5th Gear Lyrics - Joe Budden

Mic check, mic check 

Mic check, mic check 

Ye'... y'all know who it is. Ta-ha 

Oh! Uh. Uh-uh-uh 

It's... it's... it's that on top music! 

Look, come an' cruise wit' me 

I'm good in any hood, no matter who's wit' me 

My mind on gettin' money, bumpin' new 50 

Or my mind was off music, 'till Clue hit me 

An' told me keep it on the booth strictly. 

So I step in, watchin' my surroundings and my settin' 

Then I let the Percocet set in. 

Rough year, lost five of my homeboys 

I ain't worried 'bout it, y'all alive, just home boy. 

I feel like I'm the last real nigga left, or... 

Or maybe all the real niggas just left 

We growin' extinct, we like Dinosaurs 

There's only a few exceptions, so minus y'all. 

The greatest rapper alive, is wearin' suits and ties 

So you got a buncha' whack niggas sayin' they him. 

Used to be if you strive for so somethin' you could achieve it 

Now just say shit, these niggas'll believe it. 

I'm done screamin' out Jump Off rules 

Lost my girl, broke all of my Jump Off rules. 

Kept fu'ckin' the side chick, so a nigga lied more 

Picked 'er up in the womans car, that I ride for 

Creepin', I would hide more 

Got confused as to who I'm 'sposed to fight for 

I can't even blame the jump, it was my fault 

'Cause I gave 'er the gun and she killed the only bi'tch I would die for. 

So the noise is calt' for 

When you goin' through Ts type of Pain - 

Dawg, ya voice gets altered. 

Know it's hard to stay calm 

Goin' need State Farm 

When you fu'ckin' with a con 

No, not Akon. (Let's go!) 

I'm high off life, a walkin' napalm 

Fastballs comin' at 'em from a Dice-K arm! 

Ridin' suspended L 

No wonder I'm on fire, I already been through Hell. 

So... when the the World's against you well... 

Naw, I never snitch, but I'll let the pencil tell. 

I suffer from wrong thinkin' (so?) 

So I avoid straightjackets 

And the bi'tch that dumped Sean Kingston. (Hmmm) 

Better they respect'chu then to fear you 

I learnt' that starin' at the World in my rear view. 

But come get me, cocksucker I dare you 

Rather box a felon than a nigga that's fearful. (Understand some'...) 

Want a clear view, wit'out a clear view 

I put the wall up but thoughts just tear through. 

God, I hear you, givin' me a earful (but...) 

But I'mma cruise in 5th gear until I'm near you. (Oh!) 

Eye of a Tiger, naw, a Sniper wit' great aim 

I won't be another great slain. (Nigga!) 

Takes planes, embrace pain 

Ask Eddie Griffin - 

You gon' lose everytime goin' up against a freight train. 

Niggas bleed like us, we in the same World 

Keep the Patron comin' try an' make the day hurl 

It's a few niggas checkin' out my chain pearls 

Go ahead, try' an lift somethin' that'chu can't curl! 

Far from Wayne's World 

If life's a bi'tch, it ain't just R. Kelly an' Ush' fu'ckin' the Same Girl (nope!). 

OG swag, walk gotta' limp in it 

It's my World, everybody's payin' rent in it. 

I left Jers. see I took flight on 'em 

Dudes tried ta' take the crown, (dawg...) didn't look right on 'em (naw!) 

How you gon' fu'ck wit' a crook, heist want 'em 

Play Vanilla Ice, I get Suge Knight on 'em! 

Meanest Porsches, gleamin' crosses 

Came from Queens to restore this 

Deemed it in orbit 

When the red carpet rolled out, that mean it's bosses 

Don't get it fu'cked up, we had fiends before this. 

My third-eye sharp, so keen it's gorgeous (oh) 

I've seen it all, even Halloween in August (talk to 'em!) 

Gun in my hand 

The game used to make you sell ya soul - 

Now it gotta' come wit' a dance. 

I'm on the clear view (whoa!) 

Wit'out a clear view (oh!) 

I put the wall up, but thoughts just tear through (oh!) 

God I hear you, givin' me a earful 

But I'mma cruise in 5th gear until I'm near you. (Oh!)