Jay Electronica - Exhibit C Lyrics
When I was sleeping on the train
Sleeping on Meserole Ave out in the rain
Without even a single slice of pizza to my name
Too proud to beg for change masterin' the pain
When New York niggas was calling southern rappers lame
I used to get dizzy spells, hear a little ring
The voice of a angel tellin' me my name
Tellin' me that one day I'm a be a great man
Transformin' with the MegatronDon spittin' out flames
Eatin' wack rappers alive shittin' out chains
I ain't believe it then, nigga I was homeless
Fightin', shootin' dice, smokin' weed on the corners
Tryna find the meaning of life in a Corona
Till the Five Percenters rolled up on a nigga and informed him
"The Magnolia projects in the 3rd Ward slum"
"Hmm, it's quite amazing that you rhyme how you do
And that you shine like you grew up in a shrine in Peru"
Question 14, Muslim lesson 2: Dip diver, civilize a 85er
I make the devil hit his knees and say the Our Father
Abracadabra! You rockin' with the true and livin'
Shout out to Lights Out, Joseph I, Chewy Bivens,
Shout out to Baltimore, Baton Rouge, my crew in Richmond
While y'all debated who the truth was like Jews and Christians
I was on Cecil B, Broad Street, Master, North Philly, South Philly, 23rd, Tasker
6 Mile, 7 Mile, Hartwell, Gratiot
Where niggas really would pack a U-Haul truck up
Put the high beams on
Drive up on the curb at a barbecue and hop up out the back like "what's up"
"Kill a nigga, rob a nigga, take a nigga, buss up"
That's why when you talk that tough talk I never feel ya
You sound real good and you play the part well
But the energy you givin' off is so unfamiliar
I don't feel ya
Nas hit me up on the phone said "what you waitin on"
Tip hit me up with a Twit said "what you waitin on"
Diddy send a text every hour on the dot sayin "when you gon drop that verse nigga you takin long"
So now I'm back spittin that He could pass a polygraph
That Reverend Run rockin Addidas out on Hollis Ave
That F.O.I., Marcus Garvey, Nikki Tesla
I shock you like a eel, electric feel, Jay Electra
They call me Jay Electronica
Fuck that, call me Jay ElecHannukah
Jay ElecYarmulke
Jay ElectRamadan Muhammad Asalama'Aleykum Rasul'Allah subhana wa ta'Allah through your monitor
My uzi still weigh a ton, check the barometer
I'm hotter then the mothafuckin' sun, check the thermometer
I'm bringing ancient mathematics back to modern man
My momma told me "never throw a stone and hide your hand"
I got a lot of family, you got a lot of fans
That's why the people got my back like the Verizon man
I play the back and fade to black and then devise a plan
Out in London, smokin', vibin' while I ride the tram
Givin' out that raw food to lions disguised as lambs,
And, by the time they get they seats hot,
And deploy all they henchmen to come at me from the treetops,
I'm chillin' out at Tweetstock,
Building by the millions,
My light is brilliant
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Jay Electronica Exhibit C Comments
Still playing this on the bus im 2019 while having people telling to stop listening to it it's so old and I say
You are old
wow he sound like he from up north
Biggest flop of the decade...
It's amazing that no matter how many times I hear this, it's like the first time.....
Yea yea
This jawn Hotter than a jalapeño fart
When I was sleepin' on the train
Sleepin' on Meserole Ave out in the rain
Without even a single slice of pizza to my name
Too proud to beg for change, mastering the pain
When New York niggas were calling southern rappers lame
But then jacking our slang
I used to get dizzy spells, and hear a little ring
The voice of a angel telling me my name
Telling me that one day I'mma be a great mane
Transforming with the Megatron Don spittin out flames
Eatin' wack rappers alive, shittin' out chains
I ain't believe it then, nigga I was homeless
Fightin', shootin dice, smokin weed on the corners
Tryna find the meaning of life in a corona
Till the 5 percenters rolled up on a nigga and informed him
You either build or destroy, where you come from?
The Magnolia projects in the 3rd ward slum
Its quite amazing that you rhyme how you do
And how you shine like you grew up in a shrine in Peru
Question 14, Muslim Lesson 2, dip diver, civilize a 85er
I make the devil hit his knees and say the "Our Father"
Abracadabra!
You rockin with the true and living
Shot out to Lights Out, Joseph I, Chewy Bivens
Shout out to Baltimore, Baton Rouge, my crew in Richmond
While y'all debated who the truth was like Jews and Christians
I was on Cecil B, Broad Street, Master, North Philly, South Philly, 23rd
Tasker, 6 mile, 7 mile, Hartwell, Gratiot
Where niggas really would pack a U-haul truck up
Put the high beams on
Drive up on the curb at a barbecue and hop out the back like what's up
Kill a nigga, rob a nigga, take a nigga, bust up
That's why when you talk the tough talk I never feel ya
You sound real good and you play the part well
But the energy you givin off is so unfamiliar
I don't feel ya
Nas hit me up on the phone, said what you waitin on?
Tip hit me up with a tweet, said what you waitin on?
Diddy send a text every hour on the dot sayin
When you gon drop that verse nigga you taking long
So now I'm back spittin that he could pass a polygraph
That Reverend Run rockin Adidas out on Hollis Ave
That FOI, Marcus Garvey, Niki Tesla
I shock you like an eel, electric feel, Jay Electra
They call me Jay Electronica
Fuck that
Call me Jay ElecHannukah
Jay ElecYarmulke
Jay ElectRamadaan
Muhammad Asalaamica RasoulAllah
Subhanahu wa ta'ala through your monitor
My uzi still weighs a ton, check the barometer
I'm hotter than the muthafuckin' sun, check the thermometer
I'm bringing ancient mathematics back to modern man
My momma told me never throw a stone and hide your hand
I got a lot of family, you got a lot of fans
That's why the people got my back like the Verizon man
I play the back and fade to black and then devise a plan
Out in London, smoking, vibin' while I ride the tram
Givin' out that raw food to lions disguised as lambs
And, by the time they get they seats hot
And deploy all they henchmen to come at me from the treetops
I'm chillin out at Tweetstock
Building by the millions
My light is brilliant
"My mama told me never throw a stone and hide your hand" . Still loving this song and every lyric
“2019 and I’m still asking what you waiting on..”
3rd verse...EPIC
6mile 7mile hartwell gratiot (detroit)
No way u can dislike this....🤔
I’m still mad at this man
Jay is easily T5DOA! Who's here wit me in 2019 man?
"Too proud to beg for change, Mastering The Pain" 2009 - 2019 n Beyond.
Heading into 2020 and this still FIRE!!!!
Omg I can hear Ghostface Killa and Raekwon on this with Jay. That would be a sick colab.
What sample was used here?
Jay Elec is goin to need his own 30for30
THIS IS THAT TIMELESS SPIRITUAL LYRICS
When u high as fuck listening to this...its like being on a new level.
This beat has been HEAT since Jim Crow.
🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
He will make the devil hit his knees and say OUR FATHER, brilliant my Bro.!
What kind of deal did this cat sign?
9 years later, still top 10 hip hop songs ever made
The greatest that never was
YO!
This is my shit, why they not playing this on the radio!
LISTEN TO THIS ON REPEAT SHAWTY 🗽
If Jay electronica releases an album with Andre 3000 and called it detox
First heard this song when I was 16 im 22 now and I'm still learning new shit Everytime i listen to it ! This one of the grittiest ancient knowledge I ever heard been spit before ! Damn shame Jay retire 🤦🏾♂️
Dis song so old the Verizon nigga switched up to sprint ☠️☠️😭😭
This shit is timeless
Great lyricism and flow!🔥
10 yrs later, 2019 and beyond... still
I think this might be my favorite hip hip track of all time
I can't believe it's been a decade. wow
Classic track
Side note : The fallen angels taught the ancient Egyptians.
Jay Electronica made me go and look up his lyrics, not because I didn’t understand anything, but because I wanna see how he structured his verse, his rhymes and punchlines. First artist in a long ass time to make me do so. This man is the goat
Hes supposed to be better than eminen
Em has great flows but he lacks depth.
Still banging....
https://www.instagram.com/galatea_llc/
What's the story behind Jay? Was he blackballed? Or just lazy widdit?
Pause, of course
He married a Rothschild. He doesn't need to do anything anymore. He's set for life.
Best rap song ever ?
"I ain't believe it then, nigga I was homeless, fighting, shootin dice, smoking weed on the cornas, trying to find the meaning of life in the coronas, until the 5% rolled on a nigga an informed him"
DROP. AN. ALBUM.
still waiting for jay to drop
Who still bumping in 2025
With me for so Fuckn long. Thank you
Real music never dies
Jay electronica fans are the most patient ever
This might be the greatest rap song ever made
"That's why the people got my back like the Verizon man."
10 years and no album...
Lol. This song is the Album. We still dissecting it 10 Years later. There's artists out here who have released an album a year for the past decade and after a day there's nothing left to dissect.
Here 856
Where he at? 👀
Jay z signed him to shelf him! Then hooked him up with a Rothchilds wife...... He would of changed the game forever still did.
I had this track on during the hardest times in my life & always put that swagger in my step
plot twist, jay electron is mf doom unmasked
YouTube won't stop recommanding this to me
Question 14. Muslim lesson 2? Dip diver, civilize a 85er, I make the devil hit his knees and say to our father! Abracadabra, you rocking wit the true and living!!!😤😤😤😤
This dude is the truth.
He remind me of
Mac from no limit and
Nas the god mc from ny( not the dick riding nasx)
Anyone else feel genuinely upset about what he coulda been? Like imagine!
New Orleans Bros got that HEAT, ya heard!!
Had such high hopes for this man... Those damn Rothschilds!!!!
One of the finest pieces of hip hop ever produced ... period!
That's because we hear, we dont listen....
You speaking jewels bruh...
Damn amazing
My God this is straight 🔥🔥🔥
where else did i hear this shit? i know i have memories tied to it but i ant place that shit. love this track
True Hip Hop For Life Man.
Billy Stewart-Cross My Heart!!!
yo what bro?
@Sasha Hill What are u talking about man???
Good song,just blaze knows how to sample classics and old songs.
@action802 👍👍👍
Too bad that a Rothschild had to come into his life and make him fuck his entire music career and catalogues potential up
Youd think that a rothchild would send ur career into fifth geer its bizzare its killed jays, especially after learning the depths of the banking world as a rapper
💥🔥🔥💣
The Verizon man is with sprint now, and we still don't have that album Jay 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Giving out that raw food to lions disguised as lambs
You rocking with the true and living
2010 fabulous mixtape brought me here *exhibit F
Exhibit A or Exhibit C?
Beast beat.
Hip Hop's dead beat dad.
Who's here because of Lord Jamar?
i was born in the wrong generation, all the kids in my school listen lil durk and cardi b and I'm the only one who listens to jay electronica.
How you listen to jay when he got like 5 full songs in existence lmao
Can someone say RUN THAT BACK
aye tell me why kids sayin polo g and g hebrno better than eminem they dont know real hip hop
In 2019?.......2020?.....forever?
That’s should be a NBA 2K song.
"Eating whack rappers, shitting out chains".lol
Lyrics : :
When I was sleepin' on the train
Sleepin' on Meserole Ave out in the rain
Without even a single slice of pizza to my name
Too proud to beg for change, mastering the pain
When New York niggas were calling southern rappers lame
But then jacking our slang
I used to get dizzy spells, and hear a little ring
The voice of a angel telling me my name
Telling me that one day I'mma be a great mane
Transforming with the Megatron Don spittin out flames
Eatin' wack rappers alive, shittin' out chains
I ain't believe it then, nigga I was homeless
Fightin', shootin dice, smokin weed on the corners
Tryna find the meaning of life in a corona
Till the 5 percenters rolled up on a nigga and informed him
You either build or destroy, where you come from?
The Magnolia projects in the 3rd ward slum
Its quite amazing that you rhyme how you do
And how you shine like you grew up in a shrine in Peru
Question 14, Muslim Lesson 2, dip diver, civilize a 85er
I make the devil hit his knees and say the "Our Father"
Abracadabra!
You rockin with the true and living
Shot out to Lights Out, Joseph I, Chewy Bivens
Shout out to Baltimore, Baton Rouge, my crew in Richmond
While y'all debated who the truth was like Jews and Christians
I was on Cecil B, Broad Street, Master, North Philly, South Philly, 23rd
Tasker, 6 mile, 7 mile, Hartwell, Gratiot
Where niggas really would pack a U-haul truck up
Put the high beams on
Drive up on the curb at a barbecue and hop out the back like what's up
Kill a nigga, rob a nigga, take a nigga, bust up
That's why when you talk the tough talk I never feel ya
You sound real good and you play the part well
But the energy you givin off is so unfamiliar
I don't feel ya
Nas hit me up on the phone, said what you waitin on?
Tip hit me up with a tweet, said what you waitin on?
Diddy send a text every hour on the dot sayin
When you gon drop that verse nigga you taking long
So now I'm back spittin that he could pass a polygraph
That Reverend Run rockin Adidas out on Hollis Ave
That FOI, Marcus Garvey, Niki Tesla
I shock you like an eel, electric feel, Jay Electra
They call me Jay Electronica
Fuck that
Call me Jay ElecHannukah
Jay ElecYarmulke
Jay ElectRamadaan
Muhammad Asalaamica RasoulAllah
Subhanahu wa ta'ala through your monitor
My uzi still weighs a ton, check the barometer
I'm hotter than the muthafuckin' sun, check the thermometer
I'm bringing ancient mathematics back to modern man
My momma told me never throw a stone and hide your hand
I got a lot of family, you got a lot of fans
That's why the people got my back like the Verizon man
I play the back and fade to black and then devise a plan
Out in London, smoking, vibin' while I ride the tram
Givin' out that raw food to lions disguised as lambs
And, by the time they get they seats hot
And deploy all they henchmen to come at me from the treetops
I'm chillin out at Tweetstock
Building by the millions
My light is brilliant.
Should change his name to #JustVolcano
How in the hell is this song already almost 10 years old? Where did all the time go?
Exhibit M by M1 deadprez look it up
10years later and it still sounds new! Timeless!
CLASSICK
Man to be in the studio when this was going down....
i just knew he had next after this, b.u.t. he stopped and started messing with that rothschild chick.. here's to what could have been.... still peace to the god.
the greatest rapper without a studio album