Featuring Q-Tip Verse One: Q-Tip I wanna be able to reach an mc And reach a little child in the same degree And my elders excel I mean what the hell We might as well bridge these gaps In all before we fall in the fire Black Thought: It's a million mc's upon a plan they call real tryin' to set it Profess mic techniques illegit Inaccurate perceptions of reality embedded In their minds thus their rhymes are discredited (check it out) Q-Tip: I use my music implemented with jewels import tools To inspire all those too cool fools who say screw school 'Cause they don't see the conspiracy That's put here to trap you and me Black Thought: Y'all know the battle leutenant be on some whole 'nother other finesse genetic They say I get it from my mother so its' inheredit- Ary and very necessary to shine Legendarily, heavily refined Q-Tip: Contemporaries like the Roots is so radit's like dage Which bag did they come out of, and how can I get in itto win it Like raffle ticket pick And if you feelin' something, guess who gets the sticking Black Thought: I got this Ital mad up close and personal The first I find to violate, I shall retal- Iate with realisms for their whole local We on point like decimal Abstract now Q-Tip: MCin while I'm breathingmcin is believing That you can host a ceremony and the dough is never phony In fact, it's very therapeutic Like B12 hyperdermic needle so shoot it Black Thought: Lyrically elicit upstarts the explicit Most wicked seven digit mic wizardmy tongue lashes out and strikes with it Just slightly might miss it When I blast through your section or district CHORUS Verse Two: Black Thought In my formitive by my peers I was influenced Until the instruments of time killed the congruence
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