[Malcolm X intro] [Benjamin Starr] Uh, its Allah.. Uh, it's Allah.. it's Allah Arm, Leg, Leg, my Arm, Head, that's Islam Arm, Leg, Leg, my Arm, Head, that's Wisdom My neck, wrists riddled with ice these lights hit on Half wise man and Heisman, stiff arm Blue collar emcee, White collar capable The prodigy, the Pac in me, quality rap ratio Amused, but confused where to put y'all Something like the 'Cak meeting 3 Stacks And a Black Johnny Football I learned from a n***a sipping Schlitz malt liquor Eating rice and cube steaks, banging Ice Cube tapes My cards are face value, stack decks like Aztecs I can rap 20 12's if I have to I'm proof, n***as chasing me Master level masonry, 33 degrees in the breeze, no sleeves I flame Jamaican weed, please pray for me New God flow, brings the shadiest Atheists to the Papacy I'm Richard Pryor on Sunset, you guessed it Show so dope, your nose tingles, red suit – single breasted I could rock Barclays in Penny Hardaways' With the backdrop of a Minister Malcolm X message This is real rap and I'm inclined to spit Black scientific, every lyric reads vivid like the hieroglyphs It's truth in my literature, I've got a flare for it You sharp-shoot in the booth, my flow is like the Figure 4 I've got this rap on tap, it's no basic brew Sobering, no contact, I got lasik view Fort Knox, gold grill, n***as faces Blue On your block I'm like Spock in that spaceship coupe
Futuristic, I spewed it and views shifted Truth is, I stand accused, I tutored the youth different The Black Bob Fischer, I check chess so often At best I get 'Shakespearesque' when sh** talking Tell me why I need a Basquiat, when every bar I drop is art? All my abstract strokes for Black folks Steady hands paint revivals, I ain't color blind So I color mine with Scott Heron, Bobby Bland vinyls I don't own a Rembrandt or Warhol Just Romare Bearden, those collages on the walls of my conscience I am never rattled, I withstand shots Child of survival, I was Stokely Carmichael in the sandbox The sh** I unsheathe, for deaf streets The second I bless beats Is just a bit fresher than chef's quiche Undefeated, blending the Blues with a lit fuse Please excuse the Don Shula in, my maneuvering All my sh** cla**ic, I put the 'Cak in a casket I agitated the flames and I resurrected the ashes This is God work through a sinner Every line, every rhyme, know I sign, Bobby Seale and deliver Arm, Leg, Leg, my Arm, Head, that's Islam Arm, Leg, Leg, my Arm, Head, that's Wisdom My neck, wrists riddled with ice these lights hit on Half wise man and Heisman, stiff arm Never need a control verse for sh** that I controlled first I give truth to dying ears, salute the pioneers Relaxed in the plush leather with the lights down Mr. Taylor playing “Shoot that f**a' Right Now” This is Free Lunch