Skip to content
Lyric
Dive
Public playlists
My playlists
Search
Sign in
The Criteria (Keep Rockin')
Derek Cedar, , , Family Tapes, y , Sun Cut Flat
Popularity ยท Low
+
๐ฌ๐ง English ยท Original
0
0
YouTube
Searching YouTube...
Lyrics
Original
Translation
Bilingual
The criteria
In my area?
Is a high barrier
Family Tapes
The dopest emcees
Make no apologies at all for being dope, son
The criteria
That's how we check your skills and regulate the game
They not feelin' ya
Make no apologies at all for being dope
Remaining calm, maintaining motion
Derek Cedar, he one of the greatest out now
Geometric shapes
Ahead of me is heaven's gates
They scan my face as I carry the heaviest crates
The levy breaks
As I plunge into destiny's lakes
Turning twenty thousand tons
Into feathery weights
While y'all ketamine chase
Out at Sesame Place
I master life's roller coaster sober, settled in place
Through deep analysis
Failures we regrettably faced
I seek to challenge your narrative anythings a waste
And seek to counsel your arrogance that's very misplaced
Let's take the mask off like Jason, the scariest face
As you ask him to bury the hatchet carrying grace
They play his last tape's rotation at a very good pace
Derek Cedar known to strike fear on distant planets
A hundred thousand light-years is just a different canvas
But he negotiated clear with vision of fairness
In return they gifted a mirror for lifting Atlantis
I'm not I'm forced in debt
For a Scott Morris set
No disrespect, it's ironic, Alanis Morrisette
Left on read, I can't blame dude
We ain't touring yet
But yet the name is respected like I'm a four year vet
Yall mighta gotten one Grant
But y'all not Horace yet
Yall might have even spazzed once
But y'all not Borris yet
He sorta wet with the jimmy
Handle reporters, bet
The hare vs. tortoise, Clinton Portis
On my cordless set
Still it's got me sorta vexed
I can't afford to flex
When every track that we recorded
Hitting more than sex
I get it, you're depressed
From flying in corporate jets
That's why we try to seek the source
We ignoring the rest
So if I sign on the line, and I endorse the checks
And then I dine with a sorceress
In a gorgeous dress?
I'm lying if I say my mind
Felt these endorphins yet
At least we got the neighbors on the porch obsessed
So hit the chorus next, yes
Family Tapes
The dopest emcees
Make no apologies at all for being dope, son
The criteria
That's how we check your skills and regulate the game
They not feelin' ya
Make no apologies at all for being dope
Remaining calm, maintaining motion
Derek Cedar, he one of the greatest out now
The criteria
In my area?
Is a high barrier
This is the type of beat that puts you on a watch list
And the type of flow that leaves you at a top risk
That's why I back it up on floppies, CD ROM's, disks
I'm signing copies at show, which you should not miss
I accepted my role
Now I'm a star in it
Like a set pick and role
There's no guarding it
Wish they would stop with the shells
They go cartin' it
So I can't smoke with these cats
They Bogart'n it
Y'all don't even have the math for an algebra verse
These rap cats that tried to hit ain't paid their dowries first
I'm married to the game, my vows were rehearsed
For her, I scoured the earth, but took a shower first
Show up at 106 and Power holding flowers and merch
Then get denied corporate credentials
Can't be found lemme search
Though my force is essential
And their Porsche is a rental
Their adulation is reserved for those with morbid potential
And that shit hurts
Another cat doing the style well is Kyle Bethel
Dude didn't respond to my messages I'm like sigh, oh well
Start at the bottom rise through hell
No disrespect just a reminder
Not aligned with the shells
I'll never mention a decent man's name to gain clout
I'm decent too in the city, loved it when that had came out
But then them drill tracks
Made me question what you about, damn
That's not my cross to bear
Let's leave the nonsense over there
Cause I been rocking for Boston since when I came down here
Born in '89 in Brooklyn, wasn't raised down here
Been back since 2014
Now the beats more clean
Reputation's been rising just like a four-seam
Fast ball, y'all missed on the cast call
Extra extra, read all about it
Your claims far-fetched
A stretch, I really doubt it
As planes rerouted
From bars I shouted
And some seeds sprouted
Been 'bout it, 'bout it
Family Tapes
The dopest emcees
Make no apologies at all for being dope, son
The criteria
That's how we check your skills and regulate the game
They not feelin' ya
Make no apologies at all for being dope
Remaining calm, maintaining motion
Derek Cedar, he one of the greatest out now
The criteria
In my area?
Is a high barrier
No doubt
ย