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Dynamite

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Dynamite

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Featuring Elo]

[Black Thought]

Uh uh, come on, S-P in the

Up north into the NYC and the out West

And to niggas in Cali and the Down South type dynamite

What, yo yo come on dynamite dynamite

Uh check it out, uh uh

Yo yo yo yo yo check it out

[Chorus]

Eve-ry bo-dy, touch this Illa-Fifth Dynamite

C'mon, touch this Illa-Fifth Dynamite

C'mon, touch this Illa-Fifth Dynamite

Check it out, eve-ry bo-dy

Touch this Illa-Fifth Dynamite

C'mon, touch this Illa-Fifth Dynamite

C'mon, touch this Illa-Fith Dynamite

Yo, check it out

In in tro tro duc ducing

The sole missin link, what could MC's who listen think

It's Black Thought, open your eyes and don't blink

Yo, to rock this mic is like a basic instinct

But yo in-in-tro-tro-duc-ducing

[Elo]

Behind thee, the mic champ-ion

More than a step-ion

Mothafuckers sweatin me, beggin me just to get me on

Macro-cosmic, micro-master

[Black Thought]

Aiyyo I'm all the way way, Phil Phil-lay-lay

People wanna see the way the Illadel play

Yo, look in the mirror, watch what yourself say

I'm from S-P, no mortal man can test me

Thought, I keep a lin-e in, upper eschulone-in

Heineken, hold the rhymin in, flows remindin em

Cats that hear me up, some shit from back in the past

Your half-steppin ass, could never fathom a grasp because

[Elo]

Yo we got a doctrine, in cold-rockin it

Bringin this apocalype, nigga you mad topical

*Bitch* my raps trick your optical

Mister superficial, I'm rippin apart your heart tissue

This is your official, dismissal

I don't study the artificial, who fuckin wit the dark crystal

Yo where are is you? I'm movin like a smart missle

Aimed and guaranteed to hit you

[Black Thought]

Word up, but when the Fifth do get on and perform, you in for it

It ain't no way to cen-sor it, my style metaphoric

To bricks and ten tons stacks hard to lift

The artist, comin out the Fifth darkness

[Elo]

We go back like ancients, while you ain't shit

Sub-terrainean, never against the grain-ean

Afro-American slash half-blade-ean

In your universe, my star's the most radiant

Chorus

[Black Thought]

Aiyyo it's all the way live, from 2-1-5

Plus admission is denied so just wait outside

Two extremes collide like Jekyl and Hyde

And I provie you wit the swerve you need, but take heed

You travellin like speed

Iller than adventures you might read

O-fficial original breed, the just-ice league, yo it's the P-5-D

Style fashionist, other MC's they actresses

[Elo]

Yo it's the high-opposed, you bout to get shot down

Tryin to fly above this Illa-Fifth compound

You've known since the get-go, I rock your disco

Ain't nobody badder, but yo you get my gist so

I represent so you gotta squint

As far as how I do it you ain't compen-sate

We causin nui-sance and get in-decent so save your two cents

Don't come in my district, kickin that *bullshit*

[Black Thought]

Yo it's all simplistic, limited click get

Lyrically lifted, touchin the Fifth shit

Trenches of the mentally twisted, you enlisted

5 was the emblem on the mic you got hit wit

[Elo]

And I stomp ya, till you call me conqueror

Back-slappin all the niggas that slept

Thinkin that Elo could ever disappear

I'm strippin they vi near

Wit this non ether reefer, quiet frequent premiere

Chorus 2x

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