Asian Canadian rapper Drega continues the onslaught with the fourth release off his upcoming EP Man of the Year. The song which features sparse synths and thunderous brass, is made complete with bars upon bars of well thought out verses. Simply put if you’ve wondered what keeps Drega going, Overcome will give you a guided tour through his innner workings. “I loved how on Mood Musik, Joe Budden would just do a 100 bar verses that actually meant something with no filler. I wanted to try something similar, hopefully I accomplished that”.
The Toronto rapper has developed a sound that combines Toronto’s emphasis on lyricism, Harlem’s flashiness and Atlanta’s independent spirit. “As an artist I’ve always felt like I have such a great story to tell from being born in India to growing up in Toronto and having friends of every race and religion, I feel lucky to learn from all these cultures. Coming into this album, I felt this is finally my year and hence…Man of the Year” Drega explains. Set for a May 29, 2011 release date through Drega’s own label Colonial Records, Drega’s title just may prove prophetic.
Overcome by Drega
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Lyrics to Overcome by Drega
Verse 1
I am killing em on all grounds all purpose warfare/
I am from a place called go there/
And I’d love for your stupid ass to just go there/
I’m bringing it/
Fuck flight school boy I’m winging it/
The most beautiful women be jigalin/
Around me lingering/
No more tinkering/
Its a numbers game and I am figuring/
Irrespective of what anyone has done/
I’ve always felt like I am the one/ fix
I made a promise to my mama/
That I’m a work harder/
So I treat my city like I’m living in sparta/ fix
And everything I’m not I wear it like its armour/
So even if you diss me it just really make me stronger/
So say what you will/
I aint gonna chill/
And I aint gonna kill ya but your first single will/
And even if you make it that far I am on the hill/ fix
With a sniper rifel and its aimed for your grill/
I am talking metaphors/
What I got in store/
This my grand opening, ribbons at the door/
And I am going to cut it, red light whore/
E s p n flow I settle every score/
In the club I get a section/ fix
Just for affection/
No need for protection/ fix
my dick spit out perfection/ fix
I walk into a room and its like an intervention/ fix
Only for the reason I’m the center of attention/
This is my ascension/
Bombay hospital/
Aubrey was probable, I’m the impossible/
Imagine if I do it though/
Oh my god the accolades/
More important is the discussion I want to activate/
The comments I can handle/
In fact I hope its ample/
Cause I’ve heard it all before, I could play the sample/
You say you’ve got your own lane, well mines made out of gravel
Hook:
Yeah That’s why I do it till its over done
I’m everything cause of the things that I’ve over come/
Had 99 problems but I just got over one/
neo would you tell these rappers that its over son
Yeah That’s why I do it till its over done/
I’m everything cause of the things that I’ve over come/
All the things that I’ve overcome/
Just some things that overcome/
Verse 2
Yeah this is what you call devotion/
Me in my new car is poetry in motion/
And even though I wish I don’t got the roof open/
But I got open bottles right where the cups go in/
Haha cant I have a little fun/
I’ve never tried to be everything to everyone/
I want to tell my dad I aint been much of a son/
And I want him to reply I aint much to anyone/
But hey what can I say thatll probably never happen/
When someones out your life, it is hard to let them back in/
its funny how we all go from crying to laughing/
And it happens all over a bottle of captains/
Damn, it was all good just a week ago/
I was in new york fucking all the puerto rican hoes/
And I know it may sound bad, did a speaker blow?/
But this is my Atlantic ocean/
Deeper flow/
I mean I did it/
The game change cause I’m in it/
Just be glad my momma got us plane tickets/ fix
And to the girls who imagine how I hit it/
I got this brown girls thinking that I play cricket/
Who would have thought this is how I turned up/
Between the covers of your sisters Word up/
And I know that it makes you hurl up/
But I’m bout play every country, world cup/
I’m doing concerts first/
I’m listing the major cities, sean john shirts/
So you can do whatever works/
I know they feel me cause I do whatever hurts/
Yeah I’m just tryna get my town right/
And be more than niche rapper caught up in the brown hype/
Cause I remember when I didn’t even really sound right/
Now ive over come it all,
And this is what it sounds like/
Hook:
Yeah That’s why I do it till its over done
I’m everything cause of the things that I’ve over come/
Had 99 problems but I just got over one/
neo would you tell these rappers that its over son
Yeah That’s why I do it till its over done/
I’m everything cause of the things that I’ve over come/
All the things that I’ve overcome/
Just some things that overcome/