Boombox
The Blueprint Lyrics

You are disturbing me!
You are disrupting my peace and quiet!

You are disturbing my customers!
Your loud music is negatively affecting other people!

No service till you turn that shit off!
I won't provide you with any service unless you turn off your music!

I can't even hear myself think!
Your music is so loud that I can't concentrate or even hear my own thoughts!

The smooth criminal on beat breaks
The artist is skilled at creating beats with smooth transitions!

Never put my in your box if your shit eats tapes
Don't play this artist's music on a cheap tape player!

I got a Panasonic with a set of fifteens
The artist has a Panasonic brand boombox containing two 15-inch speakers!

Black with the silver grill, shining, lookin' clean
The boombox is black in color with a shiny silver grille, and it looks very neat and tidy!

Glove on my right hand, face on lean
The artist has his right hand on the boombox and is leaning in, clearly focused on his music.

I keep it by my side like Radio Raheem
The artist takes his boombox with him everywhere he goes, much like the character Radio Raheem from the movie 'Do the Right Thing.'

Ghetto blastin', you know the sound
The artist is listening to loud music that is characteristic of an urban neighborhood.

Everywhere I go I get asked to turn it down
The artist's loud music tends to draw attention, and people often ask him to lower the volume.

I'll tell you hell no to your face, I ain't a coward
The artist isn't afraid to stand up for his love of loud music and will refuse to turn it down when asked.

And if you keep trippin' I'm a turn it up LOUDER
If people continue to ask him to turn down his music, the artist will actually turn it up even louder in response.

I don't give a damn about your quiet or your peace
The artist doesn't care if his loud music disturbs others' peace and quiet.

The only time I turn it down is when I see police
The artist turns down his music when he sees the police to avoid getting in trouble with the law.

Me hear nothing but the music, I'm slipping
The artist is so focused on the music that he isn't paying attention to his surroundings.

So fuck hip-hop, I'm easy listening
The artist isn't concerned with the genre of music; he just wants it to be loud and he wants to enjoy it!

You thought it was gunshots, the way my boombox knocks
The artist's music is so loud that it sounds like gunshots to some people!

Before you see me, you hear me coming down the block
Because the artist's music is so loud, you can hear it from far away and know he is approaching before you can see him.

Loud enough to make your eardrums pop
The artist's music is dangerously loud and can even cause physical damage to one's ears!

But it won't stop, it don't stop
The artist will keep listening to his music at maximum volume, regardless of who asks him to stop.

Some cats decorated theirs with hand styles and stickers
Some people customize their boomboxes with graffiti and stickers.

I decorated my piece with Polaroid pictures
The artist has added photographs to his boombox to personalize it.

Extra bass boost so you know I ain't frontin'
The artist has increased the bass on his boombox to prove that it's a high-quality sound system.

Tinted deck with a missing pause button
The cassette deck on the boombox has a pause button missing and appears to be tinted in color.

A pocketful of tapes from the latest mix shows
The artist has many cassette tapes on hand of the newest music mixes.

With one in the deck 'cause the door won't close
The cassette deck has trouble closing, so the artist keeps one tape inside to prevent it from opening.

I might get it fixed when I get some cheddar
The artist will repair his boombox only when he has enough money to do so.

Auto-reverse, one side sounds better
The cassette deck has an auto-reverse function, and one side produces better sound quality than the other.

My pulse meter pulsates when I play my jams
The artist's heart rate increases and pulses when he listens to his favorite music loudly.

My equalizer got thirty-two bands
The equalizer on the boombox has 32 different frequency bands that the artist can adjust to get the perfect sound.

This cat try to battle, he didn't know me
Someone tried to challenge the artist because of his loud music, but didn't realize how dedicated he was to it.

I drowned him out with my tapes on Dolby
The artist defeated his musical opponent by playing his music loudly with the Dolby noise reduction feature turned on.

Plus, I only had the volume on five
The artist's music was so loud that he could still drown out his opponent with the volume only halfway up!

God forbid, he really woulda tried to get live
If the artist's opponent had tried to fight him, it wouldn't have gone well because the music was so loud.

Some cat bought the same model and thought he was equal
Someone purchased the same boombox as the artist and thought they were now on his level.

But he lost the battle 'cause he couldn't freak the EQ's
The new boombox owner lost a competition because he couldn't properly adjust the equalizer settings.

He shoulda known better than to battle me
The artist is so dedicated to loud music that nobody should even try to challenge him on it.

He dug his own ditch with them Ray-O-Vac batteries
The new boombox owner made a mistake by using cheap batteries that didn't last long enough to compete with the artist.

Now he mad as hell
The new boombox owner is angry and frustrated because he lost so badly to the artist.

I told him not to come back unless he had some Duracell's
The artist kindly offered advice to the new boombox owner, saying he shouldn't compete again until he gets better batteries!

My boombox, fully equipped
The artist's boombox is loaded with all the features and settings he needs to produce loud, high-quality music.

With a microphone jack whenever cats want to spit
The boombox also has a microphone jack so artists who want to freestyle can plug in and perform!

Wherever I'm at, the be boys follow
The artist's loud music attracts breakdancers (be boys) everywhere he goes.

My box turns bus stops into the Apollo
The artist's music transforms ordinary bus stops into stages, much like the famous Apollo Theater in Harlem.

I give you fifteen minutes of fame
The artist allows others to use his boombox to showcase their talent and gain attention for themselves for a limited time.

And had a downtown sidewalks looking like Soul Train
When the artist shares his boombox with others, it turns the street into an impromptu dance party, filled with people dancing like on 'Soul Train.'

You come to Sal's, there's no music
Sal's is a place of business owned by someone who doesn't appreciate loud music.

No rap, no music, no music, no music
The owner doesn't allow any kind of music to be played in Sal's.

Capice? Understand?
The artist wants to make sure everyone understands that there is no music allowed in Sal's.