What happened to this Pras?

[mtlrocks]

I never heard him rap this good in over a decade...

Best of Pras

Sting feat Pras (P.Diddy remix)

that was the song he did in '97

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMZIg6GlSOs

Then, there was electric avenue

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm_maD1fCEI&feature=related

OK! Check the lyrics for this electric evenue hit he also did in 97...

Ohh no! Ohh no!
Say, we gonna rock down through, Electric Avenue
And then well take it higher
Say, we gonna rock down through, the Brooklyn Avenues
And then well take it higher!
Ohh no! Ohh no!


Yo, yo
Slick like Rick Rick James when I hit
Superfreak chicks, who I dont miss
Fix for your nose, my flows make you sick
Two chicks for me, none for you like Twix
Play with niggaz head like Clef guitar picks
Went from, bottom pits to, making hits, and
hollow-tips then, shooting lips
Handle our business make sure it sits
Ride through the tunnels f**k the guestlists
Light up your block with roman candlesticks
Known to blow shows with pyrotechnics
Rappin bout your whips while you catchin transits
Buyin shorty gifts, with checks from WIC
Your record sound like a demo that was yet not mixed

Your whole style broke and it should be fixed
Time runnin out as my Rolex ticks
Dont get caught on the Ave, its too Electric...


Say, we gonna rock down through, Electric Avenue
And then we take it higher
Say, we gonna rock down through, the Brooklyn Avenues And
then well take it higher! Ohh no! Ohh no!


I dedicate this to my peeps sleeper on the streets
God bless they soul, may they rest in peace
Theres those who finance and those who choose to lease
Whatever suits you weather on the turn of your leafs
Different strokes for different folks God
I refuse to going back and being broke Lord
He got struck with lightning, he got hit hard
Face this twenty life to maximum, his whole life is scarred
The Preachers Son and I came off the Santa Maria
Ten cases of Malta, caught the diarrhea
Load the ReFugees on the aircraft carrier
Some say Dirty Cash we never heard of ya
You dont know me?


Say, we gonna rock down through Electric Avenue
And then well take it higher
Say, we gonna rock down through the Brooklyn Avenues
And then well take it higher!
Ohh no! Ohh no!


Watch your back watch your side, swimmin with shark
String you like a harp while they playin Mozart
No credential, get nowhere like Oslo
Stand back to Frisco, at the Rico Beagle
Suave like Rico, on fire like pyro
Frantic like a skitzo, rougher than Brillo
He caught the rap like Donnie Brascoe


Out in the street there is violence
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Down in Brooklyn there is violence
Down dere in Queens there is violence
And theres a lot of work to be done, Lord
Down in the ghetto there violence
Out in L.A. there is violence
In Miami there is violence
And theres a lot of work to be done, Lord

We gonna rock down through, ReFugee Avenue
And then we take it higher!
Say, we gonna rock down through, Haiti Avenue
And then we take it higher!


Haha, yeah, yo, yo, cmon
ReFugee All-Stars, yeah yeah

Then, there id of course Ghetto Supastar...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=969ANF3GCX8

What happened to Pras skills since? I heard new tracks but they're weak compared to the Old Pras. Why can't he rap as good anymore. Can somebody explain what happened to him since '97?

[LookingForTheTruth]

the fugees have broken up

[Moderator]

lookingforthetruth said:

the fugees have broken up

I mean Clef can still rap...and so can Lauryn. It's Pras' lyrics that just aren't there like they used to. I don't know what it is, but he's like from another generation you know. He's old news...these days it's the rappers from the south who are firing up the charts.

[LookingForTheTruth]

he lacks self-confidence i think

[Moderator]

i think he lacks the lyrics...that's ll. These days the teenagers what some simple lyric they can understand. But to be a legend in the music industry you can't think about album sales. You have to just make your music the way you want...and then if you're lucky you will make sales.

[mtlrocks]

aloo said:

i think he lacks the lyrics...that's ll. These days the teenagers what some simple lyric they can understand. But to be a legend in the music industry you can't think about album sales. You have to just make your music the way you want...and then if you're lucky you will make sales.

I realise that his lyrics are weak today. Trust me, I've heard Pop Life. But have you revised the lyrics of Roxanne the remix and Electric Avenue I just posted? I mean, those lyrics were hot and so was his rap flow. Today, his lyrics are not only weak, he doesn't sound close to as good as he used to. Here are the lyrics of Roxanne the remix, I think it's dope.

"Roxanne"(feat. Sting, Prazwell)

[Puff]
Yeah ye ye yeah yeah Sting, Bad Boy remix come on

[Pras]
Yo yo yo
Hey yo shake what ya mama gave you is her motto
pour out the bottle blow out the candle
too broke to hold too shallow to handle
get all today you never promised tomorrow
Yeah her moves remind me of kung fu flicks
Thick lips that contradicts rules of the game
she plays the politics
Red light special red light district
put on ya make up body all made up
Platinum played up Pearl Jam cut up
Roxanne Roxanne you don't really have to
put on ya red dress if you feeling kind of blue
She got the hots for the disco jocks
rock ya socks at the pop of the tops
Never get cool like to call it Glock
Twisted minded like Bob Zealot

Roxanne
(Roxanne Roxanne)

You dont have to put on the red light (ye ye ye yeah yeah)
Those days are over
You dont have to sell your body to the night (c'mon) (Roxanne Roxanne)
Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne
You dont have to wear that dress tonight (remix)
Walk the streets for money
You dont care if it's wrong or if it's right (ye ye yeah)

[Pras Verse Two:]

Yo what's the haps girl, dancing for the green paperback
Sitting at the bar drinking up Cognac
She steps in the room, dont know how to act
Sweet in emergence, similar to Similac
It was the hat
Cats wanna be around her shine
She wants to party, have a good time
She feels kind of hot me feelin' feelin' fine
Diggin' all her life just to get a gold mine
Bro making the streets she's the pimper's paradise
Jewels around her neck getting strong with the ice
She said I heard of ya crew I'm the number one fan
Of the refugees down from the islands
Driving the Bentleys with her pretty pretty friends
Sippin' colada every day is a weekend
Heard your name was Pras outta Brooklyn
And fifteen million place with your total sound scan

I loved you since I knew you (I like this part, Roxanne Roxanne)
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have you to tell just how I feel (Roxanne Roxanne)
I won't share you with another boy (Ye ye ye yeah yeah)
I know my mind is made up (Roxanne Roxanne)
So put away your makeup (Roxanne Roxanne)
Told you once I wont tell you again
It's a bad way (Ye ye yeah, yeah)

Roxanne
You dont have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You dont have to put on the red light [x2]

Roxanne Roxanne I wanna be your man
Put on the red light
Roxanne Roxanne I wanna be your man
Put on the red light
Roxanne Roxanne I wanna be your man
Put on the red light

[Repeat until end]

[Nico]

I kno what u mean im sure Pras still got what it takes to be a dominate MC and i still feel like hes been underated (hard to shine with Lauryn and Clef on your team) but i think hes jus got other things goin on or maybe no motivation idk but dont count him out.

[mtlrocks]

broncodudetoo said:

I kno what u mean im sure Pras still got what it takes to be a dominate MC and i still feel like hes been underated (hard to shine with Lauryn and Clef on your team) but i think hes jus got other things goin on or maybe no motivation idk but dont count him out.

I feel you but the problem is, he's 35 lol...If he doesn't do well on his next album, you know it just never will happen. He HAS NO CHOICE but to get it done this time.

[Moderator]

mtlrocks said:

broncodudetoo said:

I kno what u mean im sure Pras still got what it takes to be a dominate MC and i still feel like hes been underated (hard to shine with Lauryn and Clef on your team) but i think hes jus got other things goin on or maybe no motivation idk but dont count him out.

I feel you but the problem is, he's 35 lol...If he doesn't do well on his next album, you know it just never will happen. He HAS NO CHOICE but to get it done this time.

Hey, i hate to break it to everyone but this statement goes for all 3 of our beloved fugees members. They're not young any more, and it seems as though they've wasted too much time. They're all geting older, and unless you have fanbase like madonna, mariah carey or prince, you can't sell music once you hit 40. It's just my opinion, because what the fugees talk about in their music is about youth. And youth want to hear it from someone their age, and they can relate too.