lirik lagu mcenroe & birdapres - grumpy old men
we sit on the park bench as long time outcasts
what once looked far fetched has finally come to pass
as kids asked santa claus for techs and a mixer
what we once did for props, now for checks and six figures
at the open mic rappers outnumber the audience
i’m staying home tonight cos no one knows where the party is
it’s downloaded drums now, hip hop is broadband
but i still got dusty thumbs so i feel like the odd man
a throwback to the past, a relic or a fossil
call grandmaster flash and tell him its his apostle
i’m third generation, lasted since ’92
did i join the hip hop nation or a b~st~rd offshoot
they laughed and mocked you, the spazzes and jocks who
liked ac/dc, now they’re rapping along too
at the high school dance and it’s one long conga line
make me feel like maybe it’s wrong to rhyme
they called it the blues and gave it a colour
question whether anyone will live through the summer
it goes skin deep when you expose the fact
that my old gym teacher ain’t supposed to rap
younger and hungrier, [?] and under
wonder where your influence lies in all this blunder
[?] voice plus you like to f~ck with white boys
plugging a mic for a night filled with white noise
might be i’m more like you than i think
it’s likely i won’t like you when i drink
we used to have a thing here, you weren’t around
till the blunts and the biz started slowing it down
all you gotta do is nod, there’s no dancing
and the violence has long been abandoned
the mandem ain’t coming near your jam
but it’s standing room only, who gives a d~mn
holler if you hear me, hear me if i holler
all of this is clearly all over a dollar
all of this theory, calling this is hollow
none of us will ever appear at the apollo
how about my heroes, hard for me to swallow
how the h~ll the hottest era living in squalor
holler if you hear me, hear me if i holler
all of this is clearly all over a dollar
no one wants to listen to an old timer’s ravings
only way they’d turn the clock back is daylight savings
we could go with the flow, get with the program
‘stead we say no, p~ss and moan like old men
those who hear me are becoming an army
the sentiment is spreading at a rate that’s alarming
we know what we want but not how to make it so
seems like those who been around can’t accept the status quo
will i be the last to know where the final finger’s pointed
and the blame laid to rest and a new king appointed
and the corporate put to death and the final list made
who’s really coming fresh, who should be getting paid
when it’s all said is done, the judgement’s handed down
we’re back to having fun, we’re rid of all the clowns
and there isn’t any frauds or fakes or wannabes
will we then pause and make room for me?
they called it the rock and gave it a colour
bought a house on the hill like they created a culture
the choicest cuts was saved for the vultures
it’s this hip hop muzak that’s making you duller
stimulate you to shop and not to riot
heard it a few times and though that you’d try it
like the 4 track to punk, the deep south to crunk
45 singles to the underground funk
everything needs that spark to ignite it
put the fire in the people so the power can’t fight it
history rewrites itself, those that bite it
are the creators in the eyes of the short sighted
i do it from habit, hardly i practice
do i look like i’m getting paid off of this rap sh~t?
it ain’t guilt even, it’s just that i’m aware
don’t get caught sleeping with your hands in the air
holler if you hear me, hear me if i holler
all of this is clearly all over a dollar
all of this theory, calling this is hollow
none of us will ever appear at the apollo
how about my heroes, hard for me to swallow
how the h~ll the hottest era living in squalor
holler if you hear me, hear me if i holler
all of this is clearly all over a dollar
holler if you hear me, hear me if i holler
all of this is clearly all over a dollar
all of this theory, calling this is hollow
none of us will ever appear at the apollo
how about my heroes, hard for me to swallow
how the h~ll the hottest era living in squalor
holler if you hear me, hear me if i holler
all of this is clearly all over a dollar
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