[All]
Yo, raise the level, bass bottom to treble
Forever keep it ghetto
Funk and heavy metal
Buck the devil
Unify the rebel
Whistle like a kettle
With a fly acapello
Smooth and mellow
Locked load and settle
Shine through times with rhymes bright like yellow
Taste and swallow, lead and never follow
Break it like a bottle
Inspire like a role model
Chorus:
[Soup]
Say, I am (I am) Somebody (Somebody)
[Akil]
Yo, my soul, bounce rock and roll
Tumble with the rhythm
Heat the mic when it`s cold
I was told Be Bold
Whether platinum or gold
Keep it solid
Do the knowledge
Til` I reach my goal
My hunger-pain thunder
Lumberjack the fifth wonder
I never slumber cuz I keep it on the under
My pulse beat for people in the street
Ghetto M-U-S-I-C (We bring the heat)
That African soul clap, black power impact
Who said ghetto rap was all about a dope sack?
A pimp slap or a big black gatt
Fuck around and get jacked
For your rhymes where I live at
Uh, I`m not a gangsta but I boogie wit beats
No gang affiliation in my lyrics or speech
But still I keep it street, hood-hop techniques
South Central Fundamentals J5 emcees
And it`s on!
Chorus
[Chali 2na]
Who`s to say if I choose to make moves today
Whether I win or lose or I end up on the news today
Amuse but never confuse
Still got dues to pay
You abuse elegant rules when you use clichйs
[Marc 7]
They got you sittin` on the edge of your seat
[Chali 2na]
Creatin` beef
[Marc 7]
Mark of the beast
Code on the street
Cease and decease
[Chali 2na]
Never the least
[Marc 7]
Let me repeat
The situation gets sticky like the badge on police
[Chali 2na]
We individually driven in the beginnin`
We winnin`
Six men and a venomous independent decision and clear vision
Pretendin` was never a possibility
I got to kill it
Because I want to be it
The poet to win a Pulitzer Prize
Who wouldn’t survive?
[Marc 7]
The fullest of vibes
[Chali 2na]
Deliberate surprise
[Marc 7]
When bullets the size
[Chali 2na]
Of quarters arrive
[Marc 7]
And slaughter your lives
[All]
We trying to counteract that
[Chali 2na]
Unifying these ballers and backpacks
With Knowledge-&-Fact-Tracks
Chorus
[Soup]
Yo, my soul, infiltrate birth control
And control guns Huey P used to hold
I breathe life into the 60`s
Voted most likely to get busy
Inner city flash jiggy burn
Phillies and things
And we boogie to the bang
Sunshine and rain
Why you cats be talkin` that pimp crap in jail
I corresponded with a nigga who can barely spell
I know the situation oh so well (so well)
I done seen it in 3D
It ain`t hard to tell
Why you bang for your turf chain girl or your man
I be banging for Islam in a spot in Sudan
Cuz I can`t solve or stop or put foot to this
The hottest brother on the block couldn`t cook to this
J5 drop the verse beat hook to this
And if you want a fly jam you should look to this
So...
[All]
Raise the level, bass bottom to treble
Forever keep it ghetto
Funk and heavy metal
Buck the devil
Unify the rebel
Whistle like a kettle
With a fly acapello
Smooth and mellow
Locked load and settle
Shine through times with rhymes bright like yellow
Taste and swallow, lead and never follow
Break it like a bottle
Inspire like a role model
Chorus
