Real Live - The Gimmicks [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Hook: The Notorious B.I.G.-sampled voice]
I see the gimmicks, the wack lyrics
[ Verse 1 ]
I'm usin' mics like bangers, victims get hit
Verbal homicide, razor blades spit
It's mad kids trapped up in the game, ain't nothing pretty
We all on a quest to have the tightest jam in the city
Or the fattest sound for the nine-pound
Shoot a 100 grand, I'm rollin headcracks on the ground
My mind is under siege from Chunky Black
I made my white-out fat with about three fourths of a 20 sack
Now I gots to blow the spot one time and in due time
You'll find the illustration of true crime
Too many niggas fakin' moves today
Too many brothers gettin' blown away
But I be makin' licks anyway, everyday
And still hold a toast just in case of foul play
You always had somethin to say
Man, I know you wasn't shit from the very first day

[Hook]

[ Verse 2 ]
I ain't a rookie, son, I'm like a decorated soldier
I earned mad stripes, slugs hit you like a boulder
The K is all-pro with the MP-60
And I'ma stimulate like a monster hit a blow, so
Now it's time to pay some dues
You got to show some skill before you talk about a Uz or a Tec
And I lost mad respect
And if the wack shit don't stop
I'm shuttin down shop
You took a turn for the worse, you're like a curse
You never come clean in your verse
You got players on the street gettin down for real
Gettin down for coke, gettin down with steel
You ain't a thoroughbred cuz you ain't never did no caper
What's this talk about you rich when you're workin with short paper?
You're like a disease
And, ahh, get the fuck from out of here before I squeeze

[Hook]