TEACHER is a song about the duality of living life as an MC and Public School teacher. GMS aka Mr. Sibirsky, delivers the audio on the 25th anniversary of his teaching career, in NYC public schools.
The beat for this song was actually made in Mr. Sibirsky’s middle school Music & Tech class as a demonstration of how to use Garage Band to make a Hip Hop beat. Although he had demonstrated making beats in front of his class before, GMS immediately knew this one was special. He took it home and wrote the whole song overnight in one shot.
After that it was just a matter of recording it, getting BAMBOO on the chorus and then shooting the video. For that, GMS enlisted videographer and photographer Jarret Robertson. Halfway through shooting the video the project was halted due to the pandemic. A year later they picked up where they left off and finished shooting.
In the verses, GMS talks about coming up on the freestyle battle circuit in NYC, with his crew The PLAGUE, in the 90’s and 2000’s. He also references some all time greats from that era, including KRS ONE (the chorus is an ode to the classic BDP record, Come to the T’cha), BIG DADDY KANE, KOOL G RAP, BUSTA RHYMES, the NOTORIOUS B.I.G and TUPAC and reveals that he is a “High School drop out that became the teacher (whoa)”.
At the same time, Mr. Sibirsky teaches financial literacy and drops gems on how to live healthy, focus on goals and do what you love for a living. All while continuing to “kill a mic, then disappear without clues”.
“For most of my life, I have kept these two sides of myself – the music artist and the teacher – separate,” says the “but now with this song I am bringing those two worlds together!”
lyrics
I buss up on the scene, Spread the Plague, that’s the clique,
A few big battles got us started real quick,
I represent BK, but I am a New Yorker,
Many tell me mumble rap is like torture to listen,
See I am just a man on a mission,
To infiltrate the system give the fans what they're missin’, (Man, listen),
Precision is just one of my features,
I’m the High School dropout that became the teacher (Whoah),
I teach kids how to get - that - dough, cause they too busy playin’ tic - tac - toe,
X or O of course you gotta choose, but like Big & Pac, either one you gon’ lose (Damn),
Now everyone still tryna fill them shoes (yep),
But let G Rap I got the ill street blues,
The rhymes I use, definitely amuse, huh,
Got to pay your dues, baby, you know the rules,
I thought that you knew, I guess you got it confused,
Step to my crew, you will leave battered and bruised,
We Kill a mic, then disappear without clues,
Go home and hear about it on the 6 O’ clock news, so
….
Come-me-say Come to the teacha, Come-me-say Come to the teacha,
Come-me-say come to the teacha, come to the teacha, come to the teacha
Come-me-say Come to the teacha, Come-me-say Come to the teacha,
Come-me-say come to the teacha, come to the teacha, come to the teacha
Push up ya hands if you love Hip Hop, but
Buy the Records or that sh-- will flop, (-Follow me now-)
Support the artists or they will get dropped, (-Bidi-Bye-Bye!-)
Its GMS come to rock ya non-stop,
Ya sell it when it’s high, Ya buy it when it’s low,
MCMI Productions let the rhythm just flow,
Never run out of lyrics in a cypher or a show
Connectin’ all the dots so our empire will grow
Here’s the difference, while Y'all cats chasin’ women,
Women chase me while I chase a million,
Even Jay Z's still chasin a billion,
Plus I never did what I didn't Love for a livin'
An I ain’t sayin this just to hurt ya feelins,
But I can get rich without dyin' or killin',
And you can too, what I teach is revealin'
New ways to get paid without Robbin and Stealin',
And some of you swear what I’m spittin is bull,
‘Cause ya outside pushin on a door, marked "Pull",
Locked up and locked out, strung out, rung out coughin ya lungs out,
choked and smoked out, methed up and coked out,
While I be G'd up, free'd up and Loc'd out,
And you want what I got, but you wan’ it for free,
I can tell how to get it, but it costs a fee ...
Come-me-say Come to the teacha, Come-me-say Come to the teacha,
Come-me-say come to the teacha, come to the teacha, come to the teacha
Come-me-say Come to the teacha, Come-me-say Come to the teacha,
Come-me-say come to the teacha, come to the teacha, come to the teacha
Bad mon dem a watch ya, Fe dem wan catch ya, Gun in a place, Me-say "Aye, no!"
Say dem wan have good time, nuff a dem bad mind, Gun in a place Me-say "Aye, nooo...!"
GMS is a musician, MC, Producer and DJ out of Brooklyn, NY, co-founder of HYDRA, The PLAGUE, MCMI, Cybersky.org and STAIRS
ACADEMY EDUCATIONAL NONPROFIT.
GMS has been doing music most of his life. From a family of musicians, he has played keys, flute and other instruments since a child. Born in the 70’s and coming of age in the 80’s and 90’s, he often says “Me and Hip Hop grew up together.”...more
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