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 th