Maestro

Make The City Stand Still

Maestro


Maestro] 
This joint's dedicated to all emcees 
Yo, stay focused with this 
A'ight 
Stay strong, stay dedicated 
Maestro 
Check it out, yo 

Yeah yeah, yo 
I'm still smashin' it 
So compassionate 
House of Commons want me on the cabinet 
The graduate who got the phattest shit 
I splatter shit 
Niggas better scatter when I'm splashin' it 
Flashin' it 
Pass the record books and watch me shatter shit 
I made the city hot 
Rhymes makin' niggas drop 
Even free-stylin' when CKLN was fifty watts 
Then I built the strategy 
Gradualy, I planned to be 
The greatest from the city 
Brothers started stabbin' me 
Made your backbone slide to this, glide to this 
Brothers jealous 'cause their sons couldn't shine like this 
It ain't my fault that my song's phat 
It ain't my fault that my pops loved my mom, black 
I made the bomb track 
Kids were jackin' for beats when my rap hit the streets 
I went to church and even signed my autograph for the priest 
When my track was released, you noticed me 
Toronto prodigy of poetry 
Even white chicks were faintin' over me 
The flyer boss, toured like Diana Ross 
It kills me when I see you young brothers tryin' to floss 
You got a long way to go to keep the hip in the hop 
I left in ninety two, it's like the fukin' industry stopped 
But it's on, don't panic 
Emcees stay frantic 
It's automatic, we makin' audio dramatic 
Lyrically I'm a bill, at the top of a hill 
Show my sons how to chill, and make the city stand still 

[Chorus: Wade O. Brown] 
We're gonna make it happen 
We're gonna make it shine 
We're gonna make it happen 
It's a race against our time 
Oh, oh, oh 
We're gonna make it happen 

[Maestro] 
Yeah, yeah, yeah 
I remember when my pops took me to this lady 
She said she couldn't beleive how many shady people wanna slay me 
She said they wanna wreck you, they wanna wet you 
But don't sweat it, your ancestors will protect you 
Many nights I woke up, frozen stiff, couldn't move 
Stayed calm, bible open on the twenty third song 
Who could it be now 
A brother that I ripped, an old school shorty that I used to hit 
(go figure) 
In life I learned cats'll try to hurt you 
That's why I gotta stay tight with my family, and keep a small circle 
Many broads said to me, that my seed they wanted to carry 
Didn't love me at all 
But to shine, they wanted to marry 
Sayin' "let's sex tonight", but I'm a skeptic type 
It's a rougher world 
That's why it's tough to trust a girl 
Never the less I'm maintainin', with pure determination 
Two junos, plus ten nominations 
No way I'm gonna crumble, I stayed humble 
I reminisce when K-4CE teamed up with MC Rumble 
T-dot, nineteen eighty six, turned the party out 
Gave love, but didn't have to sweat the brothers down south 
It's on, don't panic, emcees stay frantic 
It's automatic, we makin' audio dramatic 
Lyrically I'm a bill, at the top of a hill 
Show my sons how to chill, and make the city stand still 

[Chorus] 

[Wade O. Brown] 
I know, for sure 
That we're bound to make it 
In time, we'll find 
It's the sky of ????? 
Oh oh oh 
We're gonna make it happen 
We're gonna make it, We're gonna make it 

[Maestro] 
Yeah 
You could never make the city smile 
You're Conway Twitty style 
Silly pile for real 
You ain't a willy child 
I cap your dome, everytime I rap alone 
Plus the way I chaperones, make the feds tap a phone 
I elevated you, you know who educated you 
Peace to Ron Nelson, he put me on in eighty two 
Now I'm comin' back 
I got the stunning tracks 
Spreadin' love to all my peeps and show the younger cats 
Hit 'em with the phattest songs 
Fuck the sprint, it's a marathon 
I seen alot of shit, now I'm passin' it on 
I love Redman and Naughty shit 
But now I'm on some Barry Gordy shit 
I need another forty hit 
It's on, don't panic 
Emcees stay frantic 
It's automatic, we makin' audio dramatic 
Lyrically I'm a bill, at the top of a hill 
Show my sons how to chill, and make the city stand still 
It's on, don't panic 
Emcees stay frantic 
It's automatic, we makin' audio dramatic 
Lyrically I'm a bill, at the top of a hill 
Show my sons how to chill, and make the city stand still 

[Chorus]