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This song is an introduction to both SWATS and his upcoming EP, "Reclamation." It is a fun, lighthearted way for me to say, "hi" to all of you. Enjoy!
lyrics
Hello.
Verse 1
Who am I? A digital kind of guy. Nappy, dread-headed rhyming just happy to be alive (yeah)
(Doing fine) This year I'm repping for you and I. (Disappear) Switch gears, and I'm taking you for a ride yeah
Back in the day it was checks beside a name: "checks for the lame," today it's checks to shoulder fame (yep)
May I remind you to never give up, the fighter living dormant inside you tried to focus upon the minor shhh (yeeeah).
Chorus
Gotta pay to play the game:
Moving From Philly to NC was really to raise me, you visit (but never move back)
Break Beats, all the Sucka Emcees
Re-living the 80s tradition (now that's a throw back)
Mom please, considered a token, just trying to go in I'm winning (You gotta know that)
All the way from beginning to last inning you're getting this SWATS in, all i know's that
I paid to play the game
Hook
Money, I am being told
Money, I am being sold
Money, I am being told
Money, I am being sold
Learn a lesson, learn a lesson. Pay attention! This is a SWATS intervention.
Once a consumer now I can assume you're
bobbing your head to my tribute to the music
I used to pay, now I play to break the game
Verse 2
Not a discussion, this is not a debate
take a case of mistaken identity upon my namesake.
I found an issue with competition that can't wait.
I bring a resolution at any moment the GameBreax
The same's taken you 8 takes
Your brain quakes on it
It's Lyricism indecision, it ain't funny
It takes money to make money,
the same change you waste on it
could be the change that you ain't started.
Chorus
Gotta pay to play the game:
Moving From Philly to NC was really to raise me, you visit (but never move back)
Break Beats, all the Sucka Emcees
Re-living the 80s tradition (now that's a throw back)
Mom please, considered a token, just trying to go in I'm winning (You gotta know that)
All the way from beginning to last inning you're getting this SWATS in, all i know's that
I paid to play the game
Hook
Money, I am being told
Money, I am being sold
Money, I am being told
Money, I am being sold
Learn a lesson, learn a lesson. Pay attention! This is a SWATS intervention.
Once a consumer now I can assume you're
bobbing your head to my tribute to the music
I used to pay, now I play to break the game
credits
released April 12, 2019
HUGE shout out to EveryDayIDraw for killing this single's cover art!
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A native of North Carolina, SWATS has
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