wonder what
determines if one is underground or commercial
Is it how much you sell
or how you sound?
Check it
The conclusion that I found,
it's insignificant
So I'm re fusing to be bound,
by neither title
So before you place me in either or
Slowly put down my
CD and leave the store
But if you open -minded,
and you can see what's yours
Then go ahead and copy it,
and you can be assured
My description is unfiltered
It's like seeing a pyramid
Exactly the way the
Egyptians built it
The
MC killed it
As usual, as you know
Anything less would be inexcusable
My intent is to fill the atmosphere
like incense
With these intense rhymes I invent
Our culture's under fire
This stop the slander
It's mandatory that I kick
the propaganda
That's the name of the game
If hip -hop was mine we'd both shine
Let it on, time to say
Imagine that
That propaganda taking over
Could it be?
That's the name of the game
If hip -hop was mine we'd both shine
Let it on, time to say
Imagine that
That propaganda taking
I was sent for this,
when skills used to be the emphasis
Till it turns into a business, and ever since,
then it hasn't been the same
Nope, not at all,
a lot of y 'all with fame ain't dope, not at all
So your label's forced to resort to other means,
unorthodox tactics powered by the machine
The purpose of a sound scan report,
is for artists to keep track of how many records they fans bought
It used to be about a hot song,
now they got heads lockin' on to hitsdailydouble .com
Got you brainwashed to think
when the album drop
The first week sales determine
if it's hot or a flop
Then they send employees
to every record shop
Major retailers, mom and pops
to buy up half the stock
If it's wack, who they tryna kick?
Question is, will you pay for garbage just
cause a million others did?
That's the name of the game
If hip -hop was mine, we both shine
When it all comes the same
Imagine that
That propaganda taking over
Could it be?
That's the name of the game
If hip -hop was mine, we'd both shine
Let it out, I'm just sayin'
Imagine that
Is propaganda takin' over?
Could it be?
I'm on a mission, out to snatch respect
You want punchlines? I got em
In battles, I be catchin' wreck
Who's the craftiest?
That's the motto
My flow be the nastiest
A true hip -hop aficionado
Mr.
Know -it -alls, quick to criticize flows
Avatar nerds that ever
been to live shows
Listen, I'm talking about whoever
fits the description
Don't make me have to break
it down through repetition
This ain't
Mike
Jones, no need to ask who
Wu -Tang already told you in this game,
cash rules
For the right price,
you can go from barely known
To having a top ten single
of your very own
Hip -hop generates billions
Those who get the biggest piece
They care about the culture the least
What does that tell you?
Next time they try to sell
you that bullshit
Watch out for the propaganda
That's the name of the game
If hip -hop was mine we'd both shine
Then it all sounds the same
Imagine that
That propaganda taking over
Could it be?
That's the name of the game
If hip -hop was mine we'd both shine
Then it all sounds the same
Imagine that
That propaganda taking over
Could it be?
I'll