I Aint Takin No Shorts

[Tim Dog]

Hey yo Ced

I can't believe that A&R person put us on hold

for all the happy rap man!

[Ced Gee]

Word Dog, she must have been buggin

Yo Keith man, she actually really thought we was takin shorts

Talkin 'bout, wait 'til next month

When she'll sign us when her boss gets back

Hey yo Keith man, tell 'em whassup man

How you feel about bein put on hold for all this happy rap?

[Kool Keith]

Happy rap, is not my style

I never sweat and walk with a smile

like you do, comin out like doo doo

On the anal tip, butt MC's flip for

They try to play the time on a small tour

Small cash, small floor

Small digits, perpetratin a fraud

In their face, I'm thinkin out with bass

Jackin ace, king or queen, hype and dope

Nice and nice, comin out of the woodwork

Happy rap, polka dots and ties

Clowns who demonstrate in front of your eyes

I'm a businessman, steppin out more serious

You get curious and lookin for a hit of this

I'm on the mic to speak and I realize

Rappers are sellin out, screamin and yellin out

Talkin the weak whack, dancin and fallin out

All on the floor, lookin out at the circus

Two little pigs, tryin to move and work this

Jerk this, now get your hand off the mic

As I grow and grow, grow and grow, grow and grow

Now call me grand Poppa Large

I'm a hustler, and I ain't takin no shorts

And I ain't takin no shorts [x3]

Yo Ced, I know you down with all this happy rap

Why don't you tell me about it?

[Ced Gee]

Aight, bust it

No shorts taker, kickin the flavor

Ced Gee is a wise man, with knowledge I gave the

Beat whack a chance to cut the gap in rap

and snap, out of the happy rap phony

Attack with metaphor, I'm strictly teachin

My rhymes'll steady swarm, with words that's reachin

youth, to tell you I'm mad about

The rappers who clown around, I think they're sellin out

They cry, they hide and lie, then try to make

the lucky hit, tune, then die

Wreck up the business, I guess it's just what they do

While artists like me, stick with rhymes 'til I'm Ultra proof

The man of vision's intuition are proficient

To change rap course, I'm on a mission

like no one, could ever imagine

I'm takin no shorts, because I ain't havin it

And that's not all, I just feel I have to get mines

I'm not dissin, I'm just correctin a problem

For me and my brother man

Rap is soft now, so I must take a stand

And build and drill and ill and rebuild

Rhymes are appealin and reappearin

It seems, you know what I mean

You've been schooled by Ced Gee, so sweet

So be a boss a force of course and take no loss

if suckers try to cross

Just remember... I ain't takin no shorts, yeah!

Yeah, I ain't takin no shorts!

That's what I'm talkin about, I ain't takin no shorts

Not in 90, not in 2000, I ain't takin no shorts

Hey yo Keith I know you got somethin else to say my brother

[Kool Keith]

Happy rap, walkin out with a clown suit

The red suit, the green and brown suit

Look at'cha, I wanna throw a hook at'cha

Eggs and rocks, I need to wail a book at'cha

Back and forth, talkin out real loud

While you scream out "shout," disrespect the crowd

On the money tip, get back money grip

When I pick up the mic, turn around and flip

To the left side, I like to move and swing low

Cut up a rhyme and drop it out on a single

More rhymes are funny now, happy and silly now

Happy-go-lucky, on the mic and meanwhile

You standin still, lookin out for a good rhyme

Makin the whack junk, wastin my good time

Aiyyo Tim, why don't you tell 'em what it's like out here on these streets

[Tim Dog]

I ain't takin no shorts, suckers tryin to play me like I thought

But Tim Dog got rhymes of all sorts

I crush them up and bust they fuss and discuss the hush

Think you're better than Dog? You'll end up

either dead or in a theoretical copacetical alphabetical

hypothetical, now watch me let it go

My rhymes are hard, yeah

I pulled your card, yeah

Labels don't know why rap ain't sellin?

Too much dancin and too much yellin

So take the time to learn some metaphors

Then you get better for, so you can just let it pour

So you can be like Tim Dog of course

And just remember, I ain't takin no shorts

Yeah, believe that