[ `MC`: Mad Child, `Pre`: Prevail ]
( *DJ Babu cuts up* )
Ventilate
Swollen Members
Dart-spittin
[MC] Man, I can`t believe I have to go through all of this again
I gave you your position [Pre] What, I thought we were friends?!
I didn`t ask, you offered, you`re short-tempered and demanding
It`s my energy on stage that makes our show so outstanding
[MC] Look, when we first hooked up, my first thought was you`re a pansy
You couldn`t rap on beat, you little four-eyed geek
[Pre] Yeah? And at the club there`s a reason we don`t hang out that much
You`re double-fisted with two Heinekens actin like a lush
[MC] That`s better than a leech, I tried to teach you to be tough
I guess it`s hard to squeeze strength out of a cream puff
[Pre] Oh you`re rough? [MC] Yeah, that`s right [Pre] Hey, let me pass you a pen
So you can fill an application at the Hair Club for Men
[ CHORUS (2X) ]
[MC] I meant everything I said [Pre] Everything I said I meant
[both] When there`s much on the line, yo, there`s times you gotta vent
Ventilate
[both] We`re magnificient together, it`s a perfect combination
[Pre] Man, you know how many times I`ve had to swallow my pride?
Put my feelings aside so that we wouldn`t collide?
[MC] I know I`m hard to get along with and much harder to work for
But I`m breakin my back while you`re hangin out at the bookstore
[Pre] Yeah, but when I`m there I`m readin Icarus, kinetics in English
So when we make songs at least our music sounds distinguished
[MC] Come on man, I made this happen, you don`t appreciate shit
[Pre] Yeah? [MC] I`m the one who hustled, yo, you never put in one cent
You`re dead-set in your ways, your stubborness [Pre] What?
[MC] How you think we got this far, it didn`t happen from luck
[Pre] If I had a buck for every kid I battled and slayed
I`d had enough to start my own [edited] record label anyway
[ CHORUS (2X) ]
[MC] I hope you realize these songs weren`t made for free [Pre] Man, I know
But once the cash comes back you can recoup your dough
[MC] Yeah bro, but you ain`t even signed a contract [Pre] No, that`s wack
[MC] I could get stabbed in the back [Pre] You should know better than that
[MC] Well, it`s frustrating to me, I got a lot on my plate
[Pre] Well, you`re the one who put it there, I thought we already ate
[MC] Alright look, where was I back three years ago? [Pre] Mininum wage?
[MC] That`s right, and where we at now? [Pre] Yeah, different page
[MC] OK, what`s the significance of the point I`m tryin to make?
[both] We sound magnificient together [Pre] so let`s drop this whole debate
(How many states?) [MC] Not many (How many countries?) [Pre] Plenty
(How old are both of y`all?) [both] Let`s just say we`re in our twenties
(How`d you come up with the name Swollen Members?) [both] Drunk at Denny`s
(Any last words?) [both] Step up and you`ll get kicked to the curb
[Pre] We`re strippin your verse, we`re rippin, you`re a [both] victim of words
[both] We`re both putting in work tryin to get what we deserve
[ CHORUS (2X)]
( *DJ Babu cuts up* )
Spit it
Ventilate
...`em, leave em layin on their back --> Iriscience
