FOXY BROWN – LETTER TO THE FIRM

FOXY BROWN – LETTER TO THE FIRM

FOXY BROWN

Sorti en 1997, le projet The Firm était une tentative de créer un supergroupe de rappeurs new-yorkais, avec Nas, AZ, Cormega et Foxy Brown. Considéré comme un semi-échec, il est pourtant devenu culte avec le temps. Sur ce morceau, Foxy Brown rend hommage à ses acolytes.

Lyrics

Uhh, I mean damn
Me and you forever hand in hand
I'm married to The Firm boo, you got ta understand (understand)
I'll die for em, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em (fry for em)
And if I got ta take the stand, I'ma lie for em (lie for em)
It's me and you, hand in hand (forever)
I'm married to The Firm boo, you got ta understand (that be we)
I'll die for em, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em (fry for em)
And if I got ta take the stand, I'ma lie for em (uhh, suga)
Whattup Firm we got these niggaz cornered, so maintain
I got the drugs here, a good amounts the bed behind the back stairs
Like twenty grams plus the caravan
I left the keys by the safe, erase the phone and flip the license plate
Got all the phone calls tapes, and all the weights and ice
to get the dough and the guns, and then we straight
He had the block locked he knew the spot block
On some real web shit to get your spot knocked by killer cops
Tryin to get your shit rocked, he don't know, cause all along
We was plottin to drop on the low, he straight snitch
He don't know how it go, he saw Nas in all the Lex
Then a triple GS, foreala, I kinda think he got a
feeling I'm squealing me and Tone was on the phone
Probably thinkin we dealin this bug, make sure Un got all the guns
His man Son had the whole mob of arsons
runnin through Parsons
I mean damn, me and you forever, hand in hand
I'm married to The Firm boo, you got ta understand
I'll die for him, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em
And if I got ta take the stand, I'ma lie for em (lie for em)
It's me and you, hand in hand (hand in hand)
I'm married to The Firm boo, you got ta understand (forever we)
I'll die for him, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em (Nas, AZ)
And if I got ta take the stand, I'ma lie for em
Check it peep the plot, so when I beep him y'all be creepin
Cormega know the spot, diminish him, 'Mega finish him
We power, the whole team shinin through like Ma rule
Worse come to worse we got shorties layin on forty-first
They want The Firm som'in awful, to tax som'in
The way we style have a nigga tryin to blast som'in
I guess the way we politic em probably got the niggaz
I know they layin like "Dunn, we got ta stick them niggaz"
In due time, they probably see the Apple sour
and once, we takin over, they'll realize The World is Ours
The faggot niggaz don't deserve bein CREAM
A bunch of snitches on the same team, tryin to reign supreme
Brooklyn Queens thing, we lionhearted never dear departed I mean
You're fuckin with Scarlett O'Hara
Desert em like Sahara, shit you never heard The Firm strictly murderous
Gun is out punana, The Firm's First Lady organizer
G'damn, me and you forever, hand in hand
I'm married to The Firm boo, you got ta understand
I'll die for em, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em
And if I got ta take the stand, I'ma lie for em
It's me and you, hand in hand
I'm married to The Firm boo, you gots ta understand
I'll die for em, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em
And if I got ta take the stand, I'ma lie for em
The General, soak time, my partner in crime, Nas and 'Mega
Gon' cry together, shit get real, we gon' die together
I'm like whatever for my team through the cheddah
through the CREAM we gonna stay together, it's Doe or Die
Through the slanted eyes, I organize family style
Lady Godiva, forever Firm Fox Boogie never lonely
We were wed in Holy Matrimony, whatever
Whichever, however, uhh, Firm style
I mean damn, mean and you forever, hand in hand
I'm married to The Firm boo, you got ta understand
I'll die for em, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em
And if I got ta take the stand I'ma lie for em
It's me and you hand in hand
I'm married to The Firm boo, you gots ta understand
I'll die for em, gimme a chair and then I'll fry for em
And if I got ta take the stand I'ma lie for em
(repeat to fade)

Paroles (Traduction)

Uhh, je veux dire zut
Toi et moi pour toujours main dans la main
Je suis marié à The Firm chérie, tu dois comprendre (comprendre)
Je mourrai pour eux, donne-moi une chaise et je frierai pour eux (frierai pour eux)
Et si je dois témoigner, je mentirai pour eux (mentirai pour eux)
C'est toi et moi, main dans la main (pour toujours)
Je suis marié à The Firm chérie, tu dois comprendre (c'est ainsi)
Je mourrai pour eux, donne-moi une chaise et je frierai pour eux (frierai pour eux)
Et si je dois témoigner, je mentirai pour eux (uhh, chérie)
Quoi de neuf Firm, on a ces mecs coincés, alors tiens bon
J'ai les drogues ici, une bonne quantité sous le lit derrière l'escalier arrière
Environ vingt grammes plus la caravane
J'ai laissé les clés près du coffre-fort, effacé le téléphone et changé la plaque d'immatriculation
J'ai tous les enregistrements des appels téléphoniques, et tous les poids et la glace
pour obtenir l'argent et les armes, et ensuite on est bons
Il avait le quartier verrouillé, il connaissait le bloc
Dans une vraie merde pour faire en sorte que ton repère soit découvert par des flics tueurs
Essaie de faire sauter ton truc, il ne sait pas, car tout le temps
On complotait pour tomber en douce, il balance direct
Il ne sait pas comment ça se passe, il a vu Nas dans toutes les Lex
Puis une triple GS, sérieux, je pense qu'il a
l'impression que je balance, moi et Tone étions au téléphone
Probablement en train de penser que nous trafiquons ce truc, assure-toi qu'Un a toutes les armes
Son pote Son avait tout le gang des incendiaires
courant à travers Parsons
Je veux dire zut, toi et moi pour toujours, main dans la main
Je suis marié à The Firm chérie

Thématique Hommage

Style Rap

Keywords Cultissime, Supergroupe

Entités normées Foxy Brown, Nas