You better (wake up) you've been sleeping too long,
I've been on the grind and you'll find I'm too strong,
Just (wake up), you've been asleep on the job
It's time to learn some manners cuz you act like a slob,
You better (wake up), I'm a tell you right now
It's a complicated world you better figure it out,
So just (wake up), no debate time to motivate
From Boston to Japan to the land of the Golden Gate.
Wake you up with a caffeinated rhythm, after each rhyme's been assassinated spit 'em opportunities are upon us go and get 'em, he claimed that he wanted to succeed but no one let him, learn a lesson or two about the pains and aches, build strength learn to ball don't make the same mistakes, a lot of people are sick of rap cause it's insanely fake, I've been walking through the jungle where it's mainly snakes, in the vocal booth I slay these takes, engaged to the microphone SAVE THE DATE, props to Edo G who paved the way for a Boston dude to do what I do today, and to all the weak emcees with nothing new to say, here's some inspiration for you to play, bang it in your whip see what your crew will say, it's time to salvage the career you almost threw away
You better (wake up) you've been sleeping too long,
I've been on the grind and you'll find I'm too strong,
Just (wake up), you've been asleep on the job
It's time to learn some manners cuz you act like a slob,
You better (wake up), I'm a tell you right now
It's a complicated world you better figure it out,
So just (wake up), no debate time to motivate
From Boston to Japan to the land of the Golden Gate.
You better wake up, You better wake up now (x2)
Whenever you try to get with me your egotism is equal to your stupidity, pop sticks get dropped quick, you're trying to eat soup with chopsticks? Edo's bigger, Edo's brighter, rappers got a spark of an underwater lighter, I'm a fighter in spite of the odds, amongst wrap gods I'm a writer, (wake up) cuz you're a little too sleepy, you realize that you'll never ever beat me, real life is unscripted, your one sandwich short of a picnic, we're teachers not brokers, made a killing on the stock market, killed our brokers, your year? It's our year, cake up to wake up it's Edo and Kabir yeah!
You better (wake up) you've been sleeping too long,
I've been on the grind and you'll find I'm too strong,
Just (wake up), you've been asleep on the job
It's time to learn some manners cuz you act like a slob,
You better (wake up), I'm a tell you right now
It's a complicated world you better figure it out,
So just (wake up), no debate time to motivate
From Boston to Japan to the land of the Golden Gate.
credits
from Olympic Gold,
released October 19, 2012
KABIR - OLYMPIC GOLD
SONG CREDITS
All songs written by Kabir Sen for Uncle Trouble Music (ASCAP)
Tracks 1, 4, 10 & 14 written by Kabir Sen
Tracks 6, 8 & 12 written by Kabir Sen & Geoff Scott
Tracks 2 & 13 written by Kabir Sen & Aaron Bellamy
Track 3 written by Kabir Sen & Jared Bridgeman
Track 5 written by Kabir Sen & Tom Shimura
Track 7 written by Kabir Sen & Timothy Parker
Track 9 written by Kabir Sen, Edward Anderson & Aaron Bellamy
Track 11 written by Kabir Sen & Jeffrey Haynes
All vocals by Kabir Sen, Sarah Brindell (1, 4, 8, 10 & 12), Akrobatik (3), Lyrics Born (5), Gift of Gab (7), Edo. G (9), Mr. Lif (11), Ellen O’Brien (9), Sinclair Jennings (13)
All trombone parts by Brian Thomas
All saxophone parts by Jared Sims
All cuts by DJ Axel Foley
All live drums by Luke Bellamy
All guitar and bass parts by Geoff Scott (except 2, 9 & 13 by Aaron Bellamy)
All keys parts by Kabir Sen (except track 9 by Amy Bellamy)
Tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 & 11 produced by Geoff Scott & Kabir Sen. Tracks 2, 9, 13 & 14 produced by Aaron Bellamy. Track 3 produced by A-RusH. Track 12 produced by Geoff Scott.
All tracks engineered by Geoff Scott except 2, 9, 13 & 14 (engineered by Aaron Bellamy) and track 3 (engineered by Tarik MacFarland)
Kabir Sen (AKA "MC Kabir") is a hip hop/soul artist, music teacher, singer, emcee, songwriter and producer from the Boston
area. He has worked with many hip hop luminaries over the years and performs regularly with "The Krush Faktory" at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge (1st Saturday of every month) and at Bull McCabes Pub in Somerville every Thursday night. His 7 albums are all available here!...more
