Too much negative energy,
I let it ring off when these girls start belling me,
Ain’t buying the bullshit you’re selling me,
I’m listening but I don’t hear what you’re telling me,
Sorry, what?! You thought that I cared?
Man I don’t give a fuck like a celibate breh,
In my element here, flows still the wickedest,
Spitting this, fakes still wish they could mimic this,
Mirror this, nah you can’t do that,
Upping the levels with every new track,
I’m back like I’ve been here,
You’re outside, only real guys in here,
Man I pounce on the mic and it’s clear,
OD are bringing you the sound of the year,
Warren-D and Kreacha we appear,
Like the reaper, here to claim your soul through your ear,
Man I swear they want to hold me back,
Origami flow stays folding a track,
Nagasaki punchlines low to your back,
My ninja unit is known to attack,
Yeah with this I’m taking it back,
To when I said I’d put UB on the map,
People ask me if I still rap,
I’m addicted cos I’m still crack on a track,
And I still got bars, the pads are stacked,
Wizzle and Prov, yeah the lads are back,
Still flow pro, still deep on a track,
Still flipping them quick sixteens on a track,
We’re OD yeah this cats know,
You’ll feel the bass cos its that low,
Rep the clique on my Jack Jones,
Fire on the mic yeah I’m that bloke,
HOOK
Warren-D and Kreacha on the attack,
We’re bringing that heat you know we’re fire on a track,
These guys didn’t want to try it way back,
So I don’t know why now they want to chat like that,
Back on the mic with the wordplay,
Test OD and we’ll make it your worst day,
Actually it’s more serious,
If you fuck with us you’ll be left in a hearse mate,
Hah, see my flows still the wickedest,
Spitting this like it was a lyrical syllabus,
Them nuh really wanna ramp with the lyricist,
But I know why them man wanna mirror this,
Hah, Cos the flows so deep,
Yeah, And your flows so peak,
You’ll be looking like a polo geek,
How u gwan test with a flow so weak?
Everybody knows we’re OD,
Dan, Ed, Eisen and me,
Don’t forget Kreacha on the beat,
You done already know I bring the lyrical treat,
Now it’s time we go deeper,
Hear the realness blast out the speaker,
Said you’re making moves but we can’t see ya,
And no, you cannot have a feature,
Hah, I don’t know why you want to chat,
Back chat get clapped with a black bat,
You didn’t really want to test way back,
And now you want to hate on an OD track?
Fall back cos we don’t play that,
Pop tunes, nah we nuh mek dat,
Mad deep, yeah we done been that,
Don’t rate cos your tunes soft like a bean bag,
Now you want to step and talk that smack,
You’ll get slapped if you don’t fall back,
I’ve been running more than a full back,
Cos I hold the future like my ball sack,
BRIDGE
HOOK
What you know about a UB link up?
West London girls put your drinks up,
Now what you know about a UB smash?
Warren-D on a kill a man track,
Said what you know about a UB link up?
West London girls put your drinks up,
Said what you know about a UB smash?
Local producers on every track.
credits
from The Link Up EP,
released April 7, 2014
Lyrics written by D.Warren
Produced by Kreacha
Mixed & Mastered by Leen of NLT Productions
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