Joe Budden - Idols Lyrics
Look, long live your idols, may they never be your rivals
Rakim was like Jesus, Chuck D wrote the Bible
G-Rap was God, I learned to punch from Kane
Lived in Queens so on Farmers we would see Todd James
Remember the cover of Black Panther with the fat gold chains
So I wanted a million of 'em
Yeah, back in my first days
When we ain't know who was the nicest nigga in 3rd Base
Which emcee was the worst before my emcee search
Some niggas thought Pete Nice, me, I thought MC Serch
This before I ever met Em, way before "Hammer Dance"
This when I was asking Carrie Anne to make me Hammer pants
Smooth B was dope, Greg Nice had character
Before I ever knew image would even matter, bruh
Ice Cube raised me, gotta mention Gang Starr
Always tell me stories on the game and how it changed, y'all
Life don't always come full circle, I can't explain, God
Teacher to student
The overlap and the generational gap I'm seeing is prudent
So when I speak of pursuing
What we deemed as mere dreams and illusions
Albeit a nuisance
I'm brewing from eyes that have seen through it
It's no time for even a body to be reclusive
Execs'll feed you excuses, and if its seasoned, you chew it
We got old ideologies, I think we should renew it
The psychology for some of that reasoning's even stupid
For me it's deeper than music, much deeper than music
They stole our musical freedom, up next it's freedom of music
As a tenth grade drop-out I'm watching the aftermath
Of everything streaming and doing the extremist
This is true shit
Don't take a genius to see the genius is stewing
Ain't got the reach to do it, so let me reach you can do it
It go
[Hook]
Look, look
If you live long you see your idols be your rivals
Hov was like the GOAT, congratulations on Tidal
Salute, you broke through many barriers for us
When we couldn't move the needle you carried us for us
Look forward, maybe in 30 years they'll implore us
Push to the back of the red ignore us
I think we nearing that border
Mr. Carter, who gon' fare for the authors?
They only there to extort us
Who gon be there to record us, nigga?
Even deeper who gon' care for our daughters?
And our sons just the vultures
We keep handing them the culture
And the hip-hop that raised this kid is one that spoke up
I'm pessimistic, I won't even get my hopes us
But if it's gon' all implode before it blow up
Need more than overcharging for what they did to the Cold Crush
Just a PSA in lieu of the movement
Can't get a quarter back now, what about future music?
Really
[Hook]
So if I'm gone when tomorrow come
The mission for my only-born when tomorrow come
How will we receive songs when tomorrow come?
Here's my study for understudies to borrow from
New Rage & Machine, nigga, we got this
Is what you hear when label ideas meet a plot twist
Used to be faded from the killer talk
Now we suffocating from the pillow talk
Every verse like, “damn, y'all love chivalry”
They offer me fame as a man, I chose dignity
Guess everything ain't for everybody
Maybe everybody ain't for everything
It ain't a thing, I'm looking through my career
I'm more the long game dude on how I choose to prepare
Not the richest, just the sickest, ask the dudes in your tier
Knew if I made it to the top I'd hate the views from up there
We don't value the same shit, I spoke through a despair
Stood out before it was cool to be weird, my nigga, you just appear
Before these niggas hit puberty
I was online talking like it's just you and me
The foolery, but since we hopping like rabbits
Calling everything that's dropping a classic
With all this modern day practice
Tactics that should rot in the ashes
Some are cut from the same cloth
Some have forgotten the fabric, listen
Raised a nigga that you rather leave at bay
She ain't walking in naked, she ain't fashionably late
Have her bring your good shoes so you can dodge around the rumors
And then shoot to light the room up like like Robert Downey Jr
Fifth to the court tell I did this before
Without a bearing ask Karen, nothing civil in war
It's civil war, to judging off the shit that I saw
I'm trying to leave it so our kids'll have more
Tomorrow is bigger than all
Other Lyrics by Artist
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- Joe Budden - Switch Positions
- Joe Budden - Role Play (Interlude)
- Joe Budden - Last Day
- Joe Budden - Ghetto Burbs
- Joe Budden - Skeletons
- Joe Budden - All In My Head
- Joe Budden - Castles
- Joe Budden - You And I
- Joe Budden - N.B.A. (Never Broke Again)
- Joe Budden - She Don't Put It Down
- Joe Budden - Tell Him Somethin'
- Joe Budden - Runaway
- Joe Budden - My Time
- Joe Budden - Broke
- Joe Budden - (Intro) All Love Lost
- Joe Budden - Different Love
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Joe Budden Idols Comments
Good vibes music joe 11/26/19 💯💯💯💯
Dont give a fuck what anyone say...this album is classic best Joe budden album from front to back! Sad he decided to quit when in my opinion finally reached in his bag.
Omg I need more...
Binging.
It’s 2:33am that’s all I have to say🏆
this such a fucking vibe.
Always respected joe budden. He definitely has bars so don’t sleep on him. Mood muzik 1-4, his verse on transitions with banks was crazy to. Say what you want joe can bring the noise
That first verse, he blacked, you don't have to understand everything he said you just know from that verse......if you talk real talent.....that verse is it!!!
☀️🏄🏿♂️🙏🏿 thanks joe
Your poetry puts me in a way
Budden and araab is just RIDICULOUS when they link.
I slept on this album..this shit is classic Mouse..U need to come outta retirement duke
Aboriginal Indigenous lyrically malicious when he spit it no mistaken all disrepsect intended/ respected it better be given salutes need to be rendered or when I speak you can stand at ease, I mean jeez/ What a brain conundrum damn my mind is jumbled we taught to have pride but somehow be humble/I don't innerstand it my spirit is puzzled these humans really got my mind befuddled/ but it ain't that COMPLEXED that life's a everyday struggle best move like the Rock do wit daily muscle/ Ash Friday taking shots giving thanks to the hustle/
joes my favorite artist. but other than a song or two.. this project disappointed me. only because it was his last and he supposedly retired. I need more smh
This might be Joe's best song
Joe the best rapper of all time, period. Only heard of him after Everyday Struggle tbh but after hearing OLS 1, I went on to 2,3 and 4. then listened to mood musik 1-4, then listened to the rest. After that my decision was final. As a whole only No Love Lost let me down, though Castles in there is on a higher class than the other tracks in that project.
joe should release some music just for the podcast fans.Its a shame just to retire when you can produce lyrical magic.
Still on repeat weekly in 2019. Way to go out Joe
Tomorrow's bigger than all 🤔😣
🔥🔥🔥💪🏿💪🏿all day my generation type music mr joe himself going hard body
who came here after watching ep 200 of the joe budden Podcast
I miss Joe Budden rapping. All three " Love Lost" albums are in my personal top 10. Helped me with so much in life. Not many artists I respect like Joe.
Congrats on 200 and here's to another 200.
The beat drop and the entire third verse gives me goosebumps every time. One of his best tracks in my opinion. I've never seen someone end an emcee's catalog with such an emphasis on who he is and the way he's had to navigate through the hip hop landscape. An introspective that is overlooked. Pay this man his dues mufuckas!
200 episodes 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉
Episode 200 brought me here. I'm glad it did.
Joe Budden brought me here
I'm here because of the 200th episode of the "Joe Budden Podcast " This s ok really hits you in the heart! Congratulations guys!! 200 more!!
Such a classic
2nd verse so good
Ross stole this concept from him....
This should have over a billion views
Whats the.sample on this?
daniel lopez the first one is Gino vannelli lady, and the second one is some tevin Campbell song
Daaam..thank u my dude
Who else is here in Sept 2018 on a Joe Budden re-analysis remembering how dope Joe is .. hoping and praying Joe would reply Eminem for hip hop , for us
They clown his music. So much on his podcast 😂😂 he got mad bars
I came here do some research after Joe Budden said he was better than Eminem. I've gotta admit, ive been sleeping on this dude. He's scary nice. Even tho I still think Eminem is a slightly better lyricist, Joe has definitely put out more listenable material in the past decade than Eminem has, and i'm an Eminem fan.
Blackbond11 yeah he was accurate for the last decade. Overall em has him for the impact of the first 4-5 years of ems career. I still have joe top 10
Dave J impact yes, I don't think Joe can even rival Em commercially and in popularity. but Lyrically throughout their career Joe should get thr W
At the end of the day, as talented as Eminem is, I DONT RELATE to him talking about “crazy middle aged white guy shit” for 45 minutes. I relate to this however.
Joe the beast.now this was content ..lmao
Here from Joe Podcast lol
This man got me through the dark days.....one of the best ever
Nick Garza facts
Big facts!
Joe you a fuckin legend!!!
100k views??
AYE JOE..... YOU NEED TO SEND RICK ROSS AN INVOICE ..IDOLS BECOME RIVALS IJS
#joebuddenpodcast
I appreciate the rhymes.
dope tune.
That Tevin Campbell is so fire!!!!!
HIP HOP!🔥🔥💯😤👌👏🙌
Beautiful.
Joe is so underrated!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I'm 19. Joe Budden so tough, can't stand these people my age who just don't understand. Mood Muzik 1-4 are phenomenal
untitled 001 it woulda been doper if u heard it when it dropped. In 07 nobody was on this depression real talk shit. Just Joe. It made it hit that much harder
I was 19 then now that I think about it lol
I wish I found Budden when I was 19. I didn’t find him until “Some love lost”... “Only Human” got me hooked
I'll be 19 in 4 days... I feel you.
Mood muzik 2 & 3 are phenomenal let's stop dick riding
Joe budden stop hating nigga
old head music the greatest Joe the Don
Thank you Joe Budden we need more of this music
Too lit as f
i dont know why 2:56 had me in tears
I don't care what people say about you sir Budden but your really really dope!!!
Wow this beat is so crazy with that O.C sample
Congratulations on the baby
This beat doe
Pride>Fame
"Can't get a Quarterback now what about Future music"
ladies and gentleman... the song that's responsible for much of what we heard on 4:44...
NA dont really hear the production is way different subject matter as well.
The Joe Budden Postcast 119 brought me here.
The Chief! Let's Go 🔥🔥🔥🔥
TREY COULD GIVE ME 20 MINUTES OF HITS
🗣🗣This will never NOT be funny
"They offered me fame as a man. I chose dignity."
Budden is FIRE no doubt about it
Miss Tiff but who's "they"???
*”THEY”*
Ambiguous unnamed individuals & entites from outside the culture, who only seek to profit from it by exploiting us.
Also known as *”THEY”*
Continuously setting the bar higher.
God Gifted This Man To Bless Us ..This shit made him a Idol if he wasnt one yet.. new niggas not knowing what most been knew.. Mouse Top 10 DOA
2:56 and 4:51 🔥🔥🔥
jroyall gaming and 5:15
shit joe.. you top 5
This song is hard af!!!
hiphop foreever
yo son flipped a tevin Campbell record...that's dope!!!
One of the most underrated. Str8 barrrrrs
when i say joes the best rapper out there some people only remember 'pump it up' (which was a tunnne) but they don't realise hes talent is deeper then that. they never heard mood muzik. they never heard joe the story teller, the metaphorical explainer, the lyrical king of hip hop. bare love to joe budden. may god always guide you and keep you in growth.ameen
Sarah Martin fans perspective on things.. Industry folks no what joe can do is why you don't hear other artists call him wack they will say old and bitter 1 hit wonder.. but never wsck or garbage lol they know better
Allah salam
antione english exactly, they go along with popular bullet point opinions about him, but they duck the issue of HIS TALENT
U aint neva lied. Its sad they dont know his capabilities. He got me thru alot...
is it just or me does it sound like jay-z should be on the end of that
Arab did some magic on the second part of the song with that beat
Joe thanks for a breath of fresh air!!! I'd pay whatever amount u charged for this project because it's that damn good!!! Arab muzik salute I see u!!
joe is too powerful
idk man huge fan of joey but didnt like this album
What is this godly sample???? 🔥🔥😮
Gotta give Joe his props on this, great album production on this album is so epic...
2:55-6:12
Best part of the song!
Thanks for the music joe been bumping you since 2007
This reminds me of College....LOL..PUMP..PUMP..
PUMP IT UP! HA! LOL...JOE !!!! YOU STILL SICK@ LYRICS ....THANK YOU FOR GIVING YOUR GRACE AND VOICE TO HIP HOP...STILL! WE. NEED. THIS. PERIOD.
More shots at drake??? In that last verse maybe not but either way joe a beast always has been most underrated
who the fuck had the nerve to give thumbs down to this fire??? ya some haters this dude is hip hop pure fire
yankee rojas I think there deaf
Ole skool crack right here
Joe u killed this shit
lyrical beast!!!!
I like this
He's trying to revive hip hop!!!!!!
i heard of joe budden during pump it up and stangely now in sourta, reinviting himself by beefin with drake, that gained him a whole new audience's of people of this generation who never knew about him till now.
all i have to say is joe
you are a fucking genius
can't get a quater back now ,what about future music lmao
Very good album from Joe Budden, his personal issues and other stuff always seem to overshadow the fact that lyrically he is an upper tier MC.
Ahhhhhhh love this !! Joe budden ! The Tracy Mcgrady of rap !
Raffy T fab tmac .budden Vince.
THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWS WTF
Got the mood music feeling
I'm loving this album, this is one of my favorite tracks, I love how he took the hook from Tevin Campbell and Quincy Jones "Tomorrow". The last verse is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Straight 🔥 bro. Mme.
firest fire.. that's straight fuegs