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ANIMAL Lyrics by Ionika

MONSTER

2019

[Verse 1: MATCHA]
Stickin’ to tradition like The Fiddler (yuh)
Boy on a mission like it's Middle Earth (aye)
Success and I were twins that were split at birth (yuh)
Attackin’ my ambition with a killer verse (aye)
You know Imma grind ’til I’m verified (yuh)
Blowin’ on the fire, keep the flare alive (aye)
Keep my flow smooth like it’s Barry White (yuh)
And keep my soul clean like I sterilize (aye)
When I’m in the booth, yo I terrorize
Throw it all in like a pair of dice
You cannot fit in these shoes, here’s a pair of mine
You and I got very different paradigms
It’s apparent that you're paralyzed
Stealing parables like a parasite
Maybe parallel, but you paraphrased
So I’ll kill a parody, have a parrot iced
Don’t get it? While I’m out here chillin’ in a paradise
[Verse 2: Ionika]
Death is always better than bondage (facts!)
Fillin’ up your mind with all this knowledge (yeah)
Might be blowin’ up, but I’m still in college
Cautious, I don’t fuck with all this false shit
Raw fits in my closet make me nauseous
Feeling lawless, I’m the fittest like I’m Darwin
Dominant like a Spartan, you’re my target
Blood spilling through a faucet in my wallet (aye)
Tribe runnin’ miles like we’re on a quest (quest!)
Pull up on your squad we gon’ make a mess (mess!)
Glock at point blank, this your fucking test (test!)
If you fail, Imma put your soul to rest (rest!)
I don’t ever settle for less, I’m still a wreck
Shuffle decks, pull a Gambit at your neck
Slice your throat, makin’ Nike checks
Squash you like an insect, infect your ears
With my flows banging from my chest! (aye!)
[Break: MATCHA]
Rollie on your wrist, we don’t need that
Trying to impress, and we see that
Don’t know about me? Imma tweak that
Show respect or Imma pop you like a kneecap
True terror squad, yeah we lean back
Fake thugs are the only prey that we track
You look like fast food, where the beef at?
Tell it to ‘em Eddie, bring the beat back!
[Verse 3: Ionika]
Yeah I’m comin’ back, catch you rats in my trap
Gassing up in my pad, you’re just vintage I’m a fad
I’m in first, you’re in last, talkin’ this then to that
Feeling sad? Here’s a pat, you be bugging like some gnats
You be crying like some cats, pussy boy getting mad
Fuck a backpack rap, shitty brats getting crack sacked
Light a match, stick it up your snatch, go and play catch
This the aftermath, feel my wrath of attack cause-
(Tell ‘em Matt!)
[Verse 4: MATCHA]
I am the apex (what?)
Don’t understand? I can put it into plain text (yuh)
Keep ‘em hanging, they don’t know what Imma say next (aye)
But the payoff always good like it’s pay checks 
Foxes or hawks, I swear y’all are just too tame 
Talk that shit loud, but your style is too plain
A rocket like Usain, the raw shit like Wu-Tang
So stop talking up, cause I’m top of the food chain 
I got nothing to gain, I’m hunting for the sport (what?)
Turn you into pork, picking you off with a fork (aye)
You’re baking up in the heat
Bacon for me to eat   
Beggin’ for me quit
But my tranqs’ll put you to sleep 
Adapt to the condition
From wacks to atomical fission
I’m back, anatomical pistons 
Propel me towards my ambitions
Going by my instincts, never gotta plan at all
Casually saying, “I’m the king of all animals!”
[Verse 5: Ionika]
Like a crocodile in the Nile, Imma dine with some wine
And chase it with some moonshine
No I never wait in line, I’m always arriving on time
One of a kind, my people truly really hard to find (yuh)
You can miss me with that nine to five (yuh)
I don’t really fuck with that vibe (yuh)
Shoutout to Matt, we were born to rise (yuh)
Finna hit you with them snake eyes! (yuh!)
[Hook: MATCHA]
We be runnin’ wild like these animals (what?)
We be runnin’ wild we don’t need no laws (aye)
We be runnin’ wild like these animals (what?)
We be runnin’ wild we don’t need no laws (aye)
Y’all be actin’ soft, all you got are paws (yuh)
Young savages, sharpen up your claws (tell ‘em)
Y’all be actin’ soft all you got are paws (yuh)
Young savages, sharpen up your claws (tell ‘em!)
[Hook: Ionika]
We be runnin’ wild like these animals (aye)
We be runnin’ wild we don’t need no laws (yuh)
We be runnin’ wild like these animals (aye)
We be runnin’ wild we don’t need no laws (yuh)
Y’all be actin’ soft, all you got are paws (aye)
Young savages, sharpen up your claws (yuh)
Y’all be actin’ soft all you got are paws (aye)
Young savages, sharpen up your claws!
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