Then Maybe You'll Understand - Funky DL

Verse One

I never been a part of the in crowd

I’ve never been the type of cat to part with my inbound instincts, or intuition

When I decided to make music it was like a mission

My Pops is in the kitchen cooking and was forced to listen

To all the beats I’m banging out, it’s like an exhibition

If you had asked him what I’m doing, there’s no definition

He was the type of man who respected the old traditions

Of academia, I may have made him prouder if I

Focused on my books, instead I turned the music louder

With the same beat going round hour after hour

And that was every day from sunrise to sunset

The bass kept banging like I’m playing a drum set

Replacement woofers when my Yamaha NS-10's

Used to blow like the loose girls I saw on MSN

Living up in Dennison, the loudest of the premises

Decibels deafening, while D was just developing

Washington classics, I want my shit on plastic

And you can go ask Stixx if I was ever passive

He would tell you that I’m the definition of active

I was like the captain taking over this rap shit

Graphic, I could hear a beat before I made it

It was like somebody super glued my finger to the fader

I was looping Cal Tjader and I couldn’t be persuaded

That my time was being wasted on these musical creations

Verse Two

Year after year I devoted myself to music

Seven days a week I’m focusing on my acoustics

Nothing else would get my time, I kept it so exclusive

I was mild mannered, but my style is super human

Newman, I’m in my room and the speakers booming

Presuming that I would get a deal and distribution

DJ Parris, DJ Stixx and I would form a union

Initially we clueless, but we were avid students

When I got my deal, I said let’s sign it as a group

But both of them responded, said this deal is just for you

We will back you, so know that we are always in corner

We are your supporters, but you are the main performer

Three young brothers and we going on a journey

Stood up for each other like we criminal attorneys

From early, nothing deterred me, cos I was firmly worthy

Hungry and thirsty, but yo' conversely, I’m full of ideas

And couldn’t wait to get a reaction from my peers

I’m moving so swift in a fraction of my years

I made a name from just the reaction of my ears

And turned it into something worthwhile

Cos ever since I was small child, I had an inkling to rhyme

Wrote a poem when I was nine

And my School Teacher smiled, rewarded me with a prize

And ever since that time this music been on my mind

Outro

Hello… yeah, but you’re calling me on my work phone

I understand that, but you’re calling me on my work phone?

Yeah, but you’re calling me on my work phone