Nujabes bless the track for a brotha
to influence emissary to do a little cover

chorus

The pen and pad resemble dad
the words from the brain is the mother
to help create another
so when the ink begins to sink
to give birth its just me making love with the words to carry into earth

so then when i disperse

When I spread this verse

I wanna touch every mind without a single curse

not a curse like a cuss but not to receive the curse

when i get payed off an unintelligent verse

rehearsed an oath, to stay hip hop, true guaranteed

making sure the art we never cut or bleed

warnings that I heed, always understood, there's no lime light warranty

without a fee,

Ill keep it lit with the humble tumble roar in me

the pure flames of integrity what I believe

couldn't touch the mic til the words were fit for me

couldn't assimilate the culture on the t.v.

propaganda video ordinary Joe

thee attack of the clones cant escape the woes

mystery how this all came to be

where I cant make profit like them off of being me

If I ain't hip hop , tell me who the hell am I?

they say a broke emcee with a broken "fly"

a broken record that I am with my reply

I answer real hip hop when they ask me why

why avoid the light? and keep it underground

so underground that there never was a lost n found

cuz you were never heard and whats the point in that

he ain't fly cuz its broken why does he rap?

See they dont understand how im programmed

to keep away from the blurry current program

not interested in making u a hit jam

or a hit list simply for the false bliss

y'all wanna see me rhyme like that? spit game like him and sound like this?
naw
Well, ima keep it real like that, hip hop like us, verses like this! "