Skyzoo - Spike Lee Was My Hero Lyrics






[Skyzoo:]
I heard D's from my pillow, right?
Made me lean out my window, right?
Knew the scene from the get go, right?
But Spike Lee was my hero
Say you here by any means
Tell 'em ditto, uh
But Spike Lee was my hero

For the heroics, capes on to notice
Waited for them to show it and traced all of the motives
The motive beyond reason to pay us all in the open
Like maybe all them below us is waiting for us to throw this
If money talks in another kind of slang
They hover by it again til you changing all that you've spoken
Like "where the speech at? ", tell em that you breathe that
And shit is asthmatic the way they hang on the feed back
Fuck em all until they know that you mean that
And they're ripping up your drivers side, digging thru your g-pack
Talking Hamsterdam and they don't believe that
And hanging out my window helped me see that
You know the scene, rubbing shoulders with the cast like I wrote the lead
Shit I just wrote where we was at and put that over these
Bad bitches want Isabel Marants
And we all tryna give them what they want so you know the speed

I heard D's from my pillow, right?
Made me lean out my window, right?
Knew the scene from the get go, right?
But Spike Lee was my hero
Say you here by any means
Tell 'em ditto, uh
But Spike Lee was my hero

They said its rules to the shit
Money that should be ours, the pursuance from the get
I'm true indeed for a flip
I'm due in need of a flip, but as true to me as it is
I'm still, truly yours and truthfully for the win
I'm still, doing more for you and me off the rip
I'm built, by what I saw so usually what it is
Is everything that it was, beautifully on the strip
Standing underneath an awning and hoping to get a morning
I swear they so belonging
Of all of these wide bodies and whatever other callings
Of all of these Nola Darlings
The tug of wars on Strike Dunham and Dap Dunlap
The Jesus Shuttlesworths and what it took to become that
The phone booth can be where you change or where you pump at
My heroes took turns with who would run that
So for all the Pierre Delacroixs, the Man Tans and Sleep-N-Eats
And all the money from hand to hands that we can keep

I heard D's from my pillow, right?
Made me lean out my window, right?
Knew the scene from the get go, right?
But Spike Lee was my hero
Say you here by any means
Tell 'em ditto, uh
But Spike Lee was my hero

[Talib Kweli:]
I live amongst the proud neighbors who bang louder than Al-Qaeda
Moving them keys like Cal Tjader for the cheese like Sal's Famous
Fiends looking for houses where the rock's probably cooking
On the corners we BBQ on the block parties in Brooklyn
The birthplace of Jordan, you wore them if you was hard enough
Fucking with Nikes, why you think the Spike's so popular?
The block is like a prison with night vision they watching us
On top of us with binoculars to properly get the drop on us
I'm topical like Clockers cause crack kills
They making a movie, but I'm making black films with my rap skills
They standing on the corners looking vexed, looking stressed
Having to stoop to new lows like Brooklyn steps
First fight in Fort Greene, got respected in Brooklyn Tech
Spike's joint across the street, of course I was looking fresh
Now I'm coming for what's mine, the hoarders call it extortion
40 acres and a Porsche with more than 400 horses, yeah!

[Skyzoo:]
I heard D's from my pillow, right?
Made me lean out my window, right?
Knew the scene from the get go, right?
But Spike Lee was my hero
Say you here by any means
Tell 'em ditto, uh
But Spike Lee was my hero

One of the few who had his pops out the whole block
Told me never to settle or let the dough stop
Leave here with as much as you can hold Sky
And point blank 'em if they ever come at yo' tie
Made me follow every script that Spike ever wrote
So how I write is cause of them
Rightfully so
The irony of wanting everything I could be shown
But seeing life like a Lee
Rightfully so





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Skyzoo Spike Lee Was My Hero Comments
  1. W.... N....

    #zouloula100 is my hero !

  2. S.... Y....

    The Gods Connect 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  3. N.... B....

    Mike Powers Skyzoo review right here https://youtu.be/Q6h7gXC1RZ8

  4. c.... t....

    So nice

  5. M.... ....

    How do you give this a thumbs down I swear people hate just to hate 🤦🏾‍♂️

  6. C.... B....

    HARD!!!!!!!

  7. m.... m....

    Great visuals for a great song.

  8. A.... D....

    To the 95 mumbkes rap fake skinny jeans gangsters with thumbs down !! Go jump off a cliff ..for dissin this HIP HOP LEGENDS: SKYZOO & TALIB KWELI AND 40 ARES AND A MULE producer SPIKE LEE of BROOKLYN, NY

  9. A.... C....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  10. L.... C....

    Black Woody Allen

  11. T.... ....

    How does this man Not occupy a spot right next to Kendrick and Cole? Under appreciated and hes probably the best lyricist around

  12. G.... ....

    Classic shit. Love it.

  13. A.... ....

    My favorite director

  14. B.... L....

    Your music has so much substance. Big fan

  15. T.... ....

    Spike Lee is cool and everything but that "Oldboy" Remake was a really bad 1 to 1 copy. I guess that one was just a business and money move.

  16. A.... S....

    Fire!!!!!!

  17. K.... ....

    Yo catching as a mug! Zooin out!

  18. h.... ....

    Skyzoo Is just to fucking fresh for the radio

  19. R.... J....

    Dope!!!!!! Reminds me of a J Dilla track...

  20. E.... M....

    Yoo I f**king love this record!!! So iLL.. Rhymes, Production, Cinematography Straight Classic!!
    The whole album is Amazing

  21. T.... B....

    Mars Blackmon bitches!

  22. S.... B....

    Good Work!

  23. L.... P....

    Still classic

  24. L.... ....

    I remember coming across this song on 106& Park which surprised me cuz this came out during the "Ratchet music" era lol Glad I took that rare moment to watch BET one time. Love this joint!

  25. U.... D....

    I guy from Detroit says he's something dangerous. Flow is next to AZ.

  26. K.... R....

    #DopeAzPhuk💯💎

  27. t.... ....

    Wait growing up I always thought spike lee was white , lmao am I dumb

    t.... ....

    thatsonyou you talkin bout Spike Jonze my dude. It's all good.

  28. D.... G....

    Rip my mans alex ghassan

    D.... G....

    Dante Goodman 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  29. S.... N....

    This song is a great example of composition. These two artists ,Skyzoo and Talib Kweli, feed off of each other so well, I'm surprized they aren't doing the next Black Star. One album together, make it an instant classic, and do the proverbial parting of ways afterwards. Skyzoo, in my eyes, has a very unique and poetic style about his lyricism and swave, smooth delivery. Talib Kweli with his rapid-fire approach and uniquely rough-like voice compliment each other very well.

  30. M.... Z....

    #RIP Alex

    M.... Z....

    Michael Zavacki 😞

  31. R.... O....

    One of my favorite songs of all time

  32. p.... ....

    produced by Tall Black Guy

    p.... ....

    Not surprised

  33. L.... O....

    This was powerful

  34. j.... s....

    redhook brooklyn

  35. J.... B....

    looks like a bed Stuy crib they in....smooth Brooklyn track

  36. T.... C....

    that beat is pyro

  37. E.... M....

    One of the illest joints in a while and I'm not just talking about this song.. The whole album album is ill!!!

  38. 8.... K....

    Classic

  39. T.... M....

    TORAE WOULD'VE DESTROYED THIS BEAT ON THE HELP OUT!!

    T.... M....

    Tor be bodyin shit.

    T.... M....

    #barrelbrothers

  40. J.... H....

    Brooklyn stand up...Skyzoo (crow heights) Talib (Flatbush) Spike Lee (Fort Green), couple reasons I appreciate this track, spike lee being my favorite film director and documentarian is one of them, the fact that I'm from Brooklyn is another, but the recognition these two artist are giving Spike is my main reason... There is no doubt that Spike Lee is part of the Hip Hop culture.

    J.... H....

    (Crown heights) ***

    J.... H....

    dam you left out redhook

    J.... H....

    kid_ from_nyc I always had respect for Brooklyn but ppl stay dying out there. I'm willing to move out there cuz the culture is real but it's so crazy out there at the same time. Then again I'll prolly.m make it cause I do me and mind my business and that's all people ask for.

  41. M.... J....

    that beat tho...
    whoa...

    M.... J....

    TallblackGuy did it

  42. C.... A....

    CLASSIC PERIOD

  43. A.... H....

    fucking great

  44. T.... ....

    iTunes trip

  45. A.... M....

    I forgot about this, thank you timehop

  46. C.... ....

    DAMN Talib... He went OFF!!!

  47. N.... T....

    1. Do the Right Thing
    2. Clockers
    3. Summer of Sam
    4. She's Gotta Have It
    5. He Got Game
    6. 25th Hour
    7. Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
    8. School Daze
    9. Inside Man
    10. Miracle at St. Anna

    N.... T....

    +Nathan Tyler 25th Hour six spaces up and you got yourself a helluva list.

    N.... T....

    What, no Malcolm X?

    N.... T....

    Drop Sweet blood for Malcolm X St. Anna for Mo Betta' Blues.. Then you on your shit..

    N.... T....

    Drop Summer for Bamboozled

  48. g.... m....

    A dope artist thats highly underrated. Dude got a crazy music catalog.

  49. C.... H....

    SKZYOO AND TALL BLACK GUY OVER A FREDDIE HUBBARD TRACK. DAYUM!!!!!PURE GENIUS!!!!

  50. K.... ....

    Dope. Spike was my hero too.....Fricken Dope!!!

  51. S.... M....

    Stalley used this beat as well.

  52. f.... ....

    Just perfect ...
    raised the volume above maximum when I was standing at a cliff's edge ...
    an incredible spiritual experience

  53. h.... G....

    Basquiat was my hero

  54. d.... ....

    this is my fav cd of sky's

  55. C.... ....

    BRRRRROOOOOKKKKLLLYYYNNNNN

  56. C.... ....

    This Deserves waaaaaaaaaaayyyyy more views.... We gotta get it together people!!

  57. a.... g....

    MUTHAFUCKIN TALLBLACKGUY LETS GO

  58. F.... ....

    I just heard my first Skyzoo album "Music For My Friends" today and I think it's the 2nd best hip hop album this year!!

    Skyzoo earned a new fan....I'm just here to catch up

    F.... ....

    +Fleezy81 I agree! I've heard some tracks and features here and there, but this is the first project I've heard in full. Great stuff!

  59. D.... J....

    Is that what we need lyrics and rhyme with beat

  60. Y.... ....

    http://www.datpiff.com/COSMO-Introducing-To-The-World-mixtape.706360.html

  61. e.... ....

    Fuck you whoever don't like it. Hip Hop

  62. J.... Z....

    It's from stalleys 330

  63. c.... ....

    Thurgood Marshall was my hero

  64. F.... F....

    Freddie Hubbard... That is all!

    F.... F....

    +Miliano Supreme Windjammer GYEAH!!!

  65. T.... R....

    Great song, real strong lyrically and a great beat. One thing though when it gets to the end and the beat changes to a quite beautiful simple piano gem, that reminds me of another beat, anyone know because its doing my head in 

  66. M.... R....

    Brooklyn!

  67. R.... L....

    Hip muthafuckin Hop

    R.... L....

    Str8 nO chaser!!!

  68. A.... ....

    Now this is rap

  69. Q.... M....

    Love the song but damn, someone could've given him some budget for the video. This shit is just not acceptable when clowns like Trinidad James can put a proper video without even having a record deal. 

    Q.... M....

    I think it works that way, though; it's like he's sitting in his room admiring Spike Lee's work. It's like Public Enemy's Harder Than You Think music video, with more enthusiasm than budget.

  70. G.... M....

    skyzoo is da truth , he on dat ESCO level , i got mad respect for his craft , he spits lyrical jewellery everytime he opens his mouth !

  71. C.... M....

    THIS IS THE ILLEST ISH IVE HEARD IN A WHILE!!!!

  72. g.... j....

    Smash hit

  73. A.... R....

    If all that trendy rap (Swag, trap, drill, ratchet) would get pushed to the side, I think people would see that hip hop can be interesting and does have actual CONTENT... It's this generation of kids' fault that the mainstream rap is so terrible these days.

    A.... R....

    I know I'm late, but if you find yourself blaming kids, then you know you are all fucked up. All these kids have people teaching them something.

    A.... R....

    SKYZOO IS INDEED A VERY DOPE RAPPER WITH A LOT OF CONTENT AND A UNIQUE DELIVERY ! LOVE THE ALBUM : IN CELEBRATION OF US . WHOOP-WHOOP.

    A.... R....

    @Tyler Butler We struggle in unique, different ways to varying degrees.

    A.... R....

    @NB Shabba True some just can't think for themselves. But I understand why with everything going against them combined with being impressionable, lacking a strong mind & lacking positive, progressive, bright insightful leaders to help them out if they aren't able to build on their own & give them knowledge, a free spirit & life.

    A.... R....

    They just get into what's pushed up on em. The people pushing the mainstream want us pacified and docile with the drivel that's analogous to the pantheons of barbarism that were the Gladiators in the Coliseums of Rome. The idea being the same Caesarean ideology of "Imperete Et Divide", divide the public from its Senses. Thus the populous is unaware of itself and value and less likely to champion truer causes. Alas; I have sauntered off on a tangent. Real recognize Real and this is that realness5000.

  74. j.... ....

    This song is so tough. Everything just works well together. The beat, the rhymes, whatever

  75. B.... M....

    This song at the end brings me to tears and makes my brain tingle. The emotions of it and the progress Spike went through to just be in that position is great so the ending was so perfect . Wow!!! Skyzoo!!! Wow!!!! 

    B.... M....

    Man up and stop acting moist

    B.... M....

    Well I remember meeting Spike Lee a long time ago and to see where he started and where he is at now wow I respect his journey . For you to comment on that you not far as a hater yourself . Oh wait you don't appreciate art like I do then . So thank you brother for the comment 

    B.... M....

    Yes I agree about his journey but you're still acting too soft.

    B.... M....

    @Bobby Anderson  Thank you !!! You see my vision 

    B.... M....

    No doubt

  76. I.... O....

    talib's flow is out of this fuckin planet

  77. D.... W....

    I'm from Atlanta and I gotta say, this is beautiful music right here.  

    D.... W....

    See not everyone from ATL like that bullshit. Props.

    D.... W....

    I met SKYZOO in 2014..here in BOSTON. ..Underground HIP HOP .Also my father passed away later this year

    I'm ready for CD today : SKYZOO & PETE ROCK cd" RETROPOLITAN" 📻🎤🎧🎶🎶

  78. R.... S....

    Always love this sample... Skyoo is dope dope dope

  79. M.... W....

    Who in the blue hell gave this a thumbs DOWN? #nosoul

    M.... W....

    Yeah that's what I would like to know myself! This is Hip Hop. 1 luv✌

  80. T.... B....

    this song is epic

  81. D.... ....

    I just discovered this MC', is amazing, I love his video, the beat he choose, his lyrics..

  82. r.... ....

    I love Spike Lee's films! The guy is a legend

  83. N.... R....

    If this isn't a pure example of True Positive Reflective HIP-HOP....I DON'T want it!

  84. '.... S....

    uwielbiam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  85. T.... A....

    FUCKING EPIC!

  86. E.... ....

    Love this song.

  87. Q.... G....

    Just saw this song on mtv jams very nice!!

  88. D.... B....

    Salutes Spike Lee, SkyZoo & Talib all day!

  89. D.... I....

    AWESOME!!! 

  90. s.... w....

    its the dude that battled jin on freestyle Friday lol

  91. H.... L....

    might I ask who made the beat? am completely in love with it

    H.... L....

    Tallblackguy made the beat

    H.... L....

    @Jason Gora
    thanks man!

  92. M.... Z....

    I like Spike Lee alot I would love to play a movie with him I like all he's done Do the right thing,Malcolm X,Mo Better Blues,Jungle Fever,School Daze,Crooklyn,So on only 2 I don't like is She Hate Me and Girl 6 

  93. K.... A....

    skyzoo's album was amazing

  94. L.... M....

    Love. Spike, Skyzoo and Talib! 

  95. K.... G....

    Classic