Lost @ ā€˜C’

By Canibus

On 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus)

Released on July 18, 2000

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[Intro]

Yo, yo, yo!


[Verse 1]

Now when you see that big ass C you know I'm coming through

And when you know I'm coming through, you know what I'ma do

I never said that battling me would be impossible

I just think it's highly motherfucking improbable

You talking to a nigga that can split molecules

To subatomic particles, strong enough to stop a bull

Bodyslam two oxes and drop a mule

Urinating rocket fuel, freestyling over gospel tunes

Rhymes by the thousands, rhymes for hours

I could kick a rhyme longer than your whole album

The kickboxer beating the shit out niggas proper

I beat 'em 'til they holla, beat 'em 'til the cops come

Beating niggas 'til they have seizures, beat 'em 'til they start screaming

Like fax machines when they start receiving

Beat 'em 'til my own hands start bleeding

Beat 'em 'til their lungs stop breathing and their heart stop beating

From 12 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the evening

With three 15 minute breaks in between 'em

Good Jesus, that's a real West Indian beating

That's what you get for fucking with this lyrical demon

My bloodstream's been contaminated for eons

I got cast out of Heaven for treason

Got cast out of the Garden of Eden for letting the reptilian beast in

Got locked up for a DUI and speeding

A whole legion of half-decent MCs'll get released when

They spit a hundred bars for their freedom

See, I'm much too nice to compete with

Too nice to flow over beats wit, too nice to hold a M.I.C. with

Off some diesel Hercules shit, I cold flip

And start to punch trees 'til they leafless

Inhale with two real deep breaths, hold my breath

'Til the whole planet suffocates and then release it (Release it!)


[Chorus]

Yo, you ain't as cold as us, or as bold as us

When you get thrown to the wolves, you get thrown to us

'Cause we rolling rough, when the soldiers rush

Either you roll with us, or get blown to dust

Yo, you ain't as cold as us, or as bold as us

When we in the war-zone, we got the chrome with us

'Cause we rolling rough, when the soldiers rush

Either you roll with us, or get blown to dust

(Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust!)


[Verse 2]

Yo, yo, now for the last couple of months, things been real quiet

'Cause I ain't heard shit worth buyin'

I'm 'bout to show you niggas how I'm driven

The drive comes from my lyrics and my lyrics come from my inner spirit

Vibrating and spinning, faster than 12-cylinder engines

With nitrogen in 'em, faster than F1 McLaren pistons

Fast enough to give your brain an aneurysm

'Cause you niggas is slower than fat bitches' metabolism

The way I rip apart the competition when I be spitting

The name Canibus might as well be Cannibalism

Show me a man that can't feel him

I'll show you a man that'll grab him by the neck and put his head to the fan on the ceiling

Suffer real "Banned From Television" shit

Drop him off the roof of a building and let the news film him

I hop in front of the cameras and tell 'em how I'm feeling

I tell 'em how I feel that hip-hop should deal with it

Tell 'em how I'm tired of the state rap is in

Ninety percent of the shit that rappers kick is subject matter-less

Not original, but blasphemous, just a bunch of the same characters

Shooting the same videos, it's embarrassing

Using the same formulas to have a hit

Using the same actors and actresses, same shit different laxative

Face it nigga you wack as shit I'm snatching your mic

I make you run for your life, chill during the daylight

Then track you at night, my global position is satellite

Got an infrared lens to detect your body's Fahrenheit

Wherever you go, I track you through hail, sleet or snow

I track you 'til your Caesar grows into an afro

Until you plant 'em into cornrows

Track you 'til your shoe soles develop holes and you get corns on your toes

'Til your teeth develop halitosis

But you been going so long without deodorant you don't even notice

Motherfucker!


[Chorus]

Yo, you ain't as cold as us, or as bold as us

When you get thrown to the wolves, you get thrown to us

'Cause we rolling rough, when the soldiers rush

Either you roll with us, or get blown to dust

Yo, you ain't as cold as us, or as bold as us

When we in the war-zone, we got the chrome with us

'Cause we rolling rough, when the soldiers rush

Either you roll with us, or get blown to dust

(Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust!)

Yo, you ain't as cold as us, or as bold as us

When you get thrown to the wolves, you get thrown to us

'Cause we rolling rough, when the soldiers rush

Either you roll with us, or get blown to dust

Yo, you ain't as cold as us, or as bold as us

When we in the war-zone, we got the chrome with us

'Cause we rolling rough, when the soldiers rush

Either you roll with us, or get blown to dust

(Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust!)