Rebel XD - ACTIVATED part 1 - Origin of a Rap Acrobat lyrics

REBEL XD's ACTIVATED part 1: Origins of a Rap Acrobat (VERSE 1) Activate... Ac, Activated... Yo It all started back when I was like age 11 Or maybe a little bit closer to my 8th grade graduation So I wanna say some time in 1987 That marked the stage and setting Of them days that I'd faithfully get into - rap When me and my friend made that bet and - in fact I kept laughing at him and I had to ask him Cause he was a huge LL Cool Jay fan And I said yeah , LL's cold as hell But how could you really expect That no one else could excel on a track And snap and come off just as bad while rappin'? Though it was true - Cool Jay did rock them bells But my dude was all like "hell yeah"! "now you tell me who can do it better than L L" So than I just paused for a second Then I looked up at him and then I said - WELLLLL! *Chuck D* Maybe with a little bit of giving time Maybe even a n***a like me could spit a rhyme And get a little shine and kick the lines That could blow n***a's and b**hes minds Like it's a nine that combined with some kind of a -?- "hmmmm, combined with some kind of a what"? I don't know cause at that time I couldn't rhyme like how I do now With these cool styles that's too wild but knew I'll Be able to do it if I tried but I'd have to strip my pride And get dignified just to try it But I didn't mind so I'm finna get to trying to spit them rhymes Yo was this a sign or just me looking blind? as My am--- Bition sparked while I envisioned art Even with all the missing parts and all the hidden thoughts That kept me gettin' lost , stuck, flipped and tossed And then my sh** would pause And it would be like - MISSION HALT!- And it would piss me off, but still I kicked and fought Because it was taught, that a kid must crawl Before they get to walk And after how big I talked There's no getting off, yo and it's my fault I felt like a victim caught up in some prison vault Where I would sit and stalk up in a pit of dark But with a gifted heart, that if I could just get to spark Then I could get lit like stars then I could spit the bars That'll hit and lift to mars but first it must start But it was just too hard, but it was them forbidden cards That I would disregard As a rookie poet, looking onward and pushing forward To get in charge, just to switch the odds Into my favor but maybe this task that I had took on Was just just too great for me to make it Because days and days would past and the pads that I had Had nothing but trash, crap and ma**ive chicken scratch on paper I mean honestly, because obviously And when I say this I think that you all will agree That since I use to write poems in the past It should be easy to write raps I mean c'mon man, how hard could this be? Sure in the past, I wrote a few poems in cla** But that ain't quite the same as performing raps Or matching lyrics up on a track But still I kept a pen in my jacket For trying to brain storm on pads And that became the norm in fact I saw many a days, nights, afternoons, dawns and mornings pa** When trying to create them raps had my on my back But I had to push pa** that Because becoming a rap master Was a task that I had sworn to grasp So some day they may hear me on the phonograph My friend tried to warn my a**, but as they laughed at me Actually I had to be the last one who was gonna taunt and laugh So I just stayed on the path and I walked it Til I was up on my last legs up until the last days That I almost gave up and said f** it Because it was buggin' me but then suddenly Up and in a moments flash After weeks of torture and self torment pa**ed As fast as a lightening bolt something had jolted in me That ultimately resulted in my thoughts Coming across without force Then and finally, my focus started to form at last And no longer lying dormant as - The paper that I wrote on no longer had to get torn and slashed From the tablet to go in the trash Cause then things that I wrote became mo dope sh** That I could just throw in my stash And add to my porfollio/ slash audio capture Because I had a small tape reocrder so that I Could record my voice and play it back fa Myself to see how I sounded When I was performing flows after that I rapped While I tried to master the craft but at least I was avergae at last But I still couldn't dash from path Because I still feel like I had a whole lot of bad a** status to grasp (Break) Now that I'm in my prime and I'm flying high Will I go low? oh no --- My ma**ive thought processes are - CALCULATED While my brain sustains and remain - CALIBRATED I aim to stay great in anything - RAP RELATED Every since the day that I became _ ACTIVATED While my brain sustains and remain - CALIBRATED I aim to stay great in anything - RAP RELATED Every since the day that I became _ ACTIVATED... Launch sequence ACTIVATED (VERSE 2) I went from bad to average to pretty good to decent But I still can't over look the reason MC's in the past that helped to blast me into master status As I took from their teachings And learned where to put the pieces, now peep this Through my 8th grade vacation BREAK I would make raps and create on a daily BASE But I can't forget that day that I had made a GREAT Finding of that radio station that played them GREAT Rappers that made some of my favorite TAPES And they helped to create me, that's something that's safe to SAY They helped to take my creations straight to second BASE And the name of that radio station's W-H-P-K And it was amazing, cause back then I didn't even know that so many dope rappers existed So through each show's rappin transmission I'd sit back and I'd listen In fact I would get mad if I missed it Cause I was still developing and with this source It's kind of like I can behold and carry a new force And of course I'm a Chi Town but guy but I can't lie Cause I was taught hip hop through the golden era of new york In fact, yo let's play a game While spit a rap in a pattern of one of my teachers And before I can reach the end If you can tell where style came from before I can get finish Then just say the name As I --- aim to tame the lames and reign to brang some pain In major ways to entertain so blame the game I came to gain my claim to fame and an orangutang can't hang with * (ohhh dang!) yeah, his name is KANE Man, and he changed my brain In so many ways that I can't explain Showed me that I could flip flows, snap and attack on tracks With rhymes that latching back to back with raps That's stacked and packed and matched Attached and that's the fact Of how I started to becoming a rap acrobat and after that Yo I heard this dude that's bad and I was like "ooh wee, jack" "who is that?!?!" , dude, he snapped Man, this dude is cool, so cool in fact That his name is Kool G Rap And you had me to flip my script a bit to get and capture That gift of gab you got that I had to master So I switch my tactics, did my practice And kicked the type of raps you spit, to get cha - GOT CHA! Adapted from G rap, mad tactics he got And I peeped that speed that he packed I need that, so please don't be mad Be glad and relax, or I'll make these weak whack Crack MC's relapse - got 3 bags Of leaf that in front of me While I chief and leave a brief summery About how I seek to come to be, one of thee Deepest thinking MC's that people, are ever gonna see So I'll just close this chapter For now but I'll back ta show more bout have my road and path ta Becoming a pro, the rapper that showed the ma** How you can go so fast from gra** hopper To growing to a GOLDEN MASTER! (BREAK) Launch sequence ACTIVATED My ma**ive thought processes are - CALCULATED While my brain sustains and remain - CALIBRATED I aim to stay great in - RAP RELATED Every since the day that I became _ ACTIVATED Thought processes are - CALCULATED While my brain sustains and remain - CALIBRATED I aim to stay great in anything - RAP RELATED Every since the day that I became _ ACTIVATED Thought processes are - CALCULATED While my brain sustains and remain - CALIBRATED I aim to stay great in anything - RAP RELATED Every since the day that I became _ ACTIVATED While my brain sustains and remain - CALIBRATED I aim to stay great in anything - RAP RELATED Every since the day that I became _ ACTIVATED... Launch sequence ACTIVATED... (TO BE CONTINUED)