The official handmade lyric booklet for Mode 7's latest mixtape, 777. Also comes with a variety of Mode 7 and game music stickers!
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lyrics
How many sevens I roll
How many halves made whole
Draw you in like a black hole
Put your breath on hold
So much more than the sum of my parts
Scorch the earth once I use some of my smarts
Steadily climbing up some of these charts
Sometimes first place in Mario Karts
Okay let's start. Let's go let's get it
Fully independent, don't sweat it, I'm swimmin
From the very beginning all skin in, some fins in the water
But I still jump in
Screamin and cursin, but I still turn a verse in
Best version, locked the door but I burst in
You want a flow, I'll give you full immersion
Precision like a surgeon, time to pull the curtains
Open up shop, goin full pop
Once I hit start, I just can't stop
Open up shop, goin full pop
Once I hit start, I just can't stop
Wanna say something, no frontin
Do it live, no pause buttons
Keep my emotions locked up in a dungeon
Let em loose like demons when I put pad to pen
Wasted time is so frustrating
In that space just waiting and waiting
They finish the race while I'm still calculating
My trajectory, on the runway, hesitating
Until I grew up and saw a whole world in front of me
Gated off, no money, no entry
Try to make me wait a century
But my legend won't wait for anybody
Crash right through, ref too scared to call the penalty
Let them plunder my heart and soul from me
Get a little pay if they harness all my energy
Trying to get a life that was never meant for me
Don't know what I was waiting for
Thought they'd just let me walk in through the front door
Got to get my bars up until they can't ignore
Digging up memories until I hit the core
The root that takes shape, into a tall tree
But you never see the tangles underneath
Believe me, write, record, repeat
Then hit the stage so you can take a seat
I'm here saying all my thoughts out loud
If you ain't listenin then why you standing in the crowd
Just kidding, it's fine, this time, just vibe
If the hook hard i'm sure you'll look up every line
Go to rhyme, genius, put me on your playlist
Then get pissed that my old rhymes still exist
Always on to something bigger, always on to something better
Wake up take a shower, grab my cap and grab my sweater and
Open up shop, goin full pop
Once I hit start, I just can't stop
Open up shop, goin full pop
Once I hit start, I just can't stop
Another verse geez, another verse please
Coughing up rhymes like a disease
Temperatures over a hundred degrees
But don't back away, let me put you at ease
Let me explain, that I've never played this game
Entertain, proclaim my name
That should be me if it were all the same
Going insane because I can't maintain
My pace in this race, stall out, egg, on my face never retrace
My steps, forget the past, pick up the pace
Hit reset, don't leave a trace
Still more words than a whole bookcase
Still doubting me, can't say I'm surprised
So don't be shocked when I don't say my goodbyes
Sleep late, but once I rise, drop rhymes energized
Like power lines, cheat codes on, infinite tries
credits
from 777,
released March 9, 2023
Open Up Shop remixed and written by Mode 7
Original Track “The Seven Apprentices” by Norihiko Yamanuki
Published by Enix
Developed by Produce
Released Sep, 1993 for the SNES
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