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The Clapper

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Feb. 27, 20011 viewer

The Clapper Lyrics

[Intro: Jay Dee]
Uh, yeah, this is for all my street niggas
Feel it, bounce, uh
Survival of the fittest, uh
They out here to get us y'all
What you gon' do, what you gon' do?

[Chorus: Jay Dee]
Clap on, clap off
Clap on, clap off
Never take your muthafuckin' strap off
Keep the safety on but don't take it off

[Verse 1: Jay Dee]
Where I'm from, niggas be waiting to break you off
They'll see you out in the streets and they peepin' you out
Let 'em catch you slippin' and end up with a piece in yo mouth

It ain't over 'cause they got the keys to your house
Your weed and your car, 'bout to spend your G's at the bar
Fuck that, I know better
You can't floss around niggas with no cheddar
See these niggas with no cheese, they hungry for real
They hunting to kill and will give you something to feel up in the field
7 Mile and Ryan, niggas dyin', tryin' to pump gas and got pumped in the ass
Shit, better get something to blast back at them some
'Cause accidents happen, uh
[Chorus: Jay Dee]
Clap on, clap off
Clap on, clap off
Never take your muthafuckin' strap off
Keep the safety on but don't take it off

[Verse 2: Blu]
Can't afford to slip, nothin' but clips up in my nine
'Cause nowadays and times, it ain't too good on the grind
Niggas pockets like ouch, fell off in the drought
Got snot nose, nappy-headed kids on the couch
Time's running out, rent's due, so what he do?
Grab the twenty two and try to stick it to you
But no, not Blu, I pack more than a double deuce
When you see me roll through, a hundred spokes on the coupe
I'm heated, not to be cheated, fuck around and get your face deleted
I'm waitin' on a broke nigga hatin', take a toke when I'm blazin'
'Til your head start achin'
Ain't no brains and all, slugs penetratin'
Funeral in the makin'
Keep my eyes on the streets like streetlights
Nigga think I'm lyin' try to creep and get three strikes

[Outro: Jay Dee]
You outta there, y'all niggas know y'all outta there
Yeah, come on with the real, if y'all niggas fakin' the funk
Y'all know y'all outta there, come wit' it, get live with it

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Pay-Jay Studios & Studio A (Dearborn Heights, MI)
Release Date
February 27, 2001
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