Those Who Say

[ VERSE 1 ]

With this mic in my hand I command the grand order

A physical man, I stand on land and water

Fire and wind, I transcend physical borders

My father is the son and the moon is his daughter

My mother the Earth, she gave birth to the seed

From a lifeless ball of clay, empty as a hollow reed

Until Allah breathed life into my physical frame

From a state of nothingness instead of existing I became

By God, the true and living given insight

Certain colors manifesting physical light

But still earthbound, held down by the physical elements

Spiritual development gives me a higher intelligence

Beyond these concrete streets and the green pastures

I walk with the elders, 24 supreme masters

They taught me time travel and how to master sound

Through ancient scriptures lost but now found

I'm like the intergalactic Asiatic star fighter

Creative rhyme writer, I meditate like a spider

Call me an old soul, psychedelic mic relic

Trained on a spiritual plane by angelic

Michael taught me to rock the mic well

Gabriel showed me how to read, write and spell

Rafael gave the forewarning

He said, "When you hear the trumpets blow you'll know new day's dawning"

So I sat with the Gods and for years we did the science

And when I stood up I realized that we were giants

I sat with the Gods and for years we did the science

And when I stood up I realized that we were giants

[ CHORUS ]

I'm not a gangster, I'm somethin closer to a monster

A Chi-town underground Boogie Down Bronxster

Remember when I stomped ya like in concert?

With the rugged raw I came, I saw and I conquered

I'm not a rapper, rappers get thrown away

Hardrocks get knocked and locked and blown away

And rap stars fade away and those who say

Don't know and those who know won't say

Runnin game we don't play and those who say

Don't know and those who know won't say

[ VERSE 2 ]

I was a mild child until I got influenced by the _Wild Style_

Then I became the unclaimed son of Hussein

Society's blame, the whole world's afraid of me

Killin myself but I'm still in effect like slavery

When I was down I got stepped on, when I was up I got slept on

Like a sofa bed but still I kept on

Tryin to feed the masses like Jesus with a loaf of bread

Cut out the middle man and eliminate the overhead

Step off the jock and let my record rock

Like the shepherd who lead the flock, the one who kept it locked

The keeper of the style who kept the cheeba in the isle

I took a walk through thought and ran deeper than a mile

I get down, cover ground, make my mic sound nice

Take aim, hit the map and rap around the world twice

I'm so precise it's frightening, I'm like lightning

Strikin in the same place twice with the mic device

When I drop this hip-hop on your ear

Put the microphone in a shop for repair

It might require surgery, re-wire the circuitry

In the event of an actual emergency

We'll interrupt your program to keep you informed

The forecast calls for severe brainstorms

When I shoot the gift I let my mind drift like the

contintents

After the show I'm unavailable for comments

[ CHORUS ]

[ VERSE 3 ]

I'm a byproduct of the viaduct who struck out in response to

What you did was created a monster

I wasn't expected to survive but I did

You're feelin my vibe? Well I'm still alive cause I hid

Deep in the cut where we sleep in a hut

On the bare floor near the door we drank from the same cup

And all ate from the same plate, that's how I came up

I rode the train for fame and got my name up

Stayin I reign permanent when I shoot my sperm in it

From the barrel to the earth up to the firmanent

I'm shinin like a ( ? ) the lion of Juda

On the Mountain Zion meditatin with the buddha

I looked to the sky, saw the mothership overpassin me

I felt my heart start to race with great ferocity

To see the holy Crystal City in his chastity

Sat down at the throne of His Majesty

With 144'000 seat capacity

I heard the prophecy, Babylon ending tragically

I speak emphatically even when mics are staticky

Flowin radically till things change dramatically

[ CHORUS ]

Yeah

You know?

Those who say don't know

and those who know won't say

So when you get through talkin and walkin your lips

we gon' keep it movin like this