I'm from the backpack era
where cats brought the fire
and they lacked mascara
transit cops hunted fat cap terrors
and emcees had to spit without their X or Kyocera
I'm from a time before the formula was obvious
if you didn't have a flow outside the show no one would nod to this
yo, before we even knew what cyphers were
before the sight occurred
before this light had blurred
or typing words
ungh, I scribbled thoughts out on semigloss
50 lb text weight with fever
to avoid the loss
family thinking that this boy is off
cuz I was sacrificing time to eat and sleep to get this poison off
before you swiped right
I was is this mic fight
sweating outside the venue
trying to get my hype right
Hip hop was only rotated at colleges
before they dedicated 1520 to acknowledge this
if you don't get it you don't get it fam
it's energy that's been distributed since Herc and Bam
the proletariats embrace it like the working man
the reason diggers find that gem and have to search again
(YO!) We acknowledge the addiction cycle
and estimate us at 3 Million of mic disciples
Papa taught me I should hate em but respect my rivals
there's not a man alive unbreakable like big and Michael
listen, everybody's got a breaking point
my pen's point breaks joints, don't be the case in point
point the finger if you're ready to acknowledge that
99% of these emcees are bottled rap
keep the bottle that ya flipping man I'm spitting so that I could break the bottle and use the shards for ammunition
these are fragments that I'm throwing at you
skywrite the name is T@X
throw a Boeing at you
words crash CaliMass brought the rockslide
You're gassed on tasteless cats - carbon monoxide
shots flying don't get caught up in the crossfire
boy ya walks tired
these hogs wired
and talk flyer
keep that boss rap
I just need this sox cap twisted to the back
and this heat to let my thoughts crack
acknowledge the flames and frame that my minds in
not for blind men my mind's lens supplies gems
where's tha grind been? trying to polish it!
ya head nod is the best way to acknowledge it