Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap Page #9

Sh*t's about

to get hairy

As motherfucking

chewbacca's nuts, cocksuckers

When I came out,

I think maybe I gave...

People a voice,

like, I don't know,

maybe from the other side.

Like I represented

the other side of the tracks.

Mm-Hmm.

Like, here's this world,

you know, that you

may not know about,

and the people who lived in that world

and knew what I was talking about,

I think I gave them a voice.

I used to rap,

and I used to play around with it,

and then I went

to this club,

and I wasn't

a rapper at the time,

but I... I kind of

knew how to rhyme.

And I went to a club

and, um... called the carolina west,

and they had

a rap contest,

and kurtis blow

was the judge.

And, uh, I went up

and said little rhymes I had in my head,

you know, and I won.

And the fact

that a real rapper said I won,

I went home that night

like, well, maybe I could do this.

The first time

I grabbed a mic, like the...

Like in front of

actual people that mattered.

You know what I'm saying?

Mm-Hmm. Mm-Hmm.

Like at a... at a club,

I got booed.

I remember that. It was

very traumatic for me,

and I had actually...

I think I at that point...

Like the 8 mile

thing was kinda...

Right, right,

right, yeah.

That's what I, like,

take it from or whatever.

So I just remember that

being so f***ing traumatic,

and I think I went home,

like, "man, I... I quit."

Right.

And then, you know,

maybe a couple days later,

week later, hour later,

whatever it was.

I don't know. I just...

I got the urge to like,

"Nah, man, I gotta...

I gotta get up.

Gotta do it again."

That's right.

Thank god.

You really gotta live it.

My mind, 24/7,

aside from family stuff,

obviously...

Is... is, uh,

constantly thinking of ways to bend words,

or, you know, I may...

Like if I don't got paper,

I'll write it on my hand

and whatever,

and sometimes when

I fill up the hand,

then I'll transfer it

to paper.

Do they tumble

out of your head complicated?

'Cause you write

complicated rhymes.

Oh, I wake up

in the morning,

and they just tum...

They just fall out.

Yeah.

I'm kidding.

Do they

come complicated,

or do you

complicate them?

Um, sometimes...

What I love about rap

is that it feels

like it's puzzles to me.

Hmm.

Like words are like puzzles

and trying

to figure out a puzzle

and trying to figure out

what word can go here,

and how many words

can I make...

Like if I can

take a rhyme...

Like, I'm real

into the craft,

like, just of the,

you know, mcing,

and I feel like...

Like I always think, like,

how can I take a... how can

I figure this puzzle out?

Like, how can

I take, uh, words

and put 'em at the end

of the sentence,

but in between maybe

make some words rhyme

in between,

that... that rhyme and, like, sandwich 'em?

Mm-Hmm.

You know what I'm saying?

Like, so sandwich

those words

and try to make 'em

rhyme inside of the phrase

and then come

back outside and try to,

you know, try to rhyme

with the word

that I ended on the snare.

You know, like,

I just, like... I'm just...

I'm kind of real into the...

The technical part of... of it.

I studied everybody, man.

I studied you.

I studied, uh, f***ing krs.

I studied treach,

naughty by nature, I...

Well, treach is...

Treach is difficult to rap like,

'cause treach

is like... his sh*t is really complicated,

you know. I just

heard a new record with treach.

I can click clack

pat tat...

Wait, what does he say?

I can click clack snap

rap pat tat a tat tat

Take that ass

to the point you have to ask for your ass back

The f***ing joker smoker,

taunted by no one

If I was born

in chung li's temple

I would've

turned out a shogun

That song...

Yoke the joker,

when that sh*t came out,

I swear to god, I was...

I was in my peak at rap,

and what I mean is, like...

Right.

When I realized

this is what I want to do with my life.

Right, right, right.

And proof came over.

Right.

He brought the f***ing tape.

Right.

And my world ended.

Like, I was like, "oh, my god,

what the f*** is this?"

Like I... it literally...

I didn't write a rap for the whole summer.

Right, right.

Didn't write a rap

for the whole summer.

F***ing around

with treach.

Yo, that dude was...

I mean, he...

He's still incredible.

Final thoughts

on the art of rap,

which you are one of

the grandmasters at now.

Mm, final thoughts.

Sh*t, I don't know.

I mean,

I certainly feel like

if it wasn't for rap,

like, obviously

I wouldn't be here,

but it gave me...

It gave me a voice.

It gave me an outlet.

It gave me a...

It gave me strength.

F***, man, you know,

what I just came back from,

you know, overdose and

the whole sh*t, you know.

Like it... without rap,

I wouldn't have been able to... to get through it.

I mean, obviously

without my daughters,

I wouldn't have

been able to get through a f***ing thing,

but when you

hit that wall,

like, how quick can you

bounce back, you know?

Um, and if

it wasn't for rap,

I wouldn't have been able

to bounce back, you know.

This is the one thing that...

This is the one thing

that I feel like I have that,

you know, I can do well.

So if I didn't have this,

I don't know what...

I really can't do

a f***ing thing else, you know.

Except for play basketball.

I'm kind of f***ing nasty,

but, uh,

like rap is just,

you know, it's...

It's everything to me. Like, this is...

This is... this is my world.

This is... you know

what I'm saying?

Like, this is

what I do, like...

Hey, if somebody

said, "royce 5'9","

what... what do they...

What do they expect?

Well, I'm gonna be

rapping my ass off.

A nigga that raps

his ass off.

Yeah. I'm gonna be...

I'm gonna be rapping my ass off.

I'm not... I'm not...

I'm not about

to be probably talking to the girls a lot,

you know what I'm saying?

I'm really,

like, a competitive mc

with my peers.

I'm a heavyweight

I'm catastrophic

when I said it

Like fahrenheit 9/11

Meditate

till the levies break

I tar and feather

featherweights

Until my fetti straight

The mac-11'll

clap your melon

And give your ass

spaghetti face

Uhh, you ever looked

inside some dying eyes?

You'll see surprise

And realize

there's no denying god

When was the last time

that you heard

That the iron tried?

Ryan vibes like cyanide

I am proud to say

that I've evolved

There's only one "I"

in "defying odds"

Small-time arrogance

perishes

Every time the giant pride

Who y'all respect is

probably cross-dressing

Your favorite mc

could probably find hisself

Vibing to my lost sessions

I'm legendary

Oh, now turn...

There you go.

...dj's task was just

to play records

What more could you ask?

But then came remixes,

scratching and cuts

Which was

too much for many

Drove some djs nuts

But the dj

Named glove

Has reined

supreme on the as the... wait.

As the turntable wizard

of the hip-hop scene

So listen to him,

check it out

But remember this

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