Raiders of the Lost Art

[ Kool Moe Dee ] We are the Raiders<br>[ L.A. Sunshine ] Of the Lost Art (8x)<br><br>[ Treacherous Three ]<br>This is a funky expedition, a mission, I had a vision<br>Stop, look and listen, yo, isn`t it something missin?<br>Take aim with precision like vision, it`s a collision<br>New styles are hittin, b-b-boom, bash, forgettin<br>The laws, created by the creators<br>There`s no more masters, just master-perpetrators<br>We did time with the rhyme like a bid<br>Now we`re puttin out hits on the new fake kids<br><br>[ Kool Moe Dee ] We are the Raiders<br>[ L.A. Sunshine ] Of the Lost Art (8x)<br><br>[ Treacherous Three ]<br>Here comes the greatest, baby<br>Here comes the Raiders, the Raiders<br>We are the greatest, baby<br>Here comes the Raiders, the Raiders<br>Here comes the greatest, baby<br>We are the Raiders, the Raiders<br>Here comes the greatest<br>We are the Raiders, the Raiders<br>We`re lookin for the gold<br>We`re searchin for the jewels<br>We`re mining for the coals<br>We`re working with the tools<br>The keepers of the light, the owners of the dark<br>Ain`t nothin we`re afraid of, we`re the Raiders of the Art<br><br>[ Kool Moe Dee ]<br>I`m like a diamond in the rough, too tough<br>You can`t bring enough<br>Ammunition, vision or wishin<br>No need in bringin up<br>`The homeboy`s-strapped-with-his-gat-<br>In-his-lap` crap<br>This is on the lyrical skills, you can scratch that<br>My lyrical skills makes mills, pays bills<br>And chills, all of the no-frill chills on the diznills<br>Now who cares who kills<br>When you got true skill?<br>I`m kickin the real, yet and still<br>Brothers flake until<br>My relevance flips the script<br>Dives and dips and hip-hops<br>And drops and give props<br>And knocks the kids out of the box and rips<br>Suckers to bits and kick knowledge and lifts the hits<br>When I get lifted, kid<br>Take cover, no mercy on a brother<br>He`s kicked to the curb<br>Then into the street, then into the gutter<br>You c-c-can`t win, n-n-no matter w-w-whatta<br>Even if I stutter -<br>I`m butter<br><br>[ Kool Moe Dee ] We are the Raiders<br>[ L.A. Sunshine ] Of the Lost Art (8x)<br><br>[ Special K ]<br>Time to pay the bills with lyrical skills<br>Built in time to lock deals<br>Crack seals, we build the real<br>Technique, unique technique<br>Did you really think<br>My creatively level would ever sink a level shrink?<br>Words are like missiles, bombs aim to hitcha, splitcha<br>So you better beware when you hear the sound of a whistle<br>Duck for cover, here comes a brother who lives in quadruples<br>And still does it youthful<br>And keeps away the display, expert rendition<br>Poetic, energetic, with vision and precision<br>Mystifyin, we`re supplyin the funky stuff<br>Boogie Down Bronx, neither could fade that I`m tough<br>Rough on the floor, straight from the door<br>There`s nothin phoney when the one is only kickin the verse, yo<br>Ask anybody familiar with my particular brand of funk<br>Tell em to pump it in the trunk<br><br>[ Kool Moe Dee ] We are the Raiders<br>[ L.A. Sunshine ] Of the Lost Art (8x)<br><br>[ L.A. Sunshine ]<br>Way back in the days we lit a flame in this rap game<br>Groups like Tribe keep the vibe alive, and now the fire remains<br>Self-preservation is man`s first law<br>I don`t wanna start a war, but it`s been done before<br>Almost like deja-vu with a sick twist to<br>An artform with warts torn, worn down, then run through<br>But don`t gimme no credit, I`m a cash kinda guy<br>With my stash kinda high, still the girlies pass by<br>You know why? Cause I`m a Raider of this Lost Art<br>Played a big part from the start of hip hop, but now it`s gotta stop<br>And if you go and check the archives, read the lines of the hieroglyphics<br>It says `Sunshine`s terrific`<br>As sacred as a golden scarab<br>Through my Creator I`m greater than the riches of a whealthy arab<br>The Sun shines in the east, so step from the west<br>On a musical archeological conquest<br><br>[ Treacherous Three ]<br>Here comes the greatest, baby<br>Here comes the Raiders, the Raiders<br>We are the greatest, baby<br>Here comes the Raiders, the Raiders<br>Here comes the greatest, baby<br>We are the Raiders, the Raiders<br>Here comes the greatest, baby<br>We are the Raiders, the Raiders<br>We`re lookin for the gold<br>We`re searchin for the jewels<br>We`re mining for the coals<br>We`re working with the tools<br>The keepers of the light, the owners of the dark<br>Ain`t nothin we`re afraid of, we`re the Raiders of the Art