Let Your Backbone Slide
Maestro Fresh Wes Lyrics

This is a throw down, a showdown, hell no, I can't slow down
I'm all fired up and ready to rumble, no way am I slowing down

It's gonna go down, first offense on the mix down, go on and break down
It's gonna be a big time, first offense on the mix down, come on and get down

Okay, party people in the house, may I have your attention, please?
Ladies and gentlemen, attention please!

In a moment, the beat will be played in many parts, come on and break
In a moment, the beat drops in many parts, come on and dance

Many parts, many, one, two, three, come on and break
The beat comes in many parts, so get ready to dance

This jam is amplified, so just glide and let your backbone slide
This music is pumping, so just relax and dance to the rhythm

You listen to every word I say, I, every verb you heard
Pay attention to every word I say, to every verb you've heard

I play snaps a vertabrae, you try to cover, a hover me, a roast, a fake
My rhymes are so sharp, they'll break your spine, you try to cover up, but you can't touch me

A flag, then I run a post, toast, I'm the most, D-E-F's how it goes
I come out strong, like a flag run, the toast of the town, D-E-F's how I do it

No X's or O's or tic-tac-toes, L-T-D knows,
This ain't a game, no X's or O's or tic-tac-toes, L-T-D knows it

This ain't a game I'm on a mission
I'm not playing, I'm on a serious mission

Call me a hip-hop, tip-tac-tition
I'm a hip-hop musician, a perfectionist

I rap just like a slab of clay, that's shapeless
My raps are like a shapeless slab of clay

Champagne no shimmer no glass is tasteless
Champagne is tasteless without the shimmer of a glass

A universe without light is light less
Without light, the universe is nothing

That's why I always take time to write this
That's why I take my time to write these lyrics

I mold it in my hands before I start chiselin'
I shape my words before I start chiseling them

Could be a rain or brainstorm or drizzlin'
It could be pouring or just drizzling, but I keep creating

Sun could be shining, sun could be showerin'
The sun could be shining or it could be raining, but I'm still creating

Practice make perfect and I'm powerin', flowerin'
Practice makes perfect and I'm growing stronger, blooming

My lyrics are awesome, tunin' from human, bloomin' a blossom
My lyrics are excellent, coming from a human, blooming like a blossom

Blowing away blockades and barricades, make ya black and blue
Breaking down blockades and obstacles, making you black and blue

From the blast and the blaze, it's a bloodsport, bloods builds up back
From the intense beats, it's like a bloodsport that gets your blood pumping

I make your vision go blurry while your brain goes black into oblivion
I'll get you in the groove so deep it'll blur your vision and black out your mind

Beats from box to box to bates, rocks from blocks and blocks
Beats jamming from every corner, rocks from all the neighborhoods

Just let it slide y'all, I don't give a damn, damn, if ya backbone quiver
Just dance freely, I don't care if your backbone shakes

Man, oh man, watch ya swiver,
Boy, oh boy, watch your swerve

Wind some twine your spine while you're slither
Bend your spine while you groove

It's contagious, a epidemic,
It's contagious, like an epidemic

You try to lift you're cool but it fell again,
You try to look cool, but it's not working

Rap scholar, soul like a Dominican
I'm a rap scholar, with soul like a Dominican

Butt like I said before, "I'm not American"
But as I said before, "I'm not American"

It's who you are not the where you went, we all originate from the same descent"
It's about who you are, not where you come from, we all come from the same origin

I make a lot of cents, sense and pence, gold, myrrh and frankincense
I make a lot of sense and money, like gold, myrrh, and frankincense

When I'm in France they blow me francs, Frank
When I'm in France, they show me some love

With your Swiss account is the way I bank-pank, at home I make bills
My Swiss account is where I bank, I make cash at home

Are brown from my sound in the States, green like the grass
My paper in the States is brown, but it's green like grass when I go overseas

In the ground when I'm in England, they pass me pounds now
In England, they give me pounds of cash

I clock cash in every town, so I slide but nowadays, I'm trapped
I make money everywhere I go, but now I feel trapped

Why's that? So many suckers on my sacroiliac
Why is that? Because so many people want a piece of me

It's like a rap-sack, backpack, wic-wic-whack, give me some slack jack
It's like a never-ending cycle, give me a break

Rap is like a jungle, where rhyme for rhyme is like a vine to vine
The rap game is like a jungle, every rhyme is like a vine going from one to the other

Swung line to line of mine, I'm colossal, you'se a mosquito
My rhymes flow like a pendulum, I'm colossal, you're just a mosquito

I'mma play Tarzan, you play cheetah, cheetah, bitter love to forge
I'll be the king of the jungle, you be the cheetah. Bitter love is what you'll find

Better yet, I'll call you curious George 'cause curiosity cold killed the cat
I'll call you curious George, because too much curiosity can kill you

Can't hide so black to the side, let your backbone slide
There's no hiding, just let your body move to the groove

The keyword is synchronism, yo, check out my homeboy dance to the rhythm (Hey)
The keyword is synchronization, check out my friend dancing to the rhythm

This ain't Forte, I'm coming Double-F, Fortissimo, FF for funky fresh,
This ain't a light music, I'm coming in strong, FF for funky fresh

My DJ is LTD, mellow-flex
My DJ is LTD, keeping it mellow-flex

You listen to the poetry, big jumbo jet,
You're listening to the poetry of a big jumbo jet

Vocabulary golden beats from my rollin'
My rhymes are golden, beats rhythmically rollin'

Stone cold lyrics with the microphone I'm holdin'
My lyrics are stone cold and I'm holding the microphone

Words I rip, egos I strip,
I tear down words, strip egos

I make sucker crews kick Dick Van Dyke flips,
I make weak crews look pathetic

I get busy, they're dizzy, they start to collide they should've stepped off,
I get busy, they get dizzy and start bumping into each other, they should've stepped off

I let it slide, but now they got brazen
I let it go, but now they're being too bold

Dry like a raisin, I glaze like a vase, I smash you like days until
They're dry as a raisin, I'm glossy like a vase. I'll hit you hard like a hammer until

They realize, they shouldn't have ripped, it's '89 y'all,
Once they realize, they shouldn't have messed with me. It's 1989

Not Beethoven's fifth or sixth, it's a throw down, I'm conducting it
It's not classical music, it's a throwdown, and I'm the conductor

Because like a high rise I'm constructing it,
Just like a skyscraper, I'm building it up

T'was once thoughts, pen and paper
It all started from an idea, then pen and paper

Now it's a tower, a soul, a skyscraper,
Now it's a tower, a soul, a skyscraper

It's getting out of hand after I've created a monster,
It's getting out of control, like I've created a monster

My musical monologue makes you wanna move with the Maestro,
My musical speech makes you want to move with the Maestro

You feel hot so you set the blend the crescendo is nice yo,
You feel the heat, so you get into the rhythm. The crescendo is nice

I'm the guy, the rhythm is a ride
I'm the one with the rhythm, join me for the ride

To the fresh side and let your backbone slide, this is a throw down
To the fresh side, let your body move to the groove. This is a throwdown