We Play For Keeps- B.o.B (Music Video+ Lyrics)

(uh) How much must I repeat?
We only play for keeps
No time-outs, no free throws
No refs, no penalties
No handouts, no pit stops
No cheat codes, no sleep
But the drinks are on us
If you with it then pull up a seat

When you're roaming through the jungle
Talk is nothing, talk is cheap
Time is money, money is power
Power corrupts eventually, damn
So what are the options?
What are the choices left for me?
What other rule there's left to break
I guess my faith is a quest for me
Man got a dog and ain't got no leash
Man got a crib, it ain't got no lease
Man got a flow that got no brain
But I still get brain, no hands, no teeth
Nowadays, niggas the killas on the beat
But where I was raised all of the killas was down the street
Better do your research
Feeling like I fell out of the sky and landed feet first
My squad go hard, my squad go concrete, watch my team work
Hell yea, you can tell that, the boy fend to it cause I took my seat first
3 course meal, full entrée, refills and I want my dessert
So why not make a toast? Tomorrow could always be worst
Now keep them bottles coming by the kiloliter
And get that Ana off your chest, try to keep a clean shirt
I'm so grand hustle, you ain't even in my league sir
What's up with these nerds?
They be out here, gettin' their salad's tossed, gettin' their leaves turned
The game just ain't what it used to be, the quality is blurred
But a dying breed survived and a dynasty emerged
So put it in the air if you entirely concur
She call me hippie cause I live without any concern
Up on this green earth, I'm on them green herbs
Yea yea yea, I stay in them trees like the keblers, ha
And they say that I look higher in person
As a kid I played in the yard, but now I'm astro turfing
I lived the actual version of the fantasies they utter
Made up stories of threesomes, they must just be seeing double
Run for cover, here comes trouble
My heart is growing cold so I gotta sleep with warmer covers
Polar bear pimpin', solar flare spittin'
Somebody tell 'em that this is professional stuntin' and don't attempt it
Society is twisted, they tryna take us under
So when you see them folks, don't forget to warn a brother
I made it out alive but still the battle is a struggle
Veni, vidi, vici, I came, I saw, I conquered
They mad cause I murdered the game
And their name wasn't in the will
You see, most of these haters are mad rappers who's just still waiting on a deal
And they jealous of my success cause my shoes cost more than their bill
But I'll never sit down at another table unless I'm invited to the meal
To some it's like conquering mountains, to me it's like stepping on hills
Remember the images in your mirror can be bigger than they appear
And the truth can be hard to swallow, depending the size of the pill
And by the looks it's about the time that you had your prescription filled
My life, full-length feature presentation
There are no intermissions, no time for commercial breaking
A fighter in his prime, a legend in the making
There's no debating when you let your numbers make the statement

How much must I repeat?
We only play for keeps
No time-outs, no free throws
No refs, no penalties
No handouts, no pit stops
No cheat codes, no sleep
But the drinks are on us
If you with it then pull up a seat

Bombs Away- B.o.B Ft. Morgan Freeman

This song is really cool and is very catchy. The beat is really aggressive and the song is a great pump up song. Morgan Freeman's voice adds a feeling of mystery and intimidation while B.o.B runs with it and makes it sound even cooler. The combination in this work is a great partnership and the song builds off of each part. Morgan Freeman's part sounds like it's just speaking, but in reality, it is a like he is reciting a ballad that is cleverly crafted to have a very dramatic affect.

Is Anybody Out There- K'NAAN ft. Nelly Furtado

This song is such a good song. K'NAAN raps and sings about such a deep problem. He doesn't criticize anyone or disses anyone, but can get a very powerful message across. Nelly Furtado is a perfect accompaniment to K'NAAN in this song. The song sounds really good and is completely clean of profane language which nearly no other rapper does. The song has so much meaning behind it, I hope he continues to have songs similar to this. K'NAAN is going to take off, and I hope that he doesn't start to go very mainstream with his music and keeps it as meaningful as this song. I hope you enjoy! I'll have lyrics soon!

So Good- B.o.B

Get on the bus early with this song and video! Here it is, ENJOY! I also found a great song about B.o.B trying to figure out his real style. He is trying to go back to his original raps. For a little while, B.o.B went very mainstream. This song talks about how he realized what was happening and how he is trying to change and get back to how he used to write his raps and rapping. Where Are You

So Good- B.o.B

I really liked this song because it has a really catchy tune and sounds really nice. It's a song that rap fans and non-rap fans can both enjoy because it's an upbeat song that isn't explicit. B.o.B raps in rhymes and has really good rhythm when he raps. His raps make sense and aren't all about getting drunk and having sex. The music video is released Wednesday, March 21, I'll have it up soon!

I Like it Like That- Hot Chelle Rae

Have you heard this song yet? Well if you haven't, this is a super catchy song that can easily get stuck in your head. I thought it was a fun song to listen to, take a look and ENJOY!

Pretty Girls- Iyaz ft. Travie McCoy (Lyrics+ Music Video)

So many different flavors
So many shapes and sizes
You, coming with me and you, going with Iyaz
No surprises, I put it all on the table for you
Nothing is too taboo, I'm ready, willing to give you everything

There's a lot of pretty girls in this city (yup)
There's a lot of pretty girls in this town
I'm trying to pick the right one
Trying to pick the right one
Trying to find a shorty to hold me down (yaw)

They say to get to New York girl
Then you gotta have a lot of class
And I heard there ain't nothing like the Cali girls
But you better have a lot of cash (cash)
And I know there ain't nothing like the A-Town girl
Cuz they know how to show you love
And no matter where I go
I gotta let them know
That this song here is about you (let's go)

See I don't mean to run away
To places you would not believe
It's seeing these pretty girls
I'm wishing you were there with me
It's simple when you smile girl
Tells me all I need to know
You can be my one and only

There's a lot of pretty girls in this city
There's a lot of pretty girls in this city
I'm trying to pick the right one
Trying to pick the right one
Trying to pick the right one
Trying to pick the right one

There's a lot of pretty girls in this city
There's a lot of pretty girls in this town
I'm trying to pick the right one
Trying to pick the right one
Trying to find a shorty to hold me down

Tell me is it you, girl? (eh)
Is it you, girl? (eh)
Is it you, girl? (eh)
Is it you girl? (yaw)

They say, to get a MIA girl,
Then you gotta have a lot of swag
I heard, to get a Down South Bell,
Then you gotta ride a Cadillac
I know, Ain't like a London girl,
Cuz they know how to party up
And no matter where I go, I gotta let her know
That this song here is about you

I don't mean to run away
To places you would not believe
It's seeing these pretty girls
I'm wishing you were there with me
It's simple when you smile girl
Tells me all I need to know
You can be my one and only

There's a lot of pretty girls in this city (yup)
There's a lot of pretty girls in this city
I'm trying to pick the right one
Trying to pick the right one
Trying to pick the right one
Trying to pick the right one (let's go)

There's a lot of pretty girls in this city
There's a lot of pretty girls in this town
I'm trying to pick the right one
Trying to pick the right one
Trying to find a shorty to hold me down

Tell me is it you, girl? (eh)
Is it you, girl? (eh)
Is it you girl? (eh)
Is it you girl?

Oh, I'm so indecisive
Trying to find a pretty girl that these shoes goes nice with
Been around the world and back, got a knack for the girls in black
But I need a chick that's gonna hold me tight like vice grip

Just make sure you need my heart how you found it
You can keep the key but the lock stays around me
Baby, let's take it slow, no pulling a fast route
And you look like the type to keep my mind off the last one

There's a lot of pretty girls in this city
There's a lot of pretty girls in this city
I'm trying to pick the right one
Trying to pick the right one
Trying to pick the right one
Trying to pick the right one

There's a lot of pretty girls in this city (yay)
There's a lot of pretty girls in this town
I'm trying to pick the right one
Trying to pick the right one
Trying to find a shorty to hold me down

Tell me is it you, girl? (eh)
Is it you, girl? (eh)
Is it you, girl? (eh)
Is it you, girl?

*If you find any mistakes, please let me know! Thanks!*

Pretty Girls- Iyaz ft. Travie McCoy

Iyaz finally has another song out! Iyaz had many really nice songs where he showcases his incredible talent, e.g. Solo and Replay, before. Then he had a long period where his songs weren't popular or very good. This song, Pretty Girls by Iyaz ft. Travie McCoy, is a really nice song that is very catchy, has a great beat, and has lyrics that are sung perfectly, just helping show Iyaz's talent. Travie's part mixes into this song extremely well and is really nice. I hope you enjoy!

Fly- Nicki Minaj ft. Rihanna

I think this is a great song, Nicki doesn't have a really hard rap part but the song is an inspirational one. Rihanna and Nicki Mainaj make a great team with this song. I hope you enjoy it! Fly by Nicki Minaj ft. Rihanna.

Under Recognized Artists and Bands

I just wanted to do a post about the great artists that only smaller groups of followers listen to and are under recognized. The first is a band that isn't popular in the US, but is one of the hottest bands in Canada, Down With Webster. I wouldn't have found this band if it wasn't for some of my friends that came down from Canada recently. It only took a few seconds before I was hooked on this band. Here is one of their most listened to song. Whoa is Me As you can see, they don't have nearly as many hits as some of the more mainstream US singers, but they are a really good group. They blend pop, rap, and rock. They do an incredible job with blending the different genres together. Here are a few more of their songs,
Your Man
She's Dope
Hope you like them!

The second artist is Gavin DeGraw. He makes some really nice music that many people already enjoy listening to. The amount of people that listen to his music is normally only the people that have been listening to his music for a while now, not many new people are introduced to his music. I think that this song, Not Over You, is a very good indicator of his talent. Listen and enjoy!

Spread the word!

Rainbow- Jessie J (Lyrics)

Rainbow rainbow rainbow we're the colors of the rainbow
Rainbow rainbow ohh ohh Rainbow rainbow Jessie J OHH

He grew up in the city, had alot of money
Sponging of his daddy all the time
He lives in a bubble, never had a struggle
So far from the benefit line

But he feels blue sometimes
And his blood bleeds red like mine
The grass is greener on the other side
What I'm saying is we're all alike
We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah
Let's share our pot of gold
We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah
Everybody's on the yellow brick road
There's enough for you you you
There's enough for me me me
We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah
We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah

Rainbow rainbow rainbow rainbow

This Mummy in the gheto
Gotta work a double
Just to pay the bills and get by
But more power to ya
Keep doing what ya doin ya
Everybody steady on your grind

But you feels blue sometimes
And your blood bleeds red like mine
The grass is greener on the other side
What I'm saying is we're all alike
We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah
Let's share our pot of gold
We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah
Everybody's on the yellow brick road
There's enough for you you you
There's enough for me me me
We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah
We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah

Hello Hello why does everybody get so mad
Yellow Yellow is color for the battle in my head
I need pink in my life like love in my heart
Silver in the sky as we rock with the stars
We just can't keep fighting anymore no no no

We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah
Let's share our pot of gold
We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah
Everybody's on the yellow brick road
There's enough for you you you
There's enough for me me me
We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah
We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah
We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah
We're the colors of the rainbow yeah yeah
Rainbow rainbow rainbow yeah yeah
Colors of the rainbow yeah

*If there are any mistakes in the lyrics, please comment and let me know!*

Words I Never Said- Lupe Fiasco

The long awaited music video was released yesterday, so be one of the first to watch it! I think the video really describes what he was trying to get across with this song. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

E.T.- Katy Perry Ft. Kanye West

Here is the much awaited and talked about music video for E.T. by Katy Perry ft. Kanye West. The music video has left me speechless on what to say about it. I really like the song, but I thought the music video was extremely strange.

The Show Goes On- Lupe Fiasco (Lyrics+ Music Video)

LA-SER

Ya
Ya
K, haters in the building now
Ya

Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!
Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!

Have you ever had the feeling that you was being had
Don't that s__ make you mad
They treat you like a slave, with chains all on your soul,
And put whips up on your back,
They be lying through they teeth
Hope you slip up off your path
I don't switch up I just laugh
Put my kicks up on they desk
Unaffected by they threats than get busy on they a__
See that's how that Chi-Town made me
That's how my daddy raised me
That glittering may not be gold, don't let no body play me
If you are my homeboy, you never have to pay me
Go on and put your hands up, when times are hard you stand up
L-U-P the man, cause a brand that the fans trust
So even if they ban us they'll never slow my plans up!

Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!
Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!

One in the air for the people that ain't here
Two in the air for the father that's there
Three in the air for the kids in the ghetto
Four for the kids who don't wanna be there
None for the n_____ trying to hold them back
Five in the air for the teacher not scared to tell those kids that's living in the ghetto that the n_____ holdin' back that the World is theirs!
Yeah yeah, the World is yours, I was once that little boy
Terrified of the World
Now I'm on a World tour
I will give up everything, even start a world war
For these ghettos girls and boys im rapping round' the World for!
Africa to New York, Haiti then I detour, Oakland out to Auckland
Gaza Strip to Detroit, say hip-hop only destroy
Tell em' look at me, boy!
I hope your son don't have a gun and that would be a D-boy

Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!
Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!

So no matter what you been through
No matter what you into
No matter what you see when you look outside your window
Brown grass or green grass
Picket fence or barbed wire
Never ever put them down
You just lift your arms higher
Raise em till' your arms tired
Let em' know you're there
That you struggling and survivin' that you gonna persevere
Yeah, ain't no body leavin', no body goin' home
Even if they turn the lights out the show is goin' on!

Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!
Alright, already the show goes on
All night, till the morning we dream so long
Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up
Just remember when you come up
The show goes on!

*If there are any mistakes, please comment!*

I'm Beamin- Lupe Fiasco (Lyrics + Music Video)

Today, nobody cares
But tomorrow they will, they will
Today, nobody cares
But, oh, tomorrow they will, they will(x2)

They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I'm beamin'

(We are) They used to talk
When I wasn't around (Lasers)
You see me now (Were not)
(Losers) I'm beamin'

I get my energy from my inner G
I be in outer space, but I got inner peace
So tell my enemies that they can't injure me
I know that irritates, you have my sympathies
Well, you should protest, yeah, you should picket me
I'm on a losing strike, I'm on a winning streak
I'm out in left field, I'm speaking mentally
But that's a better places, than where the b__ be
I'm feelin' really good, me and different beat
Me and my different drummer, he play the timpani
See, thats what got me here, you hearin me
Me on my black man in the future s__, call me Billy Dee
See, Im just forward-looking, thats how I really see
See, while you Valentines, I'm thinking Christmas trees
And that's how this would be, even at Mickey D's
Semicolon, close parentheses

They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I'm beamin
They used to talk
When I wasnt around
You see me now
Im beamin'

Do you remember me, the guy from verse one?
Failure's my last name, Never's my first one
You see I hood a lot, and yeah I nerd some
Hoods where the heart is, nerds where the words from
Don't represent either, because I merged them
it's kids who wanna leave, and I encourage them
Go out and see the world, never return from
Yeah, you dont come back, unless you learn some
And baby girl what does it matter where your purse from?
Your hair done, your nails did, your a__ fat, but youre dumb
Mix Melyssa Ford with Maya Angelou
Become a top model and Sojourner too
I try to follow this, what Muhammad do
It's such a old soul inside the sonic youth
Swear I'm Ferraried up, and I'm conscious, too
I don't prophesize: I promise you

They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I'm beamin
They used to talk
When I wasnt around (Lasers)
You see me now (Ha)
I'm beamin

Yeah, it's me again, the guy from verse two
Well, this the last one, its almost curfew
It's almost night out, so turn your lights on
Where all my 760s, witcha brights on?
Yeah, they are the ones, to keep your eyes on
Like how we used to do, to keep the house warm
Now those the type of eyes, I not cry from
You see the tears of fire, run out my cryin' songs
Now the world's shoulders, is what we cryin' on
The worlds fast lane, is what I'm drivin' on
What am I driving at? I'm tryina drive it home
I'm in the drivers seat, but you can ride along
'Cause never cyclops, it's never I alone
I'm tellin' your story, wherever I perform
Now if they lookin' for me, tell em I've gone
Out in the bright lights, right where I belong

They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I'm beamin

They used to talk
When I weren't around
You see me now
I'm beamin

*If there are any mistakes, please comment and let me know!*

Lupe Fiasco

He is great rapper who can blend almost all the genres together. He has an amazing talent of bringing the types of genres together to make a song that means something to everyone. In the song, The Show Goes On, the one linked to the title, is a rap about how maybe African Americans were once slaves, but it's time to move on. You can't let that hold up your show just because of one thing in the past. He talks about how even the ghetto kids have the same chances as long as they keep going. If you start to do drugs and crimes, your show has stopped. He raps about how he was that kid who was in the ghetto looking for a way out. He never gave up, and now he is rapping about why you shouldn't. Some examples of his song blending skills are: Solar Midnight (Rock and Rap), Paris, Tokyo (Rap and R&B), Hip Hop Saved My Life (Hip Hop and Rap). In all of his raps, he sort of uses hip hop and R&B, just more so in some then others. One rap that everyone should listen to is I'm Beamin. He talks about how it doesn't matter if you are a nerd or a gangster, we all should be intelligent and do right things. I will post the lyrics to the song in a later post so you can read what he wants us all to know.

Words I Never Said- Lupe Fiasco

This is a half fan based half real music video for his song, Words I Never Said. If you really listen to what he says, he is challenging a lot of the challenges and problems we had and what the real causes of them are. Take a moment to really listen to the lyrics and what he is trying to tell us.

If I Was You (OMG)- Far East Movement ft. Snoop Dogg

If I Was You (OMG) by Far East Movement ft. Snoop Dogg is their newest song that has been released. It is really short, but the song still sounds pretty awesome! The song follows their regular song patterns on how the lyrics are put together. The song speeds up at the end, but just stops abruptly. Check it out and I will post the Music Video as soon as I can!

Rainbow- Jessie J

Sorry, my last link's video is blocked because of it's copyrights to the song, so now we have to use a different video. Here is another video that has the song in good sound quality. Keep enjoying!

Bow Chicka Wow Wow- Mike Posner ft. Lil Wayne

Here is Mike's newest song, Bow Chicka Wow Wow. I don't think this is anywhere near his best work. That goes for Lil Wayne, too. Listen and tell me what you think!