Verse One: Q-Tip
I wanna be able to reach an mc
and reach a little child in the same degree
And my elders excel
I mean what the hell
we might as well bridge these gaps
in all before we fall in the fire
Black Thought:
It`s a million mc`s upon a plan they call real tryin` to set it
profess mic techniques illegit
inaccurate perceptions of reality embedded
in their minds thus their rhymes are discredited (check it out)
Q-Tip:
I use my music implemented with jewels import tools
to inspire all those too cool fools who say screw school
`Cause they don`t see the conspiracy
that`s put here to trap you and me
Black Thought:
Y`all know the battle leutenant be on some whole `nother other finesse genetic
they say I get it from my mother so its` inheredit-
ary and very necessary to shine
legendarily, heavily refined
Q-Tip:
Contemporaries like the Roots is so radit`s like dage
which bag did they come out of, and how can I get in itto win it
like raffle ticket pick
and if you feelin` something, guess who gets the sticking
Black Thought:
I got this Ital mad up close and personal
the first I find to violate, I shall retal-
iate with realisms for their whole local
we on point like decimal Abstract now
Q-Tip:
MCin while I`m breathingmcin is believing
that you can host a ceremony and the dough is never phony
in fact, it`s very therapeutic
like B12 hyperdermic needle so shoot it
Black Thought:
Lyrically elicit upstarts the explicit
most wicked seven digit mic wizardmy tongue lashes out and strikes with it
just slightly might miss it
when I blast through your section or district
CHORUS
Verse Two: Black Thought
In my formitive by my peers I was influenced
until the instruments of time killed the congruence
I peeped the blue prints on how to make true sense
of MC`s which are a nuisance I know just what to do sinceI`m on another lev.
brothers is fakin` jacks and think they ready for the rev.
but they got a lot to learn, to make theri thoughts long term
`cause on theri short-cuts they made a wrong turn
probably, timelessly I construct the firesome
to rip your eardrum for many years to come
professional style thinkin` rational to move wise
so hard it`s a wonder y`all alive...
Q-Tip:
...And still breathin`, niggaz is dead and not even
perpetuatin` real life the shit kicked is real trife ayo they fake bleedin`
It`s obvious that they needin` attention feedin`
they cold actin` like heathens
when mics is picked up MC`s scenes is kicked up
like women with the gripper drinking Moet `till they hiccup
fellas hustlin` picking bricks up
fantasizin` about the illest stick up
but rip up the jam and we be truly impressed
on stage you won`t need your tef. vest
only a mic with and a mic test
and at your best you get blessed by the fans who profess
that they can relate
with the trials you tribulate
or the pains you endure
`cause some cats is pure
tell horors that are true but see cats like you
y`all fake joints just tyo get a woo-woo
the tear jerker
you be that miracle worker
whose miracle just ran out
I think it`s time you pan out
or just plain fade, `cause yo you played
we `bout to drop on you like the Everglades
