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-Frost P!
-Zuz.
-SOV, Lady Sovereign.
-Shystie!
Yo, Medasyn starts.
First the political son, Zuz Rock.
Den, I will do. Yo.
[FROST P]See anybody wanna checks me on dis?
Be like most dese kids who chuck shit
S*ck record company head.
Frost P, I keep it, nuh-uh.
Still bills I'm payin', still for mils I'm prayin'
In the meanwhile, I stayed me and wait,
De life ain't great,
But's better than the jobs from state,
For makin' it, mate, just a Q and A.
Still ghetto wit de mind of a needle
A cricket in the cheater,

Draw a nine millimeter up.
Makin it, 'caine.
If I get shifty, never reven' eddy
Ain't life, but I stay in de game
Den dat police cruiser say:
"Ain't you the little - ?"
Frame my brain to the game
But I let you know de whistle (tweet)
[ZUZ ROCK]Same issue, I move like a video on jerk.
Steady, walk forward in my Timberland boots
And I still ready to shoot, you need proof?
Shall we? Any time, I'm able.
Come on mate, I never get signed!
More time, still wanna ** leave me behind.
Tell me to put my name on de dotted line.
Ya find, when ye ** contracts to de street
Come around, will you?
In the last two weeks, you're too weak.
I still represent Hays Town.
Though it's my proximity, my boy face down.
Murder mans, like a fuckin greyhound
Quit runnin' in de bank, til yer laid down.
Style to the manner, got a place in the manor
Like a .38, always come back to the man-ner.
That's grammar.
Use your bank, big like de clamps.
You versus me equals my car trunk.
[FROST/ZUZ CHORUS x2]Lissen up - Zuz, Frost P, eyes frosty,
Dat Meda camp, kills MCs softly
Like lure in, we got shots from foreign.
And you don't wanna fuck wiv my side, fool
[SHYSTIE/SOV]Yo, this is Shystie ...
Yeh, SOV, Lady Sovereign, I'm wid Shystie.
Let's take dese boys out, yah?
I'm on it, boy-eh...Let's battle ...
Show dese guys what we're worth, big boy,
'Cos I know, see, I can spit ...
Let's show dem.
A'right!
[SOV]Yo, dere's suttin, I got one bad habit,
When those streets step to me, I won't have it,
'Specially people like you and you an ...
Dat's okay, now when I come through
Come up de light's in de low power,
Remember de time when you got slaughtered,
Beef? Cos' no, it's just an argument
Words they is jerkin' in de House of Parliament.
Wid out de words, wid out de verbs
Little boys left on de kerb.
People, lift dem up before dey get hurt.
But their heart rate stop (beeep)
When they have just learned
Dat I'm above de flow
Leave yer mind in high-low
Like de center of a polo, push
Can't enter his height when I'm so low,
Yah, yeh don't know, so -
None a yer words can hurt me, fool.
None a yer combats mean fuck, fool.
Nuffin' you say can hurt me, fool.
I feel bad, pity for you.
Rue the lack of sense.
That's yer ish-ing dat does dis.
Where yer car? harhar! A domestic life
Devil promotion of sickness (hwack)
An illness? Anyone listenin' is a witness.
Helpless lady - I never written dis.
Let's get on wid de quick busi-ness.
S.O.V. dot, dot... lyricists can get us dis?
- No.
Hup-two-three-four, I'm goin' to war,
To win - I leave the runner-up sore. (ow!)
I'm raw, like uncut meat,
That's why I'm in de hole,
Dat why I flak it, I'm a treat -
I'm deep. But my face looks sweet!
Sweet enough to fool yeh 'bout my greed.
Waltz it to where dem don't sleep,
Yah, now creep!
[SHY/SOV CHORUS x2]Yo, lissen up to Sovereign and me, Shystie!
The Meda camp's deep, and they never stopped we
Spittin' lyrics in your face, you can't keep up de pace
So you don't wanna fuck wiv our side, fool!
[SHYSTIE]Ha! So, let's show dese boys what time it is.
I'm showin' you,
Dey don't know about how us gurrls sspit, yeh.
Let's show dem how we keep it rill.
Let's show dem what de deal is.
Let's show dem what time it is.
Shystie! Let's go!
Oi! 'ey, lissen up,
Don't get fucked up wiv a taco, fool, durin' PMS,
Cos' my mood swings get yeh in a state of distress.
And the lyrical Shakespeare doesn't ever test
Doesn't spit about a rattle man's chest
Accordings to dese angles, if dere was a circle
Yeh! - play, boy, but I know my swivin' hurt you.
I take you for a joke, so you get laffed at (haha)
Yer a basic MC, boy. I'm done - past it.
Cos' my microphone sample is in de silence,
Leaving, yeh suddenly need stabilizing.
Yeh wanted to better me just like an idiot.
But I'll show everyone (sure!) here dat yerr not ready yet.
I need a body bag, body back in a closed hearse.
Leff it in de church, can I really get worse?
Cannot rilly know dat I jes silly caught, seen me
But I'm still here, cos' I moved out de window.
Goin' to make havoc - spit til I choke.
How could anyone ever better me for a joke.
See de tick-tock? on de body clock, sh*t don't stop.
If you wanna come and drop a lyric, there is no top.
But if you had it, you still couldn't rhyme
You still couldn't write (nah) in beat to dis time
So you never get close enough to me to attack.
You take two steps forward, but three steps back.
Cos' I'm daily separatin' mens day by day,
No self-esteem? Meditate and don't think of it,
Unless its how I'll make you lose your confidence.
Even how you spittin on dis track is never-never lan'.
ish -
you. can't. spit. and. it's. better. dat. you. quit.
leave. it. to Shystie. that. spits. hot toxic.
but - you member how we's doin' all?
yeh! right! hah hah!
[SHY/SOV CHORUS x2]Yo, lissen up to Sovereign and me, Shystie!
The Meda camp's deep, and they never stopped we
Spittin' lyrics in your face, you can't keep up de pace
So you don't wanna fuck wiv our side, fool!
[FROST P]Yo! This is it! heh hah haa!
The beef's kickin' off now! (s'fun now)
Frost P! Bruce Grove N17. Z-U!
Let's take down these duck birds. (nice)
Yo, I used both of dese girls back
Like pick-up sexin', before de beef is on.
And your Miss Dynamite
Impressions ain't botherin' no one.
So thanks for naught. Get yer own slogan!
Take that! Matter of fact, get off de track.
I'm too classy to go back-to-back
Wiv your average hood-rats.
What you know about markin' yer game
Up yer walls? Nuffin.
Spittin crap at yer sympathizers. (nuffin!)
Treat yeh frauds like Kit-Kat
- "Give 'em a break!"
Cos' yer unknown and fake,
Cos' yer bound to hate.
Dey wanna beee like us!! (I know)
But they're featherweight,
And I'm a heavyweight.
Eatin' MCs like ready-break.
If that's the case, imagine when it gets skipped.
Slap quick and exit. (huh huh)
And home it crept. Must be men!
'Cos you had the boobs to steppin' into a rep
But you get blazed off de set.
Trustin' if you be Lady Sovereign, get bits in de hedges.
Don't to trust get me in da stakes.
Even wif Gab's compressor, ya still sound lesser.
So don't get it twisted, girls - you aint better.
Man, I take down your whole 'hood wiv my full wood.
You hear de way I flow, and you rilly wish you could.
Never dat! Too many rhymes, too many lines.
For the amateurs like you, I ain't got de time.
[FROST/ZUZ CHORUS x2]Lissen up - Zuz, Frost P, eyes frosty,
Dat Meda camp, kills MCs softly
Like lure in, we got shots from foreign.
And you don't wanna fuck wiv my side, fool
[ZUZ ROCK]heh heh.
Yah, dese gurls can't be serious!
Frost, are these gurls serious, man?
They better fuckin' reco'nize what time it is,
Before we clean their clocks.
R-O-C? - yep.
I spit sick rhymes, stars
Better den yours, times ten.
I rhyme couple time, I punish you in line,
You could never take Zuz for a spin.
'Cos this isn't nevah-nevah
I'm tougher dan evah.
My vendetta is simply payback
Write lyrics wiv no pen, no paper.
Hate-ers never prosper. (yep)
So get lost like cheese down a sofa.
Gabi doesn't matter to me.
'Cos if Shystie is on battlin' me
She's ready to see, R.O. is old school
Like bullet-hole jeans (whew)
- when de bullet goes in
I used to shop work to get a gold fing.
For sure, I'm talkin', my fro's clean.
Yo, my 'fro's clean, just like the po sheets
Better listen up when R.O. speaks.
So all of my worrds are hurrrtin' you.
And yer broke down, sound like dudes.
Why would not you got a better fing to do?
Easy to cure you hos, I won't lose. ZU-ZU!
In the MC game, I put a lame MC to shame.
You've only got yourself to blame.
Tame your voice when you talk big (or my shit will)
I kill your little kids like mornin'-after pills -
So chill.
When you walked in, I met ends, it's not happenin'.
I still strappin' my nine, I still rappin' part time.
Lemme up, I take ye back de hallways.
Ye don't wanna see me take it back to old days -
I favored Frost P like a maniac. (he's great)
'Cos I'm back, I show you where the fucks izzat.
I'm still one of a kind, win de war wiv me?
Killed twenty-two (22.) MCs,
Dem wanna make it twenty-three (23!).
[FROST/ZUZ CHORUS x2]Lissen up - Zuz, Frost P, eyes frosty,
Dat Meda camp, kills MCs softly
Like lure in, we got shots from foreign.
And you don't wanna fuck wiv my side, fool
[SHYSTIE]I'll clue you, hands tied behind my fat*ss
No lies, I won't even close my eyes.
Turn aroun', when my back faced
In yer face, it's replaced.
Spit my lyrics in yer face like mace.
[SOV]Yo, my eyes --
I pity de fool who will sell it
Like dresser, uh huh.
I be de midget in de middle
Wot right about now (yo)
But can you do a little?
[FROST P]Rose, never stoppin'.
I called de rolls, twenty years old.
I still hopin' to bust wiv de chop hoss boss.
We stop - if accused, we just rush past.
Educated, but yep, I still bank last!
[ZUZ ROCK]See, I'm renegade. Roll wid de R.O.C.,
Plus, we fully stocked wid de nine milli
'Cos we hot and den it's a Harvard
Deres offa banned and a filly,
I fuckin chopped Pokemon, car trunk kitty.
[SHYSTIE]A lotta people know Shystie de renegade,
I keep glasses by de bottle, but I stock lemonade.
So - don't get twisted, 'cos I'm not Shy.
Give a bad look, get a right hook in yer eye!
[FROST P]Fat man dat pull scares like anthrax
Leave a boy lookin, zip is lips wit' Tampax!
Wit my accent, jack all de lime off de track.
Make a used door sound like "Oh dear, Maxwell"
[ZUZ ROCK]Still -
Huffing and puffing and bluffing
And not on a double to nuttin'.
I doubled up when I f*d yer girlfriend,
Double to double, when I doubled de barrel,
R.O. dubbed it, so you won't be into lurin'
[SOV]Yeh dont wanna look in my eye, fool!
My lyrics see people dat cry, fool!
Yeh'll see black and white,
Like a black tie ball, so -
[ALL]You don't wanna fuck wiv my side, fool

Enjoy the lyrics !!!
Born Louise Amanda Harman in Wembley, Lady Sovereign was raised on the Chalkhill estate. When she was 13, after having a liking for popular 90s artist, Ms. Dynamite, she started practicing rapping in the mirror with a hair brush. She left school when she was 16 and at the age of 17 she became one of the UK's few white female MCs. She has been cited often as part of the rising British grime scene, and has received outside appreciation from moviegoers for her relation to Rupert Grint. Lady Sovereign cites Ms. Dynamite as an influence.

Lady Sovereign now resides in North London, England.

Career
Lady Sovereign first received attention when she recorded "The Battle", a freestyle girls versus boys battle rap with Shystie, Suz Rock and Frost P. Each rapper who participated in the recording of "The Battle" has since been signed to a record deal.

Lady Sovereign signed to Island Def Jam Music Group in 2005, after auditioning for Def Jam Recordings president and CEO, Jay-Z and The Island Def Jam Music Group chairman, Antonio "L.A." Reid.

Shortly afterwards, "Random" was released. This was followed by "9 to 5" which entered the UK Top 40 at number 33. The follow-up single, "Hoodie" - produced by dance act Basement Jaxx - failed to reach the top 40, peaking at number 44. Lady Sovereign has since recorded with Adrock from the American rap group the Beastie Boys and American producer Dr. Luke.

When The Ordinary Boys released the single "Boys Will Be Boys", Lady Sovereign came back with her own reply remix, featuring the music and chorus of the original, but with mostly her own vocals to the tune of "girls will be girls". In May 2006, the favor was returned when she was featured on The Ordinary Boys single, "Nine2Five," a remixed version of her own "9 to 5," credited as "The Ordinary Boys vs Lady Sovereign." "Nine2Five" entered at number 38 in the UK top 40 singles on downloads only, and jumped to #6 upon availability as a CD and 7" vinyl single during the week commencing May 22, 2006. This was her highest chart position to date and has helped to increase the media attention garnered by Lady Sovereign.

Lady Sovereign is the first non-American female to appear on the Def Jam label. Her former lack of success in the UK may be due in part to her stigma as representative of chav culture. She was featured on a Sky One documentary on chavs produced by Julie Burchill, after having been the target of a barrage of abuse and ridicule on the internet forum ChavScum. However, she has a following in the United States and has co-headlined a tour with The Streets, with whom she appeared in a remix for his song "Fit But You Know It." Lady Sovereign's cult following was again boosted after she recorded an attack on singer Jentina with "Sad Ass Strippa," a play on words of Jentina's song "Bad Ass Strippa." Kitty Empire of The Guardian is known to be a fan of "Sad Ass Strippa" and mentioned it in an interview she wrote about Lady Sovereign.

Lady Sovereign recently served as the host and spokesperson for Adult Swim and Chocolate Industries' Chocolate Swim.

On October 31, 2006, her debut album, Public Warning, was released, featuring "Random," "9 to 5," "Hoodie" and her new single, "Love Me Or Hate Me," which was also released on the same day.

On August 1, 2006, Lady Sovereign's new single "Love Me or Hate Me", a collaboration with American producer Dr. Luke, was aired on the radio for the first time in North America on Flow 93.5 in Canada. The song explains how she is almost the exact inverse of typical female rappers that sell very well, and shows some disgruntlement in pop culture. She explains she doesn't have looks, she can't sing, and can't dance, so love her or hate her. The harmony featured in this song references the Genesis track "I Can't Dance". She is also known for sometimes calling herself a midget (she stands at 5'1, or 152 cm), where she says: "This is officially the biggest midget in the game".

She began an American tour on October 23, 2006 and soon appeared live on CBS-TV's Late Show with David Letterman. On November 18, 2006, it was announced that Lady Sovereign had contracted a throat and chest infection, forcing postponement of her shows in Las Vegas.

As of late 2006, "Love Me or Hate Me" was played in a Verizon Wireless advertisement for the LG Chocolate. It also appears on the Need for Speed: Carbon and Ugly Betty soundtrack, as does "9 to 5" on the latter. On October 17, 2006 "Love Me or Hate Me" became the first video by a British artist to reach #1 on the U.S. (and original) version of MTV's Total Request Live. "Love Me Or Hate Me" was released in the UK on 29 January 2007, with the album following on 5 February 2007.

She has recorded a track for The O.C.'s new album, Music From The O.C. Mix 6 "Covering Our Tracks", where she sings The Sex Pistols' "Pretty Vacant".

On December 31, 2006, Lady Sovereign helped ring in the New Year with a performance of "Love Me Or Hate Me" during the MTV Goes Gold: New Year's Eve 2007 special which aired on MTV.

Sov's full-length Straight Up Cheeky is supposedly coming out early summer, but as for other LS sightings: "Ch-Ching (Cheque 1, 2 Remix)" is on the first major-label grime comp Run The Road, and a 20-minute "FelineMix" has been floating around the p2ps for about a year now.

She returned with her new album Jigsaw which was released on April 7, 2009 on Sov's own label Midget Records.

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