(feat. Diverse, Prefuse 73) [Diverse] My mind compliance like a science Analyze my data, not a fader on the face of the earth Can blend rhythms like my will, surreal spinnin Ever-movin like evolution it's retribution For sellin roots, lessen futures, I'm steppin to fuse? ya Sun rises my subconsciousness culminates constant Live to see various i-de-ologies, angles like isosceles read my auto-b-i-ography So many stars? to me that vibrantly shine Velocity's properly thick like mahogany dimes We findin beauty in this urban-gritty usually overlooked by many Movin through the densely populated city And soon and eventually - 'we gotta get ova' I document culture closer to the edge Bolder than a print, open to interpretation, gazin deep into the glitz? To my people, raise you fists I know it stays intent, whatever pays your rent, but saves your soul You know the drill, it go: [Mos & Diverse simultaneously] Hotter than most dudes From left to right, on top and below you Flow like the coastals, move like smoke do -I'm Diverse- these other cats is just hopefuls When they ask who put it down, baby, you know who Tell your whole crew, it's somethin that you need to know, dude This is how we go through [Mos] Who the poisoned pen? Mos got the inkwell full of syrum Prescribed for any emcee claimin they ill A small dose'll change the way that they feel Milligrams in the raw, snow-cut, check how I label the pill It's MD, the spit-doctor, chant like a witch-doctor Recite me, and ya whole ailment get proper I'm the, medicine man, representin my clan Mixin the potion with verse fire and simmer, my man And stay shoutin out the home team wherever I am: it's the B-R-O double akh-K-L-wY-liN out The cowboys who don't fret to pull they lamas? out Ironhorse style cab?, hoop-te ville ridin out No lights, no cam, action - drama'd out ?? out, absorb the shit that I'm about Inner-city Bruno, ghetto folks, holla out I'm good money, tell the doubters get they wallets out Hot when the dice is out, they go broke findin out Smack ya mojo, caught a half of 'oh no' Magical vocals, get it down like coastals? Underground nigga that spoke truth and broke through Shine bright when I'm far from my close-to I told you, you know how Mos do Hotter than most dudes From left to right, on top and below you Flow like the coastals, move like smoke do -I'm Mos Def- them other cats is just hopefuls When they ask who put it down, baby, you know who Tell your whole crew, it's somethin that you need to know, dude This is how we go through [Diverse] Exposed to a higher set of variables, as fly as aerial Definin stereo components, moments with my master Remasterin techniques, havin some fresh sheets Damagin margins with a broader outlook - 'we lookin out, y'all' Me and Mr. Mighty Mos, we outlaws Blazin in the saddle, raisin like the mornin star, formin majestic Candescent like the street lamps, I-be-amped to inn-o-vate Reminiscent of technology, probably just my will to build To real notions of emotions similar to the seven seas Steadily sparkin cables, tables turnin like the high tide I'm captive to this music, vastness, into it i skydive Tumblin like buildings crumblin on inner-cities cumbersome They comin to run us out, my niggas shout for justice You wanna link with me, then let me know This music is like my vessel so we seem to be inseparable From C-?Sea?-town, headed eastbound You know the rest, it go: Hotter than most dudes From left to right, on top and below you Flow like the coastals, move like smoke do -It's D-I- these other cats is just hopefuls When they ask who put it down, baby, you know who Tell your whole crew, it's somethin that you need to know, dude This is how we go through