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