---------------------------------------------------------------- NDC 47: Nordic Discord Challenge - Style: Hip hop - Theme: The Roman Empire ---------------------------------------------------------------- Lyrics: What's the distinction 'tween me and you? What's the distinction 'tween me and you? Back when Pompey was posted with Crassus countin' denarii I was schemin' with a gang of legions on the boundaries Got the stylus and the wax, got down to conquest But sometimes, the sharp end of this imperium can turn the Senate against you But you were a true Roman, I could sense it in you I still recollect the forum steps where the daggers went through you That's foul stuff, but I'll not forget the campaigns we went through And I'ma do what I must to make the populace convinced, dude 'Cause you my brother, Mark; and Lepidus, I'm still wit' you Damn the strife, man, I miss you, and that's just keepin' it real wit' you You see, the truth is, everybody wanna know how tight me and Agrippa is And who I'm still allied with Then I got these two-faced senators I first grew with Claimin' they want peace, talkin' like they (Do not resist the legion) Spit poison in the Curia, speakin' on new unions Take provinces, then talk foul, and we can do this Until then, I ain't even speakin' your name Just keep my name off your tongue, and we can keep it the same, man It ain't that I'm too grand to listen to the rumors It's just that I'm too damn grand to pay attention to 'em That's the distinction What's the distinction 'tween me and you? You speak a good one, but you don't do what you're supposed to do I act on my ambition, never deal with commotions I'm used to livin' Emperor style and straight boastin' What's the distinction 'tween me and you? You speak a good one, but you don't do what you're supposed to do I act on my ambition, never deal with commotions I'm used to livin' Emperor style and straight boastin' Yo, I stay with the gladius, while you try to perpetrate, toy with it Never knew about true conquest 'til Augustus did it (Yeah) I stay embattled while you motherfuckers get coddled I smash the Gauls like a hammer blow from a Thracian (Yeah) Come and get it, trampled on plebs by the millions I be takin' consorts while consorts be takin' issue So what the fuck am I supposed to do? I pop amphorae and hot pilum-points at each and all of you (Come on!) A ruthless bastard, drunk and plastered My method's like the reaction from a phalanx charge - never let down! Pass the standard if you can't handle it Hang patrician phonies by their own damn purple linens What's the distinction 'tween me and you? (What?) About five provinces, three legions, and two chariots Until my death, I'm SPQR's best I suggest you hold your breathing 'til ain't none left Yo, that's the distinction! What's the distinction 'tween me and you? You speak a good one, but you don't do what you're supposed to do I act on my ambition, never deal with commotions I'm used to livin' Emperor style and straight boastin' What's the distinction 'tween me and you? You speak a good one, but you don't do what you're supposed to do I act on my ambition, never deal with commotions I'm used to livin' Emperor style and straight boastin' A'ight, hold up, hold up! Stop the lyre a minute! I got somethin' to say, Caesar I wanna tell you this stuff right now while this fuckin' wine is in me (What the fuck?) I don't know if I ever told you this But I'm loyal, man, I got your motherfuckin' back (Right), just know this stuff Augustus, I don't know if you noticed it But I've had your flank since day one, man, let's sack this whole bitch I mean it, man - you ever need somebody gone: "Whose throat is it?" Well, if you ever gut that Cleopatra wench, I'll show you where the Tiber empties Well, that's fine, and I appreciate the offer But if I do decide to really murder that foreign plotter I'ma sit her up in the lead chariot and put a stola on her And parade her corpse for seven hours through the Forum And have her arm propped up salutin' people ("Ave!") Then dump her off on the steps of the Praetorian Guard And ride off, whippin' the horses harder (Hya-hya!) Bare-knuckle, get your arm torn off Drop the pilum and beat you with the shaft that it was torn off of Damn blood, I wanna see some lungs coughed up Get stabbed up in the hot baths 'til the bubbles pop up In their nose and cough phlegm up, mucus and hot water That's for tryna talk like the 'Commentarii' was lost product That's for even thinkin' of havin' them plots thought up And you better show some deference whenever the Imperator's brought up So what's the distinction between us? We can start at the aqueducts Or we can scream, "For the glory of the eagle!" and see who means it What's the distinction 'tween me and you? You speak a good one, but you don't do what you're supposed to do I act on my ambition, never deal with commotions I'm used to livin' Emperor style and straight boastin' What's the distinction 'tween me and you? You speak a good one, but you don't do what you're supposed to do I act on my ambition, never deal with commotions I'm used to livin' Emperor style and straight boastin' What's the distinction...? What's the distinction...? What's the distinction...? ---------------------------------------------------------------- © MuffeTheBadass 2025 All rights reserved. This lyrics is protected by copyright. No copying, distribution, or use is allowed without written permission from the copyright holder. ----------------------------------------------------------------
