Stay Cool

Album cover art for "Stay Cool" by The Roots & Martin Luther McCoy

The Roots & Martin Luther McCoy - Rap, Philadelphia Rap

Stay Cool

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Duration: 2:36

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Black Thought] Bass for your face, highs for your eyes Don't blink, Black Inc. has arrived – all rise! Rude bwoys, keep that thang at your side Be alright, muh'fuckers! Philly, we up in here, we all live I'm puffin' this Cohiba, mami cool in her heels All she ever seem to do is play it cool, for real She be pushin' Pop' vessel, and his shoes is ill But her hand keep slippin' on the woodgrain wheel But it's cool, we never slippin' when it's moves to make Especially when what we talkin' ain't ya usual cake I pump bass for y'all bathin' apes to get charged Nah, I'm not a dealer, I'm a poet at large We in the wind with the roof back, lettin' the breeze hit us The bathrobe on, with sweatpants and slippers Comin' to pay a visit to whoever on the hit-list Some of y'all been tryin' for years, you'll never get this, fools [Hook] Check it out (Stay cool) Stay cool, daddy (Stay cool) Stay cool, mama (Hey, hey) C'mon, check, yeah! (Stay cool, motherfuckers, y'all know the rules) (Hey, stay cool... stay cool) There it is (Yeah, hah-hah, stay coooool) [Verse 2: Black Thought] Hip-Hop my main bitch, I got a few on the side The game stitched, yo, I'm doin' my job Go up against enormous odds Wouldn't break a sweat, money make a bet Funny, son, you a threat? Well, I ain't shakin' yet Twenty-fo'/sev' chillin', tougher than penicillin From the block where the crooked cops killin' like a villain Children in the hood gettin' rocked by they buildings And brothers 'cross the board gettin' knocked by the millions The stress got me ignitin' the potent marijuana leaf Tryin' to play it cooler than a polar bear colony You feel the music, know I'm over there probably Pimpin' on the same system that forever shorted me I got the soul of a young Sam Cooke, when I spit It make you wanna make a new dance up It's all to the good, shorty, go on, do that stuff It's not another sound system rockin' steady as us And it's cool [Hook] (Stay Cool) Yeah (Stay Cool) Stay cool, ha (Hey, hey) Check it out, and just... (Stay cool, motherfuckers, y'all know the rules) Yeah! (Hey, stay cool... stay cool) (Yeah, hah-hah, stay coooool) [Verse 3: Black Thought] Yeah, when I'm cruisin' in my vehicle, the Jakes harass me They never ride past me, they really comin' at me, right? They wanna know where the drugs, guns, and cash be Probably wanna get me to run, so they can blast me Just blast me in your box, play my shit I know it's crowded at the top, 'cause I'm on the tip And that's as high up at the top as a brother could get And how I do it make a lot of muh'fuckers upset But it's fine, 'Riq Jizzle, and I'm back for mine In case y'all gettin' tired of the same ol' shine And I'm calm, calculated, and perfectly aligned The way I'm operatin', what is it – surgery or rhyme? It's not a thang when I lower the gradient lens frames I'm cooler than Clyde Stubblefield drummin' for James Hip-Hop is out of Hustleville, comin' for change I exercise 'til a muscle build, breakin' the chains And I'm cool [Hook] (Stay cool) (Stay cool) (Hey, hey) (Stay cool, motherfuckers, y'all know the rules) (Hey, stay cool... stay cool) (Yeah, ha-ha, stay coooool)

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Credits

Writers
  • Black Thought
  • Dice Raw
  • Paul Griffin
  • Yolanda Paterno
  • Melvin “Chaos” Lewis