Blue Scholars - North By Northwest lyrics

Live from occupied Duwamish territory
Where Carlos Bulosan once lived
To tell the story of the brain, sweat
And glory of mic checks and men
Who fight the destination we
Were destined to end
Left the writing on the walls in
The halls of the Nippon Kan
Others transform, majority Decepticons
But my conception of the Walkman's rotation
Is you live in the upper left
You've got to have patience
Cause ain't no urban radio stations
About to play us
Unless you sign the dotted and
Make your songs brainless
While you waitin' for the mention in
The pages of "The Stranger"
You can find me in the
Basement makin' heaters for later
And yes, we all need a little paper to strive


But the monsters in your town will
Put a limp in your stride
I exhibit all the time like
I'm pimpin' your ride
And we've been living in
Conditions we're tired of
Come on and rise up

Two Scholars rock fresh, North by Northwest
And it's still no rest cause
We're not finished yet
We're broke, but not broken
Cold, but not frozen lost but not forgotten
We're kickin' the doors open
Two Scholars rock fresh, North by Northwest
And it's still no rest cause
We're not finished yet
We're broke, but not broken
Cold, but not frozen movin' in slow motion
It's that Northwest classic

Nine eight double-one eight
The alphabetically 2nd to last state
Never finished in last place
Like the Mariners for 3 years straight
From prescriptions we administer the medicine
For people still afflicted with
Acute two oh-sickness
We exist between the gold and the green
I paint the soul of the scene
Under towers of power
Dodging the over Over-fiend daily
Causing bones to decay
They say is so far away
Couldn't possibly make it
I seen modesty fade and awful lot of hate
But none of which was said to my face
I confide inside, my son
But with a fire made of purple
I'm a writer for the art
I keep it sharpened with rehearsal
The worst is when they mark us to target a
Market that we're not even a part of
If your CD's in Target it
Means you got distribution
But we still pushin' unit's
With our own two homegrown since youth
Thought you knew

Two Scholars rock fresh, North by Northwest
And it's still no rest cause
We're not finished yet
We're broke, but not broken
Cold, but not frozen lost but not forgotten
We're kickin' the doors open
Two Scholars rock fresh, North by Northwest
And it's still no rest cause
We're not finished yet
We're broke, but not broken
Cold, but not frozen movin' in slow motion
It's that Northwest classic

And they say desegregation was
A big step forward
But integration only covered up a rotten core
The surface might've changed but the
Cauldron is still hot
Now we more politically correct
With less real talk
They say we liberal but literally not
When the cops bend us over
While upholding the law
Despite the sight of coffee shops
On every single block
Nearby it's supply and demand for the rock
It's two types of crack, one legal
One felonious
The lumpenprole push keys like Thelonious
The corporation pushing blood with the beans
I heard people moving up here for
The love of the green new homes, new stores
Still a hood underneath
No good how we chilling in
The gut of the beast a national question
With no answer in the least
It's no resting ‘til the cancer meets defeat

Two Scholars rock fresh, North by Northwest
And it's still no rest cause
We're not finished yet
We're broke, but not broken
Cold, but not frozen lost but not forgotten
We're kickin' the doors open
Two Scholars rock fresh, North by Northwest
And it's still no rest cause
We're not finished yet
We're broke, but not broken
Cold, but not frozen movin' in slow motion
It's that Northwest classic

Northwest classic