Story Behind The Song

my very first fight...

Song Description

You can only take so much of teasing, being talked about, and being pushed around. There comes a time where you have to face your problems and handle them - sometimes violently.

Lyrics

The Playground

Chorus ?
On the playground ? mugs wanna hold me down
I?m just a lonely underdawg going pound for pound
On the playground - I?m tired of being pushed around
To make me cry and frown, when they gather around
On the playground - The word spreads all over town
At recess there?s gonna be another showdown
On the playground ? So hands don?t fail me know
Cause in a lil? while we gonna throw down on the playground

Verse 1
He used to scare me away with that stuff that wasn?t legal
But now I?m coming back again with a vengeance like a sequel
Eyesight 20/20 ? sharp just like an eagle
Kept my distance long enough but now we?re standing equal
Finally face to face we face off
You gotta grin on your face ? I?m bout to wipe your face off
And leave you puzzled like a jigsaw
Cause your talking garbage sparked off this cold war like Mikhail Gorbachev
Prepare my arms to disarm like Bush to Sadam
And drop bombs like napalm, lift my palms in alms
(say a prayer)
it?s the calm before the storm, you may swarm
with your hordes and all of yours cause this means war
(So hit the floors) But don?t doze or let your eyes close
it?s a showdown between these desperadoes
noon strikes and the school bells class dismissed
all jump the fence, this fight just commenced on?

Chorus
On the playground ? mugs wanna hold me down
I?m just a lonely underdawg going pound for pound
On the playground - I?m tired of being pushed around
To make me cry and frown, when they gather around
On the playground - The word spreads all over town
At recess there?s gonna be another showdown
On the playground ? So hands don?t fail me know
Cause in a lil? while we gonna throw down on the playground

Verse 2
Kids put in bids for who they think will win
They not gamblin? they just grammar school kids
Do what they?re parents forbid and keep it under the lid
The run around and then they do it again
Devilish sins ? you know their end
It lands them to the pen,
as if they like self control like they need depends
but they offend, commend, my self I extend
I?m like a reed in the sea and I can easily bend
You push me too far I?ll hyperextend
Its time to defend, I?ll throw my dukes up and still on yo chin
(now we got drama)
sparks fly when we scream and holla
till you slipped up and said something ill about my mama
and that?s a tragedy like Sophocles
I swell up and feel the strength of Hercules ? please!
Thinking this will be a cinch like Hefty
So I lunge with my right cause I?m not a left

Chorus
On the playground ? mugs wanna hold me down
I?m just a lonely underdawg going pound for pound
On the playground - I?m tired of being pushed around
To make me cry and frown, when they gather around
On the playground - The word spreads all over town
At recess there?s gonna be another showdown
On the playground ? So hands don?t fail me know
Cause in a lil? while we gonna throw down on the playground

Verse 3
UH-OH! It?s getting hot in here!
And your boys are everywhere like Savior Fare
Ugly stares ? I?m not scared, why should I fear?
Man I got nothing to loose but ragedy shoes
Messed with me now I?ll mess with you
Got no crew, I?m a ticking time bomb that you can?t diffuse
Black and blue, a beat down that you cant? refuse
I got nothing to prove, but man I?ve been screwed
It?s been too dang long you done me wrong
Got me running home crying that same ole? song
Was it cause your daddy was a rolling stone
Where he roamed he got stoned like Cheech and Chong
Now his head is gone and beat your momma like he was king kong
Smacked you back and forth like ping pong
I know I?m hitting home cause you?re starting to twitch
And your eyes are watery cause you cant handle it
I see you scopin that brick ? go ahead and grab it
Thinking I?ll choke like Rabbit
Tricks are for kids and so is magic
But you can use some cause this site is gone be sick and gruesome
You want some then come and get some
(now its on!)
But before there?s any broken bones
Ego?s I?m breaking like Turbo and Ozone
(crushed your groove) before young MC could bust a move
so you pushed me ? in reflex I closed my eyes and cocked you?