Hip-Hop Quotable: DJ Smut Villain “Leave ‘Em Behind”

This week’s underground hip-hop quotable is Leave ‘Em Behind, a track from DJ Smut Villain’s upcoming mixtape “World’s Strongest Millionaire.” Leave ‘Em Behind features NYC emcees Domer, Kats and Jake Lefco, each dropping a nice verse over a melodic beat. Click below to listen to the track:
And be sure to follow along with the lyrics after the break.
[Chorus]
I just leave’em behind/
Pass’em by like I’m driving down I-95/
Waving goodbye…just waving goodbye…/
[Verse 1 - Domer]
Yeah…We put the pedal to the floor/
Sure we got it all but I’d settle for more/
My adrenaline raw is like “I’m better than y’all”/
But at the end of the day we face the same flaws/
And fall into traps, we all act like children/
Willing to play the villain, bills to pay building/
Still we stay chillin’, passing the time/
With trash in the mind and the passion to rhyme/
There’s a flash in my eyes from the fire behind/
Tires are tired but they have to oblige – I didn’t ask you to climb/
So don’t come bitching to me/
Just keep your flow going as they’re switching the beat/
Listen and see, hear, touch, taste, too much race/
And not enough ways, stuck in place, that’s just great/
Tragically, had to be getting deeper into it/
As for me, I’m happily keeping it moving/
[Chorus]
I just leave’em behind/
Pass’em by like I’m driving down I-95/
Waving goodbye…just waving goodbye…/
Yea I leave’em behind/
Pass’em by like I’m driving down I-95/
Waving goodbye…just waving goodbye…/
[Verse 2 - Kats]
I see the clear blue sky in my rearview, I…/
Never fear to climb one tier too high/
I’m not the tearful type, you never see me cry/
You never hear me whine, I’m on my yearly grind!/
I want my daily shine though…/
Every night I’m like “where’s the time go?”/
Every time I rhyme for people, I know…/
They’ll say my flow is cold and so refined…oh!/
I’m getting old and blind though, dying to leave behind my nine-to-five yo/
Trying to get there late so I drive slow, then doing eighty five on my drive home/
Time is money, but only when it’s mine though/
It’s kinda funny, the way neon signs glow…/
On and off is how I feel inside yo…but i don’t mind, that’s how life goes…/
[Chorus]
I just leave’em behind/
Pass’em by like I’m driving down I-95/
Waving goodbye…just waving goodbye…/
Yea I leave’em behind/
Pass’em by like I’m driving down I-95/
Waving goodbye…just waving goodbye…/
[Verse 3 - Jake Lefco]
Windows open, hit the highway/
Hell with the speed limit, ’bout to leave it behind me/
Like mistakes I made doing it my way/
The smell of burnt rubber that I leave in the driveway/
Symbolize the mind-state, no time to waste/
Too much stress to keep it inside me/
Lay back burning trees like it’s Friday/
Flying down I-95, getting irate/
SmutVillain in the system with this one/
Hit’em with the baseline, kill’em with the kickdrum/
Jake Leff.. in the left lane, breathtaking pace/
How much of my dust can your breath take?/
Cough – Cough – Can’t keep up with the left brain/
I’m gone, you’re better off waiting for the F Train/
It’s a new dawn, gas pedal getting stepped on like a shoe horn…/
Time to move on…/
[Chorus]
I just leave’em behind/
Pass’em by like I’m driving down I-95/
Waving goodbye…just waving goodbye…/
Yea I leave’em behind/
Pass’em by like I’m driving down I-95/
Waving goodbye…just waving goodbye…/















303 b-boy wrote:
dope
Posted on 26-Mar-09 at 10:04 am | Permalink
Jay Izzle wrote:
Nice beat.
Posted on 26-Mar-09 at 10:05 am | Permalink
Rob Proper wrote:
I Self Divine’s ‘Sunshine’….beat
Posted on 26-Mar-09 at 5:47 pm | Permalink
Brotherjake wrote:
Yeah, that’s not his beat. It’s from I Self Devine’s “Sunshine”
Posted on 26-Mar-09 at 5:49 pm | Permalink
Jay Izzle wrote:
Interesting … I never bumped that I Self Devine. Did dude jack the beat straight up, or is it is own version?
Posted on 26-Mar-09 at 6:20 pm | Permalink
smutvillain wrote:
hey, i’ve never heard this Self Devine song before.. I totally made that beat out of an old Travis Biggs funk joint. I think Kats, Domer, and Lefco did an amazing job on this shit!
Posted on 28-Mar-09 at 1:39 pm | Permalink
Nathaniel wrote:
Yeah there’s definitely distinct differences between the two beats.
Posted on 29-Mar-09 at 1:18 am | Permalink
Rob Proper wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDj-z2zLiOQ
Posted on 31-Mar-09 at 4:22 pm | Permalink
wc7 wrote:
Yeah man, it looks like they both made it from Travis Biggs “Tibetan Serenity.”
Posted on 02-Apr-09 at 12:11 pm | Permalink