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1. |
Leg Beat 7
03:01
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Come on
Hey ho
Hey ho
Hey ho
You know what I’m talking about
Buckle up buckle up yeah
You are now flying with a new sound
Taking you higher just to get down
This is the motion please find a groove
Drop all the baggage and adjust your mood
I am the captain
You know my name
Some call me Zup
Most just call me Dave
I stand six flat with a five foot flow with a east side stride please know
I feel like Dino
Steubenville’s greatest
I do it for The O from The Land down to Dayton
The Newburgh legend is the style I invent
Harvard Ave represent represent
Girls let your hair down
Fellas look sharp
Dance to rhythm
Both sides play a part
Whatever comes next is the birds and the bees
All I’m doing is providing the beat
O ya ya yay
You can talk the talk but I don’t know where you’re coming from
O ya ya yay
Where you
Where you going with it
Where you going with it
O ya ya yay
You can talk the talk but I don’t know where you’re coming from
O ya ya yay
Where you
Where you going with it
Where you going with it
I’m channeling a melody from the other side
I’m still a child in my mothers eyes
I just do what feels right like a Saturday night
We playing Dom Kennedy in the Summertime
It’s my type of party
No animosity
We need a break from the the monotony
And I don’t care if they watching me
I’m a chip off of Hip-Hop to flip off hypocrisy
Rethink democracy
Keep it to facts
My president is orange
But he used to be Black
He held a session keeping Russia intact
Then made up the accusation of a wiretap
Man oh man
Make America great again
I’m tryna make America safe for my friends
We got people on the left and some people on the right
But the bottom line is
We the people tonight
Go
O ya ya yay
You can talk the talk but I don’t know where you’re coming from
O ya ya yay
Where you
Where you going with it
Where you going with it
O ya ya yay
You can talk the talk but I don’t know where you’re coming from
O ya ya yay
Where you
Where you going with it
Where you going with it
I told you I got the juice
And that’s true
So you might be wondering what the lesson is for you
Well
Stay tuned
One
Two
Come on
O ya ya yay
You can talk the talk but I don’t know where you’re coming from
O ya ya yay
Where you
Where you going with it
Where you going with it
O ya ya yay
You can talk the talk but I don’t know where you’re coming from
O ya ya yay
Where you
Where you going with it
Where you going with it
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2. |
One99Two
01:24
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Hey
1 9 9 2 they say
I was born when the sun hid the moon that day
And my pop drove me home in a coupe that day
Had the girls at the park like kumbaya
I'm the first Serb from the ‘Burgh on verse
When I'm home see the whole neighborhood berserk
Check check one two
Please know my worth
Young Slav heart throb
Go hard at work
Shake booty
Go shake booty
I'm officiating baby you can throw it to me
Everything ritual
This Hip-Hop truly
Bounce when I bounce absolutely
Woowee
Drums make the cops pull up
And the smoke from the blunt that the house full of
Well
Mr. Overseer
Hey you made it
Let me rock the crowd before you take it
F*ck With Dre Day when I
Play That Beat
Pass The Hand Grenade when I
Play That Beat
For the People Everyday when I
Play That Beat
Yeah this the
1 - 9 - 9 - 2
I’m Jimmy James when I
Play That Beat
The Scenario change when I
Play That Beat
For my people every day when I
Play That Beat
This for the
1 - 9 - 9 - 2
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3. |
My Hat
02:46
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Swing it
Move your body side to side right
Listen up
Hey
Phone ringing off 6:30
I left a late late but I’m here early
It’s a lot riding on me cuz a lot ride with me
I never waste my time looking busy
I’m in flux every day blame Ye
The brain gotta work
Mine’s being underpaid
Time clock broke when I punched my luck
I’ma be on my job until the grave plot dug
Like what
How you not wanna do it all
How you not look at the potential when you fall
We live in mad times
Don’t say I did’t warn you
Ohio in December feels like California
Well I got ideas heating up
Everything is interesting
Yeah I mix up
I got a hat for the rap
Got a hat for business
A few coming and a lot more missing
Still
They wanna wear my hat
When I was ten
I was a Hip-Hop shorty-wop
They wanna wear my hat
Known for rocking microphones and twisting off a forty top
Don't tryna wear my hat
Cuz I smartened up
Opened the market up
You couldn't wear hat
Keeping one for yourself looks hard enough
Yo man, this Dave Zup dude just pisses me off man
He does everything
It’s the hour of atonement
I’ma be the home team ref and opponent
I’ma be the murder and the weapon and the motive
My hat dope
I'ma show it
Focus
Notice
How I function like I’m in The Renaissance
Yeah that mean my dome is like The Duomo and the Pentagon
I can break down and reconstruct the way you saw it
I took a job with a desk and a office
Yeah
I’ma make a beat on my lunch break
Yeah
South By Southwest was a pump-fake
Yeah
Did the show then made some software
Yeah
Jordans to my meetings and they all stare
Yeah
I learned ways how to integrate
Balance out every meal on my dinner plate
I could be myself like 100 different ways
Switch the cap then it's on to a different pace
They wanna wear my hat
When I was ten
I was a Hip-Hop shorty-wop
They wanna wear my hat
Known for rocking microphones and twisting off a forty top
Don't tryna wear my hat
Cuz I smartened up
Opened the market up
You couldn't wear hat
Keeping one for yourself looks hard enough
Man I just groove and I do what I do
And I feel like I am cuz I am who I ooh
Yeah
Oh wait...
Huh!
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4. |
The Takeback
02:57
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All my friends
They know that your a tidal wave
Oh yeah yeah yeah
All you ever
Seem to do is
Wipe out everything I say
Well bitch I'ma talk right now
Word of mouth is
You turned to an accountant
And that's funny
Cuz you ain’t never held yourself accountable
Hey you'd pass the blame on
Singing the same song
But check it
I flipped that song around
And now it goes
A little something like this
Hey
You know that I'm on a roll
I just took back control
And you won't ever find one like me
You won't ever find one like me
Oh darling
I won’t stop
I won’t
I just took back control
And you won't ever find one like me
You won't ever find one like me
Listen
I’m one of one
Go check the ancestry
I broke out now I've been set free
It’s all my time right now
I earned that
You wanna make things right
You better turn back
I won’t fit no mold
You can’t shape a king
That’s all my own
Each time I write
I get in my zone
That shade you throw
Each time I grow
And I’m tall now
Manute Bol to the bullshit
Y’all had a good game 'till the rules switched
On my best Chris Rock like
You don't know who might go to school with
I’m in the whip playing Blue Chips
As the world burns down
You didn't love me then
Don't try now
You didn't love me then
Don't try now
No
You know that I'm on a roll
I just took back control
And you won't ever find one like me
You won't ever find one like me
Oh darling
I won’t stop
I won’t
I just took back control
And you won't ever find one like me
You won't ever find one like me
Listen
You know that I'm on a roll
I just took back control
And you won't ever find one like me
You won't ever find one like me
Oh darling
I won’t stop
I won’t
I just took back control
And you won't ever find one like me
You won't ever find one like me
Listen
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5. |
Every4Hrz
02:34
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A couple new sounds on the drums since Monday
Higher than before than I was last Sunday
Thanks to my surgeon
I’ve gone crazy
All grey sweats like gym in the 80’s
Baby
Could you fill the glass up
Lately you know I feel like NASA
I’m spacey I’m tired in daytime dizzy mode
Stuck in the house like Keef in the video
Yeah
It’s something that I don’t like
Ouch
Hit my head on the stove light
Of course I got no ice
Went go skate and broke the same bone twice
I’m on aspirin and oxy
One for the nausea and one to go potty
All got me drowsy
I just want some fun
I made this just talk to someone
Now I’m talking to myself
Wheel around the house and I talk to myself
Shower with a bag and I talk to myself
Looking at the world
I’m a prisoner here
Every four hours take one for pain
Every four hours take one for pain
Every four hours take one for pain
Every four hours take one for pain
Take one for the pain
Nah take one to go insane
I mean I can’t even wheel my dog without thinking im Spider-man
What do you expect me to say
Life's great
And I just want
To go for a walk on a warm day
Without going sleep
Bro I’m so high
But not feeling high
So it sucks cuz
That would feel cool
But it don’t
Instead I feel like an emoji you know that no one ever uses like the couch with the lamp
Watching Netflix on the couch by the lamp
Currently season two of The Flash
And I dont like the Cubs
Man it should’ve been the Tribe
When they lost I was like
Ok I'ma die
And this song kinda bites but I made it in five
Just to talk to somebody else other than wall
Fuck my life man
Now I’m talking to myself
Wheel around the house and I talk to myself
Shower with a bag and I talk to myself
Looking at the world
I’m a prisoner here
Every four hours take one for pain
Every four hours take one for pain
Every four hours take one for pain
Every four hours take one for pain
Take one for the pain
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6. |
Because Donuts
01:31
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8. |
Get Fresh
01:13
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Word to Fun Wall
Let me paint this
Sanctify
My eyes wide looking dangerous
Face it
Who you know fresher than Zup
Riddle me that
I hang with the Kennedys and skate with the rats
A man from The Land
Never took from a hand
Never kissed where you shit
Never faked who I am
I'm a rockstar baby
I shine with the best
Them 16’s burn straight through your chest
Bet
It’s no scratch on my checks
Scuffs on my suede from a tre off the steps
I did break the leg but I made that attempt
Now I'm back on the deck just to make that again
Let me roll
Truth is
I'm already on one
Royalties for royalty and I already got some
Look back
You could find where my crown from
Peep reflection
I'm pleased with the outcome
I'm blessed to
Get Fresh
Yes
Never stress how to
Get Fresh
Yes
Y'all pay debts to
Get Fresh
Yes
All that mess to
Get Fresh
Hey
Don't reset to
Get Fresh
Don't reset to
Get Fresh
Just rethink and refresh
Don't reset to
Get Fresh
World in your hand if you learn how groove right
Look at me
Look at me
You know how I do right
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9. |
Falling Back
02:31
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Don't you know that's the future is not promised
But your the one that I want to bet
Girl it's so much more that's beyond us
Can we just focus on the next step
Hey
And I got the cruise if you want to roll
Let's get dressed up and pack a bowl
Feeling good
Feeling great
Let's ride through the city on a best friend date
I ain't gonna let nothing get in our way
Baby I'm down for you
Let's put a little fuel in the gas tank baby
It's been awhile since we danced all night
And you'd look so good with my last name honey
I'm back to falling in love
You know what I don’t
And you know what I do
And you know when I lie
And when I tell the truth
Alright now
Just glide
Just shake
Side to the side I’ma slide on waist
Time go by and I still will chase
You all day ‘till my hair turns grey but hey
I got the cruise if you want to roll
Let's get dressed up and pack a bowl
Feeling good
Feeling great
Let's ride through the city on a best friend date
I ain't gonna let nothing get in our way
Baby I'm down for you
Let's put a little fuel in the gas tank baby
It's been awhile since we danced all night
And you'd look so good with my last name honey
I'm back to falling in love
Back to falling
Listen up
Pretty girls
Hold the wall
Come up slow and tilt your bra
Put that smile on your face
Move them hips all around the place
Pretty girls come off the wall
Know what I want and your down to call
And you come over and I’m feeling good
Hey hey hey
Alright
Girl you gon' make me lose my composure
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10. |
Composure
03:27
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I feel like a combination of Sinatra and a glass of cabernet on the beach
I can’t help it
Alright
I’m downtown for night trying to break my shoes in
I wanna move let’s not be discrete
No
Caught a vibe from a look in your eyes and our tempo just matched the beat
Tap tap
I’ma show out
I’ma talk smooth on my Maxwell
Whenever wherever whatever you know I have still
Yeah
Grape 5’s fresh from the vineyard
Your ex-man look like Squidward
Your whole frame should be insured
Cuz by the looks baby I might wreck
Driving close to the shoulder on my way to your neck
If you throw it in reverse you might leave with a dent
It’s a high percent
I’m like
Numbers don’t lie
You too bad I’m one hell of a guy
I’m never shy
Never not down for a get down
I’m in town we should dip now
Hey
Don't want to lose my composure
That's alright
If you do now thats quite alright
I got the touch
Trying not to lose my composure
That's alright
If you do now thats quite alright
I know it’s gotta be a word for this
When every kiss feels like it’s the first one
And Im feeling like I got the Gryffindor sword
And you feel like you hit with a squirt gun
Maybe that’s just sex
Maybe that’s love
Maybe that’s good weed
Maybe that’s drugs
Maybe that’s us maybe I’m nuts
I done lost my composure off a back rub
I gotta play that tough
I'ma say whats up
Let’s soak it all in
I got a bath tub
And she love my sound
I’ma play that funk
This that new LP
Yeah that new Dave Zup
The O H Player
DAZ my initials
You my Donna Summer I feel love when I’m with you
What's the price for the time of your life
I’ve been known to pay it's alright
Dance with me now
Don't want to lose my composure
That's alright
If you do now thats quite alright
I got the touch
Trying not to lose my composure
That's alright
If you do now thats quite alright
Hey
I don’t want to lose my composure
I don’t want to lose my composure
Don’t want to
Don’t want to lose it
I don’t want to lose my composure
Trying not to lose my composure
Check it out now
Eat slow
Digest
Who can get the highest
Let’s see who can get the highest
I’m saying now
Eat slow
Digest
Trying not to lose my composure
Who can get the highest
Who can get the highest
Murphy
Come here boy
How you doing
Come here
Come here
Hi
Hi
Say something to the people
Say something to the people
Who’s a good boy
Say something to the people
Nothing
Whatever
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Dave Zup Cleveland, Ohio
Dave Zup is a rapper, composer and record producer from Cleveland, OH. His experimentation in genres including Hip-Hop and Funk has led to live performances with acts such as The New Respects and PJ Morton. Since the release of his first album in 2017 he has published several singles, produced for other artists, and composed original music for various projects including a film and podcast series. ... more
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