[ti:Heatwave (Cali Quake Album Version) (Feat. Rosario)]
[ar:Raphi]
[al:Cali Quake]
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[00:00.00]Heatwave - Raphi/Rosario Ortega
[00:05.23]A yo the road I travel is full
[00:06.91]Of hard times and hard rhymes
[00:08.66]Lost souls with strong minds
[00:10.32]Visionaries have gone blind
[00:12.07]Politicians that love crime
[00:13.83]Missionaries missed the warning signs
[00:15.91]On this road I travel
[00:17.24]I had the long nights with tears
[00:19.28]God whispered to me have no fear
[00:21.36]I'm perfecting the path
[00:22.62]Putting pieces of the puzzle together
[00:24.59]You and the rats won't struggle forever
[00:26.50]On this road I travel
[00:28.07]I heard the drums bang in the slums
[00:29.98]While the hustlers be bangin they guns
[00:32.20]And the poor they just begging for crumbs
[00:34.51]Some preachers still begging for funds
[00:36.26]Outsiders catch a vibe when they come
[00:38.09]On this road I travel
[00:39.56]Mysteries unravel
[00:41.17]Cases get caught by the thunder of the judges gavel
[00:44.31]From nine months to nine years
[00:46.06]Sometimes my only peace is the pen
[00:47.87]And the poetry of my peers
[00:49.25]Yo it's like a heat wave
[00:51.04]Beats Blaze
[00:52.39]We write to the rhythm the street plays
[00:54.53]We told you pray for the morning
[00:56.84]But you didn't heed the warning
[00:59.11]Yo it's like a sound storm
[01:01.55]Crowds swarm
[01:03.21]We got them worried from the bury to California
[01:05.54]Prayin for the morning
[01:07.48]But you didn't heed the warning
[01:10.03]They call me Raphi shock stopper
[01:12.24]Lightning bolt blocker
[01:13.70]I'm a grown up
[01:14.60]Blown up head bubble popper
[01:15.52]Tightrope walker
[01:16.55]Not the typical belly flopper in a record pool
[01:19.06]I say "Don't play doormat "
[01:20.28]Get your back up off the floor
[01:21.80]And act like it's your crib
[01:23.13]Flip the script and steal the show
[01:24.66]Grand theft ad lib
[01:25.82]I'm a hybrid wiz kid amid the greats
[01:27.86]Shoveling through record crates
[01:28.79]And I got what it takes
[01:30.28]Don't wanna babble
[01:31.09]I want to be the one who educates with class
[01:33.67]Speak a lesson quick
[01:34.64]Fast enough to give you whiplash
[01:35.83]You're still throwing out that lip trash
[01:37.54]Now you're about to crash
[01:38.86]From cell blocks to bell rocks
[01:40.46]My clientele jocks
[01:41.28]So ask any one of the many what they thought
[01:43.38]There will not be those who left untuned
[01:45.44]Some diss some jock
[01:46.89]Some listen some talk
[01:47.87]But all of them felt something about the groove
[01:49.70]That proves that I'm certified top notch
[01:51.54]A West sider knight writer
[01:52.65]I ain't a baywatch
[01:54.17]Yo it's like a heat wave
[01:55.86]Beats Blaze
[01:57.25]We write to the rhythm the street plays
[01:59.46]We told you pray for the morning
[02:02.72]But you didn't heed the warning
[02:04.17]Yo it's like a sound storm
[02:07.16]Crowds swarm
[02:08.36]We got them worried from the bury to California
[02:10.43]Prayin for the morning but you didn't heed the warning
[02:15.09]I write rhymes to the lights of the city
[02:17.13]While I'm floating down the freeway
[02:19.02]Inhaling dirt through my lungs push auto replay
[02:21.80]Words are coming at the speed of sound
[02:23.91]Cali quakes when Big Shame and
[02:25.32]This kid from New Breed's in town
[02:27.28]And the world feel the after shock for all them cats
[02:29.64]That forgot we make the planet rock
[02:32.22]It's lonely at the top that's why we came with the clan
[02:34.93]We knew from Tunnel Vision
[02:36.47]That we had the master plan
[02:37.72]It seems to me that a responsibility's on my back
[02:40.59]To bring back a respect for this art
[02:42.59]So we do it from the heart
[02:44.23]That way a light can shine
[02:45.28]Plus I rhyme to find some kind
[02:46.73]Of divine vent for my rage
[02:48.47]This cage-like white rage might seem suitable
[02:51.09]Heinous crime for a dangerous mind isn't do-able
[02:54.11]So kid got a beautiful floweth over my cup
[02:56.67]From Mission Park to Cali
[02:58.00]Quakin' forever shakin' it up
[02:59.56]Yo it's like a heat wave
[03:01.28]Beats Blaze
[03:02.46]We write to the rhythm the street plays
[03:04.52]We told you pray for the morning
[03:06.65]But you didn't heed the warning
[03:09.24]Yo it's like a sound storm
[03:12.19]Crowds swarm
[03:13.35]We got them worried from the bury to California
[03:15.81]Prayin for the morning
[03:18.37]But you didn't heed the warning
[03:19.83]Shakin' it up