Story Behind The Song
"Show and Prove" depicts the battle of the music industry and how you have to be ready and willing to step to the plate and give it your all in order to gain the respect and adoration of your audience.
Song Description
Motivational piece featuring heavy-hitting lyrics and a catchy musical backdrop.
| Song Length |
3:17 |
Genre |
Rap - Hip Hop |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Mixed Vocals |
| Similar Artists |
Lauryn Hill, Kanye West |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
SHOW AND PROVE
When I step into your space
You can see it on my face
I don't front and I don't play
Get it together, c'mon kid tie up your shoe lace
Get ready for the race
Keep it cool and don't get fazed
Don't let this go to waste
Here's your chance, there it goes, don't let it float away
We on some other ish
Back to the mother ship
Afrika Bambaataa in
the Bronx nineteen eighty-six
x2
We know what we came here to do
We don't need no one to tell us to
We gon' do what we need to do
Everybody must show and prove
Break it down, there they go, there they go
Break it down, let 'em know, let 'em know
Break 'em down, from the head to the toe
Break ya down, lay ya down and then I roll
Right here you pay your tax
Right here you earn your stacks
There ain't no turning back
Once you're in it, then you're in it, and nobody's given slack
Show me what you lack
Once I see it I attack
Once the needle's hits the wax
Riding in the groove, you hear the pops, you hear the cracks
We got that other sound
Check for it coming out
Pop sounding suckers
Can't mess with the underground
x2
We know what we came here to do
We don't need no one to tell us to
We gon' do what we need to do
Everybody must show and prove
Break it down, there they go, there they go
Break it down, let 'em know, let 'em know
Break 'em down, from the head to the toe
Break ya down, lay ya down then I roll
You could bring your crew
Or leave it me and you
So, what you going to do
No sweat, I represent I dust it from my shoe
Tonight is show and prove
There's no time to lose
The mainstream don't approve
But meet me in a battle, that's 'nuff respect due
We on some other ish
Back to the mother ship
Afrika Bambaataa in
The Bronx nineteen eighty-six
x2
We know what we came here to do
We don't need no one to tell us to
We gon' do what we need to do
Everybody must show and prove