Mad Izm

[Intro: KRS-One]

Uhh! Yeahhh

I know you're diggin this type of shit right here

We about to spark it on the mic, yeahhh

Come on!

{*scratched 4X: "All we do is spark mad izm"*}

[KRS]

The episode starts when I walk down the block kid

Reach in my poc-ket, yo where's my knot, it

follows me into the spot, compellin

Go check the dread and yes he's herb sellin

A punani gate, I'm a potential felon

Izm is smellin, like I ain't even tellin

Channel one two, I'm smashin the law

Channel three, I make a run to the store

Channel four leave the store with the Phillie cause I...

spark the izm, I'm off to Channel Live

[Hakim]

Wake up in the mornin got the yearnin for herb

which loosens up the nouns, metaphors, and verbs

And adjectives, ain't it magic kid what I'm kickin

Multi-flavored bags of sess, for the pickin

So listen to the izm as it talks non-stop

Hawaiian when I'm rhymin but so is the chocolate thai

Now the high, starts to settle

Kickin fat lyrics that rocks, like heavy metal

[KRS]

I'm comin out de dance wif de spliff of sensei

When I speak, big up Mack, L.O., and Malik

Like John Lennon, yes I'm I-C-M'n

I start grinnin, and syllables start bendin

My style is untangible, like a wild animal

Check the label as it goes round it's on Capitol

That's what I'm smackin you with cause it's easy

Like Lionel Richie, your whole style is bitchy

Switch me, mix me, somebody get me

Don't let me rip out my clothes like Bill Bixby

Rippin the microphone 'til I'm motherfuckin sixty

Smokin the indo, by the window, it's sticky

[Tuffy]

Spark the izm, my expertism, is lyricism

My flow will take you over, like I was hypnotism

So where's the lighter, to decipher, the skills that I'm bringin

hyper than a little kid on ginseng roots

and culture, my intellect will insult ya

Finish off your dead mind like a vulture

I gotta get mine, get a grip

Cause there's all these weak rappers steady makin hits, FUCK THAT!

But ninety-four I bring the skills back

So listen now I'm doin what I want to do and sparkin mad izm

{*scratched 8X: "All we do is spark mad izm"*}

[Tuffy]

I come with notions, deeper than the ocean

Check out my potion, mad rhythm in the motion

The izm, brings the wisdom, when I kick it on the rhythm

Check it how I rock it in a cipher

Desire, takes you higher, lyrical messiah

(Yo yo yo yo-yo, pass that lighter)

Counterclockwise, I rise like the sun

Now feel the heat from the rays of the gun

Shootin out the mental mist

How you gonna know the real shit when your style's counterfeit??

[KRS]

His shit is counterfeit cause he's motherfuckin phony

Come into the jam try to front like he know me

Hah! Listen to this new type of somethin

Bumpin, ninety-four ain't for no frontin

New type of lingo, catchy like a jingle

Rougneck hip-hop is drippin from the single

Now, let me introduce you to the one

The Channel Live indo this loosens you up

Goin through the channels of the remote control

Flickin through the frequencies of your soul

[Hakim]

Then roll the izm, the inflater, I'm weeded

Like wearing a sweater, at the equator, I'm heated

But I flip a style like I flip a channel

Step up and test the skills, you can get my tes-ticules

Cause hip-hop's been runningthrough my veins ever since

So it wasn't hard for me to grab the mic and represent

Representing tormenting MC's craniums

Till they can't flow why cause I'm drainin em

Don't mean to be blunt but don't front

I'm doing it for the love so now I'm doin what I want

To do with my Channel Live crew so just listen

Dissin wack MC's and sparking up mad izm