(We'd like to capture your minds right now) (What you say) (Take you a little bit higher) (What you say) I like the snares loud enough to make your eyes blink from it Only male with the Holy Grail, drink from it I keep an eye on heaven and an ear to the street And spread a thick layer of blood, sweat and tears on the beats My brain rest upon the hip-hop lexicon That I acquired in the decade of work that people slept upon I don't rap, I recite the prayers of the inner soul Of the slave ships' human cargo Seemingly meaningless rappers flood the market With shit that make me pace in my room until I rip the carpet I'm fit to start up this next millennium Swingin' the grappling hook at cackling crooks to finish 'em The city dweller sendin' telegrams from Neverland The better man kind now, kindly join the caravan We're like a rock band that pack contraband And won't hesitate to stomp a man into the rocks and sand Brother Ali, and if you haven't heard about me I'm flyin' just beneath your radar so y'all can doubt me Stay on the sonar with crowbars to open minds There's a ladder you're supposed to climb Approach a Rhymesayer with a Buggsy Siegel sized ego You gon' get yourself snatched out the sky, you know the steelo By now, where, what, why and how We start the revolution real time, right now Yes, leave it to me to create hope where there was none The human being shall cast shadows on the sun Leave it to me to create hope where there was none My inner soul shall cast shadows on the sun Leave it to me to create hope where there was none The human being shall cast shadows on the sun Leave it to me to create hope where there was none My inner soul shall, my inner light shall..