Onyx “The Last Days” is one of those records that still hits the same decades later. It feels heavy. Sticky Fingaz goes dark on this one and doesn’t hold anything back, he sounds, chaotic, desperate and evil.
Onyx “The Last Days [Verse 3: Sticky Fingaz]
Thinkin’ about takin’ my own life, I might as well
Except they might not sell weed in hell
And that’s where I’m going, ’cause the Devil’s inside of me
He make me rob from my own nationality
That’s kind of ignorant, but yo, I gotta pay the rent
So, yeah, I’ll stick a nigga most definite
A degenerate, if I get caught I’m innocent
‘Cause I don’t leave no sticky fingerprints
For the cops, they only good if they dead
And all that badge and the gun shit be goin’ to their head
To make bread I gotta steal for sports
So I stole the show and made some pennies for my thoughts
And if this fuckin’ rap shit don’t pay
I’ma start sellin’ drugs around my way
Killin’ my own people in the USG
Shit, they gonna get it from somebody, I’d rather it be me
Besides, you can’t tax dirty money
And you can’t trust nobody (Nobody!)
No one (No one!), I’m a scorpion
And I’ll probably bite the bullet, ’cause I live by the gun
This is one of those tracks that upsets the natural balance of my house, as my girl’s aura is long locs, live food, and incense. Think Erykah Badu from Chicago, that’s Chanell. I always wonder what she thinks when I play tracks like this.
That kind of contrast is what made tapes like this stand out.
This tape is part of the DJ Clue run that helped push East Coast artists back into heavy rotation during the mid to late 90s. Tracks like Onyx-The Last Days kept mixtapes in demand and built real street buzz before streaming existed.
What a time to be alive….
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