Freestylin' Under Oath lyrics - KXNG Crooked

[KXNG CROOKED:]

Yo, Ice, this shit gon' be really um...

It's a freestyle so it's gon' be

It's gon' be choppy in parts, it's gon' be kinda sloppy

But... it's gon' be from the heart so you know, we gon' capture this moment

I used to sit in my house freestylin to The Chronic, 2001 album, the instrumental version

I was in my den rehearsin', if you woulda told me then I'd fuck with Dr. Dre one day, I'd say you wildin'

Wow, now I be sittin' with him in person, damn

I grew up so poor that this shit was bogus

I told you I wrote my raps on the back of an eviction notice

My momma was in the kitchen blowin' doja, getting loaded

Then she quoted "One of these days that shit you spittin' gon' get you noticed

I know, you tired of this government cheese, just know I love you and your mother believes

So many talented people with no self esteem underachieve

So I really want my son to succeed" I love you ma

I was sittin' in the Bentley when they hit me on the phone

Joey and Royce, Patrón was all up in Royce's tone

He said "Crooked you know what we gotta do, right?

Voltron and form a crew, right?"

Along with Brooklyn Ortiz, I couldn't be more pleased

Cause after Hip Hop Weekly, I needed some doors opened and God was giving me some more keys

An onslaught when I came in the door

The best ever on the west, unless your last name is Shakur

Remember that? That was a statement for sure

These days, I don't say it no more

Niggas know I'm iller than ebola

This shit for the weed rollers

Tell the haters "I'm rich, bitch and CC: Oprah"

Yeah, just a freestyle

You know what I'm sayin like...

For niggas who fuck with me

Strictly for the niggas who fuck with me

Not these suckas, these new bandwagon suckas

I remember listening to Sway & Tech, The Wake Up Show

If you was in Cali with crazy flow

That was the only place to go to be heard on the radio

But everybody would rip it, Biggie, Pac, Ras Kass, Eminem and Xzibit

I used to sit and listen till it was finished

A couple of months later, I'm up there in the flesh, I'm giving niggas the business

Like I left em an LLC in my will

Speaking of will, I willed it into existence, I built it using persistence

That's when DJ Clark Kent told me, I'm one of the illest on the west, man, that memory never left, man

Cause props from the legends, that's the shit that keep you going

When you knowing you so hungry, if you lift up your clothing, your bones and your ribs showing

And your crib got no electricity so a candle was in the dark glowing

I start flowing, picture my words bouncing off the paint, stop flowing

Turn this fountain off, I can't, nah I can't

That's why I want the whole tortilla

Me and the House Gang with Eminem in Seoul, Korea

Man I waited for this my whole career

50, 000 in the crowd, we on the Jumbotron, you hoes can see us

You see us

[Interviewer:]

And Slaughterhouse, a few words about that, hopefully you might give that away

[Eminem:]

Slaughterhouse, we just waiting to get the deal finished, um... but it's gonna be crazy, I think that record is gonna be crazy and that's gonna be from the making. That's where I might step back in and try to produce a little bit too

[Interviewer:]

So Shady Records is still a priority for you? Something you still really believe in?

[Eminem:]

Yeah, definitely. Shady Records, we're definitely trying to get it back up and running. You know what I mean, we're in the rebuilding process right now

[KXNG CROOKED:]

"The will to win, the desire to succeed

The urge to reach your full potential, these are the keys

To unlock the door to your personal excellence"

That's a quote from Confucius, I've been using it ever since

Music is heaven sent, I knew it even when I couldn't pay a producer 7 cent

Or use it to pay my rent

Adversity, that could break ya, currency that can change ya

But these days my rhyme pays, I'm stacking major

The money is a gift, but still I must remain outside of the box with all this rapping paper

Later...