Can't Be - Njs, Funky DL

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)

Its 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

Hook (Kuga)

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 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 your’e 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

David Sandborn killing it on the saxophone

Made me stand up and enjoy every single fucking song

So when you mix the two, its glue, you can never separate it

Cuz this hip hop and jazz got me hella elavated

Hook (funky dl)

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

Verse3(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

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