Run for Cover
Flipmode Squad (Starring Busta Rhymes Rampage Lord Have Mercy Spliff Star Rah Digga Baby Sham) Lyrics
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I got something for your motherfucking ass, check it out
Rampage I'm coming express through your chest
In the Lex-GS, stop talking BS
My watch is still flooded
850 for the budget
I'm Rugged, cats get gutted, rhyme then stab
You's a crab, I take mines off the top like Fab
Hit you with a jab for the 98
Number one in billboard with the triangle shape
Flipmode on every mix tape, watch you cats get scrape
Rampage Alexander the great
What!
Better run for cover for it's too late
What!
You know we got it locked way out of state
What!
Now whose the chick to come ice the cake
Put it through everybody on my license plate (Aight)
Ripping MC's then got a rap chick fiending (fiending)
Celine type creaming (creaming)
Make them rappers poof like them crackers did Keenen
Meaning I run that, Waiting on mine like I'm the LL comeback
Wack rappers crawled out from holes
Now you souped 'cause you slithered up the todem pole
Flipmode Squad affiliate of of time-warner
Send all you punks back to decorate the corner
Better run for cover for it's too late
What!
You know we got it locked way out of state
What!
Now Baby Sham take the safety off hold
There's a lot of fake cats that jump in their mans Rolls
Come to my show with these fake wallos
Turqoise hid invoiced with plans to blow
See me backstage with the gauge upholds my pants leg
Hand made suits contracts is in the briefcase
Life Negotiate so when I split these pies
I'm sexing your dime
Flow for Flow batteling rhymes
Talking some crime
Now I gotta split your time (What!What!)
Get your shit pushed back like these seats recline (yeah)
Better run for cover for it's too late
What!
You know we got it locked way out of state
What!
Now Baby Sham take the safety off hold
Sliff Star throw on my scully tipping my brim (uh huh)
Stand on the Street corner scuffing up my Timbs
Take off my jacket
Pack the four fith 'cause a racket (that's right)
Freaky fella
Jimmy swaggert (wha')
Kill a sucka
Brothers had it (ha)
Contradiction crucifixion
False Leadership Richard Nixon
Bouncing and switching the lanes all up in the Range
Here's a fifty for twenty dollars of gas gimme my change!
Better run for cover for it's too late
What!
You know we got it locked way out of state
What!
Now Baby Sham take the safety off hold
Better run for cover for it's too late
What!
You know we got it locked way out of state
What!
Now Baby Sham take the safety off hold
Hey it's the worlds famous international
Sinner irrational (ha)
Nigga who dance with wolves
Masterful bash skulls
Crack axles peel out in black fords
Splatter brains on dash ports
Start anthrax wars
See's cast like task force die on a cross (ha)
July 4th blow your hands off (Blaow!)
Special delivery
Jam 'cause with ghetto misery when I'm killabrese of canine
Last name heard it through the grapevine
Killing your blood millineum bug
United States divide with hate crimes
Roll snake eyes
In the concrete jungle of hell
While Lord Have stays Super like the son of Jor-el
What!
You know we got it locked way out of state
What!
Better Run for cover for it's too late
What!
You know we got it locked way out of state
What!
I be the last nigga
The quick to bust your ass niggas
Do anything in this world to get the cash niggas
I might even get mad and even slash niggas
Rob them and get away in a car and crash niggas
What!'s the world gonna do when I drop the smash nigga
Iron all in your face don't make me pull the trigga
Another reason for me to have to poor my own swigga
Thought I was posing for word up but a fed took my picture
Surgeon general I represent the underneath
The ask for shit beef
The worlds greatest fucking thief
Brick layer hardcore smash your front teeth
Wilding it straight giving their mother mad grief
Rob a nigga strip him down leave him in his briefs
Do so much dirt the priest asked me to turn another leaf
Made the priest flip change his whole belief
Started wildin' in the club with them niggas starting beef
Act fool
The lyrics to Flipmode Squad's "Run for Cover" are centered around the group's collective bravado and their status as top performers in the rap game. Throughout the verses, each member of the group takes their turn boasting about their own abilities, often resorting to violent imagery and language to make their point. Rampage leads things off in his verse by threatening to come at his enemies "express through your chest," while later verses from Spliff Star and Lord Have Mercy make references to weaponry and conflicts with law enforcement. Baby Sham's verse takes a more stylistic turn, featuring playful rhymes like "come to my show with these fake wallos, turqoise hid invoiced with plans to blow."
The overall message of the song seems to be that Flipmode Squad are untouchable, and that their fans should beware of anyone foolish enough to try and take them down. Lines like "you know we got it locked way out of state" and "better run for cover for it's too late" reinforce this idea of impenetrability, while the repeated refrain of "what!" is almost confrontational in its delivery. Ultimately, "Run for Cover" is a song about power and confidence, with Flipmode Squad using their words to establish themselves as unbeatable forces in the rap game.
Line by Line Meaning
Yeah, niggas want to talk shit, in the mothafucking room
People are talking nonsense and making trouble in the room
Rampage I'm coming express through your chest
Rampage is delivering a powerful blow to his opponent's chest
In the Lex-GS, stop talking BS
Rampage is driving a Lexus and wants people to stop talking nonsense
My watch is still flooded
Rampage has an expensive, flashy watch
850 for the budget
Rampage has a lot of money to spend
I'm rugged, cats get gutted, rhyme then stab
Rampage is tough and will defeat his opponents with words or violence
Send their rusty ass friend to the lab
He will defeat his opponents so badly he will send their beaten friend to the hospital
You's a crab, I take mines off the top like Fab
He is better than his opponents and will take the top spot like Fabolous did
Hit you with a jab for the 98
Rampage will defeat his opponents with a punch or clever wordplay
Number one in billboard with the triangle shape
Flipmode Squad is very popular and successful with their music
Flipmode on every mix tape, watch you cats get scrape
Flipmode Squad is so good they are featured on every mixtape and will dominate their opponents
Better run for cover for it's too late
The opponents should run away because it will be too late for them to escape Rampage's wrath
Rampage Alexander the great
Rampage is comparing himself to Alexander the Great, a famous conqueror
Put it through everybody on my license plate
Rampage has a lot of power and influence
Talking some crime
Rampage is discussing criminal activities
Now I gotta split your time
Rampage has defeated his opponents, and they must leave
Passengers get your shit pushed back like these seats recline
Rampage will defeat his passengers so badly they will be pushed back like a reclining seat
Contradiction crucifixion false leadership Richard Nixon
Rampage is comparing false leadership to Richard Nixon, who was known for deception and corruption
Bouncing and switching the lanes all up in the Range
Rampage is driving an expensive car and weaving in and out of traffic
Special delivery
Something important is being delivered
Start anthrax wars
Rampage is proposing biological warfare
See's cast like task force die on a cross
Rampage sees his opponents as a cast of people that will suffer and die
Better run for cover for it's too late
The opponents should run away because it will be too late for them to escape
I be the last nigga the quick to bust your ass niggas
Rampage is the last person to mess with because he will defeat his opponents quickly and easily
Do anything in this world to get the cash niggas
Rampage will do anything to get money
Rob them and get away in a car and crash niggas
Rampage will rob people and get away in a car that will crash later
What's the world gonna do when I drop the smash nigga
Rampage is confident his music will become popular
Surgeon general I represent the underneath
Rampage represents the underground or lesser known side of hip hop
The worlds greatest fucking thief
Rampage is very good at stealing things
Brick layer hardcore smash your front teeth
Rampage will beat his opponents so badly they will lose their teeth
Wilding it straight giving their mother mad grief
Rampage is giving his opponents' mothers a hard time
Do so much dirt the priest asked me to turn another leaf
Rampage has done so many bad things, even a priest wants him to change his ways
Started wildin' in the club with them niggas starting beef
Rampage is causing trouble in the club with his friends
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Peermusic Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., JELLYBEAN MUSIC GROUP, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: KASSEEM DEAN, TREVOR SMITH, ROGER MCNAIR, WILLIAM LEWIS, RASHIA TASHAN FISHER, LEROY JONES, WAYNE ANTHONY NOTISE
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