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RESPECT produced by Mike and Keys -Shion Remix-

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<HEADER> [Mix-Intent:Isolate Stems,Maximize Separation] </HEADER> [Intro:wheels on wet asphalt,spray can hiss,dry kick slam,neon flicker,178bpm warehouse night,no vocal] Aerosol rattle Wheels kiss wet asphalt Back alley lights cut No permit no curfew no ceiling [Verse 1:feral aggressive male rap,close dry grit,tight pocket,kick locked,raw dirty street,lawless zone] Ngga, when you been broke Back against the rope And tryna hang onto hope This the last ounce of it 2 steps back Ain’t the way to go What frustration feel like UK Emmy White Chris don’t know When you overqualified Talking KPIs Got the Business tryna grow And they tryna stunt you Man, they used to hunt you Now they playin wit ya dough Tryna tell me bout myself Strength and weaknesses Got me soundin like a hoe Stealing ideas Using ebonics When they present They slideshows Product removed from culture Leave a boardroom Of vultures tryna call me bro No [Pre-Chorus:half-time into full sprint,relentless forward drive,wheel grind swell] I lace the boot and I break the lock Tag the brick while the night shift watch If the system skate on my name for sport I take the whole block and I rewrite court [Chorus:spelled hook,call and response,hard stop hits,roller skate outlaw,gritty breakbeat industrial hip-hop,178bpm] R-E S-P E-C T Me B-O S-S U-P Boss up R-E S-P E-C T Me P-A Y U-P Pay up [Solo:wheel grind lead,spray can percussion,graffiti on wet concrete,dirty guitar stabs,178bpm no vocal,hard stop] [Post-Chorus:gang shout,wheel scrape adlib,neon flicker,raw dirty street] Respect me Boss up Pay up Slide the wall Hit the cut Don’t tap brakes Pay up [Verse 2:feral aggressive male rap,faster cadence,tight pocket,relentless forward drive,lawless zone] Maybe if I code switched They’d promote me To CMO and summo shit Maybe if I ass kiss And Unclench my fist I just might be mo rich make yo business cool Bring the profits through Then them lay-offs come hit Targeting the black folks And the brown folks As the kink in the ship They Lie ‘bout decisions and data ‘Scuse my gramma Fuck you krackas Who ignorant to systemic Glass ceilings And wanna repeat the chapters Funny how the corporate life Is like corpse life How can a ngga really live life When they either gon Dead ya life Or idea The only way to make shit right [Chorus:spelled hook,call and response,hard stop hits,wider stack,roller skate outlaw,178bpm] R-E S-P E-C T Me B-O S-S U-P Boss up R-E S-P E-C T Me P-A Y U-P Pay up [Solo:sub bass slide,broken breakbeat fill,rim snare rolls,asphalt scrape,178bpm no vocal,hard stop] [Break:drums drop,urethane wheels,spray can hiss,bass re-enters,warehouse night] No badge in the alley No clock on the grind I paint the brick loud Then I vanish in lines [Verse 3:command feral male rap,heavier bass,kick fatter,raw dirty street,lawless zone] Hustler, entrepreneur businessman show you what the difference is Husslas survive By any means Whether 9 to 5 He gotta feed his kids He might slang a bean He might’ve did a bid But his life he might give secure his rib entrepreneur might’ve found a window To exploit Work for himself instead businessman Might’ve found a team With a room full of people That he sold on that dream people gon follow If you know how to lead Shit, me I been all 3 Them employee days I just can’t sustain I rather take checks In my business name Experience and know-how is IP none of this shit gon come for free [Bridge:spoken-rap over breakbeat,then lift,wheel grind into sprint] I skate the crack in the concrete law Leave a name on the wall they can’t outlaw You want the culture, then you cut the check You want the motion, then you show respect I do not clock in to kiss the throne I own the wheels and I own the zone If they hunt the dough then they hunt the mind I take the IP and I redraw lines [Verse 4:peak flow,same feral voice,graffiti on wet concrete,relentless forward drive,178bpm] I grind the rail till the spark look holy Tag a thesis on a wall they stole me Boardroom vultures talk brotherhood Then they mine the slang for the quarterly good I been the kink they want out the ship I been the spark they want off the clip So I boss the lane with a outlaw pace Every letter sprayed is a claim on space Hustler in the night, entrepreneur in the books Business in the name, but the street still looks If experience is IP then the invoice due You used the sound, now you pay it through [Final-Chorus:double-time feel at same bpm,stacked shouts,hard stop hits,roller skate outlaw,178bpm] R-E S-P E-C T Me B-O S-S U-P Boss up R-E S-P E-C T Me P-A Y U-P Pay up Respect me Boss up Pay up Wheels don’t kneel Walls don’t lie Write it wet Let it dry R-E S-P E-C T Me P-A Y U-P Pay up [Solo:outlaw sprint,wheel grind scream,dirty guitar scrape,spray can roll,breakbeat smash,178bpm no vocal,hard stop] [Outro:beat collapse,wheels fade,last spray can hiss,warehouse night] No ceiling No curfew Pay up [End]