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If I Was Your Mic 5​.​0 (Marcus D Remix)

from The R & R (Remixes & Revisions) [DELUXE EDITION] by Bop Alloy

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VERSE 1
Some people get cocky
When they realized they got me
Anyone can turn me on but not everybody can rock me
Perpetrating dopeness, your presentation is sloppy
Too much for you to handle so you sucker often drop me
In this line of work I get around more than a little bit
Hearing idiots
Trying to read rhymes when they’re illiterate
Don’t know who to eff with
This foam don’t protect shit
Drowning in saliva, now I feel infested
Saturated in wackness y’all abusing your friend
Don’t be mad when they say you can never use me again
Yo, I know I’m not perfect, at times unreliable
But I’m the only reason why your voice is recognizable
Don’t wanna blow me, but now you’re smackin’ my head
How ‘bout you quit yellin’ and try rapping instead
I missed being embraced, now I’m greeted with a strangle
When will they realize, I’m to be praised not mangled

Microphone respect (1 - 2, 1 - 2)
Yo without the microphone (What you gonna do?)
Microphone respect (2 - 1, 2 - 1)
Yo without the microphone (What you gonna do, son?)
Microphone respect (1 - 2, 1 - 2)
Yo without the microphone (What you gonna do?)
Microphone respect (2 - 1, 2 - 1)
Yo without the microphone (What you gonna do, son?)

HOOK
If I was your m-i-c
Do you think you can treat me properly
Instead of dropping me
And abusing me
Sometimes I wish y’all would stop using me

VERSE 2
There's a war going on onstage no mic is safe from
Tried to run but we can't hide forever
No more sixteens now they rhyme forever
And say even less than before their not as clever
And hardly fresher than the pioneers of yester
Year so their not on par with veteran rhymes
So much for getting better w/ time it's just sad
Went from "bad meaning good" to "bad meaning bad"
Damn... what a mic gotta do to find an MC
Don't know how to keep me in check or even test me
If you lack you control then you's a clown
To MC you gots'ta move the crowd
And be a real spitter no drool aloud
'stead of ripping rhymes for years they wet behind the ears.
And I beg'em to put me down man
They still blame they wack ass show on the soundman

HOOK

VERSE 3
If I was your M-I-C
I'd be praying for the day that I D-I-E
Man the crowd want to clap at you... I don't mean applaud
If I could, i'd hang myself with my own chord
No doubt in my mind I'm beyond SHURE that...
you can hit the RODE there will be no encore nah
They don't want more of that, they want a tight set
Otherwise you'll need a paramedic, me a MIC TEK,
Might get beat BLUE or sprayed
With an AK, G
They say love Hip-Hop so why they hate me
Least that's the way it seems, damn son
What u spitting is a bald headed SAMSON
The people want a NEUMANN w/ that MOJAVE
Spitting certified heat is his only hobby
Man u know where I be you know where to find me
Center stage with a world of listeners behind me

HOOK

BRIDGE
So respect the mic
And think twice
'Fore you rappers say whatever you like
Here's a little advice if u ain't controlling it
"Drop the mic, u shouldn't be holding it"

HOOK

credits

from The R & R (Remixes & Revisions) [DELUXE EDITION], released December 20, 2011
(M. Marino, S. Robinson)
Produced by: Marcus D
All Vocals by: Substantial
Keys by: Marcus D

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Bop Alloy, comprised of Maryland born MC Substantial and the Seattle, WA producer Marcus D, haven't set out to be the next group with a throwback sound, but to "make quality music that anybody, from any walk of life can enjoy," says Marcus.

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