Can I Get It (Main Mix)

J-Live

Verse 1  
          
  
 It was a summer mornin' at the age of eighteen  
 I'll start the story in the shower singin' Microphone Fiend  
 Tryna figure my routine for the day  
 There's mad things to do with no delay  
 In preparation for this jam around the way  
 I'm steppin' out the shower  
 Crossin' out the calender  
 Pickin' out the afro and pullin' out the gear  
 I hear the same sounds every mornin'  
 Sports centre  the traffic  
 Your mom dukes screamin' in my ear  
 Dipped, yet my thoughts slip  
 Thinkin' that my plans just barely coincide with my money clip  
 But get a grip cos by the end of the day, bro  
 Your pockets'll be a-ight, even before the crowd says 'A-yo!'  
 I jet up to Lex, take the 6 to the R  
 My journey wouldn't feel as far if I had a car  
 5-O was there, so I paid my fare  
 But I didn't care 'til he gave a glare, who you tryna scare?  
 I'm passin' flyers to a crew of fly young sisters  
 A chicken from my past is actin' crab, so I had to diss her  
 My head bops and my fingers pops 'til I reach my stop  
 Then I mush my way through to the record shop  
  
 Can I get it one time for the selector?  
 Does he come correct in your sector?  
 Indoors or an outside jam  
 Can I get it if ya understand?  
  
 Verse 2  
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 As I exit stage right, lookin' forward to the night  
 It's official, Imma have this party packed tight like toilet tissue  
 What's the issue? I'm never comin' wack  
 We never lack the latest flavour, keepin' crates stacked  
 Buyin' records by the pack  
 With my knapsack filled as I chilled  
 On the C-Train, simple and plain, let me explain  
 I had to check my man Gee for his m-i-c  
 Cos the way we be mine simply couldn't maintain  
 As usual Gee was on C.P Time  
 But he came through with this mic, plus this bleeder light, right  
 My next step was to transport the system  
 Let's see, between me and my peeps five deep  
 We still had no ride  
 So I hailed a taxi, since the yellow's don't stop  
 And it don't quit, you know we went gypsy  
 Arrivin' on the scene at about eight-fifteen  
 To the same routine, some sheisty brother frontin' on my green  
 Never that, nah mean? Check this out, black  
 Skip the non-sense cos Imma say this just once  
 I want the money we discussed last week  
 Plus you're payin' for my ride  
 I'll take my loot upfront with no stunts, bro  
 Put your chequebooks away, no pay no J  
 No J no sound play, you make no profit, understand?  
 Plus your name was on the flyers so your rep'll be dead  
 What he said? Not a thing, he put the cash in my hand...  
  
 Can I get it one time for the selector?  
 Does he come correct in your sector?  
 Indoors or an outside jam  
 Can I get it if ya understand?  
 Can I get it one time for the selector?  
 Does he come correct in your sector?  
 Old school or a new school jam  
 Can I get it if ya understand?  
  
 Verse 3  
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 On the line perplexed, fixed to flex cos you're far from next  
 And the next one to bump you from the back gets his chin checked  
 But I don't know about that cos I'm already in there  
 And I got ya grinnin' when you hear your favourite record spinnin'  
 So skip it, cos now you're bouncin' to the door  
 But if you're riffin' with the bouncers  
 You'll be bouncin' straight up off the floor  
 So if you're mad at the security  
 (Sadat X: It don't mean jack to me...that's how it's supposed to be)  
 As I mix Walk on By over Passin' Me By  
 Seem like everybody puffin' but I'm contact high  
 Off this fresh new wax, with the real brown sugars makin' eye contact  
 React, what's the haps? It's digits or excuses?  
 I'm pullin' out the pen and she supplies the data  
 Flavour, but for now I got tracks to spin  
 So if you're stayin' til the end we can handle this later  
 Torturin' the fader, the Tech 12 freaker  
 The bass from the amps shake the stickers off the speaker  
 I don't claim to have the loudest sound in town  
 But from the inside it felt like the ground shaked from Lenox to Bleecker  
 Circles form, dance contests  
 Most know how I do while the rest make requests  
 But Imma play what you wanna hear anyway  
 So get your boogie on and parley  
  
 Can I get it one time for the selector?  
 Does he come correct in your sector?  
 Old school or a new school jam  
 Can I get it if ya understand?  
 Can I get it one time for the selector?  
 Does he come correct in your sector?  
 Outside or an indoor jam  
 Can I get it if ya understand