DJ Premier - The Format lyrics

[Verse 1] You know the chronicles, the sh** that if Mama knew The stress the drama do, the TEC's phemonenal Rapid fire, it pecks through the abdominal You ba*tard liars, it's me who's the honorable Bathed and clothed up, shaved and close cut Restraint from temptation was drained from both nuts Now in the physical form Verbalize through the scriptures, I was biblically born It's I'ah, Jeremiah conceived through the blunt fire On Kawasaki's, can wheelie up on one tire Well respected, jail connected Got the method for the pretty females perfected For sure, very few flaws, heavy Chevy 2 doors Candy paint'll give the n***a the blue balls Pause! This the life I chose Done did the 360, the cypher's closed; c'mon! [Hook] The format is real sickening, contagious Here I come, here you go Still I don't have to run no game, I done those things [Verse 2] Young and gifted, my tongue's prolific In the beach bungalow is how I brung in Christmas For the streets I'mma flow from the hungriest districts Swiss kicks, crisp when I come to them picnics Play slow, paper chase stack and lay low Range Rove tinted, all black, the same old Psychic mind, righteous rhymes That turned a new leaf on my life on crime No concerns with new beef, who's as nice as I'm It's confirmed, from few feet I'm still a sniper blind Built my fame, spilt my pain Politicking daily, still trying to milk the game It's obvious that I'm real, rap sk**s remain I took some change and I'm still the same [Hook] [Verse 3] Learnt the system, burned some izm Jotted my j**els down like journalism How I maneuve now, it'll merge the wisdom A pilgrim, prophesize putting words to rhythm Relating, I Adam Clayton it, manifestation, patient Meditatin' with them animals waitin', pacin' Like an inmate that sealed his fate Let some years escape, but I'm still in shape I'm chilling deeply rooted, a beast with music From Bed-Stuy to the East, I'm too at peace to lose it But love it, I still does it, breathing off a Trump budget Fresh out of bloomies with the Louie luggage