Corde lisse is an aerial circus skill or act that involves acrobatics on a vertically hanging rope. The name is French for "smooth rope".
Corde lisse moves are normally a combination of held postures and drops using a rope that hangs from the ceiling. These ropes are normally made from soft cotton about 30-35mm thick. The technique is closely related to both silks, (another aerial circus skill performed on one or two long strips of strong fabric, often in bright colours), and Spanish web. It requires great skill and strength. Performers do not have any kind of safety net or safety line, relying on their own strength and ability to prevent a fall.
It is possible for two (or more) people to perform on the same rope, although more than two is rare. The performers can hang off each other or be at different heights on the rope.
The most famous use of aerial circus skills such as these has been for the BBC's test-card. Cirque du Soleil also uses corde lisse, aerial silks and trapeze in some of their shows. There are many schools and circus centers that teach rope throughout the world.
Lisse ( pronunciation ) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 16.05 km2 (6.20 sq mi) of which 0.36 km2 (0.14 sq mi) is water. Its population was 22,400 in 2014. Located within the municipal boundary is also the community De Engel.
The history of Lisse is closely related and similar to the neighboring towns of Hillegom and Sassenheim. Based on a document from 1198 which makes official mention of the town's name, Lisse celebrated its 800-year anniversary in 1998, although there is an indication that there was already a settlement there in the 10th century.
In the Middle Ages, Lisse was a small settlement; there were only 50 houses in 1500. Because of prolonged warfare (particularly the wars of Charles the Bold and the Eighty Years' War), poverty was prevalent. Its population lived from agriculture, animal husbandry, and peat harvesting.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, Lisse was, like Hillegom, home to many estates of rich merchants and nobility. The forests and gardens of the Keukenhof, Meerenburg, Wildlust, Zandvliet, Overduin en Akervoorde, Wassergeest, Grotenhof, Ter Specke, Dubbelhoven, Rosendaal, Veenenburg en Berkhout, Middelburg, Ter Beek, and Uytermeer estates all added to the town's beauty and glory.
[Intro: Corté Ellis]
Stuntin like a muh'fucker
I be I be I be, I be on that on that (Slaughterhouse!)
On that on that on that on that
[Crooked I (Corté):]
Yo, million dollar +Playboy+, bunny ears and all
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If I'm not spendin Kobe paper at least I'm Pau Gasol
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[Corté Ellis:]
I got a lot of cars, got a lot of jewels
Spend a lot of money women say I act a fool
When I'm in the club, bottles in my hand
Stuntin like a (muh'fucker) watch me do my do my do my (dance)
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I'm tryin to get her home, when she done with that Patrón
She don't pick up the phone, then you know what's goings on
She lookin at my watch, and not just for the time
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Then get up in her spine, man she better recognize I got
[Chorus x2: Corté Ellis]
(Got) Money on the floor (got) money on the floor
(Got) Money on the floor (got) money on the floor
(Got) Money on the floor (got) money on the floor
You get that girl? I get that girl; you get that girl? I get that girl
[Joe Budden]
Okay, uhh, get this paper, uhh
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So then it's a overload maybe somethin you gon' need help with
Like soon as we weld it (ohh)
Heated up, melt it (or) beat it up, welt it
When she scream that she never felt it I knew it's a job I well did
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(Or) Or aircraft, my share cash got her near fast
Way she wear that, I threw the dough in the air
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Joey!
[Chorus: w/ ad libs]
[Royce Da 5'9":]
Nickel (woo!)
Nickel-Nine I'm so ghetto, fo', metal
Walk around on money like I'm Akeem and them dollars is rose petals
And I keep that dough handy - that sweet smell of money
I sniff it, I get high, I call it nose candy
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Every G that's in my pocket separated by a paper clip
Every G that's with me separated by a AK clip
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[Chorus: w/ ad libs]
[Joell Ortiz:]
Uhh, first it starts in my pockets in thick rubber bands
Then it makes it's way to the bar next to my cup of Grand
Marnier, wish it would stay there but it can't parlay
When it sees a runway, it takes flight, and lands by they lingerie
Especially when they body's sweet like, crème brûlée
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Matter fact, don't keep on lookin, I'm from Brooklyn
We gon' end up puttin money on the flo'
[Chorus: w/ ad libs]
[Corté Ellis:]
Now what I'm 'posed to do, with all this money
Ridin in a spaceship, they look at me funny
Donald Trump money, that Bill Gates money
Warren Buffett money, can't take nuttin from me
Now what I'm 'posed to do, with all this money
Ridin in a spaceship, they look at me funny
Donald Trump money, that Bill Gates money