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Can't Be (feat. Funky DL)

from Soular Power by NjS

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lyrics

HOOK (All)
Cuz if you don't close your eyes, then you can't dream//
But if you don't know who we is, then you can't see//
Cuz Life without jazz and hip hop, it can't be//
Cuz Life without jazz and hip hop, it can't be//

VERSE 1 (Flow Zen)
It’s like floating on the notes, getting carried away//
like the foam riding the waves as they hit the coast//
Or outside under the summer sky, never wondering why//
I never want to come inside//
Following the path of those before us making music//
Those are big shoes to fill so I’m making sure the shoes fit//
But who’s this? The truth is it’s these two kids//
Taking jazz and combining it with some new digs//
Running amuck proving this jazz hop movement//
Is nothing short of dope, never making excuses//
Cuz musical combinations are endless like a Rubik’s//
Mic in my hand keeping my arm strong, Louis//
So like him, competition I’mma trump it//
Heading to the function looking fresh like out the oven//
Never bumbling and I keep my system bumping//
The real music so you know the mainstream wasn’t//

VERSE 2 (Kuga)
Have you ever heard the jazz in hip hop it's so smooth//
It makes a massive difference on them damn tunes//
It's got you moving and vibing, the movement is fine//
And when you’re holding the mic then you know that it's time to//
Press, bombs away dropping lines with volume//
My mind seeks what you seek, so I speak for all you//
Get a rush from it, sink it in like I do//
Take all the negatives and cleanse for revival//
Damn it's fresh, hotter than a summer in Tokyo//
Cooler than scope, it's dope I need it in my life yo //
It reminds me of my youth when I went to Fuji jazz fest//
5 years old still didn't know what jazz is//
David Sanborn killing it on the saxophone//
Made me stand up and enjoy every single fucking song//
So when you mix the two, it's glue, you can never separate it//
Cuz this hip hop and jazz got me hella elevated//

VERSE 3 (Funky DL)
The jukebox aficionado the serenity of Monte Carlo//
Jazz in a bottle - twist the cap off and take a swallow//
Drunk like a wino from the cocktail, bring the bravado//
Hip-hop is mine yo, leave the bar a tip for tomorrow//
Made on an impulse handing over a blue note//
Stepping away with prestige feeling like I got kudos//
Take a stroll down the riverside like I got verve, Marcus D//
On the beat and NJS and D on the words//
The other side of the Atlantic – bringing you the semantics//
How Hip-hop and jazz live together//
The advantage is lavish and so demanded, upstanding like we are bandits//
33 and a 3rd revolutions on this planet//
Like Dammit, it’s so organic - it’s a natural vibe//
That’s gonna resonate from now until the day that I die//
So I’mma be-bop, wearing my Kangol and my Reebok’s//
And keep this jazz and Hip-Hop moving even
when the beats stops//

credits

from Soular Power, released October 7, 2014
Produced by Marcus D

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