The Firm Desperados

[JamielCotman]

The Stillmatic art work on this is excellent!!!

[JamielCotman]

In fact, perhaps, you should quit rap/

Instead of always trying to diss back/

[kevinkarimi]

Millionaire! look at the sky, make sure its still there. Ice grill stares at my jewelry, is it heavy? yea.

[mouseargueta13]

CANIBUS!! holy shit

[RugersRugin]

theoretically peep how we bless this, young and restless, guns n westerns, learnin to connect thru lessons...

nature and AZ killed this.

[AMAZINGINCORPORATION]

"fxck my record label, I appear courtesy of myself."

-Canibus

[CallMePsych]

canibus obviously murdered it...such a technically sound verse with his patterns, but no one is mentioning AZ yet again lol (the second guy) his is the smoothest...

[Rob1Esco]

anyone know where i can get the instrumental to this please? so annoying its not on youtube

[imobeus1]

As far as that whole 'walkin across the sun barefoot lookin for shade'...he's just simply sayin he's a different species altogether.

What's impossible for you, is common-place to him.

..That he's operating on a level too alien for people to process.

Fuck it, Bis IS a fuckin alien.

[TheTrampolineMen]

Nas, Canibus, and AZ are all top 10 to me.

[RealRayne]

Desperados.

[robinhorulz56]

"My intelligence begins where yours peaks at" - Canibus

[Eight1Eighty2]

Am I the only one that did not like Canibus? He has good lyrics and all, but in my opinion just sounds repetitive with his style when he raps, and his verses always peak at the beginning then get boring unlike AZ and Nature for example where there verses get better and better as they rap it.

[TheDailyRape]

@Eight1Eighty2

nature shouldn't even be on the same track as canibus.

[ajpizz]

this is, and will always be a classic.... mid '90s rap-- classics.

[smoketunes]

they all ripped it az did good nature ripped it and canibus destroyed it

[NotoriousANT24]

11 people never danced with the devil under the pale moon light..

[Perilous815]

Real recognize real shit

[reddnmilla]

Classic

[jemal99]

HOW THE FUCK DID CANIBUS FALL OFF SO HARD.. he was unstoppable at this time in his career

[Sagefrakrobatik]

@jemal99 Have you heard any of his recent shit. Listen to RIP vs Laureate or Meltonin Magik, Dragon of Judah. I never everyone has there own taste but u definately should give em a listen

[DeFiNeNoFeaR]

@jemal99 nah man he didnt fall off people just slept on him hard as fuck cause they cant comprehend his lyrics

[xflykid2011]

90s shit

[MarjanJovanovski10]

omg i never tought that nas had a song with Canibus ... this dude is fcking beast a fcking mastermind !!! dope song tho

[mxmwlle]

somebody have de instru? i realy need it for a mix

[DeeStarSupaStarr]

Real Rappers... Authentic.

[ScubaDude79]

I remember I got the tape single of this packaged with an issue of The Source...I damn near fucked up the rewind button listening to Canibus's verse!

[bgc03c]

AZ RIPS IT!!!!!!!!

[El9ino]

LIKE BRINGING A PAINTGUN TO A SHOOT OUT WITH REAL GATS!!

[dante3472]

Az and Canibus ripped it to pieces.

[daomega420]

canibus ate it

[TheDagmara95]

luv these kids

[megaled1020]

amazed

[mzskyhigh]

dope! they shoulda let Foxy spit on this

[Thmluv0524]

now this is REAL FUCKING HIP-HOP WORK!!!



[TheOriginalKushMan]

i cant stand canibus' flow. It offends me. Hese shite. Tune tho!

[sicbassman]

illest shit ever...what happened to good rap like this!!!!

[tkwk1433]

Canibus killed it, but nature did his thing too..

Btw, why nas didn't spitted his verses at here./

[tOnerz]

@tkwk1433 nas couldnt spit on this cuz no matter what canibus verse woulda been better.

[bruno21390]

@tOnerz And Nas didn't spit because he wanted the best verse, therefore nas' intelligence is even higher than canibus' that starts where yours peaks at.

[RelaxednCaIm]

@tOnerz

there's a version with nas' verse and it's better than bis'.

[cormegaful]

@RelaxednCaIm lil wayne > canibus

[91dwest]

@cormegaful yea if u like lyrics with no substance

[cormegaful]

@91dwest I was just trolling that guy for a laugh. Don't worry, I know he's better than Wayne.

[Spid3rFr3ak]

@tkwk1433 The theory is that the world would cease to exist if he did...

[SopranosFan57]

@tkwk1433 Cause they know our heads would explode

[SBARTSTV]

Nature more statistics

Deeper than the laws of physics, malibu sand

[schoolshow94]

till i hear the snapple crack and the ref says chill black

[XxHYDROxX]

this is such a sick song and all these faggots here are arguing about Canibus line about walkin on the sun, really get a life its a fucking line if you wanna talk about stupid lines in a song go listen to gucci, waka, soulja girl, or wayne. Bis is too complex for some ppl here i see....

[spideymayne]

@XxHYDROxX Who's complaining about the sun line? It's ill.

[martyclemens]

so ill

[Dyzm]

A question for those who know. Is the feedback line referring to "phone tap"??

[johnblaze46]

@Dyzm No, microphone feedback is interference or a disturbance in the sound of the microphone

[Dyzm]

@johnblaze46 I know what feedback is genius. I'm referring to a subtle subtext possibly dissing the song "Phone tap" wikitard.

[MysteryMixes]

It's too bad that Waka Flocka started a group called Desperados... i shit a brick when I heard that.

[dr4g0mir]

10 people need their rib cage re arranged.

[MOMMAIC]

canibus is my fav of all time,damn he says the illest shit.

[yesDBZnoDBGT]

Canibus is a great example of a L.A.W.

[craigwbowen]

@relaxedncalm - ill explain cannibus line to you quickly....ummm...so ya....cannibus has a respectable rank in the US army or navy not sure which one....but...for training they had to run bare foot in hot sand....and thats where his line about walking on the sun steams from....i guarantee that you couldnt go thru the training cannibus has gone thru.....and.....oh ya...your a fag too....lol...have fun with that

[timmyroberts09]

damn AZ.....

[Kingofdiamonds999]

10 people are late to a PTA meeting.

[MIZ0217]

az is killed it canibus was ill . all in all every did their part

[THEREALMaqSteez]

being raised on classic killers like this are the reason why ill never be able to feel the garbage on the radio today...

[deafcrackfiend]

@RelaxednCaIm

If you cant understand the true meanings of Bis's lyrics then your the exact sort of person he raps about.

[RelaxednCaIm]

@deafcrackfiend

ok, then explain that lyric, because i understood it, and it was a dumb line. walkin across the sun bare foot looking for shade is a stupid thing to do. lol @ canibus fanatics. yall love lyricism at any expense...

[diablo3433]

@RelaxednCaIm Actually deafcrackfiend is right that line is quite clever U simply R not understanding bcuz u r not listening to everything thats being said. Bis says "let me explain how i maintain thresholds to pain i walk across the sun barefoot looking for shade" which means he has built up a considerable endurance to pain bcuz he has gone through the extreme pain of walking across the sun so all other forms of pain are minor...... Did U understand that or do I need to explain it again? Lol.

[RelaxednCaIm]

@diablo3433

lol, stop trying to save canibus. it's a dumb line. lets asume somebody could actually walk across the sun... walking across the sun bare or not, looking for shade is stupid.

"let me explain how my high endurance for pain came to be, i walked across the artic snow and ice lookin for heat"

dumb. lol

[xSsj3Sasukex]

@RelaxednCaIm

Your a petty fag

The fact that you try to pin point a line to condemn his shows that you acknowledge Canibus killed this song

But the bias in you wont accept it

[RelaxednCaIm]

@xSsj3Sasukex

no, i like nature's verse better, and the in original(which is called desperados 2), i like nas' verse better.

[rakimkoolgrapwutang]

@RelaxednCaIm lol u on this. canibuss verse on this is 1 of my favorite verses of all time.

[RelaxednCaIm]

@rakimkoolgrapwutang

nas destroyed canibus on the other version to me.

[xXkingmartinXx]

@RelaxednCaIm dude u r a fucking moron if u think he literaly means he can walk across the sun its just a sick line and if u understand what canibus rapped about u would know he is all about sick lines it doesnt mean he plans to go walk on the sun it is just an awesome line and if u dont like this kind of music y would u click this video

[RelaxednCaIm]

@xXkingmartinXx

the reasoning behind the line is what makes it stupid, whether he plans to do it or if it's just to show off lyrically.

[murdacityadabraka]

@RelaxednCaIm pretty much you dont know shit about rap. before i go any further with you, i want you to do ur homework on this two words, when u done we can talk..."Metaphors" and " similes"

[murdacityadabraka]

@RelaxednCaIm lol NO. but anyway what canibus said was a metaphor. he is doing a comparison. And this track was out before he join the Army, so all the comment about his pain and training in the army and that line, is not true. writers;poets,song writers etc all use metaphor when they want to compare something to themselves or another thing....and i bet you even do that when you talk but maybe you are not aware of it. just saying.

[spideymayne]

@RelaxednCaIm Huh? The point of the line is that he's walking across the sun barefoot. Period. LOL. Of course he's not gonna find any shade-- the point is to imply how much of a badass he is.

Not only can he walk across the sun barefoot, he can walk across the sun barefoot forever and never be bothered by its temperature. It's the equivalent of Jay-Z's line about selling water to a well.

[RelaxednCaIm]

@spideymayne

not hardley, jigga was implying how good of a buisness man he is, canibus was pretending to be a super hero. and on top of that like you said, not ever gonna find shade.

[spideymayne]

@RelaxednCaIm I think your dislike of Canibus is getting in the way of your seeing the point of the rhyme, fam. Your argument seems to be that he couldn't possibly find shade, right? I'm saying that Canibus is -never- interested in plausibility. A Canibus song is usually about a man doing impossible things. The point of finding shade from the sun is to seek protection. I'm saying that a man who can walk across the sun wouldn't -bother- to seek protection. That's his point: he doesn't need it.

[RelaxednCaIm]

@spideymayne

but if he doesn't need it why seek it? and whats the point of mentioning being barefoot. the sun would be scortching hot with shoes or not.lol again, he might as well said i'll float threw open space seeking for oxygen or i'll go to the top of mount everst searching for low land. it's not that good of a line. he has many lines like this.

[spideymayne]

@RelaxednCaIm I'd say it's a very good line if it encourages discussion and curiosity, as it has here.

He doesn't need the shade, but he's willing to walk across the sun barefoot simply as an excuse to do it, and do it forever. I agree with your comparable lines, but the point is that he's engaging in the impossible. Shoes are protective devices for your feet. He doesn't need protection, remember? Being barefoot across the sun adds to the idea of being untouchable, doing the impossible.

[luislina83]

nATURE IS A BITCH!

AZ IS SICK, CANIBUS IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED MC'S OF ALL TIME.

OH YEA AND PUN WAS BETTER THEN ALL OF THEM HE WAS BETTER THEN EMINEM TOO.

[f2thes]

this is a tune! Canibus, AZ & Nature all KILLED this, i don't even wanna debate on who was the best!

[909dynasty]

10 people are justin bieber fans

[livinloud1]

What happened to music today :( it seems there is no genre no more, its like ppl took all genres and threw them in a blender and came out with a shit mix... POOF THERES SOULJA BOY

[eligio275]

this is when canibus was da bomb i thought back then he would be numero uno

[CookieWalka]

Nature was on point this whole album

[jd55192]

In fact, perhaps, you should quit rap, instead of always trying to dis' back if niggas keep telling you that your shit's whack.

It seems more cordial and well-mannered in written form, like getting advice from an elder, haha

[Tri3Face]

one of the greatest hip hop groups of all time!!!

[sellyintegra]

@Tri3Face THE best...next to children of the corn, brotha!

[Tri3Face]

@sellyintegra yes and D.I.T.C.

[sellyintegra]

@Tri3Face Oh shit forsure man, top 3 groups of all time! never be another like those 3...sucks what hip hop has come to guys like wiz khalifa and drake, smh.

[Tri3Face]

@sellyintegra couldnt agree more

[jd55192]

HOLY FUCK. Canibus absolutely went off.

[Ruckas356]

banibus is wack.. ant shit he say real lol..

[spideymayne]

@Ruckas356 Break it down for me: what was wack about his verse here? Because I could have sworn he just said:

"I rearrange your rib cage like a 12 gauge at close range

And change the position of your frame"

And I'm trying to figure out how in the world that, or anything else in this verse, is even close to wack.

[Ruckas356]

@spideymayne cause he ant do any of that shit... so it fake not real.. and whats so hot or real about "i''ll rearange your rib cage with a 12 gauge at close range" not like he using multi-sylobol rymes.. lol.. canibus wack as shit.. "tell me about the intergalactic moon and stars" eminem killed that MFer! lol

[spideymayne]

@Ruckas356 Because he didn't -do- of it? Did Eminem murder his wife and drive her to the ocean like he said he did? Of course not. But you listen to his music anyway, don't you? 9 out of 10 rappers are liars. But who cares? They're musicians. The rappers who are "real" usually make terrible music or are heavily criticized by their fans anyways for actually doing what they talk about (i.e. T.I.)

[spideymayne]

@Ruckas356 Also: Canibus is using a technique in those bars called "compounding," as well as alliteration. I'll let you pretend to know what each of those terms means.

He's also painting a cartoonish concrete image of the consequences of fucking with him. That's three advanced rhyming techniques in two bars--all techniques that Eminem clearly studied from his style. But he's still wack now, right? LOL.

[Ruckas356]

@spideymayne is canibus still wack now? yes! lol.. theres no denying canibus is wack as shit now... period.

[spideymayne]

@Ruckas356 Nah. I didn't say that -current- Canibus is good. I said he ripped this track (as he did consistently from about 97-2000). This guy has rhymed with, and impressed: Nas, Heltah Skeltah, Ras Kas, Common, Kurupt, Pharoahe Monche, Killah Priest, Redman, Meth, DMX, Pun, Mos Def, and was a clear influence to Eminem...but you -swear- he's wack.

[RelaxednCaIm]

@spideymayne

i think canibus's verse is overrated... nature was better, and nas's verse on he original version is better. kool g rap would have served this track much better than canibus. bis was nice on beast from the east though. and eminem was out in 1996 using alliteration and compound rhymes, so canibus gets no credit for that.

[spideymayne]

@RelaxednCaIm I definitely disagree about Nature. The G Rap point is neither here nor there. Your point on the Nas verse is debatable. Eminem may have been using that shit all over Infinite, but not effectively. He had zero mic presence on that shit and the album is garbage.

So let's start here: do you see a difference and major changes in Eminem's style between Infinite and The Slim Shady EP? Yes or no?

[RelaxednCaIm]

@spideymayne

yeah, from lyrical technician to emo/psycho killer, nothing to do with canibus.

nature killed this, and he stayed on topic with the subject, same as nas did. not a random battle rap that has nothing to do wit anything.

[spideymayne]

@RelaxednCaIm "On topic"? What the hell are you talking about? What "topic" does this song have -- that they're outlaws? LOL. This is obviously supposed to be just a collabo song, but whatever.

And about Eminem: how do you account for the changes in his style? Which other rapper can you point me to that was using over-the-top cartoony concrete imagery, compounding, alliterations, and setups/punchlines in combination in 1997? (Besides maybe Redman.)

[RelaxednCaIm]

@spideymayne

rakim, big pun

[RelaxednCaIm]

@spideymayne

raskass...

[spideymayne]

@RelaxednCaIm ROFL. Why don't you throw Jay-Z in there while you're at it?

Eminem doesn't sound anything like these rappers, but I'm sure you're going to point out the similarities to me. Name me -any- song from Rakim, Pun, or Ras Kass that shows a clear influence on Eminem's style on Slim Shady EP.

[Lebron1823]

@spideymayne Masta Ace clearly influenced Eminem. Em has a multi-syllabic rhyme style like pun, but also like Az, Kool G Rap, Nas etc. doesn't mean that they influenced him tho (although prob. did) besides didn't Pun first appear in '96(fire water) the same year em was droping his 1st album? Big Pun couldn't of had much of an influence on him, And most rappers from the 90's were influenced by Rakim so i could see that

[spideymayne]

@Lebron1823 Good comments. Lemme see...Pun was around a little bit before then. He was on a Funkmaster Flex tape in 95, which was when I first heard of him, but he didn't start to get known until 97, and didn't blow up until 98.

[clitsplitta]

canibus MURDERS this track

[alberts1985]

nas was scared to drop a verse cuz of Bis. Canibus used to be on some other shit, but her gets old in my opinion. His top knotch drop was 'Rip the Jacker'. Tahnks for the upload.

[mistermchuggies]

to me az was as good as canibus on this, both killed it

[DBOYPERK]

ALL THEM NIGGAZ KILLED THAT SHIT!

[F1renzE]

My intelligence begins where yours peaks at

[jayboom11]

@F1renzE wow big fucking line yo can is a beast

[lsvllv]

@F1renzE I've been telling dudes. Canibus is still unmatched! from Beast from the East to 2011(esp. 2000 BC and Buckingham Palace) he is matchless.

[psychoactiv3z]

@F1renzE best line, first time i heard this i knew that was my favorite line. instrumental anyone?!?!?!

[raoulhery]

Doe or die slightly better than Illmatic

[sellyintegra]

@raoulhery Fucccck that's a tough one to call bro, but I think I agree...

[tha1calldgeorgiep]

Fuck my record label... I appear courtesy of myself.

[imobeus1]

After Bis, I'm like: I'm good, I don't need to hear the rest.

[MIZ0217]

@imobeus1 az's verse was fuckin ill tho

[omeedtheking]

@imobeus1 i hardly ever listen to the rest of the song even though im a big fan of az and nature

[MrSlik25]

Whats the cause of this shit?...More statistics..deeper than the laws of physics..Malibu sands and gorgeous bitches..Weed from One Two Five..My whole crew live..a true desperado..one that never choose sides.

[mackarzdadon]

Canibus a legened when it just come to pure bars hardly anyone in rap can get near him but I lost ALL respect for dude when he went army. That's 1 confused dude and that's coming form a fellow Jamaican.

[TheAirman87]

I heard canibus used to me in the army???? Anyone???

[demopley]

"I rip raps, hardcore raps rushin you to the floor mat

Put you in the figure four, break your thorax

Jump off the top turnbuckle and land on your back

til I hear it snap or crackle, the ref says chill black"

Can-i-bus!!

[shawnkiltya]

At a thousand degree Celsius I make MC's melt

Fuck my record label I appear courtesy of myself

Let me explain how I maintain thresholds to pain

I walk across the Sun barefoot lookin for shade

I rearrange your rib cage like a twelve gauge at close range

and change the position of your brain

My hard raps penetrate through your hardhats and all that

nigga, get ya wig peeled back

Nigga Blew The Whole Shit Away... ik canabis still good today but he was FIRE then

[mulattiq]

I appear courtesy of myself fucka!!

[djadesdaddy]

"illest lyricist in america, mc's can't see me cause I'm too quick for the human retina to regista!"

[djadesdaddy]

this canibus verse was all over mix tapes before it was on this song

[OfficiallyMOB]

this was the verse that got me hooked on Canibus. He blew this joint up. Most advanced nigga at this shit.

[ctdynastycf22]

canibus lyrics + az flow

[ketasetisgood]

can-i-bus rips this

[schoolshow94]

canabis blew the whole shit away he shoulda been in da firm click

[OfficiallyMOB]

@schoolshow94 couldnt have been. the firm click was all friends from queens. Canibus may be Jamaican but he rep Jersey if i remember right

[imobeus1]

@OfficiallyMOB

Nuff respect to Jersey, but 'Bis was from the Bronx.

[OfficiallyMOB]

@imobeus1 hey i said if i remmber right lol appreciate the correction man

[RealHipHopTunes]

@OfficiallyMOB yeah, he resides from new jersey

[MrSlik25]

@schoolshow94 Nigga didnt want Canibus around in the game because he was stealin shine...Big Pun hated Canibus...but would have went toe to toe with him anyday.

[shallowedebth]

@MrSlik25

Please elaborate on Big Pun hating Canibus. Never heard of a beef between them.

[RealHipHopTunes]

@MrSlik25 Pun never hated Canibus, that's not true at all, they freestyled together

[nick88999]

omg canibus murked his verse. Wish he still rapped like this

[PhilaBul]

the only thing this song was missing is Nas

[MaccabeeRidah]

Can someone reveal me the name of song which this guitar part is sampled from..?!

[worshp2]

man az flow is so intune with this beat man

[flux1x]

canisus is the best lyracist. The only one who can come close is PUN but he's dead.

[big592]

why you got method man up there fuck method man

[maddsoul73]

canibus merked thisss!!!

[ordflom]

classic shit, love the firm, love this song!!

[ricochetrabbit86]

@FridgeNatious Canibus Murdered Everyone.

[xXChrisBoneXx]

"My intelligence begins where yours peaks at."

Canibus killed it!

[MobiusX]

@FridgeNatious

AZ murders this canibus fool easily, i read his lyrics from this song, not that good, disappointing rapper

[xXChrisBoneXx]

@MobiusX AZ's verese was dope, but you ain't got to hate on Canibus, cuz you know his verse was dope too.

[JuggernautRecords]

bis is so sick anyone got this instrumental i need it bad

[rayray4086]

Nature ripped this verse

[hennylo68]

Az 's verse is mad dope, canibus killed tho

"and walk across the sun bare foot looking for shade"

[sunit000]

blaze up get fire like purple haze up! AZ is so under-rated

[MobiusX]

canibus verse is not even that good, that, black, rap, crack, math, az's verse is better

[warbington]

@MobiusX How dare you say shit like that!

[Oreillyisthebest]

@MobiusX its about lyricism...wake up

[elfmsitidemolino]

una porkeria tus temas

anda a freir roskitas jaja

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