Busta Rhymes - You Can't Hold The Torch Lyrics






[Busta Rhymes]
Yeah
It's funny how the game change, right? Hehe
Shit feel all different
Y'all niggaz complainin left and right about how the game feel all fucked up
Niggaz only been talkin like that since we been sittin out the game
I think the game need us Kamaal, let's talk to them niggaz
Huh!

[Q-Tip]
So many nights were spent ponderin
Wonderin how we gon' come again
My golden rule is not to focus on the fame game
In retrospect, the game ain't the same mayne
They heart and soul is divided
They ramshack the music, no control up inside it
Now - look at this, it's all stretched out and nasty
But - lettin money pass me
I doubt that, and niggaz from the bottom now
Pumpin hard, wind sleet hail rain or snow
So... you got to get your gate right
No matter what, you got to treat your weight right
On the block if you focused on greed then
Nine out of ten times you be bleedin
The analogy is clear
To all of my peers, I'm a muh'fuckin vet
Don't mean to disrespect, cause

[Chorus One: Q-Tip + (Chauncey Black) + {Busta Rhymes}]
"I write rhymes, I write checks"
(It's clear) Bust, aiyyo what happened to the (love)
For the game (love) for the music (I need realness in my life)
Aiyyo these niggaz in the game don't sound the same
Bust, these niggaz in the game don't sound the same
Aiyyo what happened? {They ain't got in 'em to make a classic}
Aiyyo what happened? {These niggaz can't hold the torch, so why pass it}

[Busta Rhymes]
Aiyyo, I ain't bringin they names up
These niggaz sound trash, straight foulin the game up
Need to change up (change up) sound so trash
When I see 'em feel like breakin they frame up
DuPont registry, talkin 'bout somebody else cars
Muh'fuckers better step up your bars
Instead of frontin in the game like niggaz really are stars
Like we ain't seein through the bullshit, we know who you are
I'm like a blessing to the game when your shit sound dated
I force niggaz to improve, you should be happy I made it
Here to rep the game fully, change my style like the weather
Givin you niggaz new shit to make the game feel better
I'm sayin, I cook in the kitchen and we make the thoughts connect
You forced to humble yourself, give me my big respect
You hurtin the game when your shit sound off y'know
A legend in this shit that's why I move like a boss y'know
You better be tight, cause you can get tossed fo' sho'
Y'all niggaz know whassup, I come correct with money long cause I

[Chorus Two: Busta Rhymes + (Chauncey Black) + {Q-Tip}]
"I write rhymes, I write checks"
(It's clear) Tip, aiyyo what happened to the (love)
For the game (love) for the music (I need realness in my life)
Aiyyo these niggaz in the game don't sound the same
Yo, these niggaz in the game don't sound the same
Aiyyo what happened? {They ain't got in 'em to make a classic}
Aiyyo what happened? {These niggaz can't hold the torch, so why pass it}

[Q-Tip + {Busta}]
Oh my God, they a (uh) come ridin around
Some (uh) old dream and they (uh) can't get down
They (uh) lookin around outside of themselves
And they {HUH} sayin things that ain't really themselves
And they {hah} keep fuckin regurgitatin the same script
Same hoes, same blow, same glock clip {ha}
Same drug strip, what the fuck is this? (uh)
C'mon y'all, raise the bar on this body, shit

[Busta Rhymes]
You sound stagnant, need to progress and grow (uh-huh)
Upgrade your punchlines, progress the flow (uh-huh)
Get your concepts and lyrics together, aiyyo (uh-huh)
Then drop the bomb shit to step up the pressure, y'know? (huh!)
I'm tired of niggaz complainin how the game changed
You niggaz should step up your game, cause you sound strange
That's why you ain't sellin no records, check the SoundScain
In this rap shit I command respect muh'fucker cause I

[Chorus Two]

[Outro: Q-Tip + {Busta Rhymes}]
Aiyyo these niggaz in the game don't sound the same
Bust, these niggaz in the game don't sound the same
Aiyyo what happened? {They ain't got in 'em to make a classic}
Aiyyo what happened? {These niggaz can't hold the torch, so why pass it}
[echoes]





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  1. L.... M....

    jaylib the smootherness too.. love this cleaned up version though

  2. J.... C....

    This song perfectly describes music today 🤦🏾‍♂️🤣

  3. A.... H....

    This is real hip hop right here....

  4. D.... N....

    Use to love this heavy and still do.. Shit sound like magic

  5. J.... N....

    Thus album goes hard but thus track right here. Its just a different vibe , not a lot of dudes can relate to this. This for grown folks right here. Best track on the album

  6. D.... p....

    My shit

  7. S.... P....

    My old rap/hip hop soul needs this

  8. D.... W....

    Who in the fuck thumb down this track .One of the dopest track ever Q-tip , Busta , and Dilla .Come on son really .

  9. R.... C....

    Tip Busta 2006 nuff said ✊🏾

  10. M.... M....

    I love real music

  11. R.... J....

    This is my favorite track from this album and one of my all time favorite Busta tracks. I'll say this though, without Kamal, i wouldn't rate it as much! Two of some of the most unique and original mc's ever!!!

  12. s.... ....

    True Shit here

  13. J.... G....

    Keep fuckin reguritating the same script..same blow same hoes same Glock clip 👐

  14. a.... ....

    Still bumpin this in 2019 #Classic

    a.... ....

    Yeah Classic! Makes Me Shed A Tear....

  15. C.... ....

    Yeahhhhhh

  16. E.... H....

    i use to be playing this while I boot up my mpcs and protocol system smmfh....yeeeaaaahhhh...

  17. S.... ....

    Chauncey and Trevor KILLIN IT! This is one for the ages.

  18. A.... J....

    Classic

  19. B.... K....

    A WARNING of was 2 come & is sadly NOW here!! Smh

  20. M.... B....

    This song I think is the best mix/ reinterpretation of Minnie Riperton's song - Inside My Love; ATCQ - Lyrics 2 Go and J Cole - Everybody Dies also used the same sample. #DopeChordProgression

  21. W.... ....

    GREAT ALBUM !!!! All the way through real hip hop

  22. �.... X....

    😌👌🏽🔉🎵

  23. D.... W....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  24. B.... M....

    Do y’all remember tribe called quest lyrics to go that’s all he did was loop that track and added a hook but this shit is 🔥 fire

  25. C.... M....

    Funny back then I wasn't a huge fan of this record. Revisiting in 2018. Album is dope. I always did love this track though.

  26. -.... s....

    Sounds straight out of midnight marauders

    -.... s....

    Sounds more Love Movement honestly. And I believe it was produced around that time

  27. o.... ....

    We miss you, James Dewitt Yancey #RIPJDILLA

  28. A.... ....

    J DILLA BUSTA THANK YOU VERY MUCH THIS SONG FOREVER
    DOPE
    DOPE
    DOPE

  29. C.... W....

    people should blast this every time some lil' rapper tries to spit. Get your shit together 2018 rappers.

  30. T.... M....

    This makes me so happy

  31. o.... ....

    J-Dilla Changed My Life... One hell of a musical genius

  32. M.... P....

    "DuPont registry, talking 'bout somebody else cars
    Motherfuckers better step up your bars"
    One of the best lyrics in hip-hop history.

  33. R.... R....

    one of the most slept on rappers of alltime no lie when my money up busts will be at my party

    R.... R....

    what are you talking about? Busta has never been slept on.

  34. P.... W....

    This song is underrated. This is dope.

  35. r.... h....

    Surely the cords in the beginning are sampled by J cole in everybody dies

    r.... h....

    j cole producer as a good ear. producer Harry fraud took Smalltown Boy and sampled it on WOH currency ft styles p.. killed it

  36. K.... S....

    Dilla leaving gems for us to listen to FOREVER!

    Props to Busta & always to Q-Tip for ATCQ (RIP Phife) & for continually keeping the Spirit of Minnie Riperton alive through her great music!

    Song has even more meaning in 2017 with state of music industry.

  37. J.... R....

    QTIP IS COLD

  38. r.... f....

    it would be dope if they made a clip for this song but then again it's so cool they didn't

  39. j.... h....

    Lyrics To Go PART 2.....As Far As I'm Concerned.

    j.... h....

    Also check Slum Village - "Look of Love (Remix)"...same sample. This one is a better flip of it though, IMO.

    j.... h....

    james hayden Every Song with a Minnie Rippleton Sample is FIRE

  40. N.... W....

    That beat is so cool!

    N.... W....

    Neil Wilson curtesy of J Dilla

  41. O.... A....

    Madlib definitely used this beat, I think I even have it on vinyl but I can't remember what its called or where I heard it...On madlibs version he keeps saying "you gotta" and then a "turn it up" sample gets scratched in. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

    O.... A....

    Jaylib - Smootherness

  42. G.... P....

    Favorite song right now. J dilla was/is incredible!!!!!!

  43. C.... R....

    Whenever you see a city dump in your city that's where you'll find today's hip-hop #STRAIGHTTRASH&GARBAGETRUCKJUICE!!!!!

  44. C.... R....

    The original theme of Today's Hip-Hop

    C.... R....

    True!!!!

    C.... R....

    Reginald Crawford yes

  45. L.... F....

    heavy rotation in 2006

  46. I.... G....

    hip hop de verdade

  47. D.... M....

    smooth.

  48. G.... C....

    produced by dilla

  49. S.... E....

    I can't believe one of the best albums in the last decade (2000-2010) flopped. SMH

    S.... E....

    I don't think we slept on it. I fuckin love it, just behind When Disaster Strikes. It went no. 1 when it dropped, didn't it?

    S.... E....

    went platinum wasnt a flop ..

    S.... E....

    Ken Freeman gold actually. But this album is a hidden gem from hip hop.

    S.... E....

    This album had big hits and did well on the charts. What are YOU talking about?

    S.... E....

    It took a LOOOOONG time for this album to sell 500,000

  50. S.... M....

    Man.... speechless trying to describe how this album was back in the day..

  51. m.... m....

    Glad i got good taste in music!! thank you Buss q-tip and Dillaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    m.... m....

    we should have more rap legends corlberation like this old School joint.

    m.... m....

    Tip sounded different yet highly familiar at other points

    m.... m....

    @Jasen Hampton these 2 been collabing since 91'

    m.... m....

    It's a great beat, but basically "Lyrics to go" 1st cousin. 93' Midnight Mauraders

  52. T.... Q....

    favourite banger and album ever produced by Mr rhymes

    T.... Q....

    Produced by J Dilla

    T.... Q....

    Better educate!

  53. H.... ....

    Good god this album was amazing, this is probably the best track of his career

  54. Q.... ....

    I listen to alot hiphop this was one of the greatest albums ive heard.

  55. L.... M....

    This song is perfect for the hip hop that's on today

  56. K.... F....

    onee of my favourite albums of all time

  57. s.... m....

    my Word, just got reminded of what Rap used to be.... still Poppin this 2016 brah!

  58. C.... B....

    on repeat

  59. L.... C....

    https://www.facebook.com/J-Dilla-AKA-Jay-Dee-171841946227013/?fref=ts

  60. D.... M....

    I use to have the Big Bang CD back in the day it was alright the only album released on Dr.Dre label Aftermath.

  61. a.... C....

    jay dee!!!! r.i.p!!!!!

  62. T.... A....

    Still ILL

  63. J.... P....

    This shit is sick

  64. J.... H....

    Dilla + Buss + Abstract 👑👑

    J.... H....

    CLASSIC

  65. E.... D....

    Listen at Minnie in the background.

  66. j.... p....

    Alfresco

  67. S.... _....

    kill that

  68. B.... N....

    These cats just can't hold the freaking torch! So these songs can't hold my freaking attention!

  69. s.... ....

    THIS IS MY SHIT HERE R.I.P J DILLA

  70. K.... ....

    I love Q-Tip's flow on this. Big Bang is classic by Busta fuck what you heard.

    K.... ....

    +KNWLDGE My all time FAVE album from beginning to end!!

    K.... ....

    +KNWLDGE tip,mos def always go deep intellectually

    K.... ....

    I think Big Bang was actually Busta's last really good album. The "Back on my BS" Wasn't too great to me. It would've been ok if it wasn't Busta and the bar wasn't set so high for him, but I expect nothing but fire from him. It's his fault for putting out so much flame over his career. Certain artist can't come mediocre or just good because of that. It has to be GREAT. This track is that!

  71. H.... A....

    "And Dilla is still king..." - Madlib

    H.... A....

    For all eternity

    H.... A....

    Hugo Arruda dos Santos And forever will be.

    H.... A....

    I’m comin for the throne boys even if it takes eons

  72. B.... W....

    Q-tip the god!

  73. R.... J....

    Minnie riperton❤

    R.... J....

    Raanesha Johnson Inside My Love

  74. D.... S....

    The rest of this album had that typical, club sounding production common to most Dre associated albums post 50 cent. Hip hop is all about fucking money now. Sold their souls for the mighty dollar

    D.... S....

    How the fuck is "Been through the storm", "In the Ghetto", "They out to get me", "Get Carried Away"ft Nas, " Get You Some"...etc,,,"Common" to most dre associated albums? Re Listen duke. None are on some club shit! MAYBE Get You Some, that's only cuz you listen to the chorus probably. You sleepin

    D.... S....

    Devin Svennson It's cat's like you who give hip-hop a bad wrap. The album is a straight classic. if it's not ya flava then keep it movin but don't make comments like you actually know wtf you're talking about.

    D.... S....

    Ur very wrong. The album does not have a club feel at all as a whole. And I was going to name songs to pro even it but I see that somebody did already. But 1 that I immediately think about is NY shit. How is God's name is that club to u? I counted 2 clubs songs. Maybe 3. THREE! That equates to a club album to u???

    D.... S....

    Retarded ass comment right here lmfao

  75. T.... C....

    J Fuckin Dilla man.

    T.... C....

    @Taylor Cole I know right. May he rest in paradise.

  76. S.... ....

    Crazy to think a huge album like this, that made appearances on BET, MTV, and so on, had production from J-Dilla. It's trippy to think that. You won't see that these days at all.

  77. A.... L....

    This is from the collab mixtape "The Abstract & The Dragon".

    A.... L....

    It was re-released on The Abstract & The Dragon.

    A.... L....

    +anthonyjohnson211 Yeah The Abstract & The Dragon is mostly just a compilation mixtape with some original stuff sprinkled in.

    A.... L....

    Originally from The Big Bang released in 2006.

  78. D.... J....

    Love of the game, love of the music.

  79. P.... ....

    Did a dope cover on this beat, check it out on my channel, even has a lyric video with it for you slow ass listeners! I'm from the UK and looking for my own lane. The tracks called "Josh Leat - Pause" 

  80. j.... ....

    uhhhh donuts?

  81. V.... E....

    Busta is still great muhfuckas. and arab money was funny as fuck, the music video was funny as fuck. not a song to bump on the regular but its like a joke cuz he jus talkin bout money n says funny shit.
    he has plenty of other songs that cant be fucked with

  82. o.... ....

    ça se paaaaaaaaaaasse

  83. 1.... ....

    6 years after this drop, busta sounds like a hypocrite on this now. After he dropped that BS arab money, i was thru with him!

  84. R.... C....

    Dap!! hella true!!

  85. C.... ....

    got that right

  86. K.... ....

    funny how Busta has turned into the kind of nigga the lyrics of this song are explaining. "ayyo what happened to the love for the game, love for the music?"

    K.... ....

    Listen to Bustas last verse 'im tired of niggas complaining how the game changed, you niggaz should step up your game cos you sound strange' Hes always been about making what will sell at the time, with excellent lyrics and delivery. in the 90's and early-00s hip hop was good so he made good music. thats my interpretation

  87. K.... ....

    Busta used to be so nice, he has just disappointed me with this bs he's doing now. Q-Tip, my favorite MC of all time. and of course, the best that ever did it, J DILLA. this track is priceless. peace.

  88. j.... ....

    dilla made the beat sooooo ya?i mean busta and Q-tip are dope but I myself came for dilla :P

  89. K.... L....

    ...for real!

  90. Q.... S....

    you only came for dilla but Q-Tip and Busta is on the track?