Stray Cats ☆ Sweet Love On My Mind

I gotta give a shoutout to my favorite emcees
for inspiring me to grab the mic and spray over beats
and I gotta say wassup – to all of my peeps
sticking around through thick and thin you know who you be
and I gotta blink my eye to all of the girls
crackin a smile making me able to cope with this world
and I gotta give mad shouts to all our fans
that be supporting and looking out for me and my mans

sometimes I feel like I was destined to rhyme long before I knew
before Amiga 500´s and four track portables
before I copped rap magazines and dressed in baggy jeans
dreamed myself away gettin my old folks mad at me
for neglecting my homework, I hurt
microphones when I was going to work
nowadays it´s so different but it´s kinda the same still
got nobody paying these bills, so I just will
be on a mission to achieve some kind of stable situation
in my everyday life – the tribulations that I´m facing
it´s crazy how the music can affect you at times
thats what I wanna do when wrecking these rhymes

every second of time I ever put on any record of mine
is a tiny little section of mine so I reckon when I´m
makin my rhymes channel the flame inside of me
I´m one step closer to the place where I´m trying to be
now that´s superscience to me
doing what I love in life instead of lying asleep
that´s when my mind is free – that´s how I find the peace
through rhymes and beats sticking in the eye of the beast

I gotta send a lot of love to my family
for helping me develop into the man I be
gradually – and my peeps that´s understanding me
y´all be helpin me to maintain my sanity
damn I see it all so crystal clear now
the necessity of doing my thing here and now
without fear I´ll turn this motha here out
yo I know whats up so I ain´t gonna stare down
when you hear noun you hear it in the tone of my voice
how I love this – and why the microphone is my choice
so now plug this – sucker in and let me buck at them
that dont know that I got love for this that´s how it is

if these kids mean biz yeah that´s fine with me
but better get these equations straight in times like these
it ain´t too easy to prevail oh no
you gotta spit it like you mean something with it to blow
and get credit for shows then you´re ready to go
but never loose touch with those who already know
I know for sure that I never would – I´ll never forget
those who helped me build a rep while most of y´all still slept

you know we and how we depeloved our own steez
but oh please – gotta recognize them old peeps
them old beats that was always thumping so sweet
we owe these cats that paved the way yo for real