Grip The Mic

By Logic

On Before The Basement

Released on July 22, 2023

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[Intro: Sample]

Self knowledge

Self knowledge


[Verse 1]

Sometimes I just sit back, relax, and think about my stacks

Or better yet, the lack there of and how I need it, jack

I think about the rhymes in which I've written

I think about the competition and various cats I've split in

The game's been callin' non stop like a war draft

I'm not a doctor, but leave a devastating aftermath

It's Logic, motherfucker, I'm gonna get you sucker

My name ain't Wayans, but I live my life and live in color

White boy at first glance, my voice enhance

Any instrumental that get these bitches to dance

Sick with the romance, grip the mic for dope fans

My lyricism is driven by actual thought, wisdom that can't be taught

You think Logic is wack? I think not


[Chorus]

I grip the mic to disembowel any MC

I grip the mic to silence whoever hatin' on me

I grip the mic to give the listener just what they need

I grip the mic for the people, and yes, of course, for me

I grip the mic to disembowel any MC

I grip the mic to silence whoever hatin' on me

I grip the mic to give the listener just what they need

I grip the mic for the people, and yes, of course, for me


[Verse 2]

I love criticism, it keeps me driven

Got me thinkin' outside of the box, rather inside the prison

I write about the things I see

And rap about the way I feel so if you don't like it, don't listen, B

I don't write for you I write for me

But take it as a huge bonus if we both agree

Self knowledge

I listen to people that know what they talkin' about

Don't listen to people that do nothin' but run they mouth

Chillin' on the curb in front of my residence

Headphones on, writin' about dead presidents

I'm tryna' get this guap

Every track I drop bring heat like cop, generatin' hits nonstop


[Bridge: Sample]

Well, I mean, definitely, in the beginning, I had no intention, uh, whatsoever that what I, what I was practicing now, and what I'm still practicing now would lead to this

Self knowledge

Self knowledge


[Verse 3]

I'm only 19 years of age

And see is at a blessin' every time I hit the stage

Started kickin' rhymes at 16, but last year when I got clean, cut

Thank you very much, hoppin' on the track like double dutch and such

Listen, ha

Self knowledge

Yeah, ayo, yeah

I started listenin' to real rap, when Kill Bill came out and I copped the soundtrack

Produced by RZA, I was hooked after that

Just last month, I opened up for Wu, go figure that


[Chorus]

I grip the mic to disembowel any MC

I grip the mic to silence whoever hatin' on me

I grip the mic to give the listener just what they need

I grip the mic for the people, and yes, of course, for me

I grip the mic to disembowel any MC

I grip the mic to silence whoever hatin' on me

I grip the mic to give the listener just what they need

I grip the mic for the people, and yes, of course, for me

[Outro: Dr. Dre & Sample]

Back on the coast, I don't bother no one

I keep strictly wit' the business 'til that shit get done

Make it back on the coast, I don't bother no one

I keep strictly wit' the business 'til that shit get done

Make it

They're coming in to, for, I mean, for, and asking to teach them not so much of how to defend themselves or how to do somebody, and rather, they want to learn to express themselves through the movement. Be it anger, be it, uh determination, or whatsoever. So in other words, what I'm saying, therefore, is that he is paying me to show him, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body