Vicious Cycle Songtext
von Northern State

I thought I was gonna introduce the vicious cycle
Like this is an introduction to the vicious cycle

It′s a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle
It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

I like to write my rhymes in twos
You know that even cowgirls get the blues
And I′m a-saving all my money 'cause I don't drink booze
I′m just the ill MC who gets the ill reviews
You want my resolution? So come and get it
I write in the nude and you know that you sweat it
Corinne is the artist plus I′m just the rapper
My name's Juliet and now don′t you forget it

But in the night, I listen to the distant chimes
The wind howls through my head as I dream in rhymes


I keep the beat, I hear the clock tick
I burn the candle from both ends of the wick
Said I got to feel the electricity
Gonna take deep breaths and use my body
Gotta stretch beyond my capacity
Both musically and mentally
I gotta spend less time watching MTV
Gotta use what I have and give the rest away
I must remember all the things that I want to say

I'm feeling unshakable like I knew I would
′Cause Northern State is up to something good
Yo, my hands are steady and my mind is ready
And man, heads try to hear us 'cause they know they should
But hold up, son
Your rhyme style′s sloppy like a hit and run
Your game's all over and it just begun
I write what I know, I know a lot
You know the state gonna blow up this whole fucking spot

It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle
It′s a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

It′s the writers and the MCs and the DJs and the breakers
Not the corporations and the hitmakers
That keep hip-hop fresh, the kids gotta hear it
I move closer to the speaker so that I can get nearer

Think you're controlling the world ′
Cause you're controlling the wealth?

What, what?
I don′t belong to you, I belong to myself


That's right, oh
And you could run fast but you can′t catch me
I'ma lead right like Muhammad Ali
All up in the action wherever I be
That's Doctor French, PhD
In the age of police brutality
Open up your eyes and then it′s clear to see
It doesn′t take forty watts to kill a man without a gun
I'm glad to wave goodbye to Giuliani, what?

Yo, who owns the wall space in this big city?
The companies have billboards but that shit ain′t pretty
Government busy scrubbing true art off the wall
The voices of the people and the freedom scrawl

It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle
It′s a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

I'm going back and forth and forth and back
And my pen is on the paper like the train is on the track
I′m going back and forth and forth and back
And my pen is on the paper like the train is on the track
I'm going back and forth and forth and back
And my pen is on the paper like the train is on the track
I'm going back and forth and forth and back
It′s a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle

I′m trying to write a greater rhyme
See, I'm just trying to have me a better time
You know I′m trying to get me some peace of mind
And that's hard to find (Yo, it′s hard to find)
We're all sisters fighting over Jacob in the red tent
Dependent on a man ′cause he pay the rent
But we make half as much for working twice as hard
I walk around in the summer, need a bodyguard
You say that I'm beautiful under your breath
But you're not looking at my eyes, no, you′re staring at my chest

I could see history like a palimpsest
I know the ladies can figure out the rest
And this goes out to the government who bombed Baghdad
To the founding fathers who ravaged this land

Open your eyes and rewrite your text
′Cause there's a lot that you can learn from the opposite sex

It′s a vicious cycle (It's a vicious cycle)
It′s a vicious cycle
It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle
It′s a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle
It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle
It's a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle