Nothing at last is sacred. Oh how the great have What have I done to It's been way too long!"
We need to reacquaint. Things are different now, I the same man I was Hi, how are you I'm new and improved with even less to lose A collector's edition version of a virgin drink cocktail teller Gone way wrong...to the of no rerun
Over the and burned out before I even got my shine Holding my head in pure Out of insight. Out of mindful to shout or rhyme about
Yeah, I know I was supposed to the world and all But it looks the world got to me first If you can't beat em, 'em.. Then hurt the team by beating
I'm different...in a way The only thing stays the same is change While people claim their states, I state my Sage Francis made a name for For the record my calls me Paul Which was my father's name, but Ray Stepped in and me It's crazy, but this is a game I
called "Shut the uuuuuuup!"
Don't bother calling me at all because I'm not Is that a voice-mail-bomb-threat or a broken promise I'm away my money issues, somebody owes me big bucks My career depends on vacuums sucking me in and blowing me up
struck a nerve in the listenership Spoken word got 'em all interested Now I don't have to serve ice to little kids I serve emcees who think they're it And poets who they're somehow significant Meanwhile both are and ignorant And don't know how to to a crowd in an intimate environment
I am different. In a way The thing that stays the same is change people claim their states, I state my claims I'm a quiet natured player who outwardly the game I shake what I got, which is a jingly I do my mini-market research and make noise for myself when I walk
I talk with authority I question it When I ask, "Who am I?" I'm left But if you're a man's version of ANYTHING It is your
Growing up in a microscopic town prepared me well for this petrii Where talk is invisible to the eye and they the guy they're speaking with I'm a real vegetarian: No chicken...not fish I'm a real underground My tape quality sucks, my records are warped and my CD
Lady Luck is a greedy bitch with itchy palms and a case of the I've got an outtie if got an inny, I'll clean her pipes and then sweep her chimney The beat that's in me is polyrhythmic. You're 60 heart beats per minute A human who will thriftshop-lift his hiphop
I may be too big for my britches but I paid my when the cost was climbing If I burn too bridges I'll never get off of this awful island As long as been rhyming, they only started listening for a while they didn't like how I wouldn't the pot that I was pissin' in
Plus I had no dead to pour out the liquor I don't drink You can flash your objects in front of my eyes and I won't blink I'm motherfucking different. yyyeeeaaahhhh.. I'm motherfucking different. yyyeeeaaahhhh..