Persistence

By Phrase

On Clockwork

Released on April 24, 2009

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[Ad-libs: Phrase]

Yeah

[Verse 1: Bliss, Esoterik & Phrase]

Who woulda thought that a page o’ words

Could slide through an estate like a cage o’ birds?

Let loose from the freedom when we blaze the verse (Man)

BnE and big Phrase’ve gotta make this work

So take the thirst, [?] shows we did

And you ain’t got a fuckin’ reason, (Yeah) I’ma throw your fist

We’re just them cool cats that are starvin’ a bus

2006, who worked the land harder than us?

Harvest the bud for drivin’ down to show somethin’ ill

To carvin’ it up, flyin’ down snow covered hills

Yeah, you know the name, I’m that airborne author

That spit flames and walks on water

You know why they love it, because we’re livin’ it

Eso and a capital P, now that’s militant

[Chorus: Bliss & Phrase]

Now this is what persistence looks like

A shitload o’ passion with a dream that took time

So bring it all together with a bait and hook line

And sink it ‘til the whole crowd screams a hook, (Yeah) right?


[Verse 2: Phrase]

Hold up, lads, let’s get it straight here

It ain’t like they gave us a break here

Fuck fate, we were not gonna wait here

We took ours like lines from a plate, yeah

And if that means we’re doin’ it tough

We ration to make it happen in the back of a bus

A couple o’ good friends and a packet o’ love

That spills from in a pen to in the back of a club


[Verse 3: Esoterik]

And it’s a backyard barbie every month o’ the year

Bonfire on a beach with a blunt and a beer

You think I give a shit about a watch on a wrist

While my crew is on the road, tryna dodge from the pigs?

We do this on the daily, we bushbash to be here

In a [?]box with three gears

We took the crown, we shook the ground

Look around, I’m too high for you to put me down


[Verse 4: Bliss]

We hit that midnight chalet with a blazin’ fireplace

And never let go o’ the dream, chase to dire straights

The sunset barons who rumble the coastline

And gallop ‘cross seas, fuelled by not’in’ but dope rhymes

A ghost caravan, they can’t see these cunnies

Look for the trail o’ weed smoke and VB stubbies

See? I share my mental with this blarin’ pencil

Dedication, doubt and time, the motherfuckin’ bare essentials

[Chorus: Bliss & Phrase]

Now this is what persistence looks like

A shitload o’ passion with a dream that took time

Now bring it all together with a bait and hook line

And sink it ‘til the whole crowd screams a hook, right?

This is what persistence looks like

A shitload o’ passion with a dream that took time

Now bring it all together (Um) with a bait and hook line

(Wooh-wee!) And sink it ‘til the whole crowd screams a hook, right?

[Verse 5: Bliss, Esoterik & Phrase]

Right, right, let’s get ‘em good, man

BnE get it crackin’ in the hood, man

Bring in the riff-raff, roll and twist that (Yeah)

And kick (Check it out) back, followed by a stolen (Yo) six pack

You get a gift wrapped bitch slap fuckin’ with us

That’s why everyone’s down like nothin’ was up

We are the original, you’re that same song bitch

And what I spit’s like a James Bond flick

It’s that fresh shit hot from the asshole

The fire in ya gut like a shot o’ Tabasco

An entourage o’ Brascos, rap and roll

With (Yeah) some Phrase and motherfuckin’ original [?]


[Bridge: Phrase]

(Everybody say, “hey”) Them boys do whatever they like

(Say, “Hi”) Rock spots tight every night

(Everybody say, “hey”) They came but never as nice

(Say, “Hi”) So them boys do whatever they like

(Everybody say, “hey”) Them boys do whatever they like

(Say, “Hi”) Rock spots tight every night

(Everybody say, “hey”) BnE and big P on that mic

(Say, “Hi”) So them boys do whatever they like


[Chorus: Bliss]

Now this is what persistence looks like

A shitload o’ passion with a dream that took time

Now bring it all together with a bait and hook line

And sink it ‘til the whole crowd screams a hook, right?

This is what persistence looks like

A shitload o’ passion with a dream that took time

Now bring it all together with a bait and hook line

And sink it ‘til the whole crowd screams a hook, right?


[Album Interlude]

Make no mistake

What I have to teach will be frightening

The truth is an acquired taste

But once you get to it

That’s all you ever want

That’s all