HEADZ ONLY KNEW

from The 'O' (if headz only knew) by Ozi One and Wally Nesta

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(H. Axters, J. von der Crone, W. Loosveldt)
Written by Ozi One, Elokwenz and Wally Nesta
Produced by Wally Nesta and Ozi One for Damp Oord Productions
Beat by Elokwenz
Vocals recorded by Wally Nesta at Damp Oord
Cuts by Eon Green

lyrics

If heads only knew how I felt about this rap game
They'd be staring at themselves - feeling full of shame
Too many wack names - too much a copy-catting
Chasing money and fame but still ain't nuttin’ happening
Let's take it back to just keeping it right
'Cause all this keeping it real's giving us more beef and more fights
Everybody - pump y'all fists in the air
And spit some conscious lyrics for there's still kids in here
But these labels don't care - they only dumb it down
All the way from 'fight the power' to just some funny clowns
Fake gangsters turning seeds into real thugs
Starting real fights with real knives - selling real drugs
And now you know that ain't right
It's like hidden in plain sight - they plotting for we may not unite
Pointing fingers - even claiming we criminals
Got little white dudes posing gangs signs in videos
Hey yo - ain't that kinda cynical
When rap was political - emcees were more critical
Now little rappers try to be this and be that
Before they ever even learned the genius of G Rap

(If heads only knew how I felt about this rap game)
You live by the game that means you follow its rules
(If heads only knew how I felt about this rap game)
Kid, I live by the culture - I ain’t follow no fool
(If heads only knew how I felt about this rap game)
Seen rappers come - rappers go - most of them y'all never know
(If heads only knew how I felt about this rap game)
Still I ain't going nowhere - Ozi One will forever flow

If heads only knew how I felt about this rap game
They might be hating on me and call me bad names
When they find out their music I find it bad taste
Don't care if they mixtapes be going at fast pace
Even in this underground - kid, it ain't all good
Since quantity's overdue and quality's steady overlooked
Guess it's a sign of the times - no needs to go all shook
I put myself in perspective 'cause kid I know The Book
And I don't care for the game - I love this culture
Learned to walk with the culture - when I speak I talks culture
From break-beats to b-boys up in a circle
Protect the mind state of ZULU Universal
Used to get fame putting our names up in tag
Nowadays they want fame to get paid for they can pop and tag
Claiming street life - dreaming of living upper-class
Your record executive's dick all up in that ass
Please - just gimme something that I can feel kid
On Elokwenz beats we hold it down on some real shit
Yeah - here's something memorable
Like DJ Flip cutting records for the Gifted Unlimited

(If heads only knew how I felt about this rap game)
You live by the game that means you follow its rules
(If heads only knew how I felt about this rap game)
Kid, I live by the culture - I ain’t follow no fool
(If heads only knew how I felt about this rap game)
Seen rappers come - rappers go - most of them y'all never know
(If heads only knew how I felt about this rap game)
Still I ain't going nowhere - Ozi One will forever grow

credits

from The 'O' (if headz only knew), released April 10, 2016

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Ozi One Brugge, Belgium

Rapper, singer and producer from Bruges, Belgium, rocking shows since the mid 90's. Made his first appearance on two DJ FLIP Mixtapes in the late 90's. Dropped his debut in 2007 called 'THE MEANING BEHIND and made two albums with the MEMBERS OF MARVELAS, mixing rap with live instrumentation. ... more

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