Royce Da 5'9" - Rap Genius Intro lyrics

–Jay Z– This poetry is though-provoking and there's though behind it And there's great writing in rap as well *Static* You know you never hear *Static* Rappers being compared for like the greatest writers of all time You know you hear Bob Dylan it was, so was Biggie Smalls You know some of the things that Biggie Wrote –Sample: Notorious B.I.G. – “The What”– Excuse me, flows just grow through me Like trees to branches, cliffs to avalanches It's the praying mantis Deep like the mind of Farrakhan –Jay Z– Rakim, I mean listen to some of the things he wrote –Sample: Eric B. & Rakim's “Don't Sweat the Technique”– Cla**ical too intelligent to be radical Masterful, never irrelevant: mathematical –Jay Z– I mean you take those lyrics and you pull 'em away from the music And you put 'em up on the wall somewhere And someone had to look at 'em They would say “this is genius!” *Static* “This is genius work!”