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Chop It Down

by Kala and The Lost Tribe

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"Brooklyn-based poet and MC Arianna “Kala” Brame calls on the ancestors (The Lost Tribe) for 'Chop It Down', a mantra about knowing when it’s time to cut down what isn’t serving us any longer." - Sound Check, Afropunk.com

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Chop It Down

1st Verse:
Back on my steez. Kick, push, coast.
Moving with the ease of the Holy Ghost.
I be staying fly with thee most high.
Seen a love supreme. Coltrane's third eye.

Now your whole crew's trained in my sights
Cuz it ain't hip hop if I ain't ready to fight, right?
Hit all the motifs. Keep the formula tight, right?
Full clip on my hip, bad bitch on my left, right?

But it's all wrong - it all falls down.
Rappers wanna kill shit now but I'm rebirthing the sound.
Invoking the power, great-grand wiping his brow.
Machete in hand - I'll take the head with the crown.

That's why they “female emcee” me. Cats don't wanna see me.
I don't gotta be Jay-Z for your son to wanna be me
And that's scary to you, lighter fluid.
The flame to burn up every thing you ever knew of
But that's true love.

Chorus:
We gonna chop it down. Chop it down.
Chop it down. Chop it down.
We gonna chop it down. Chop it down.
You wanna build it up but first we gotta break it down.

We gotta chop it down. Chop it down.
Chop it down. Chop it down.
We gonna chop it down. Chop it down.
You wanna build it up but first we gotta break it down.


2nd Verse:
This quick sixteen is gasoline.
Codeine for the fiends put the spot on lean, know what I mean?
Call me a bitch cuz I show my teeth
and this bitch'll cut you down to the white meat.

Wanna fIght me cuz you think that I'm looking at wifey?
I might me but I'm more likely tryna see where the mic be.
Step up. Get mic-checked right outta your Nikes.
Rhymes wreck. Get throwed right outta your psyche.

Like fuck what you heard and what you thought you knew.
Rounds in the arsenal to show you what my art can do.
I rhyme sweeter than Oshun and the ripe honey dew
And I light up your world like the round harvest moon

But there's no time for punch lines when the shit is critical.
Pivot like players do pass plateaus. Reach pinnacles.
The style's magical. Water to wine miracles.
Give thanks for The Lost Tribe to show us how spirit moves.

Chorus

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released August 29, 2017
Written, Performed and Produced by Arianna "Kala" Brame
© 2016 Young Fire Creations, LLC

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Kala and The Lost Tribe Brooklyn, New York

Arianna "Kala" Brame is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, poet and MC based in Brooklyn, NY. Kala and The Lost Tribe, has performed on stages in the NYC metropolitan area at venues including Baby's Alright, The Silent Barn, Don Pedro's, The Bowery Electric, National Sawdust and had the esteemed honor of playing Blue Note's Late Night Groove Series. ... more

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