歌词
[Verse 1]
All my compliance like science
Analyze my data, not a fader on the face of the earth
Can blend rhythms like my will, surreal spinnin'
Ever movin' like evolution, it's retribution
For sellin' roots, lesson futures, I'm steppin' to fuse ya
Sunrises my subconsciousness culminates constant
Lead to see various Ideologies, angles like isosceles
Read my auto-b-i-ography
So many starts to me that vibrantly shine
Velocity's properly thick like mahogany dimes
We findin' beauty in this urban-gritty usually overlooked by many
Movin' through the densely populated city
And soon and eventually we gotta get ova
I document culture closer to the edge
Bolder than a print, open to interpretation
Gazin' deep into the glitz
To my people, raise your fists
I know it stays intent, whatever pays your rent, but saves your soul
You know the drill, it go
[Verse 2]
Hotter than most dudes
From left to right, on top and below you
Flow like the coastals, move like smoke do
I'm diverse, these other cats is just hopefuls
When they ask who put it down, baby, you know who
Tell your whole crew, it's something that
You need to know, dude
This how we go through
[Verse 3]
Who the poisoned pen?
Mos got the inkwell full of serum
Prescribed for any emcee claimin' they ill
A small dose'll change the way that they feel
Milligrams in the raw, snow-cut, check how I label the pill
It's MD, the spit-doctor, chant like a witch doctor
Recite me, and ya whole ailment get proper
I'm the medicine man, representin' my clan
Mixin' the potion with the verse fire and simmer, my man
And stay shoutin' out the home team wherever I am
It's the B-R-O double O-K-L-Y-N out
The cowboys who don't fret to pull they llamas out
Ironhorse style cab, coupe deville riding' out
No lights, no cam, action, drama'd out
Scribble out, absorb the sh** that I'm about
Inner-city Bruno, ghetto folks, holla out
I'm good money, tell the doubters get they wallets out
Hot when the dice is out, they go broke findin' out
Smack ya mojo, caught a half of 'oh no'
Magical vocals, get it down like coastals
Underground n**** that spoke truth and broke through
Shine bright when I'm far from my close-to
I told you, you know how most do
[Verse 4]
Hotter than most dudes
From left to right, on top and below you
Flow like the coastals, move like smoke do
I'm Mos Def them other cats is just hopefuls
When they ask who put it down, baby, you know who
Tell your whole crew, it's something that
You need to know, dude
This how we go through
[Verse 5]
Exposed to a higher set of variables, as fly as aerial
Definin' stereo components, moments with my master
Remasterin' techniques, havin' some fresh sheets
Damagin' margins with broader outlook we lookin out y'all
Me and Mr. Mighter Mos, we outlaws
Blazin' in the saddle, raisin like the mornin' star, formin' majestic
Candescent like the street lamps, I be amped to inn-o-vate
Reminiscent of technology, probably just my will to build
To real notions of emotions similar to the seven seas
Steadily sparkin' cables, tables turnin' like the high tide
I'm captive to this music, vastness, into it I skydive
Tumblin' like buildings crumblin' on inner-cities cumbersome
They comin' to run us out, my n****s shout for justice
You wanna link with me, then let me know
This music is like my vessel so we seem to be inseparable
From C-C town, headed eastbound
You know the rest, it go
[Verse 6]
Hotter than most dudes
From left to right, on top and below you
Flow like the coastals, move like smoke do
It's D-I these other cats is just hopefuls
When they ask who put it down, baby, you know who
Tell your whole crew, it's something that
You need to know, dude
This how we go through
Written by: D. Smith, K.R. Jenkins, Prefuse-73, S. Smith