It's a funky sen- sa- tion ain't it?
I'm havin a conversation
wit'cho imagination
It was explainin how you was waitin,
for somethin amazin
Like when it come out you out the door
racin to the store (*zoom*)
It took a lot of perse-
verance and patience
We was preparin for our place
among the ancients
Yo basically yo' take
on me ain't makin me
or breakin me and yo I hate
to see a fake MC
I take out all my competition
from like A to Z
Cause I get fly more frequently
than a travel agency
That's what I'm made to be,
hip- hop through my artery
An important part of me
the soundtrack to my oddysey
It got me, rockin retardedly
Pardon me for speakin
incorrect politically
Anything less would be me speakin hypocritically,
and I don't do dat
You lingerie MC's I see through that
I make a point about you and your crew,
go "Tru dat"
Who dat? It's the Reflection
Remember the name,
slid in the game before the "2000 Season" came
Breakin the chain,
usin the pain as our ammunition
to blast Babylonian towers
out of position
It's the Reflection and we poppin
like your ears on a plane
We make you disappear
like tears in the rain
The fears in your brain is clear when I
appear on the terrain
and bloody your nose
I got more lines than co- CAINE
that's why you sniffin' around
We diggin' for different sounds
to keep it hittin'
Straight up the only way we gettin' down
with the sound is provacative
It's for the love and cause of that
we got a lot to give
It's for the love and cause of that
we got a lot to give
You got a issue with that then
it ain't my problem kid
Y'all niggaz gotta eat, we gotta live, yo
We all gotta eat and gotta live
We remain, hotter than the blue part of the flame
I got a glock in my brain
that baffle weapons inspections
like Saddam Hussein
and rocks with the impact
Gettin beat with socks filled
with ten- packs of tokens
Men's backs get broken
when I get open
Words more than spoken
Most of dem MC's on
the first thing smokin
Leavin town at the same time
causin traffic on the interstate
We stay droppin classics cause the key
word is innovate
These cats is so plastic that we call
'em laminated
Tried to duplicate the style quickly
got frustrated
More desperate than dudes
who search people's ashtrays for clips
I burn MC's like Coca- Cola
through the paint on your whip
Shit! My rhymes is like a magnifyin glass
When I shine my light through it,
I burn up everything in my path
Last Dragon like Lee- roy (sho' nuff) rock
for the b- boy
My rhymes are so sharp you catch
cuts that key- loid
Destroyed the decoy,
most of y'all d- boy, my culture
It's not that I hate,
y'all just p- noid cause y'all fake
Embarassed and ashamed and don't
know where to put the blame
And never hesitate to call out my name!
I ain't effected by the negative
It's the Reflection and we dealin
with the positive
It's for the love and cause of that
we got a lot to give
It's the Reflection kid
Never gotta look between the lines
to get the messages
You're too sensitive,
checkin out our references
The turntable and microphone
specialist
It's the Reflection kid,
it's the Reflection kid
It's the Reflection kid, like that like that
DCQ:
Talib Kweli (Talib Kweli) DJ
Hi- Tek (DJ Hi- Tek)
Break it down,
for you and yours (y'all know what time it is)
You fuckin with Kweli, you fuckin
with Brooklyn
(Tired of hearin all this) don't wanna hear
none of that