For the Culture

Lyrics

Natural Elements - "For the Culture" [Emcee(s): Swigga (AKA L-Swift), Agu (AKA Mr. Voodoo), and Anthony Cruz (AKA A-Butta)] [Producer(s): GxBxT] [Scratches: Petey Complex] [Verse 1: Swigga (AKA L-Swift)] Mazel tov, NE the unstoppable force Oliver North popping off on an obstacle course Pasta with sauce, popping corks on an island resort I'm renting snorkeling equipment, my clients the Snorks Google it and you'll see why it's funny I'm with my poodle and my bitch, and we're fleeing the country On the Caribbean Sea, and it's sunny The exchange rate is great, easy is the money Uh, and NE is the sign of the times So every time I'm going in, I be out of my mind Looking out for ghetto birds, the eye in the sky Selassie I eye-and-eye, I'm high in the ride Steamy, getting top from the cream of the crop I'm in a reasonable spot and my demons are not They get to steaming in the pot when I see them and pop They call it real hip hop, but it's really just hot International, it's not just for cities and blocks No Vince Staples, can't give me $2 milli' to stop No disrespect to him, but Swigga cannot It's for the motherfucking culture if niggas forgot [Hook: Agu (AKA Mr. Voodoo) and Swigga (AKA L-Swift) with Scratches by Petey Complex] [Agu (AKA Mr. Voodoo)] NE rocks the house [Swigga (AKA L-Swift)] For the culture [Agu (AKA Mr. Voodoo)] And you know my man Swigga turns it out [Swigga (AKA L-Swift)] For the culture [Agu (AKA Mr. Voodoo)] And my man A-Butta rocks the house [Swigga (AKA L-Swift)] For the culture [Agu (AKA Mr. Voodoo)] And you know Mr. Voodoo turns it out [Swigga (AKA L-Swift)] For the culture [Verse 2: Agu (AKA Mr. Voodoo)] Futuristic, lyrically pugilistic. You've been kissed with Two fists, and sweet science the music, spits hyperbolic Syllabic sess with Dalai mystic, quantum physics. When I Floss on lyrics, it's rocket launchers for the staunchest critics Pain like low-blows wherever I go after bro flow Jheri curl juice stains remains, I got the soul glow Plasma brains, 360 scale away, swans appraise Live on stage, Randy Watson mic-drop with arms raised Cut from Heaven's cloth, what I create deva- -state for six straight days, then I take the seventh off Extreme like the internet, light beams intercept Lay pipe within depth, a light beam in the flesh The mic and me begin to mesh—for emcees, usually means their death When the nostrils flare like nozzles on spinning TECs Couldn't see me even if you had a composite sketch Apostlic to this hip hop shit, I'll spit agnostic test [Hook: Agu (AKA Mr. Voodoo) and Swigga (AKA L-Swift) with Scratches by Petey Complex] [Agu (AKA Mr. Voodoo)] NE rocks the house [Swigga (AKA L-Swift)] For the culture [Agu (AKA Mr. Voodoo)] And you know my man Swigga turns it out [Swigga (AKA L-Swift)] For the culture [Agu (AKA Mr. Voodoo)] And you know Mr. Voodoo rocks the house [Swigga (AKA L-Swift)] For the culture [Agu (AKA Mr. Voodoo)] And my man A-Butta turns it out [Swigga (AKA L-Swift)] For the culture [Verse 3: Anthony Cruz (AKA A-Butta)] I count blessings upon blessings. Ain't no Rest for the wicked. I tell ya, they'll sell ya Anything under the Sun and package it as interstellar I'm catching bitches slipping—Cinderella—but I'm a Warrior Like Andre Iguodala, armed with a weapon Dressed in chainmail armor for the Armageddon We're getting into transhumanism—that is Not a euphemism. 90-proof I'm sipping in a Black hoop' I'm sitting, it's a brand-new religion And I've been in my bag like Houdini, a magician, an Escapist breaking away from the chains of the Matrix, staying away from the mainstream Snake pit—I done felt it, it's all venomous My Natural Elements been did it, we're trained specialists Depressed but I wouldn't say that I'm a pessimist Actually, it's quite the opposite. I'm an optimist In my Prime like Optimus. Hip hop, and you don't stop I'm a star but choose to remain anonymous Puerto Rock from the projects in Harlem, where I Started from, reading Marvel comics, watching martial Art flicks that developed my thought process into The person I am. I'm a poet, not a prophet. You's a Puppet out for profit, and I get it 'cause every dollar Counts, but knowledge is power, and that's priceless Time doesn't exist. Therefore, we're all timeless I'm dressed in gentleman's attire, and I'm getting higher Feeling like Al Pacino with Michelle Pfeiffer I levitate to Heaven's gate to spit hellfire I'm Vincent Price, my wifey like Elvira Strapped like Al Qaeda, trapped like Rikers Island You right, I might be wilding. Iced-out medallions Smile at my problems without taking valium Or Adderall. Nah, not at all. After All these years on this planet, I've had a ball Pouring champagne at the gala My mic is Thor's hammer in Valhalla Or Land of the Giants. When shit hits the fan Which side will you stand by? The cabal or the alliance? Awkward as the silence in the room or North Korean Scientists confiding in Kim Jong Un High as an astronaut's mission to the moon AKA Stanley Kubrick filming in a room Zoom! [Outro: Swigga (AKA L-Swift)] For the culture For the culture For the culture