[Intro — one-bar pickup] Hi, I’m JASH— [BLIZ O!] …right. [Verse 1 — rolling, no stops] Bliz betta than ev’ry letta, never met a betta debtor, say whateva, stay cleva, got ‘em reaching for a sweata, chedda in the cella, I need a bigga fuckin’ spredda, he could freeze a whole vendetta, send the witnesses a letta, feathas in the weatha, everybody huddled togetha, weathamen in Novemba said the storm would last foreva, Decemba, then Septemba, all the neighbors still rememba, I’m a fella with a nametag—[BLIZ O!]—neva mind, whateva. [Verse 2 — forgotten pickup, returning chain] Gotten rotten, half forgotten, whole damn block is rockin’, Bliz is knockin’, shutters lockin’, everybody’s watchin’, strive to stay alive, five guys dive behind the blinds, Bliz betta than ev’ry letta, left the other crews behind, say whateva, stay cleva, no contenda in his weatha, JASH is outside beggin’ strangers for a second-hand sweata. [Verse 3 — lift / gift / shift / through] Liftin’, gifted, shifted, Bliz just handed me a gift, no driftin’, sift the mix, then let the whole damn building lift, shift the snare, a little whiff, turn the stiffest crowd to swift, I got one little riff, Bliz made the entire ceiling shift, fuck what if, lift off, let the pressure push on through, whole crew turned blue, every window froze clear through, who knew? Bliz knew, blew the fuse and split the screws, I said, “Hi, I’m JASH”—they said, “Who the hell are you?” [Verse 4 — time / streets / slow] Battle rhyme, rattle time, Bliz is walkin’ down the line, arms stuck straight like Frankenstein, I’m frozen in the line, you like beats? He froze the streets, the buses couldn’t move, you know streets? The snow’s six feet, there’s nothin’ left to do, you know defeats? I’m on my knees, he’s on the giant screen, my nametag says I’m JASH, but they keep callin’ me Eugene, rhyme flows, frost grows, he don’t even need to try, I’m fine, I’ll rhyme slow—[BLIZ O!]—never mind, goodbye. [Hook — instant drop] Bliz betta than ev’ry letta, nobody could do it betta, chedda in the cella, gonna need a bigga spredda, he’s knittin’ girls a sweata, gettin’ cold in Bliz O weatha, I’m JASH, I brought a letta, Bliz just fed it to the shredder. [Verse 5 — mad at it / slow / hours] Back to this, mad at it, grab the mic and take a stab at it, Bliz came back, the cab rattled, everybody had to grab at it, he don’t hate it, he can rate it, I’m the guy who has to wait, tried to claim my feature, they erased it from the slate, carry it slow, vary the flow, bury the show in snow, scary to know he can freeze the entire front row, clarity? A rarity. The crowd could barely hear me, Bliz been goin’ hours, took the power, now they fear me, I say “JASH,” nobody hears; I wave, they look right through, he gets flowers, showers, towers; I get ushered to the loo. [Verse 6 — quickest / hit this / business] Spit the quickest, hit this, never let a critic fit this, thickest in the business, got ‘em beggin’ for a witness, misses? Hisses, disses, Bliz has filled a hundred wish lists, I got crossed off every list, including next year’s X-miss, class passed, glass smashed, mic stand hit the floor, I said “Hi, I’m JASH,” security showed me to the door. [Hook — instant drop] Bliz betta than ev’ry letta, nobody could do it betta, chedda in the cella, gonna need a bigga spredda, he’s knittin’ girls a sweata, gettin’ cold in Bliz O weatha, I’m JASH, I brought a letta, Bliz just fed it to the shredder. [Final verse — changing rhyme pockets] Thanks for actin’ like a friend, you can send me to the end, Bliz bent the beat again, my badge got caught around the bend, beast at the feast, I’m the least important guest, he gets the whole entire street, I get a foldin’ chair at best, nightmare, cold air, frozen stiff without a coat, crash and burn, never learn, my introduction’s in my throat, streets swept, feet wet, crept behind the stage, I wrote my name across a sheet, they locked it in a cage, blunt, no stunt, JASH got stuck out front, Bliz started up a verse, I got mistaken for a stunt— no, wait, I’m frozen solid, I can’t even move a thumb, he gets the giant speakers, I get beaten by the drum, razzle-dazzle, hassle, wrassle, frozen castles, tassels on the backdrop, JASH entangled in the tassels, souls, holes, bankrolls, gotta pay the tolls, I was listed as a snowman with a button for a nose, later, crater, Bliz just dropped another crater, Darth Vada took one look and told the waiter, “See ya lata,” Vegas, pages, stages, Bliz is fillin’ up the cages, tase us? Can’t faze us, turn the speakers up in Vegas, wages, cages, stages, crowd been screamin’ for ages, latest, greatest, Bliz O’s face is on the front pages, JASH gets ‘special thanks’ in tiny letters on page six. [Final hook — hard cut] Bliz betta than ev’ry letta, nobody could do it betta, he’s knittin’ girls a sweata, gettin’ cold in Bliz O weatha, Hi, I’m JASH— [BLIZ O!]
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