Released on March 24, 1998

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[Intro: Sway, continued from the end of the previous track]

Just like that...


[Snupe]

Whooh! Yeah

It's the ones you know about

The famous, magnificent Hieroglyphics, mega

Always on the mic for MC's who really don't know what we doin

It's time to do it up

We got Cas, we got Del, we got Tajai, we got A-Plus

C'mon y'all, PLEASE – can we get busy??


[Verse 1: Casual]

I put my pencil to the paper and watch lighting strike

Casual, the innovator, in a state of advancement

MC scolder, breakdancin' on the lake when it freeze over

So much game, I told her I'm a disease holder

And I still hit it

Bust a nut in her eye and made her deal with it

The straight bump, y'all! Yeah, you best agree

Whatever that sess do don't let you come next to me

Mentally, I'm compatible with Macintosh

And I can get a nigga's bitch in the sack with floss

Hop on the microphone, actin' lost

Unaware, unprepared

Then I bust off the top, and niggas get scared


[Interlude 1: Snupe]

Uhh, now I told y'all I wasn't playin'!

It's Hieroglyphics in here

Now that's Cas, now you know "That's how it was, That's How It Is"

We 'bout to do it with my next man, A-Plee!


[Verse 2: A-Plus]

A to the, Plus must do ya, bust through ya

Defenses with lyrics mentally muscular

Holdin' down like cement shoes, to make you drown right

This is what we do if we the crew you sound like

I can't stand a person bitin' someone's creativity

I have so many styles that you can take one as a gift from me

It's like deja vu whenever you pop they tape in

Lyin more than Satan, fallin off like they was ice skatin'

Trying to get they mic taken

You get scolded and chastized

My holy mic, is baptized

Giving flatlines to you rap guys

And still send you back with black eyes

On the mic, you telling fat lies


[Interlude 2: Snupe]

Now if I'm the teacher

I gotta give that a A-Plus, youknowhatI'msayin?

Now let's make room for the man, the myth

The great-great-granddaddy of Hieroglyphics, Del


[Verse 3: Del the Funky Homosapien]

Hold up! Stop the presses, this just came in

Del's done it again, you gotta get his name in

He's infallible in battle flows and battle royals

Collects all the spoils of soiled celebrities

Shape my fantasies to form lyrical odysseys

Not modestly, I show my ass for all to see

Polishin' wax with facts sharp like tacks

To stop your heart like cracks

Rip, apart the tracks, ahhh...


[Interlude 3: Snupe]

Na-na-na-na-now you know that's self explanatory

Now we 'bout to get busy with my man Tajai

Break out your notebooks and your pads

Listen real closely to what this brother has to say


[Verse 4: Tajai]

I kick the, Acura-like dialect

It's sacrilege, steppin' in the sanctuary of the sacrosanct

Do not desecrate, acquiesce

Before I dessicate all your flows

And leave you dry as bones

It's awful how I decimate

But also awesome

People say that they saw something

They cherish they lives long

When I expectorate upon a song

To be honest, number one's what I expect to rank

Not for just the crown jewels or scepter

Out for justice, and exposition of the rest as jesters

With they lackluster compositions

Suckers in estrous, thinkin' that Heiroglyphics won't fuck ya?


[Interlude 4: Snupe]

Oh my goodness, I told ya

Once again, it's Hieroglyphics

We got the smooth line-up

Tajai, A-Plus, Del, Casual

They just to' it up, forget about it, leave it alone!

It's Hieroglyphics from here on out

You don't know what you're doin

And me, I'm the Extra Prolific wizzz kid

Y'all can't mess with this, leave it alone

Drop ya pen, it's time that we go on

Let us alone y'all, can't fade this!

You know how we do

Matt Kelley in the house...