My style has no birth record

You might know when my record was born

And how I played my favorite classics 'til the needles was gone

And true say, you might know how my moms pushed

And '76 turned my world view inside out in one day

But this goes back further than that

Further than rap, before that first hospital slap

Way beyond the confines of joy and pain

Further than pride and shame

Older than the foundation of the food chain

To born the understanding of an equal cipher

With the consistency of daylight, I shine so bright

I check one two, but I ain't talking about no mic

I check one two to calculate the science of life

To add things right and take care of my business

Allowing me to handle my pleasure like a pirate does treasure

My rhymes are buried too deep to measure

By the sands of the hourglass, in other words, built to last

I keep it timeless, because I take my time with it

Respect goes out to civilized and committed

'Cause once you hear the capital J, rap it'll stay

With you for a while and it won't go away

I keep it timeless, because I do my thing

Regardless of the stress that your life might bring

So once you hear the capital J, rap it'll stay

With you for a while and it won't go away

What do you do when you got twenty two minute tasks

And ten minutes to deal with it, and

For the first five you bullshitted?

This scenario really best describes our folks

It's like devils got plans and **** got jokes

Like a underdog team got hopes but

Whose dream buzzer-beaters choke when y'all triple-teamed point guards

Go nuts, power corrupts, and it's a shame

'Cause the hardest working squad gets left with the donut

The front runners say, "So what?"

They can't back they home team 'cause they got no guts

And high scorers check stats but they still have yet to win

Plus tomorrow they'll be riding the bench once again

So you see, in this game of life I'm not trying to be the MVP

'Cause the enemy's the clock and the referee

Because it's obvious the world is out of order

I hope you wake up because we in the fourth quarter, y'all

Timeless, but still I take my time with it

Respect goes out to civilized and committed

'Cause once you hear the capital J, rap it'll stay

With you for a while and it won't go away

I keep it timeless, because I do my thing

Regardless of the stress that your life might bring

So once you hear the capital J, rap it'll stay

With you for a while and it won't go away

Who pays dues plus sales tax just to paint a picture

With a thousand words, only to find out your visions is blurred?

It's absurd, but it's still I observe

How the brilliance of blackness is missed when a sight's unheard

As old rhyme styles fester like dreams deferred

New styles just might shine at God's speed indeed

But some still wear the mask that grins and lies

Hides cheeks and shades eyes, but I'm not surprised

There's no disguise 'cause my five eyes remain all-wise

No excuse 'cause the innocent is still down-sized

No escape, we remain robbed, killed, and raped

'Til you take back your mind and extract the lies

But until then, I'll still utilize my pen

To lead the lamb from the slaughter and a horse to the water

Continuing to face the stress of life's test

With rhymes that impress the best 'cause my mind is

Timeless, but still I take my time with it

Respect goes out to civilized and committed

'Cause once you hear the capital J, rap it'll stay

With you for a while and it won't go away

I keep it timeless, because I do my thing

Regardless of the stress that your life might bring

So once you hear the capital J, rap it'll stay

With you for a while and it won't go away