We go wow, stand tall, just sit the fuck down All the way from the 2-1-5th to Brace yourself, about to go down
one on one and only hip-hop bound Yo (whassup) how your micraphone sound (It sound tight) aight, show em what it's about
We got to blow up the spot, because they must forget We double (trouble) (bubble) bubble (bubblin hot)
Well it's smack the track up and leave dents in it The vocalist, bustin this blunt, spit The magnificent, rapper's run it All fly girls, nipples and toes, numb it MC's in my circumference, is son Get growth stunted from this, you don't want it (What nigga?) The Thought and M-O-S Def done it Who the ultimate? Yo my man upon it
Aiyyo I stop and drop jewels but never run it Rock mics so nice I you stock price plummet All you high noon riders better at the summit It's me and Tariq and your outnumbered the membrane barkin big game and get hunted Eyewitness account, say it so sudden slid off to the side, didn't really say nuttin Then BLAOW, blew the 1900th
You better get your rest cause the day comin Oh yes, and MC's scared to say sum'tin Stop frontin, I'm in the cut just Your get your kings, your rooks, rings and tooken
Aiyyo, keep your rollin so you catch every bar of the Black Thought and the black man from Star Illadelph and we conference, accomplish with stakes inclined, I get mine, regardless
Yo, a lot of Smurfette MC's carry And rock, uniforms, that's made for I burst verses, your words is worthless Only surface, the FUCK's the purpose?
I shot the sherriff, the deputy, and head of bank So in the county got a BIG bounty stressin me But tell 'em to hold off, too short to measure me Mos and Black Thought blast forth with the
blaow-ba-dow-da-da-dow-da-dah-ow Either stand tall or sit the fuck All the way from the to Bucktown Brace yourself, it's about to go
Yo Tariq (whassup) how your micraphone (It sound tight) well aight, show em what about
We got to blow up the spot, because must have forget We double (trouble) bubble (bubble) (bubblin hot)
Yeah, now your stove top before you take a listen And make sure beans don't burn in the These gassed-up niggaz ain't fuel efficient I play the winter breeze to choke hold your (eh-eh-eh-eh) Now you niggaz can't pole position Class E chassis can't the transmission Crew pit, useless, they got they tools Watch me, grand prix, champy for wealth
Yo, you go one for my (hustle) Two to rhyme (two to rock rhyme) From the kid I'm one of the illets of all time I swing from chandeliers and climb And specialize in of all kind A lot of MC's I'm a run it down rhyme But half the time, they run it down one of Thought em with yet another stunnin line You dumb and kid, it's enlarged and underlined
I memorized leave your whole staff pressurized Melt down all of your artificial Y'all niggaz is than Yellow No. 5 Swine like and diglyceride My vocals got texture, you texturized I'm nicer than your writtens even I'm improvised into my zone get flown like fly by the b-boy who just won't die
Yo, me and Kamal and Hubbard, ?uestlove and Malik We go back to dollar hoagies and Treat Or like toast in the oven with government bubblin Me and Dante like Marvin, The travellin Give me the mic, we on again b-boy business, off the top and battlin them cats that forgot But don't get too close, you might get shot
Like Either tall or sit the fuck down All the way from the to Bucktown yourself, it's about to go down
Yo Tariq (whassup) how your micraphone (It sound tight) aight, show em what it's about
We to blow up the spot, because y'all must have forget We double (trouble) bubble (bubble) (bubblin hot)
We go Either stand tall or sit the fuck All the way from the to Bucktown Went _Do You Want More?!??!!_ to what you want now?
Yo Tariq (whassup) how your sound (It sound tight) well aight, show em it's about
We bout to blow up the spot, because must have forget We double (trouble) bubble (bubble) (bubblin hot)
Say a little story that must be told About two brothers who got so much soul They takin control, of the body and brain Flyin high in the sky, on a lyrical It's just two bad brothers who never quit Mos Def and Tariq the 2-1-5th They beginnin to end, on a spiritual blend And everybody who forgot then baby em again just me and Tariq, with Ahmir on the beat The Roots crew baby yo we got to make it We got the soul-shockinest, Non-stoppinest, Fortified Live the apocalypse Rhymes we say, the perfect Because we how to rock when the beat come in zen-zen-zen-zen-zen Zen-zen-zen-zen-zen, zen-zen, Zen zen-zen, ZEN zen zen ZEN zen zen Zen zen, ZEN zen Zen-zen-zen, ZEN zen ZEN zen we go, here we here we here we go Zen zen-zen, ZEN zen zen ZEN zen zen Zen zen, ZEN zen Zen-zen-zen-zen-zen, zen-zen, Let the poppers pop, and the break Then Zen-zen-zen-zen-zen, zen-zen, Two years ago, a friend of Zen zen, ZEN zen, zen-zen...