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Nervous Breakdown Lyrics by Polyrhythm Addicts

Rhyme Related

1999

[Hook: Mr. Complex]
Breaking you down
Breaking you down, boy. Breaking you down
Breaking you down, girl. Breaking you down
Breaking you down, girl. Breaking you down
Breaking you down, boy. Breaking you down
Breaking you down, boy. Breaking you down
Breaking you down, girl. Breaking you down
[Verse 1: Apani, Shabaam Sahdeeq, and Mr. Complex]
[Apani B. Fly]
Try to maintain my grip despite half-wits
And idiots, wanna blow my top and go lunatic
[Shabaam Sahdeeq]
I’m in
The pit with the lion, tigers, and bears and shit
Gotta become equipped to fold your whole clique like
Pocket knives
[Apani B. Fly]
Life is more than just existence
Staying persistent when you lose vision, you’re locked
In mental prison
[Shabaam Sahdeeq]
Head-on collision, Jeep-whipping
Speed demon needing attention, losing
Control, now your whip is bent around a pole, feeling
Your soul rise from your body kind of cold
[Mr. Complex]
Then you
Change brains the same way you change lanes
A thought stains, then it rains. We skid it
We did to your hip, rapping like we’re fucking intricate and shit
Megahertz, so you need to upgrade
Your skills, so don’t get played like plaid or mad like
When they owe you money and they can’t add
[Hook: Mr. Complex] (x2)
We’re breaking you down, boy. Breaking you down
We’re breaking you down, boy. Breaking you down
We’re breaking you down, girl. Breaking you down
We’re breaking you down, girl. Breaking you down
[Verse 2: Shabaam Sahdeeq, Mr. Complex, and Apani]
[Shabaam Sahdeeq]
I’m kind
Of vexed like I lost two fat checks
Two rhyme books and a half-inch reel from Ampex
[Mr. Complex]
It’s irreplaceable. Irresponsible, I’m irregular regularly
The way I feel, I’ma commit a felony, yo
[Shabaam Sahdeeq]
Run up on a cat at the cash machine, make him
See black, then I fill the scene with the cream
What you mean? I get it all back, remember the facts
In the books, notorious for the jux
[Apani]
Fucking
Crooks, them labels want to snatch me up and hand
Me crumbs, numb to the fact I contain
Fact—what’s up with that?
[Mr. Complex]
It’s up in the air like
My hands, up in the air like my plans—understand?
[Apani]
Damn, I had all I could
Possibly stand, hanging on to
My patience by the very last strand
Very last strand
[Hook: Mr. Complex] (x2)
We’re breaking you down, boy. Breaking you down
We’re breaking you down, boy. Breaking you down
We’re breaking you down, girl. Breaking you down
We’re breaking you down, girl. Breaking you down
[Verse 3: Mr. Complex, Apani, and Shabaam Sahdeeq]
[Mr. Complex]
You’re a vegetable
I don’t like your squad, squash ‘em
Brainwash ‘em. I don’t like your beats, don’t like
Okra. You’re corny, just mediocre
[Apani]
You a joker, bluffing like poker
[Mr. Complex]
Poked you in
The eye and say, “I sorry,” but I meant
To do it
[Apani]
You deserve it, make me nervous
So I break it down before you take me down
[Mr. Complex]
Take ‘em down like a memorandum. I take a seat
Because I can’t stand y’all
[Shabaam Sahdeeq]
Get up, stand up
For your rights ‘cause these labels try to push you on a fly
By night, try to snatch your loot if your eyes ain’t
Focused, pimp your crew and leave your whole team
Nervous
[Hook: Mr. Complex] (x2)
We’re breaking you down, boy. Breaking you down
We’re breaking you down, boy. Breaking you down
We’re breaking you down, girl. Breaking you down
We’re breaking you down, girl. Breaking you down
[Outro: Mr. Complex]
Breaking you down, breaking you down
Breaking you down, breaking you down
Breaking you down, breaking you down
Breaking you down, breaking you down
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Polyrhythm Addicts

Polyrhythm Addicts

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