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"Don't you see who this songs inspired by..." -Cal-S-thetics & Tone Dogg (produced by Cal-S-thetics)
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So. Cal locals addressing necessities and building upon legacies to fulfill our destinies. Straight Hip Hop, No Chaser...
Let us introduce you to Cal-S-thetics- resident producer and emcee, Tone Dogg Raw- raw rhyme writer and emcee, and Ric the New Rula- beatbox general and emcee all of whom are delighted to have ya on this voyage with us upon the Glass Bottom Boat aka the Pens Men's ship aka the window to the world. Watch as our pens flow on fresh soundwaves opening up the world through the porthole of hip hop...
Song Info
Genre
Hip-Hop • Hip Hop General
Charts
Peak #664
Peak in subgenre #351
Author
C. Sakioka & A. Garcia
Rights
2003 Glass Bottom Boat Productions
Uploaded
September 21, 2005
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.0 MB • 128 kbps • 3:15
Story behind the song
On a beat streak, like 7 in a week and this was like the third. Meant to be off beat and funky. First, song me and Tony wrote together, whole thing. Tony came up with the concept, we just played it off the sample. Shout to Deb and Ricardo, this verse was for ya'll criminals! "Is it a Crime?"- Sade & Bossa Nova
Lyrics
(Cal-S-) Is it a crime/ to chill and recline/ with no thoughts on my mind/ except me and me getting mine?/ I guess there's no reply/ that can satisfy/ so why ask why... (Tone Dogg) Is it a Crime/ to design/ some shit ahead of my time/ or re-align/ the format, rewind/ to the prime/ flip the arrow on the sign/ and I do it without tryin'?/ why ask why... (Cal-S-) Is it a crime?/ well, it all depends whether or not I'm imprisoned or fined/ hopefully the judge will let it slide this one time/ stressing, so I spark a little something to unwined/ exhale smoke with a sigh/ why ask why/ it need not apply/ to he who is I/ besides/ I made bail and I'm seeing clear Cali skies/ plus me and my homies getting peeped by some dimes/ (ok, one dime and a nickle...) it's the best and worst of times/ but to be grief stricken/ by the present Dicken's/ bullshit fiction/ ain't my mission/ 'MC is my ambition'/ so is crate digging/ to create rhythm/ that's sickenin'/ like you're snake bitten/ Is it a Crime? no confession, no apology/ where you see drama, I see comedy/ and that's in all honesty/ 'cause I'm trying to live modestly/ while obtaining life like Socrates/ (Tone Dogg) Is it a Crime/ to conduct yourself with grime/ rather than a straight line/ than get left behind?/ I fin-ta climb/ to the mountain top, why the hell would I resign/ why ask why/ (Cal-S-) Is it a Crime/ to hear beats that's kind/ and want to flip it with your own complimentary rhymes?/ Tone Dogg and I/ could make any flop fly/ so why ask why/ (Tone Dogg) Is it a Crime/ to ask why?/ I reply/ by letting days go by/ high/ off stimuli/ you cats survive on the habit only if you can supply/ the codes never crack still I try/ not to intertwine/ the sublime and asinine/ redesign time/ as refined/ as aristocrates dine/ may be find/ a piece of mind/ I stand in my own light I'm a make it shine/ Tony on the flip side/ is Y-not/ ask why/ ask why/ replied the bad guy/ who am I supposed to ask why/ when my belief in mankind/ has died/ why can't I pass by a dime/ without her backside on my eyeline/ I'm glad that I ain't blind/ what do I gain when I apply the fly/ max stat?/ just another alibi/ I guess I'll take it how it is/ and let my fish fry/ why ask why/ (Cal-S-) Is it a Crime/ to keep heat confined/ until it ferments to the right age like fine wine?/ get a taste now, but soon we'll be on an einstein/ type trip... so why ask why/ (Tone Dogg) Is it a Crime/ to puff, cigarettes and lai/ all the time/ so you catch a fix and get high/ drink water because your throats dry?/ young man, you're gonna die!/ so why ask why/ (Cal-S-) Is it a Crime/ to admire when a honey's curves define/ her sillhouette's outline?/ girl, I ain't just giving you the eye/ don't you see who this songs inspired by/ so why ask why/ (Tone Dogg) Is it a Crime/ to be a good guy and do what's right/ saying that you is always gone try/ not to lose sight/ bad guys tell the truth even when they lie/ so why ask why/
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