So You Think You Can Rap - The Palmer Squares

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LYRICS:
Term:
knowledge over swag
droppin balderdash until my pockets full of cash
ashes to ashes
theres a couple things we have to establish
gettin down to brass tacks with hash discs
and tablets of acid
now i can either dive inside
and surf the rising tide
or i can part the waters underneath divided skies
a private eye
thirsty for some cyanide
slack-jawed
slander speech
cat calls
im dirty with the diatribe
rap stars sample beats
i read the scandal sheets
got body parts in glass jars on the mantle piece
they listen now and they'll quote me a moment later
opie taylor blowin vapor into open air
herb grower
turn a zone to paper
turn your home into a smoking crater
church goer knows me as the holy savior
no debate im being slept on
so wake the fuck up
stay headstrong
i hate because there aint enough love
allow me to propose a toast
photo flower
our thing til its overexposed
call it cosa nostra
im an alergy
i'll plug ya nose and close ya throat up
smokin a stoge singing aint that a hole in the boat
i'll meet you on the frontier
couldnt beat me by a cunt hair
prince made smart cool
term keeps "dumb" square
pump air through my lungs
and what i spit out is dragons breath
damage the establishment
panthers in a rabbits den
maggots on a patch of flesh
yall in deep trouble
speech bubbles from beneath the rubble
make your knees buckle
seriously guys
stop frontin
words to put tears in your eyes
spittin chopped onions
ladies chase me like i chase the paper
benny hill
stops runnin
shot gunnin til his face look like emmit till
so pen your will
cause I kill shit
the villainous type
yall mistook a militant mind for brilliance
Acumental:
We're so dope it's wack
Oxymoronical
Laugh when it's not even comical
My squad is phenomenal
We hoppin out of a chopper while shoutin 'Geronimo!'
Got me a bottle of Alamos
Got me a jar full of weed
Mar any charlatan speaking regarding my team
Yo I wont let the market deplete
Though it's getting harder to breath
Everytime that I reach for the stars I get cheated
But I keep a card up my sleeve
Rappin sharp as a cleaver
My jargon is heated
It's the fraudulent heathen
Jumping off of the deep end
Taking it back to the start of the scene
At a party with Eve in the Garden of Eden
(Wow that shits nuts!)
Deviant way of the murderous ilk
(What you got in that brown bag?)
It's lunch!
PB & J with some cookies and milk
This incompetent clown packs a punch
Prominent sound mastered
Now that's whats up
Wrap a Dutch
Pass it around
Catch the buzzzz
Zoned out
I get high then I Crash Bandacoot
Daft as 2 Joran Van der Sloot's in a panda suit
You can't compute how we stay rappin to a sampled loop
Slamming shots of Brandy
Steady lampin in a Phantom coupe
(ooh) Remember the name
(who?) It's Lieutenant McClane
My legerdemain is deceptive and aimed
To make everyone think I'm ahead of the game
But I feel like I'm losing my edge
Been eatin hallucinogens
Shroom stems
Diamonds in the sky with Lucy again
Bumpin some powder
Uppers and downers
Im fuckin with supplements under the counter
We come from a town where the sound of the sirens ring out
About once every hour
If you see the Palmer Squares spittin at the Jackson Red Line
Then you need to call your parents to pick you up; it's past your bedtime
We let it all hang out after midnight
You couldn't harm me in a fistfight
With an army or a Swiss knife
Live for the moment
Sleep when you're dead
Man I cripple opponents
A feverish gent with evil intent
So focus
I'm Otis Driftwood
Roll a spliff
Put it in the air
The greenery got me feeling crooked in my lair
And I refuse to let you in by all the hairs on my chinny chin chin
I swear it's the Palmer Squares for the win
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[@thexGRIMMx1]

I've been getting back to these guys whenever things get bad. 11 years and still going

[@Cajun_Tipsy_Gypsy]

These were some of my favorite bars. Whose your favorite?

[@nathano6277]

​@HeraldOfDivineAbsolution P SQUARE!! Gun to my head, I'd say Term. I need a track with TK and Kevin Sheilds from Little Stranger.

[@GOODTIMESHORTS1]

Reminds me of simple times

[@garyoak4175]

This is still one of the sickest verses

[@JayReau]

Still here 10 years later! Love this shit

[@AdvyDeven]

This was the song that got me hooked. MC Showcase caught my attention. This kept it.

[@Phoenix1121212]

Holy shit. 11 years ago. This was the first thing I ever saw from them and I instantly listened to them as much as I could. Ah, the good ol days lol

[@SideSteppingAverage]

I think people don't realise, or choose to ignore the fact that this is them live... unlike most artists, even on youtube, they don't edit their voices to make it sound better. This is what you'd get if you went and saw them live right now and I don't know about the rest of you, but if I didn't live so far away, I would be there!

[@ragegod13]

It's been years and this is still one of the best things I've ever heard. How does this not have more views?

[@PaulStrikesBack33]

It's a damn shame They're so good, they're freaks of nature

[@dirkdiggler6458]

8 years after your comment and this shit still slap so hard!

[@Steve1000ish]

a year after. true.@@dirkdiggler6458

[@PaulStrikesBack33]

It's a damn shame how few Pele have heard so many of their tracks. I swear they're so good, they're freaks of nature

[@johncarltonmusic4184]

I still jam this at least once a month along with their catalog in general. One of the only music acts I don't skip tracks on

[@irunthepeg]

This is still so dope. First P Squares song I ever checked, hooked instantly.

[@irunthepeg]

Yup, still dope.

[@dirkdiggler6458]

@@irunthepeg slaps hard as fuck! This shit 11 years old. These guys been slept on for so long but they about to blow

[@umop3plsdn]

this never gets old

[@jumpingbombangels2856]

this is the video that made me an instant fan. both term and ac kill it!

[@CoincidentalBandit]

true artists.

[@thelucy1231]

I like how ac is in the back pumpin it up for "Maggots on a patch of flesh" They hype is dope!

[@SmackBoothby]

12 years man

[@jackieeethepwner]

Why the fuck arent these guys famous

[@EncourageSquirt]

Too many people listen to the radio and buy shitty music on iTunes.

[@bldbth]

They're on the come up big bro.

[@RedYarnReasons]

Luca You called it! I was there..

[@DavidBrown-sp6hm]

because their underground i love the shit but sadly dont expect to see them rolling in doe.......... mad love to their rhetoric and skill

[@RedYarnReasons]

It's cause Chicago

[@williamlandys8035]

Needs to have 100 million views

[@zk1273382]

Term K's eyes are fucking beautiful.

[@bthorne2]

+Xx_Loaf Bloke_Xx not as pretty as his damn bars though

[@joshbecque3922]

These were the best types of videos

[@ThaWizerMan]

Ive listened to this track bout a hundred times and im just noticing the backgrounds a tarp with holes cut in it now. lmao

[@GoBlueHTB]

ThaWizerMan holy shit are you serious? I thought it was some sick ass club or something. My whole life has been a lie

[@ilikewaffles889]

King Los Best Alive Right? I’m shook lol

[@bojackson3073]

wow, it works really well. im takin that idea

[@xXimf4m0usXx]

@@bojackson3073 They got it from Korn

[@bonkasaur1]

Just gotta smoke some Js to get something to catch the light on cam haha

[@verbalstormborn]

Have to come back to this gem every couple years

[@bindodundid]

The fact there was even a finals to this, and they didnt win it was ridiculous. I even entered it too. Ac's verse was and still is ridiculous. BEACH SQUAD

[@BEBEBOY]

sooo swag!

[@ragegod13]

Term's verse rips a whole in the space time continuum...

[@AdvyDeven]

A whole what?

[@Bilbus7]

@@AdvyDeven a whole hole

[@98gsxin]

Knowledge over swag as he lifts the alcohol and blunt over himself. So sneaky. So clever. Keep it up guys. This kind of stuff isn't lost on everyone.

[@stackinbenz]

Acumental kill's it ahhhh

[@kevenmoreau2570]

How did they even reach this level… Hard to believe they have gotten better but they have. I have every album up until today and they never fail to up the wordplay/production

[@freequaintseas1852]

They probably read books. I met a kid in Washington state who was majoring in English and his freestyles were on this level.

[@Zezus]

"Bumpin some powder Uppers and downers Im fuckin with supplements under the counter"

[@mitchellchristian9345]

+PandaMcTanda best line

[@QuietBol]

Been following these guys for a while but they're peaking right now imo. Last few vids have been incredible.

[@cruzibarra3743]

hell yeah they get down still bumping this in 2016

[@100ghillie]

Come back in 2020 I'm calling you

[@cruzibarra3743]

@@100ghillie ive never left

[@builditright9923]

Balls on the emit till joke whoa. These dudes are so real it's amazing. Love em

[@l1z4rd4]

Acc killed it .

[@-AR902]

They are so underrated it fucking hurts

[@tix3pc]

Ac's best verse ever. fucking unreal

[@brolaw123]

i cant get enough of this

[@lionnn1233]

used to listen to this high as fuck all the time

[@dennisjordan5917]

I’m so stoked to see you cats in Denver tomorrow. This is one of the hardest verses term has ever spit. Than anybody has ever spit for that matter

[@femaleswolf]

Jesus these boys are the truth in a rap... how can they quote every word in the dictionary in one verse... lol. Acumental was almost at his best in flow within this rap.

[@California0aura]

Real recognize real.

[@jonathanbishop9456]

7 years later and this song is still true. \

[@pav90]

Absolutely smashed it... Can't wait to see what you do on the final round beat.

[@rocsmith112]

first p sqaures song i ever listend to ... now there all i llsten too..hard to think of life b4 them .. wat.was i doing

[@DtotheRadify]

Same bro this was my first video of TPS and been all about beach squad since

[@TheCurtisDesigns]

dude forreal i get the chills everytime i hear that line.

[@scapegoat7188]

Beat is whateva, bars and flow are fuckin' bananas

[@coltron6000]

This shit is a different life ago, like it's past life of who I am, but can't forget to come back every now and again to remind myself what made me.

[@BlissCreation]

please make shirts with that quote KNOWLEDGE OVER SWAG.... fuckin cop that in a minute son

[@hydraglyphics]

For real

[@A.SOAKES]

close as i could find www.redbubble.com/people/darcycharles/works/8380050-knowledge-over-swag?p=t-shirt

[@GoBlueHTB]

Bliss Creation they have made them. I have a grey one with white writing that says "KNOWLEDGE OVER SWAG" and "[The Palmer Squares]" under it. I don't remember where I got it but they had a merchandise shop somewhere, I think I got there through their bandcamp page.

[@GoBlueHTB]

I feel like such a fuckin nerdy hipster when I wear it but idgaf I really wanted to support them

[@EatNunBrains]

Still fucking slaps these guys are legends

[@Xxx3vi13vixxX]

"Bumpin some powder, uppers and downers, I'm fuckin with supplements under the counter" I miss these older, poor sound quality PS video's. Maybe it's just me but I'm not feeling the newer stuff.... Well as much anyway. Just such a raw feel in the older vids.

[@AdvyDeven]

What about nowadays, where they've come full circle?

[@Newartistsnewrap]

dope shit. nothin but respect for originality and LYRICS. you two came with enough comedy to make it cool to watch, but serious enough to listen too. keep it up, dont stop. good shit.

[@marcusvigil6522]

Fuck..Acc killed this.

[@Intuicean]

Yet people still tell him to find his style. Makes no sense.

[@h4lfr1c4n2]

All time classic

[@johnbutler159]

i'd like to spend 3 seconds in either one of your minds lol

[@100ghillie]

Just replying to say props on that comment and also to hopefully get you to come back and re listen to this masterpiece 6 years later. Let me know if it worked 😁

[@johncarltonmusic4184]

@@100ghillie jamming it as we speak now lol still the best hip hop around

[@100ghillie]

@@johncarltonmusic4184 that's what I like to hear 😎

[@SideSteppingAverage]

Accumental goes so hard on this track. Love it!

[@superdude9856]

dope, but i don't really see the point of the emmett till reference...

[@palmersquares]

it rhymes with benny hill.

[@superdude9856]

IArePhluffhead personally i think an emmett till reference deserves something more than "it rhymes". the kid didn't get shot in the face for white people to reference his death in rap songs to be edgy, ya know?

[@palmersquares]

Clem neither did trayvon, but if i start writing about how "im the man like Avon keeping the shades drawn all day long" then yea, he might get referenced for the sake of rhyme...it might not be my most tasteful line, but syllabic integrity supersedes my white guilt. this is acumental btw so term may have his own opinion but nothing is off limits as far as I'm concerned. people have the right to be offended.

[@superdude9856]

a fair and intelligent response.

[@kayledesouza5210]

WWETheDog just to let you know, krs-1 is racist lol its well known! Bad reference choice!

[@aaronpatrick7069]

KNOWLEDGE. OVER. SWAG. ahhah stoked for your guys new shit.

[@youtubeviewing9083]

I noticed it and quite honestly, along with many other components, that has made this verse my favorite verse of the video,

[@spencemace]

My first Palmer Squares song, this shit brings me back. Still the illest, most underrated rappers makin music imo

[@pcman87654]

Has it really been 12 years???

[@PhilippineMachine024]

i cannot stop watching this!

[@minilamby123]

Palmer squares and switch are my favs in this.

[@cedfinn11]

i want to hear yall on the radio... real spill im tired of the same old thing yall got it

[@MTVskuxx]

This is the first TPS video I saw, back when this competition was running. I'm still subscribed and not regretting it!

[@TheKSolo4]

Im liking the attention Palmer Squares is getting. They shouldve been getting this attention long time ago.

[@cdubb444]

Love these guys!! saw em in CO they killed the stage only for BigWax to kill it again!! Love for all you guys

[@jonathanreiman7417]

Caleb Winney yup I saw that, was amazing.

[@ugeine]

This gets better every time I see it.

[@taggy120]

by far ur best work, i'd be suprised to see it topped, beach squad

[@joshbecque3922]

like how can these guys be this talented? Am i the only one who thinks their prodigies and blow every other rapper out of the water These dudes could battle Eminem and potentially win.

[@Und34dX9liv3sz]

you know, not gonna lie, I downloaded this shit and it gives me so many chills as it had the first time I listened to this. But for some reason the video itself gives it such more of an effect.

[@Ndo01]

I can't stop coming back to watch this dope shit

[@G2teA2teB2]

its crazy how good you guys are

[@TrollingForDrRonPaul]

These guys are ahead of their time.

[@clyydddeeee1]

pretty awesome song

[@zRoyland]

"Remember the name (Who?) It's Lieutenant McClane. My legerdemain is deceptive and aimed to make everyone think I'm ahead of the game" The word play impeccable lyricism in that line is what puts this song in another league.

[@ChigittyChaz]

I've watched this video so many times. Favorite cypher.

[@adrianuss9]

"now i can either dive inside and surf the rising tide or i can part the waters underneath divided skies" some godly lyrics, dayuum..

[@elmetfano]

Thank you guys for your contributions to these cyphers. Always dope and a good watch

[@austenreno]

knowledge over swag has been my fb status and twitter status. thank you

[@superterryman]

SOOOOOOO MANY SYLLABLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 20 rhymes per bar. That's just impressive.

[@DoGsIeMaNyM]

you guys are sick. Lyrical geniuses

[@123414life]

some dope rappers right here. i want to hear their freestyles!

[@KissMyBingus]

Acumentals flow is so sick also so is his ballet dancing in the background of term... 1:30-1:32

[@Easerhile]

illmatic!!!

[@ProNothingCW]

I hope you win, you're about as dope as most of the entries combined.

[@dennisjordan5917]

Words to put tears in your eyes I’m spittin chopped onions

[@dennisjordan5917]

Keep coming back. Possibly my favorite verse of terms

[@BUNNYHARPER]

still all ways going to be one of my favs i really want them to spit this at the Toronto show

[@MadProphet]

there's a couple things we have to establish:

[@ej063090]

Can't wait for round 2.

[@cakesplaysfilters]

I love this

[@ZoneOut8]

These guys are my new favorite rappers.

[@danksUnlocked]

listen to this dope ass song everyday

[@blacklabelkane]

I didn't know David Blaine went that hard TBH

[@spencemace]

I showed this to my friends and literally after "KNOWEDGE OVER SWAG. DROPPING BOULDERDASH" they were goin crazy

[@toad_queen]

Can't stop repeating this one in 2020 thank u bois

[@ragegod13]

this might be my favorite video guys either this or the titans cypher

[@detallion]

I swear PS get better this every video they make. This was dope hope they win.

[@xKiDNAMEDCASHx]

love how they got their own flow

[@bennykell3]

too dope

[@sirpakalot10]

we need a studio version of this song. please guys!!

[@endlesslemon]

This is awesome!

[@RichardParkerMusic]

This is easily one of the dopest Ac verses ever recorded.

[@SwagnificentFour]

you guys are dope. #mindblown this is some of the lyrically best rapping ive ever heard.

[@liljagsa]

Anyone else notice that after Ac says "murderous ilk" he was about to start the next line "this incompetent clown" until Term interrupted him and he started the "cookies and milk" line. That is just pure skill, showmanship, and attention to detail.

[@MrDBrown25]

too good!! had to subcribe keep the hits coming!