Independent's Day - Royce 5'9

Yeah, yeah

Well it’s the uhh, uhh, abbrevia-ated letter

Associated with meta-metapho-phores and cheddar cheddar

The C.O.D., the P.O.P

The «cash on delivery» at the «point of purchase» — don’t I be workin'?

Heaven and hell is standin' next to you at the same time

Cuttin' into your playin' time, keep playin' (playin')

Most of my predictions is speculation based on the patience

I’ve developed hustlin', racin' this check I’m chasin' (chasin')

Sellin' mixtapes to them albums from 30 to 50 thousand (wow)

It ain’t no problem, I got it, my following got me (got me)

Long as I continue to spit poems

To send you niggas back to the L-A-B

I’mma be sellin out venues

Be out at them venues, sellin that merch'

Shippin' CD’s overseas, nigga we sellin' that work

The Escrow crew, just ran by the petro man

Select don’t know who the check go to

'Round here here, 'round here, 'round here

'Round here they call me independie

'Cause of how independent my pen be

Movin' on that paper, movin' that paper

Uhh, uhh, 'round here, here, here

'Round here they call me independie

'Cause of how independent my pen be, uhh

We be on that paper like ink on that paper, uhh

You can call it the quickest winter, the unstoppable summer

The opposite of the apocalypse comin' to popular

Wanna be poppin' this gun

He about to be doin' some old impossible Three 6 Mafia numbers

Each quarter like the Beach Boys or the Beatle

The Parliament globally callin the shots explodin 'til 'Pac

Roll all the way over, respectfully hate me, you best to behave

I’m seven dollars a record makin' heftier pay

Can you realize platinum artist buck by buck, is that what you say?

200 thousand sold compared to the average platinum rapper

Couldn’t afford, what I blow on all my taxes

'Cause I own my own masters, own my own catalogue

Ain’t tryna be old talkin' 'bout «Oh, I had it all»

So it’s mo' money, mo' albums, add 'em all

The scanner that seal is the reason I feel like a man of steel

Still standin' 'cause I’m still scannin'

'Round here here, 'round here, 'round here

'Round here they call me independie

'Cause of how independent my pen be

Movin' on that paper, movin' that paper

Uhh, uhh, 'round here, here, here

'Round here they call me independie

'Cause of how independent my pen be, uhh

We be on that paper like ink on that paper, uhh

Y’know I always like to say that this album is like a median

Between «Death is Certain,» and «Rock City»

But along that way, I manage to find my independence

So that’s where we at right now

Royce Da 5'9″, «Independent's Day»

Whattup Broady, you know’m talkin' 'bout Broady?

Niggas act like I ain’t know they ass as I want to

These units will move, I will be on that TV screen

I will be ridin' through a hood near you

Gettin' some attention from yo' bitch, hahaha

M.I.C., oh yeah and we comin' back again this year too

We not gon' be sittin' out for long periods of time no more

So be on the look out for «July 5th»

Comin' soon to a motherfuckin store near you

'Round here, here, here.

«Let me see, two words to sum up my name in reality — growth and patience,

y’know they work hand-in-hand with each other, but at the same time they both

deal with movin' forward.

I just try to keep some bits about myself 24 hours a

day.

Y’knowmsayin?

I been through a lot and if it’s one thing I can say that I

learned, it’ll be stay bossy.

I’m a boss, boss, boss.»