Karo
Maxo Kream Lyrics

That what we do
Me and my friend Ike are experts at manipulating the drug dealer we buy from.

That what he do
The dealer we buy from is skilled at managing his drug business, making money from selling drugs.

Me and Ike we be finnessing on the plug (That what we do)
Me and my friend Ike are finding ways to deceive our drug dealer into giving us more drugs than we pay for.

Money do he jugging packs he run it up (That what he do)
The drug dealer is making a lot of money by selling large quantities of drugs to his buyers.

Seventy-five a line my nigga this that mud (Oh that's that oil)
The drug we are buying is called mud or oil, and we pay $75 per line of it.

Remixing with the karo I can't show no love (REMIX)
I am mixing the drug we buy with karo syrup, a sweetening agent, but I cannot share it or show love towards others while doing so, as it is illegal.

Here's a jugg story 'bout fo' trap brothers
The following is a story about four brothers who are involved in drug dealing, known as jugging, or finessing their customers.

Daddy in the Feds broke as hell stay with they mother
The father of the four brothers is in jail or prison, and their mother is struggling to provide for their family.

Till the older brother came in with fo' pints (FINESSE)
The eldest brother introduced his younger siblings to drug dealing by bringing home four pints of drugs.

Bounce em' back to 6 and it changed they whole life (Okay)
After selling the drugs, they made a lot of money and were able to change their lives for the better.

So he the second oldest he looked up to Janky Jew
The second oldest brother admired Janky Jew, a successful drug dealer who taught him how to sell and manipulate customers.

Watch the karo and finesses so he did the same too (Okay)
The second brother watched Janky Jew mix karo syrup with drugs to increase profits and learned to do the same.

Show them how to hit them pints
The second brother taught his younger siblings how to sell the drugs by breaking them down into smaller amounts called pints.

Tote them pipes, shoot them dice (Ahuh)
The brothers carried guns for protection and gambled with their illegal profits.

Then one day he served a random trapper twice his name was Ike
One day, the second brother served a man named Ike who was also a drug dealer, and they became friends and started working together.

Maxo brother charged with murder now the whole hood looking
Maxo's brother has been arrested and charged with murder, causing the community to be aware and watchful of their illegal activities.

All the pistols Maxo see was serving they was trying to murk him
Maxo was constantly seeing people with guns, and he believed they were trying to harm him due to his brother's criminal charges.

Had to stop slanging out the house
Maxo had to stop selling drugs out of his home to avoid attention from the authorities.

Pull up curve serve his gwap
Maxo continued selling drugs by meeting customers on a street corner and collecting money.

And junkies in the trap he got the nosey I neighbors nervous
Maxo's drug dealing attracted unwanted attention from his neighbors, who were concerned about the activity and potential danger.

Shake on the Connery, rock in the pot
Maxo mixed and prepared drugs with different agents, including Connery and rock, in a pot to increase the potency.

Block got hot so his mama kick him out
The area where Maxo was dealing drugs became more dangerous, leading to Maxo's mom kicking him out of their shared home to protect herself.

Plug and dough help him set up shop
Maxo received support from his drug supplier and customers to help start his own drug-selling operation.

And it was a stain on a drink-strong diet
Maxo's excessive drinking and drug use left a negative impact on his physical health.

Good to re-up on bars and act
Maxo needed to purchase more bars, or Xanax pills, to keep up with his own drug habits.

Fucking up the sack couldn't grab no packs
Maxo was mismanaging his profits and could not afford to purchase more drugs to sell.

Maxo branched out, started coppin himself
Maxo started to buy drugs for himself instead of just selling them.

Serve like the money do everything else
Maxo continued to sell drugs to support his lifestyle, disregarding the potential consequences or danger.

On the South was busting tools
Maxo and his friends were using weapons on the southern side of town.

Maxo pistol play with her
Maxo carried and frequently used a gun, which he refers to as 'her.'

Ike attended TSU
Ike went to Texas Southern University, a historically black college in Houston.

Started trapping in 3rd ward
Ike started selling drugs in Houston's Third Ward neighborhood.

In the classroom Ike would slang
Ike sold drugs to fellow students even while in class.

Maxo jugging on the yard
Maxo was also selling drugs, referred to as jugging, on the TSU campus.

Maxo hot he dodging laws
Maxo was under scrutiny from law enforcement and had to avoid being caught selling drugs.

Campus police canine dogs
The TSU campus police used dogs to search for illegal drugs.

See Maxo was a nuisance serving students by the bleachers (Who didn't?)
Maxo was causing problems by selling drugs to students near the bleachers, but he was not alone in this behavior.

Had no school so cops would still supply the couple teachers (Supply the couple teachers)
Even when school was out of session, the police would still provide drugs to some of the teachers on campus.

Posted by the dorm selling athletes doobie roaches
Maxo sold marijuana, referred to as doobie roaches, to athletes from his location by the dorms.

In traffic after practice flip a package to the coaches (Ahuh)
Maxo sold drugs to coaches during traffic or after sports practices.

Harvest season come around and all the plugs they wanna tax
During harvest season, drug suppliers wanted to increase their profits by charging more for their products.

He brought Jimmy he brought Theo and that goofy plug named Matt
Maxo brought his own connections, Jimmy and Theo, and a new supplier named Matt to try to maintain his drug supply.

Steady blowing up his jack (Ahuh)
Maxo was receiving a lot of phone calls, or blowing up his jack, from people trying to buy drugs from him.

Begging crying for a bag (Ahuh)
Customers were constantly pleading and crying for drugs, causing frustration for dealers like Maxo.

But him and Ike they split the packs
Maxo and Ike shared their drug profits equally between themselves.

Whole things even quarter sacks (Deon nigga)
They would even break down their large drug quantities into smaller quarter sacks to sell to more customers.

I'm a hog I'm the socket fuck the plug
Maxo considers himself to be a dominant force, surpassing or even disregarding his drug supplier, known as the plug.

Got karo gallons just remixing codeine in my tub mane (In the bath)
Maxo has large amounts of karo syrup, which he is using to mix with codeine to make a drug cocktail, in his possession, even mixing them together in his bathtub.

I'm finessing karo mixing high-tech swapping (Ahuh)
Maxo is manipulating his drug cocktails to increase profits, by changing proportions and switching out components.

He looking like a rookie serve his friendly ass some Watson
Maxo is serving a less-experienced drug dealer, known as Watson, with a less potent drug cocktail, or Watson, to take advantage of his naivety.

Trap
A term used to describe the drug trade, and the culture it has developed around it.