Pay Day - Lyrics - J Dilla

James Dewitt Yancey , better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer and rapper who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan. According to his obituary at NPR.org, he "was one of the music industry's most influential hip-hop artists", working with big-name acts including A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, Erykah Badu, MF Doom, Poe, The Roots, The Pharcyde and Common. Yancey died in 2006 of the blood disease thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

[Intro] You tuned in to Jay Stay Paid (*NO*) 5-1 FM For the freshest hardcore J Dilla *** You ever gon' hear in yo' life baby [Frank Nitty] You know it is I, the boy Frank Nitt' Pumps blowin, jewelry glowin on some Detroit *** And you know about the spit the jewels ain't got nuttin to do with that Bring it back, I'll beat up the track until it's blue and black It's Detroit ***, Jay Stay Paid It's hip-hop, but it's more than graffiti gettin sprayed So turn the strings up, and the bass too It's Frank Nitty, how you doin? Nice to meet you You *** see through, like the moon roof We switched to the four door from the old coupe Yeah we upgrade, and Jay Stay Paid We still movin forward on the plans that we made So this is a warning, why you *** yawnin? We not the killer bees but we swarmin, ***! So turn the strings up, and the bass too It's Frank Nitty, how you doin? Nice to meet you And I'm that *** you heard of, and word up Frank 'n Dank ***, you can *** what you heard bruh But hearin this you need to pay Jay Deezy And I'm watchin y'all rats and *** so cheesy So please believe me, you can picture that I know you thought we left, but we'll be right back So - turn the strings up, and the bass too It's Frank Nitty, how you doin? Nice to meet you You, and you, and you, yeah Your boy Frank Nitty F'n D, Frank 'n Dank, J Dilla Forever, whatever Yeah