E-40 – In the Air Where It’s Fair (ft. Cousin Fik) (Audio, Lyrics, Video)

E-40 premieres the music video for the new track, “In the Air Where It’s Fair” featuring Cousin Fik. The piece of music was produced by Rick Rock. Listen, stream, read the lyrics, buy the track.

E 40 In The Air Where It’s Fair

E-40 is one of the West Coast’s most important and prolific rappers, a legacy he continues to create. In addition to songs like “Too Big” from this year with Mount Westmore, he’s just dropped “In The Air Where It’s Fair” with Cousin Fik. The Bay legend dominated the track with his trademark dizzying rhymes and off-beat flows, and also released a music video.

Firstly, the instrumental has its claps and bass on point, two of the most important elements of a Cali banger. Like others of its kind, it’s a minimal beat that goes a long way in the bar-filled mix. There are some arpeggiating keys, floating up and down, that make the track almost spacey or woozy. However, the distorted synth hits and simple bass bring the track back to Earth.

While this may not be a revolutionary sound for E-40, it’s been a while since it’s dominated hip-hop. Sure, Kendrick Lamar is the greatest rapper of the moment, but cities like Atlanta, Miami, and Detroit are ripe with sonic inspiration in the game. Therefore, the West Coast is defending its roots and its legends, and E-40 is among the legends leading the charge. He recently appeared on the Wakanda Forever soundtrack alongside bilingual West Coast MC Snow Tha Product. Also, his album with Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and Too $hort under the Mount Westmore moniker on December 9th.

One of E-40’s hallmarks is his lyricism and idiosyncratic pen game. His flows fall over the beat, speed up and slow down unexpectedly, and house a compelling stream of consciousness. Moreover, he’s not treading new lyrical material on the track, just being a real G and repping his city. Still, E-40 includes some funny lines, comparisons, and references in here. “This one of the most requested slappers on Shazam,” “I got bars, I passed the bar exam,” and “crown me like a root canal” were some standouts.

E-40 – In the Air Where It’s Fair (ft. Cousin Fik) (prod. Rick Rock)

11 November 2022
1 Song, 2 minutes
℗ 2022 Heavy On The Grind Entertainment

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Lyrics

[Intro: Cousin Fik, E-40]
Put it in the air
In the air where it’s fair
In the air where it’s fair
In the air where it’s fair
In the air where it’s fair (Rick Rock beats)
Put it in the air

[Verse 1: E-40]
Put it up in the air where it’s fair, bitch
I’m tryna get nigga-rich in this bitch, act like you fuckin’ with this (Huh)
Welcome to the land of the triflin’, the truth or dare where it’s snakes like Medusa hair
Far as life expectancy, they don’t care (Huh)
Money mackin’ and makin’ it happen is all that I’m focused upon
Take the bass out your voice, bitch, you better lower your tone
Another like the other one, tryna impress a bitch
‘Cause I’m out here beatin’ they ass without the belt buckle or switch (Switch)
And jealousy come from suckers that’s hella lazy, I can’t respect it
Ain’t got no hustle in they bones, in they DNA or genetics
I said what I said when I said it, I’m out here livin’ the dream
You gotta stand for somethin’ or you gon’ fall for anything
Look at my watch and ring, crown me like a root canal
Motherfucker, I’m a king, turnin’ heads like an owl
Gotta protect your brand and name, get your money, mayne, fuck the fame
Stay in your lane, if it ain’t broke, don’t try to fix it, get your change (Get your change)

[Chorus: E-40, E-40 & Cousin Fik]
If it ain’t ’bout the money, I don’t care (I don’t care)
Put it up in the air where it’s fair
I had to take a flight to get from here to over there (Over there)
Put it up in the air where it’s fair
She wanna bend that thang over for a player (For a player)
Put it up in the air where it’s fair
Raise your glass if you ain’t never been a square (Been a square)
Put it up in the air where it’s fair

[Verse 2: E-40]
This one of the most requested slappers on Shazam (Shazam)
I got bars, I passed the bar exam (Bar exam)
I got my importer’s license, bitch, I’m importin’ (Liquor)
Got my own wine locker at Morton’s (The nigga)
That’s a different kind of conversation we’ll have to have (Soon)
Lobster and steak and I don’t carry cash (Tycoon)
I’m not on the take and I don’t get extorted (Mm-mm)
You’ll be no longer, best believe I can afford it (Mhm)
Forever embedded in the tar like a reflector
I come a different texture, pack a Heckler & Koch I keep by my crotch (Doot-doot)
Dressed to impress (Dressed to impress), manip’ and finesse (Manip’ and finesse)
Honey right there, she ready to come on up out of her dress
Lemme stop cappin’ and bein’ sarcastic and cattin’ off (Cattin’ off)
And go home to my queen, my lady boss (Your lady boss?)
It’s hella gangsters out here in these streets, ain’t no arrests (For real)
It’s sick out here like a positive COVID test (It’s ill)

[Chorus: E-40, E-40 & Cousin Fik]
If it ain’t ’bout the money, I don’t care (I don’t care)
Put it up in the air where it’s fair
I had to take a flight to get from here to over there (Over there)
Put it up in the air where it’s fair
She wanna bend that thang over for a player (For a player)
Put it up in the air where it’s fair
Raise your glass if you ain’t never been a square (Been a square)
Put it up in the air where it’s fair

[Outro: Cousin Fik, E-40]
Put it in the air
In the air where it’s fair
In the air where it’s fair (Put it in the air)
In the air where it’s fair
In the air where it’s fair
Put it in the air