[Intro: Slug]

Yo, yo, yo

I love L.A

We love it

[Chorus]

We're gonna do just what we wanna do (We're independent)

I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T

Give us any rule, we'll break it (Break it)

Show us any move, we'll make it (Make it)

Put up any title, we'll take it (Take it)

And frisbee your CD 'cause you faked it

[Verse 1: Slug]

Now the babies all talk about the people they know

That live more interesting lives than their own

I try to keep my whereabouts discrete

Bеcause the only thing between mе and the ground is my feet

Take flight through the fight felt in these hearts

They hit stone stick 'cause them kids throw cheap darts

My eyes are stone, my face is tree bark

I ride so low, if you watch you'll see sparks

Chainsmoke dreams, pick a new love

To get you through the troubled times of being chewed up

Shredded by the teeth embedded in the mouth of madness

Should've never let it out of South Minneapolis

Exhale the mess, put trail in the mix

Put nails through my wrists 'til they fail to exist

Walkin' that tightrope of hopin' and broke

They couldn't catch the ledge 'cause they were holdin' the remote

Well alright then, burn up the index and thumb

The vinyl keeps turning, it's just begun

I do what I want, that's the key lesson one

Stay true to the hunt, we can all get some lunch

[Chorus]

We're gonna do just what we wanna do (We're independent)

I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T

Give us any rule, we'll break it (Break it)

Show us any move, we'll make it (Make it)

Put up any title, we'll take it (Take it)

And frisbee your CD 'cause you faked it

[Verse 2: Eyedea, (Abstract Rude)]

I stay inside the right lines and rarely break the mold

I've tried to be a nice guy and play the role

But there's a certain arrogance that's carried with the air that shapes a pro

So be careful, what's been stifled may explode

See, something happened to me when I was young that changed my life

It had to do with the props I got the first time I rocked the mic

I now dwell in the echo-less halls of my own derangement

Hated by a few, but rated a favorite by you

I move through music where the motive's undetected

You can dissect it but ultimately respect it ('Cause it's perfected)

In less than a second I spit my text, pets exit for survival

'Cause I'm liable to crack a rapper's neck as a show of professionalism

Let me pick apart that little heart, this art will never get edited

Told you from the start the boldest shark is credited by how wet he is

I'm already quick with my fate to cheap escape

With beats I break through MCs, please

With ease I fade you

[Chorus]

We're gonna do just what we wanna do (We're independent)

I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T

Give us any rule, we'll break it (Break it)

Show us any move, we'll make it (Make it)

Put up any title, we'll take it (Take it)

And frisbee your CD 'cause you faked it

[Verse 3: Abstract Rude]

I'm all out for the call out

A wack CD gets tossed out and never talked about

A rapper's head is a wall mount

I put him on ice, T-O-Double-L him in a body count

I tell him our depiction of what I do to the opposition

Leave him without a pot to piss in

Ask my last victim how it did him

I let the rhythm hit him

If you will dare defy, I will stare you in the eye and change your mind

I can see what's there and where's your range in rhyme

These are dangerous times

And there's something crackin' in the atmosphere

Innovators always have these abstract ideas, visions

And I'm rippin, spittin slugs

Who's it hits is drippin' blood

You'll get a sample of how to handle a track

Ridiculous

[Verse 4: Busdriver]

The shit you bust does not compare to these ginsu cuts

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But I do what I want

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Quick to embarass and goof and sit just reminisce

When he doesn't acknowledge my independence

[Verse 5: LMNO]

The regime doesn't want regicide

We the people don't want genocide

All's possible, prepare for a session

Cut out the middleman, not confession

Kneelin' before him, bump this substance

No hesitance, my whereabouts is my residence

Take away the name, truth still exists

Audio abrasions when the beat is clenched

Washed away hate in the river of love

Just like a buoy keep the head above

Rather not record, hear the unsaid

Conscious has the last say anyway

Met a cow, is it lookin for the fowl

We make the play, the difference is night and day

[Chorus]

We're gonna do just what we wanna do (We're independent)

Give us any rule, we'll break it (Break it)

Show us any move, we'll make it (Make it)

Put up any title, we'll take it (Take it)

And frisbee your CD 'cause you faked it

[Verse 6: 2Mex]

I'm like Helen Keller

Meets Penn and Teller

Slice up biters like Sarah Michelle Gellar

LMNO will send your tape to Jerry Heller

If you [?] I bet you that I'mma sell her

For cash

Even if it's 30% less, I smash

To make some Mexican descent fresh

Forget it, I'll get store credit

You could never edit the metaphor medic

I chew up foreign foods in different places

Takin' inventory of the jewel cases

Billy Idol told me that you were faceless

Silly title, I wrap it around my waist, kid

[Verse 7: Xololanxinxo]

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[Chorus]

We're gonna do just what we wanna do (We're independent)

I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T

Give us any rule, we'll break it (Break it)

Show us any move, we'll make it (Make it)

Put up any title, we'll take it (Take it)

And frisbee your CD 'cause you faked it