"Flowers For THE ROC" lyrics

Murs & DJ.Fresh Lyrics

"Flowers For THE ROC"

Um, we created this company, called Roc-A-Fella Records
Shout out to Dame, I know we don't see eye-to-eye, but I've—
I can never erase your accomplishments
And I appreciate you and I thank you for that
DJ Fresh, DJ Fresh, DJ Fresh
First, Dame and Jay break up
Now every day I wake up: somebody got a problem with Murs
(Somebody got a problem with Murs)
Shout out to

One from Harlem, one from Brooklyn, both from the streets
Two brothers came together, only goal to be elite
Three letters, R-O-C together
For the better, they changed the culture forever

Never saw it coming, labels looked past me
Reasonable Doubt went on to be a classic
Them suits couldn't see the truth in the streets
With Volume 1, they started turning up the heat
Bleek set it off on that Volume 2
Threw Beans in the mix, started forming a crew
Dame had the biggest mouth (Pause), Free beard sticking out
Better not ask what that 4.6 about
Volume 3 had to be by Dre
And introduce the mainstream to that UGK
And then, it was The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
By now, you could say the whole world was familiar
Knocking down them buildings couldn't stop the movement
On 9/11 '01, he dropped The Blueprint
On "Renegade," Nas say he got murdered
But Hov part the only part I know every word of
Blueprint 2, double album, should have been one
Still solid when it's all said and done
And then, they dropped the one, the most perfect piece of work
Pièce de résistance, a gift to the Earth
The Black Album was supposed to be his last
Every producer on that bitch was first class
Neptunes, Ye, even Q-U-I-K
Danger Mouse remixed The Black Album grey
And right here is where it touched my life
If he didn't do "The Threat," would 9th still be 9th?
Death Row, No Limit, Cash Money, get respect
A lot of good runs, but the Roc had the best

Without Dame and Jay, we wouldn't have no Ye
Probably wouldn't have no State Property to play
Maybe no Dipset, maybe no Lupe
A chance that we wouldn't have Chance or this Dussé
I say we toast to the most dynamic duo
Man, you see the influence of the Roc wherever you go
I say we toast to the most dynamic duo
Man, you see the influence of the Roc wherever you go

One from Harlem, one from Brooklyn, both from the streets
Two brothers came together, only goal to be elite
Three letters, R-O-C together
For the better, they changed the culture forever

Without Dame and Jay, we wouldn't have no Ye
Probably wouldn't have no State Property to play
Maybe no Dipset, maybe no Lupe
A chance that we wouldn't have Chance or this Dussé
I say we toast to the most dynamic duo
Man, you see the influence of the Roc wherever you go
I propose a toast to the most dynamic duo
Man, you see the influence of the Roc wherever you go


Writer(s): Macrae Hopkins
album: "Love & Rockets Vol. 2: The Declaration" (2020)
Murs & DJ.Fresh - Love & Rockets Vol. 2: The Declaration album cover
Flowers For THE ROC
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
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