VERSE 1
We pay, they rob us, these snakes don’t want us/
Each day, we all play/
this game that they taught us/
In God that we trust but they preying on us/
If he ate, then we scrape, til we hatin both us/
My mama’s education don’t mean shit still/
From accounting to McDonald's just to pay this bill/
And we tryna sell our soul just make this deal/
But the people in control are gonna hate me still/
And we tryna save face, but they paint us with a brown face/
Colonizer tongue will never like it how my name tastes/
Made it ‘cross the ocean, muthafukkas better make way/
7,000 miles and they didn’t want us in the first place/
These days what’s the pay rate for a briefcase?/
Times 8, that’s the death rate and it’s prepaid/
Free wage, minimum pay, ain’t no leeway/
These stakes only get raised when the greed makes/
AK over these Jays, that’s a payday/
But wait, layin’ down straight on the pave, hey!/
Replay, cut up him great, like a DJ/
While they, throwin us bait just so we pay/
Brown face, was a Malay in my heyday/
These days, but you may lay in ya grave, wait/
Mayday, play the game straight or you meet fate/
Green face, how the ink taste, when it bleed hate?/
Seek change but we shortchanged in exchange rate/
Food chain, keep ya cake straight or you get ate/
Self made, everythings fake but we fixate/
On things that we don’t make til we self hate/
HOOK
Watch me make it rain, bitches don’t know that I’m paid though/
Watch me make it rain, I made that dollar from a peso/
Watch me make it rain, watch me, watch me make it rain/x2
I said now...Watch me make it rain, people never know my face though/
Watch me make it rain, I trade the dollar from a peso/
Watch me make it rain, watch me, watch me make it rain/x2
VERSE 2
Kun puydi la unta ako makakuha hin cuarta para ako makaginhawa/
O bag-o bat trato ha akon kun mabusag pa ngan mestiza pat akon itsura?/
Gin tutdo kita’t aton panit basura, pag gamit nala hin busag na pintura/
Baga nan peliculat aton kultura, pag kitat pulitika puro na buwa/
Uran han Yolanda gin tago an cuarta/
Gin kuha, baligya, waray nakakita/
Ka damo’n patay, ngan na lunod na bata/
Sekreto na may tinatago contrata/
Kay ay na pakiana, isara it baba/
Ikaon it bala, hira nat bahala/
Ayaw kabaraka kun nagtitinawa/
Hira ha imo kay nakuha nirat imo cuarta/
Korakot imbis, tumulong sila at nakakainis/
Paano kumita ng pera? bitbit/
Ang hirap ng buhay, tiyaga at tiis/
Palaging gipit/
Walang bang hustiysa sa ating bansa at lahat nalang puro peke?/
At ‘eto grabe, marunong din akong gumanti sa korakot na negosyante at matapobre!/
HOOK
Umuuran (I make it rain)/
Umuulan (I make it rain)/
credits
from CIRCA91,
released October 3, 2017
Produced by Kuartz
Originally bought the CD years ago, but streaming it while riding through Northeast OH seemed like the appropriate way to listen to the album at high volume. Peace and respect to the entire BeatRock Fam. AA
Razor-sharp bars on love and luxury from the Oakland-based rapper, a founding member of hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 15, 2023