Ventilate

Man, I can't believe I have to go through all of this again

I gave you your position

What, I thought we were friends?!

I didn't ask, you offered, you're short-tempered and demanding

It's my energy on stage that makes our show so outstanding

Look, when we first hooked up, my first thought was you're a pansy

You couldn't rap on beat, you little four-eyed geek

Yeah? And at the club there's a reason we don't hang out that much

You're double-fisted with two Heinekens actin like a lush

That's better than a leash, I tried to teach you to be tough I guess

it's hard to squeeze strength out of a cream puff.

Oh you're rough?

yeah thats right

Hey, let me pass you a pen

So you can fill an application at the Hair Club for Men

I meant everything I said

Everything I said I meant

When there's much on the line, yo, there's times you gotta vent

"Ventilate"

We're magnificient together, it's a perfect combination

Man, you know how many times I've had to swallow my pride?

Put my feelings aside so that we wouldn't collide?

I know I'm hard to get along with and much harder to work for

But I'm breakin my back while you're hangin out at the bookstore

Yeah, but when I'm there I'm readin Icarus, kinetics in English

So when we make songs at least our music sounds distinguished

Come on man, I made this happen, you don't appreciate shit

Yeah?

I'm the one who hustled, yo, you never put in one cent

You're dead-set in your ways, your stubborness

What?

How you think we got this far, it didn't happen from luck

If I had a buck for every kid I battled and slayed

I'd had enough to start my own (edited) record label anyway

I hope you realize these songs weren't made for free

Man, I know

But once the cash comes back you can recoup your dough

Yeah bro, but you ain't even signed a contract

No, that's wack

I could get stabbed in the back

You should know better than that

Well, it's frustrating to me, I got a lot on my plate

Well, you're the one who put it there, I thought we already ate

Alright look, where was I back three years ago?

Mininum wage?

That's right, and where we at now?

Yeah, different page

OK, what's the significance of the point I'm tryin to make?

We sound magnificient together

so let's drop this whole debate

(How many states?)

Not many (How many countries?)

Plenty

(How old are both of y'all?)

Let's just say we're in our twenties

(How'd you come up with the name Swollen Members?)

Drunk at Denny's

(Any last words?)

Step up and you'll get kicked to the curb

We're strippin your verse, we're rippin, you're a

victim of words

We're both putting in work tryin to get what we deserve

[CHORUS (2X)]