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This is just a linguistic attempt to achieve
The effects of chemical ecstasy without the spiritual leprosy
Or physical lethargy; itâs lyrical lechery
âCause you feel it cominâ on to you, so listen and see
Why the mixinâ of this delicate recipe is literally
What I feel like I was born to do; yes indeed
Iâm bringinâ the heat, but Iâm givinâ it that unique feelinâ of intimacy
MCs are dealinâ with so many difficulties, like even illiteracy
So listen to me, and if you only listen to criminals speak
Iâll flip it in Criminalese like Immortal Technique
Turn off the television and read, you little freaks!
âCause lit-hop for me isnât just a figure of speech
Sh-yeah, I live it and breath it; thatâs why I rap better than Jesus
âCause Iâm so deep in this lyrical thesis, I feel like
A religious extremist; yeah, you better believe it
âCause if I said it I mean it, unless it was facetious
Well I seen this vision of Hip-Hop
Once when I was dreamin'
It was ressurected lost lyrical genius
And as long as Lit-hop is breathin'
I'm still believin'
Well I seen this vision of Lit-hop
Once when I was dreamin'
It was ressurected lost lyrical genius
And as long as Hip-hop is breathin'
I'm still believin'
You wanna know how I started this lit-hop chronicle?
I went to a lot of shows, and I thought hip-hop was so ironical
When I saw so many wannabe MCs all tryinâ to go
After the same kinda cars and clothes and hoes and marijuana smoke
And I thought NOOO! I wanna go, I wanna go to
Enga-laaand! And I heard a whole lotta people
Whinginâ on the subject of hip-hop changinâ
And it wasnât the same as back in the day and I thought to myself, hey
Bring it on! âCause I donât complain about changes
Some rap crews is tryinâ to go back to the roots of the people they hang with
Iâm just tryinâ to go back to the roots of my language, and thatâs English
I had to flip the script âcause I got sick of rap thatâs brainless
MCs claim intellectual when theyâve never read a textbook
And educated professors never wrote a sexy hook
So they remain ineffectual and never get successful
And you now youâre listeninâ to the only one whoâs ever repped both
Well I chose
To leave rap alone and get a Master's
So I could capture the most cinematic scope
And that's when it turned into a fashion show
Well this is the antidote
And I don't wanna teach any classes after shows
I just want put a coupl of classic quotes in my tracks
And maybe let the masses know
How to challenge the status quo
Well I seen this vision of Hip-Hop
Once when I was dreamin'
It was ressurected lost lyrical genius
And as long as Lit-hop is breathin'
I'm still believin'
Well I seen this vision of Lit-hop
Once when I was dreamin'
It was ressurected lost lyrical genius
And as long as Hip-hop is breathin'
I'm still believin'
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- The Rap Guide to Business - EP
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- Rapconteur
- Apocalyptic Utopian Dreams In the Western Wilderness
- The Rap Guide to Evolution
- The Rap Canterbury Tales
- Lit Hop
- Swordplay
- The Rap Guide to Religion
- The Rap Guide to Medicine