[00:22.10]I treat this like my thesis
[00:23.53]Well written topic
[00:24.78]Broken down into pieces
[00:26.09]I introduce then produce
[00:27.41]Words so profuse
[00:28.40]Its abuse how I juice up this beat
[00:30.39]Like Im deuce
[00:31.27]Two people both equal
[00:32.46]Like Im gemini
[00:33.46]Rather simeon
[00:34.14]If I jimmy on this lock I could pop it
[00:36.45]You cant stop it
[00:37.45]Drop it
[00:38.45]Your whole crews microscopic
[00:40.01]Like particles while I make international articles
[00:42.77]And on the cover
[00:43.92]Dont discuss the baby mother business
[00:46.03]I been in this third lp you cant tell me, I witness
[00:49.71]First handed Im candid
[00:51.65]You cant stand it
[00:52.27]Respect demanded
[00:52.58]And get flown around the planet
[00:54.23]Rock hard like granite or steel
[00:56.30]People feel lauryn hill from new-ark to israel
[00:58.41]And this is real
[00:59.42]So I keep makin the streets ballads
[01:00.79]While you lookin for dressin to go with your tossed salad
[01:04.08]You could get the money
[01:05.34]You could get the power
[01:06.71]But keep your eyes on the final hour
[01:09.52]Now I be breakin bread sippin manichevitz wine
[01:11.75]Pay no mind party like its 1999
[01:14.31]But when it comes down to ground beef like palestine
[01:16.75]Say your rhymes, lets see if that get you out your bend
[01:19.57]Now Im a get the mozzarella like a rockerfeller
[01:21.83]Still be in the church of lalibela
[01:23.22]Singing hymns a cappella
[01:24.65]Whether posed in maribella in couture
[01:26.80]Or collectin residuals from off the score
[01:28.67]Im makin sure
[01:31.14]Im with the 144
[01:32.05]Ive been here before this aint a battle this is war
[01:36.40]Word to boonie
[01:37.09]I makes a lot like a sunni
[01:39.76]Get diplomatic immunity in every ghetto community
[01:42.63]Had opportunity went from
[01:43.78]Hoodshock to hood-chic
[01:44.70]But it aint what you cop
[01:46.22]Its about what you keep
[01:47.49]And even if there are leaks
[01:49.01]You cant capsize this ship
[01:50.58]Cause I baptize my lips every time I take a sip
[01:52.64]You could get the money
[01:53.46]You could get the power
[01:54.34]But keep your eyes on the final hour
[01:55.72]Im about to change the focus
[01:56.90]From the richest to the brokest
[01:58.59]I wrote this opus
[01:59.40]To reverse the hypnosis
[02:00.96]Whoevers closest
[02:01.39]To the lines gonna win it
[02:03.26]You gonna fall tryin to ball
[02:08.88]While my team win the pennant
[02:10.01]Im about to be in it
[02:11.25]For a minute
[02:11.77]Then run for senate
[02:12.64]Make a slum lord be the tenant
[02:13.86]Give his money to kids to spend it
[02:17.48]And then amend it
[02:18.38]Every law that ever prevented
[02:19.87]Our survival since our arrival
[02:22.43]Documented in the bible
[02:24.68]Like moses and aaron
[02:26.86]Things gon change, its apparent
[02:28.31]And all the transparent gonna
[02:29.80]Be seen through
[02:30.74]Let God redeem you
[02:31.93]Keep your deen true
[02:33.11]Watch out what you cling to
[02:34.61]You can get the green too
[02:36.00]Observe how a queen do
[02:37.31]And I remain calm readin the 73 psalm
[02:39.24]Cause wit all this on I got the world in palm
[02:41.43]You could get the money
[02:42.82]You could get the power
[02:44.13]But keep your eyes on the final hour