What it Takes

[Chorus: Illogic]<br>I don`t know what you thought you had or what you got<br>But yo, to be an MC it takes a lot<br>Are you willin to take the responsibility of this quest<br>cause if you do it right you might not have nothin left<br><br>[Illogic]<br>Yo, it takes artistic ability and knowhow lyrically<br>to express in forms of poetical wizardry<br>It takes rhythmic structures and phenomenal thoughts<br>It takes creation of hooks on which the wack can get caught<br>It takes knowledge of self and creator<br>It takes payin attention to that music in the elevator and elevatin<br>If you call yourself a lyrical surgeon it takes patients/patience<br>It takes takin a trip with God on that ship of relation<br>It takes self-denial AND realization<br>It takes keepin it realistic<br>Not real just to become a statistic<br>It takes evolution and edification<br>It takes a person, it takes a family, takes a city, it takes a nation<br>It takes surroundin sound, not lettin sound surround you<br>It takes surroundin yourself with fam and a dope crew<br>It takes hot tracks and it takes hot use of words<br>I don`t about you but for me it took a third<br><br>[Chorus] - 2X<br><br>[Illogic]<br>Yo, it takes a sense of focus and clear mindstate<br>It takes shape and destiny and acceptin fate<br>It takes you takin a stand and not conceit<br>It takes you bein and actin like a man and not a beast<br>It takes squashin beef<br>It takes, treating our women like queens and men like kings<br>It takes replacement of material with spiritual things<br>It takes a one for education and lack of stupidity<br>It takes discovering your faults and seeking a remedy<br>It takes some illogical thinking in this rational world<br>It takes passiveness and confontation, rebellion and confirmation<br>It takes, an open and a closed mind<br>It takes a lack of compromise and, findin some truth in lies<br>It takes healin, it takes booze and it takes tryin<br>It takes winnin, it takes losin, it takes livin , it takes dyin<br>It takes them, it takes us, it takes you what takes me<br>These are the essentials I think it takes to be an MC<br><br>[Chorus] - 2X<br><br>[Illogic]<br>I`m an MC cause I got what it takes<br>Are you an MC, do you have what it takes?<br>If you don`t know, I`ve defined it<br>So go ahead kid, and just rewind it<br>I`m an MC cause I got what it takes<br>Are you an MC, do you have what it takes?<br>If you don`t know, I`ve defined it<br>So go ahead kid, and just rewind it<br><br>"Clap your hands everybody, if you got what it takes" -> KRS-One<br> (repeat 4X)