A-African estate grass and grapes, masculine the slave, master hate
Exactly when they emasculate, congratulate gay, amass the hate
As the black lady **** shake, they fascinated, they masturbate
The black parade straight exacerbates
The actual hate they imaginate
That's when they racist **** straight harass us as they evacuate

The streets is mine, the East just fine
We drop jewels in our verbal, we reach the blind
We Badu with the earth food, delete the swine
'92, how we merk you, it's reaper time

Notoriously enterprising, vocals for analyzing
I move, defiant speech more deeper than Poseidon
Give me, the highest esteem like hundreds of cream
Lick a shot off like Spock with them laser beams

Take stock in the soul, spit properly 
That extended clip on my hip sits awkwardly 
I'm diabolical, follicle triggers that I cock and squeeze
Sending shots to ancient Greece to pop Socrates 
I bear arms like button-downs without the sleeves
Manic depressive and possessive like apostrophes 

Since I'm in a position to talk to these kids and they listen 
I ain't no politician, but I'll kick it with 'em a minute
'Cause see, they call me a menace and if the shoe fits, I'll wear it 
But if it don't, then y'all'll swallow the truth, grin and bear it 

Through the lights, cameras, and action, glamor, glitters, and gold
I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe
When I'm deceased, by then the beast arise like yeast
To conquer peace, leaving savages to roam in the streets

Yo, ever since a shorty I was hard-headed and angry
And mad complex and wouldn't let nobody change me
I'm still the same me, gettin' pussy, stayin' weeded
These bitches are starstruck, so fuck the way they gettin' treated
I don't need it, if her head ain't right I pass on it
While you trick sucka niggas be wastin' cash on it

What good's a cliff if you grab the edge?The lesson's in the fall, you don't know what's war 'cause you haven't bled
This lil' rapper asked for advice, here's what I gladly said 
For every Rick Ross there's a Gary Webb out in Cali dead 
Remingtons, sawed-off barrels measured at half a leg
This ain't for small beefin', it's leavin' your baby calf in shreds 

Crazy as a fox is, bathrobes and boxers for the awkward boss (Shit) 
Who mumble jewels and acts confused during walk-and-talks (Huh?) 
Bury these fed wasps and Wonder Bread wops under Bedrock 
Got guys like Fred and Barney in a headlock (Fuck over here) 
Hell’s Angels, Heaven’s demon, the seven seas (Seven seas) 
Where I scattered and dismembered for the Genovese (Hmm)

Yo Sean Price spit precise vocal local
Niggas know Im nice we bomb put you in a choke-hold
So dont go there queer your rhyme's boring still
Even if you did a jam featuring Lauryn Hill

Ayo, I used to grind to pay my momma mortgage
Run the faucet, put a fork inside the pot, pray I find a fortune
Next thing you know, I'm supplying bosses
And denying offers, went from driving Porsches to flying saucers
I done had all kinda foreigns

Ayo, I break bread, ribs, hundred dollar bills 
Peel on Ducatis and other four-wheels 
Write a book full of medicine and generate mils 
Tour the album, only for more sales 
We used to catch those on the block with crills 
Now, it's paid shows, promoters post up bills 

Eyes Wide Shut masquerade, got wild dancin' 
I'm in the moshpit at the Rothschild mansion 
I'm Corman, Orson, Thorburn, John Boorman 
The living baptism in the river of Jordan 
Rock bells when I kick the gospel, gods fell 
Abort rappers like Kermit Gosnell, I'm not well

Look, if you not gettin' richer every year, then you just backwards hustlin'
You movin' off emotion, I'm strategizin', discussin' it
See, I been on my supplements
Fish oils, chlorophyll, multis
My hair growin' out and hoes lovin' it
Some people can't piece life together, it's really puzzlin'

I been wrote off before, I got abandonment issues
I hold grudges like bad judges, don't let me resent you
That's not Nelson-like—want you to love me like Nelson
I went to Robben's Island analysing; that's where his cell is
So I could find clarity—like, how much you cherish me?

Time to kick down the door again, clear the city for slaughterin' 
Awful town, nigga caught up in 
Not on ya side, you ordered in 
I done went overboard with sin 
You playin' games, think 'fore you slip that quarter in
Ain't no pain like the family kickin' ya organs in 
Palace to raise my daughters in 

'Cause it is deeper, sweeter, richer, crisper 
Stronger reception and sharper picture 
Revolve around God, and involve with niggas 
These elements help evolve my scripture 
And make Mos Def a classic modern figure 
Brooklyn, it don't matter if ya holler or whisper 

Capone-N-Noreaga watchin' CNN 
Black whip, black tint, y'all ain't seein' in 
It's Con and Meth, spread the word, boy, you seein' 'em 
No seein' 'em, these rappers in the scope, you'll never see an M 
Killa Bees back in the building with Machine and 'em

Ayo im infamous with pain 
My penmanship insane 
A lowdown degenerate, ignorant, deranged 
Is you niggas entertained? I´m a criminal, a chef 
This shit is digital meth when the liquid hit ya vein 
Vivid with the game In the kitchen i´m consistent whippin cane 

Yo, from the spot to the cellblocks 
Hot as hell blocks where shells pop 
Where they sell rock to cop the SL drop 
Hood bitches in nail shops; no good snitches that tell cops 
People find bodies in lobbies, you can smell shots
Niggas turn stale on the Rock until they bail drop 

I'ma make the Devil wait a little
Spray the pistol, whistle past your nasal, make your facial sizzle
Conjure the world's cavalry and maneuvers
A squadron of goons, assassins, and funeral shooters
BILLY Bananas with cannons, call me BILLY Bazooka

It's the God I'm focused, I'm one of the hardest flowers
I open your heart with pokers and cover your car with roses 
I'm one of the last poets, to science and math knowers
Combined with my clash flow, it's a crime that I'm passed over 
I roll with the hardest soldiers, stay low when the Don approaches 

Bitch, we back to bang 'em with heat 'til somebody start to partially bleed
They blood'll rain on the hoard, watch all the rest will take heed
Always come to offer the cure with the best of the mead
Purer than the holy water that be blessin' your seed
Higher than a hiker that's climbin' a mountain of weed

Ayy, yo
(I, I, I, I, I'm magnificent)
Got the bop gun loaded up to kill one
Drop cruisin' like Top Gun through Brazil
When your net worth is millions, people too familiar
My network is real young, careful where you chill, son
I'm the magnificent

Climbin' this ladder of success (Yes) 
While people are tryin' to swipe at your heels 
And shake the base of the ladder, 
I'm just embracin' the data (Yeah) 
Downloadin' every critique, whisper, hatin' or chatter
These words for you backstabbers'll chip the blades of your daggers 
Yeah, the vivid rage of a pastor 

Yo, yo, yo 
What's with the melodrama?
Fella's wanna hover in my cypher like a helicopter
Like it's a special honor 
The stealth bomber, gem dropper 
Make the ghetto holler, Inter-Conta-Nental 

A rival of survival, idle movement and chatter
We was stepping in the Chi before we knew the ladder
Climb up till your time's up, a daily reminder
My daily operation is to spark the population
Salutation to the nation of the Nubians and hooligans

And cats still wonder can they get as hot as he been
That probably depends, let me show you how to begin
Bang chicks in Marriotts down to Quality Inns
Hit the bar spend cash like Monopoly ends

Son I used to be a good boy, fat cheeks, little cute kid
Potentially rebellious yet a straight A student
I listened to my elders til I found out they was stupid
What they told me had me broke and bummy, time for some new shit

Four-finger ring rap, sling slang, 
Pharaohe, the flows good 
You couldn't hang if you was Ving Rhames in Rosewood 
Couldn't string together some shows 
If hoes would sing together with soul for you 
And then you came with the dough’s good

Mic stance, starts the illustration
As I dive into creation, wit so much patience
Split my drink up your nation, but never cleanin' it up
Stainin' it up, molecules, my energy melt the cup
I'm usin' fake MC's for target practice
To usurp your experts, will be my best work
I'm takin' stripes, might snipe ya, cause I'm hyper