Verse One: Q-Tip
I wanna be able to reach an mc
and reach a little child in the same degree
And my elders excel
I mean what the hell
we might as well bridge these gaps
in all before we fall in the fire
Black Thought:
It`s a million mc`s upon a plan they call real tryin` to set it
profess mic techniques illegit
inaccurate perceptions of reality embedded
in their minds thus their rhymes are discredited (check it out)
Q-Tip:
I use my music implemented with jewels import tools
to inspire all those too cool fools who say screw school
`Cause they don`t see the conspiracy
that`s put here to trap you and me
Black Thought:
Y`all know the battle leutenant be on some whole `nother other finesse genetic
they say I get it from my mother so its` inheredit-
ary and very necessary to shine
legendarily, heavily refined
Q-Tip:
Contemporaries like the Roots is so radit`s like dage
which bag did they come out of, and how can I get in itto win it
like raffle ticket pick
and if you feelin` something, guess who gets the sticking
Black Thought:
I got this Ital mad up close and personal
the first I find to violate, I shall retal-
iate with realisms for their whole local
we on point like decimal Abstract now
Q-Tip:
MCin while I`m breathingmcin is believing
that you can host a ceremony and the dough is never phony
in fact, it`s very therapeutic
like B12 hyperdermic needle so shoot it
Black Thought:
Lyrically elicit upstarts the explicit
most wicked seven digit mic wizardmy tongue lashes out and strikes with it
just slightly might miss it
when I blast th
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