The Great Recession

by XYM

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1.	Acapella Intro 01:09	lyrics	buy track
'It's this credit crunch so they don't give me credit, the best in da UK, you damn right I said it.'
2.	Quids 03:33	lyrics	buy track
'If I do pay taxes and play by the rules, I want my taxes to pay for these school, I want my taxes to pay for hospitals, don't want my taxes be a fucking obstacle.'
3.	XYM featuring Debo - Da Peoples' Rap 03:33	lyrics	buy track
'I Sikh for da truth, like I carry a dagger, Fuck raising the roof yo I'm climbing da ladder, I'm praising the youth who just looking for dada.'
4.	Bullseye 04:08	lyrics	buy track
'Take it to the Wire like my name's Marlo, rep for da Street like I'm Ken Barlow, Rep Yorkshire so I'm cheap like any sale, tryna show these cats it's more than Emmerdale.'
5.	Family 03:13	lyrics	buy track
'The church is empty, but got hoards at Lords, Kids empty the park, but wanna see Saw.'
6.	XYM featuring Marta - Sirens 04:43	lyrics	buy track
'I'm a hip hopper, metaphor dropper, tryna live proper in this land full coppers.'
7.	XYM featuring Kaizalakazie - Pocket Fulla Coppers 04:56	lyrics	buy track
'I wanna make them bills, buy a house on a hill, But with jack in my pocket, I ain't chilling with Jill.'
8.	Bacarday 04:03	lyrics	buy track
'But my cap don't fit cos my heads so big dog, Same black kid that they called a big nog.'
9.	Walk of Hope 03:53	lyrics	buy track
'An eye for an eye kid, I know that he's panicking, But we stand here divided and frozen like manikins.'
10.	2pac 04:25	lyrics	buy track
'Wanted to be 2pac with my scarf wrapped tight, I wrote 8 bars n didn't half rap tight.'
11.	Legacy 04:38	lyrics	buy track
'I wasn't bucking these gats, to busy nooking these eats, Feel like I'm fucking Chinese, the way i'm cooking these cats.'
12.	Black Bard 03:29	lyrics	buy track
'I rap like I'm Shakespeare, on these mix tapes here, Rap to the death, like I'm Lady Macbeth, Paeodophiles fuck in Hamlets, damn that incest, I'm not tight, I'm the Titus, I know I'm da best.'
13.	Paper 03:32	lyrics	buy track
'Tryna make this money, tryna make this paper, Immigrant dream, and then it's back to Jamaica.'
14.	Not Going Back 04:58	lyrics	buy track
'I got God in my corner, at least I pray that he is, But I question my faith, when priests playing with kids.'
15.	Haiti 04:27	lyrics
'Wipe this dirt off my shoulder n day called it a chip, Well it's da same chip bourne off da slave ship, We free now but it's da same shit, Our cars are our whips, but it's da same grip.'
16.	XYM featuring Craig Storrod - Why 03:36	lyrics
'Why they let a genocide happen in Darfur, And even closer to home we can't feed our poor.'

credits

released June 7, 2012

Featuring Kaizalakazie, Marta, Craig Storrod and Debo.
Prouction by Debo, Lens, Dan Spiller, DNA Musik and Teddy James & The Genesis