Simple Thing

By Azeem

On Craft Classic

Released on 2001

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[Intro]

Woohoo!

Hear now you rhymers, rappers and painters of lines

You thugs that hustle, you ballers that fly

Hear now you dancers, you DJ's, you dimes

Back spinners, boosters and doers of crimes


[Verse 1]

Hall stain diggin' a Jane, finger written, riggin' letters

Sneakin' a peek, you be a mountain or beware the air pressure

Silver slang is not simple, it's ink and ear calligraphy

You lookin' for beats? I'm lookin' for bluish drug induced symphonies

I give 'em the world, spit a rich pearl, I'm the pic of performin'

You ain't abstract, you patched pass that, nigga you borin'

Learn the finger play, the wrist, you plagiarists could never grasp the tablet

Colorado River raftin', Whitewater raftin' craftin'

I'm Reaganomics, medicate the whole nation

Stop the tape, these ain't my lyrics, they're my fingertips hallucinatin'

I'm celebratin' larger now, my ship is near

Sever more ties than a conscious kite and kill puppeteers

Zeem Sultan, Pope'in, pro vocalist provokin'

These clones is MC's, negro please, I'm an M.O'cean

Emotion off the slogan, half your catalog tarnished

I promise, fuck your head op like a local Barber College


[Chorus]

It's a simple thing

Thought your crew could see me now, didn't cha, didn't cha

It's a simple thing

Thought you could out rhyme me now, didn't cha, didn't cha

A simple thing

Thought you could come see me now, didn't cha, didn't cha

Such a simple thing

Thought that you could try me now, didn't cha, didn't cha


[Verse 2]

Some comin' as hustlers, comin' as players, comin' as pimpers and preachers

They comin' as comics, comin' as cupids, comin' as gangsters and teachers, I peeped ya

We could speak or we could wild out like Jimmy Bristol

Smokin' the cheeba till our lips crease and eyes turn to crystal, repeat

Broken bottles, broken windows and pockets and confidence

Broken schemes, broken hopes, dreams and promises

Slang come knockin', broken English and phonics

Theses pistols pissed at politicians, breakin' laws, jaws and wallets and while

We seem so conquered and demolished, skies are fallin'

We should be rhymin' and cryin' at the same time like Bob Marley and while

Pens are fallin', hard to move the vital fluids

I'll be doin' train collision lyrics over plane crash music


[Chorus]

A simple thing

Thought your crew could see me now, didn't ya, didn't ya

It's a simple thing

Thought you could out rhyme me now, didn't ya, didn't ya

Such a simple thing

Thought you could come see me now, didn't ya, didn't ya

Thought that you could try me now, didn't ya, didn't ya


[Outro]

Simple, you know that's what you do

You keep it basic, you just get right to the servin'

Don't play around with these people

You get right to point A, point B, point your sir

Accept it