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Mode 7 comes out hard with the true Team Rocket rap, Pockets. Get hit hard with that ground attack type hip hop as Giovanni and the rest of the Team Rocket grunts. This is also the debut of Mode 7's villainous Pokémon based alter-ego Imposter Professor Oak.
About Mode 7:
Mode 7 is a rapper and writer from Los Angeles, California, taking hip hop to another level with his original style of clever but conscious game music inspired hip hop. Raised on a heavy diet of video games and west coast rap while growing up, Mode 7 now combines and reimagines his love of Super Metroid and Tupac into a unique sound all his own.
Mode 7's style covers a range of hip hop and subject matter. Emotion comes through strong in many ways on Mode 7's music, tackling subjects like love and heartbreak, mental health, inequality, and loss with his own irreverent, often comedic bars. Combined with Mode 7's extensive knowledge of video game history creates fun, fluid, and informative lyrics with a surprising amount of real world depth.
You can find Mode 7 rocking the stage at various conventions and events. Be sure to check out bio.site/mode7 for booking and event info, as well as the latest music!
lyrics
Hey kid you seem cool, wanna join our team
Then hand over your Pokemon and come with me
We do theft, we run scams, even a casino
But we ain't the bad guys, just hustlers with a sick flow
Wanna take us down, send in elite four
Well we're elite too, so they better send more
Galaxy, aqua, magma, plasma
But we the OGs, go ask yo grandma
Gotta go hard on the beat, 'til the jobs complete
We got it taken care of, go head and take a seat
Could beat you up fair but I like to cheat
Up at Pokecenter when you taste defeat
Straight from the ground, I run this town
Your ragtag crew won't last one round
Listen in to the sound, of you fallin' down
While I'm still here, still holding the crown
Team Rocket, stealing everything in your pockets
When we rock it, you can try but you can't stop it
Team Rocket, stealing everything in your pockets
When we rock it, you can try but you can't stop it
Think you just show up, try to take me on
Come back later, get a little more strong
Oak is a joke, I'm professor of pain
I'm leveling up quick while you whine and complain
Going mad insane with the power that I claim
Make powerful moves that you can't contain
You can't maintain, trying to hang with the champions
Go home kid, or your gonna need an ambulance
Looking for a good fight, real scars, real bites
No post game interviews happening tonight
Don't open our gym, even the strongest pretend
You elite four, well mode seven a ten
Ain't tryna be friends, hangin' the hat up when?
Steal any Pokemon that can contend
Strongest attack full send, game over my friend
Congrats you almost made it to the end
Team Rocket, stealing everything in your pockets
When we rock it, you can try but you can't stop it
Team Rocket, stealing everything in your pockets
When we rock it, you can try but you can't stop it
Alright, Ok, we got that shady ass impostor professor oak in the booth
Go 'head and kill the track
My pleasure
All my nuggets big, all my candies rare
Cruisin' in my ride, ya'll just sit and stare
All these so called champs, they do not compare
Any generation, it ain't even fair
Started out meek, no professor for me
My first Pokemon, stolen from a nursery
Battling on the streets, my parents absentee
Make money no matter what, don't care if you agree
Fully iced out, got every gym medal
But they had to go through me, I ain't never had to pedal
Now I got 'em mad cuz I'm on they level
Earned my wealth, now their claiming I'm the devil
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