《Epilogue (Explicit)》歌词

[00:00:15] What does it take

[00:00:16] to be a great

[00:00:17] MC

[00:00:17] If you ask me it's much more than Master of Ceremonies

[00:00:21] Because a lot of Masquerading Cornballs

[00:00:22] Don't realize it also means Mad Creativity

[00:00:25] In this day and age of mediocrity

[00:00:27] There's two types of rappers that you'll recognize and hear

[00:00:30] But I prefer the ones with the lyrics of the year

[00:00:32] Than the gimmick with the gear and the right puppeteer

[00:00:35] Now you can be the next Rakim Shakespeare

[00:00:38] You're still 10 steps away from having a career

[00:00:40] You step up the plate to earn respect from your peers

[00:00:43] And end up on deck for the remainder of your years

[00:00:45] I suppose this means greatness takes blood sweat and tears

[00:00:48] It also takes an industry that doesn't breed fear

[00:00:51] Or pumping all this mindless crap up in your ears

[00:00:53] And limiting the contrast of what you get to hear

[00:00:56] You got to recognize it's a determined idea

[00:00:59] A righteous young mind is a devil's worst fear

[00:01:01] But when you wanna give the people peace and satisfaction

[00:01:04] Everybody's mama wants a piece of the action

[00:01:06] So now I fall victim to supply and demand

[00:01:09] Immaculate conceptions born illegitimate

[00:01:12] Destined to be the greatest story ever missed

[00:01:14] Which means its meant to be for whoever's hearing this

[00:01:17] When it's all said and done it should be heard and seen

[00:01:20] 'Til this cold-hearted game forces us to change teams

[00:01:23] While the lust for the loot spreads out like gangrene

[00:01:25] So the haves chase their tails while the nots chase their dreams

[00:01:28] As the years chase the days past the futures meet fate

[00:01:31] Like your firstborn waiting for pop's release date

[00:01:33] Postpone meanwhile I accumulate means

[00:01:36] To revise and renew what was just heard and seen

[00:01:38] It's been stated that I rhyme like God and I build like a poet

[00:01:41] One hand wash the other like Lady Macbeth

[00:01:44] Flip styles like Bela Karolyi

[00:01:45] Warm hearted cold blooded

[00:01:47] I write like opposite left

[00:01:49] I left opposites right what they left off

[00:01:51] My rights left right-wingers left to right beside me

[00:01:54] Left my right hand man 'cause he left what's right

[00:01:57] And I reserve the right to write 'til I'm free

[00:01:59] 'Cause I free styles with my pen

[00:02:01] That ya'll couldn't if you freestyled all day long

[00:02:04] Literally this literature designed for one orator

[00:02:07] Stays on the head

[00:02:08] Emcee's emcee that I be the emcee's emcee

[00:02:12] 'Cause I am saying what I am thinking

[00:02:14] Except when my mind's blinking

[00:02:15] My eyes open even when my eyes' drinking

[00:02:18] I's a socializer but more so with those wiser

[00:02:21] Ask yourself why's a music so misused it's self contained

[00:02:25] And not self sustained

[00:02:26] I myself contemplate this 'til I make myself complain

[00:02:30] Shall my raps stay maintained wrapped in cellophane

[00:02:33] 'Til they're unwrapped by human consumers

[00:02:36] Emphatically no so I rap wherever I go

[00:02:41] And let it grow up in your brain like a tumor

[00:02:49] Aiiyo ya think ya really know me well

[00:02:55] There's more to me than ya mind got room for

[00:03:06] And much much more than a clever verse or two

[00:03:09] That's all you know about me you ain't even knowing that

[00:03:11] You think I give a f**k whether or not my record sells

[00:03:14] You're d**n right but you see that ain't the way I'm keeping score

[00:03:17] If one million people said it does that make it true

[00:03:19] You judge my music by whether or not my pocket's fat

[00:03:22] Well f**k you

[00:03:23] When the cash cow you're milking

[00:03:24] It ain't yours but the job pays well don't it

[00:03:27] And if you're lucky you can even get to taste a drop

[00:03:30] We'll see who's happy when you're old but you're not grown

[00:03:32] You see me Now yeah you'll see me later too

[00:03:35] F**king you up when the vantage point change don't it

[00:03:37] I know what's hip but you determine if it's hop or pop

[00:03:40] You're just a man without a voice pass the microphone

[00:03:43] I know the difference between written rhymes and freestyles

[00:03:47] You see for me it's like having s*x or making love

[00:03:52] And you should know by now I'm married to the pad and pen

[00:03:59] But I'm entitled to cheat on her every now and then

[00:04:08] Will your children know the hip hop history

[00:04:12] Will the songs you hate be shrouded in mystery

[00:04:20] Don't step to me with your stats and your date smarts

[00:04:30] You know your neighborhood by street signs or landmarks

[00:04:34] I'm not talking 'bout the first record ever made

[00:04:39] I'm talking 'bout the first one that ever made you

[00:04:45] The first records that I played never played me

[00:04:51] And I can still play 'em today 'cause they stay true

[00:04:57] You know this time I'm only speaking on the timeless

[00:05:04] It makes sense now and then yeah now and then

[00:05:08] 'Cause now it's making picture perfect sense and then

[00:05:16] It's making picture perfect sense like it did now