Mind Power

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Your new lesson is to realize the mission when you hear it
 Emceein', see, I got this in my spirit
 I got verses like Mahalia singin' church hymns
 So strap up because you skatin' on ice that's wild thin
 A weak foundation doesn't make a good home
 That's why mines is built on chrome microphones
 We 'bout to do it theoretically
 Insteadibly, to the medley, come on
 It's the complete Kamaal, unique, Fareed, breed
 That'll keep you broke down like a Royce five speed
 So move buddy, ay yo, we got to get this money
 In this land of dead and crummy, ain't a damn thing funny
 Ay yo, shout out to Mobb Deep, the Extra P
 Busta Rhymes, De La, the J Beez and don't sleep
 We got reality for the carriage
 Stayin' sincere to this, so I know we gonna manage
 Give me – liberty in mass amounts and Swiss bank accounts
 With the sustainer, it'll be real
 So me and my brothas, we can sit down and build
 Like Rampage with that last boy scout appeal
 We got that silk, satin, Manhattan intelligence feel
 That keeps everything on even keels
 So all you slow brothas talkin' yang, ya putang
 Now, we gonna show you how the real crew bang
 Ay yo, I bring it to you live, kid, Queens niggas love static
 Your rap's had it, braggin' more numbers than mathematics
 I get brains on progmatic from leavin' wet dreams shattered
 That's the same guy be skeetin' in your mugshot
 I stays hot like summertime on LBQ and boo boos
 The love shack is one-nine-two, my joint's smooth
 To watch them niggas fall like Linque
 I keeps it brand new like school shoppin', it's on and poppin'
 The club peeps this nigga's steez like rayon
 You get laid off while I'll be gamin' ghetto girl like Eight Off
 The verdict's in, I be the look of blendin'
 Give up your goods 'cause it's the start of your endin'
 (Where ya at?) We seein life for what it is
 (Where ya at?) We get this money for these kids
 (Where ya at?) We bout to build the foundation
 (Where ya at?)
 Now, all that Glock totin' trash you talk will not prevail
 It's stale, you'll either be dead or in jail
 I keeps it realer than the logo on milk
 Denouncin' tough guy wannabes that look smoother than silk (oh!)
 That's the sound of the man gettin' yanked off the stage
 Tryna front like he mad paid
 Suckin' so bad, we threw his mama off the train (insane)
 Emcees are just givin it all away (okay)
 Who said him know about the Quest like sound? (Sound)
 Mess around and get your ass knocked down (clown)
 I dedicate this to the posers that play hard
 You wanna hear some rhymes, well come bring your bodyguard
 So he can peep the worldwide Willie that we display
 Leavin' all emcees in complete disarray
 I beez a veteran emcee, crushin' crews for years
 Ya frontin' hard, when you softer than the Berenstain Bears
 Yeah, chumps be like, "Phife, that ain't fair"
 "Fuck outta here, do I look like I care?
 Come off my stage, before I grab ya neck and handle ya
 Wet ya like punani, then dry you like Canada"
 Shaheed Muhammad's on the Gemini mixer
 Peace to Derrick Coleman, Mad Max and the Sixers
 I'm cappin' hard 'cause I got this rap shit sold
 From Linden Boulevard down to Cascade Road
 You know my steez, I treat hip hop like a sport
 Holdin' down fort up on Martinique Court (like)
 (Where ya at?) We seein life for what it is
 (Where ya at?) We get this money for these kids
 (Where ya at?) We bout to build the foundation
 (Where ya at?) We gonna start the Zulu Nation
 (Where ya at?) Come on, come on
 (Where ya at?) We gonna put it all together
 (Where ya at?) No matter what the hell the weather
 (Where ya at?)
 Uh, uh, mind power
 Uh, uh, mind power
 Uh, uh, mind power (spirit first y'all)
 Uh, uh, mind power
 Uh, uh, mind power
 Uh, uh, kickin' willie is good
 All throughout your whole hood
 But we gotta start with the spirit first y'all
 Mind power
 

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03:55
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96 BPM

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