed - somethin' I said Rock a fifth insignia all up on his head My black lung regiment can't relate with fake shit I'm swimmin' with up inside the snake pit Makeshift niggas is lost out there - the [?] turn the mics off Y'all MCs should duck down We comin' with this well-wrapped sound from Philly-town Shatter your crown - what the people want now [Verse 2 - Ed O.G.] Now all these chickens runnin' round with they head cut off And if you ever caught me sleepin', it was after I got my nut off You like shinin'? It's gettin' shut off We keep ones like strippers who shake they butt off A lot of y'all can't pay back advances I get my grind on just like lap dances We in the last days, the last chances No storybook romances - me and Thought got the answers If we wylin' or chillin' growin' up in bloody streets Or even in bleedin' buildings - this rap thing feedin' millions You on a mission to shine and glisten 'Cause money talks, and when it talks, motherfuckers listen Now, 'cause your ish flop That don't apply to me when my ish drop I love hip-hop, and love Roxbury Niggas be breakin' when I rock steady But y'all ain't ready for Eddie - c'mon [Verse 3 - Ed O.G.] My team can only do the best that we can And will never let a chicken make us less than a man Breathe every breath that you can - I'll be the life of the party You'll be the death of your man with your weapon in hand Yo, I'm liable to let loose on my rival On my arrival, I spit verses like the Bible In a language that's tribal to ensure my survival Up in the clouds off the hydro When I pass you, don't get salted like a cashew I do what I want to, and you do what you have to Ed O.G. - and none of y'all ahead of me On point is what you better be - dog, check the pedigree