Cannon Fire
1998 · Illstreet Downlow DLM 6001-1 · Queens, New York
- Artist
- Kool G Rap
- Title
- Cannon Fire
- Release
- Roots of Evil
- Year
- 1998
- Label
- Illstreet Downlow # DLM 6001-1
- Format
- CD · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Queens, New York, USA
- Genre
- Hip Hop · Rap
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
East Coast Hip Hop artist, born Nathaniel Thomas Wilson on 20 July 1968 in Queens, New York, USA. The song "Cannon Fire" (Illstreet/Downlow # DL 6001-2) contained a small reference to Vietnam - again used as a metaphor for city violence: "I stand my ground and hold the fort down... it's like a time bomb you hit, Vietnam ta Saigon". He also released "The Realist" with Mobb Deep, which referenced the Vietnam War.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Cannon fire light up the town / I stand my ground and hold the fort down wit the forty pound / You bust a round, I bust a round and lay your shorty down / On enemy territory grounds ta fall me down / Son how that sound? / It's like a time bomb you hit / Vietnam ta Saigon / Keep your mind calm, your nine on, me hard ta find harm / Peep the crime dons rollin' wit ex-cons holdin' they out rons / And teflons ta be streets flooded wit red ponds / Like it was red dawn, bodies get found around without the heads on
About the artist
American rapper, born 20 July 1968 in Queens, New York. [Source: Wikipedia]