you know we keep it true - we keep it true we keep it true we keep it true you know we keep it true - we got to keep it true we got to keep it true we got to keep it true - you know what we do you know what we do we got to keep it true relax your mind w/the music - you know what we do you know what we do sit back and vibe w/this true shit this isn't really what you think it is that is if you're even thinkin' in the first place the first place isn't always the winner and winnin' isn't everything and this is not a race i am not a android i am not a mongoloid i am not annoyed by the void in your brain this is not a trick son you are not a victim you are just a man be -boyed out the game let me explain Abstract are you fresh? ain't nobody fresher but it's hard to get around w/out some clown tryin' to test ya Acey are you dope? dopest in the world i give it to the moms and pops i give it to the boys and girls oh so you a family man? aren't we all aren't we all yes we are trying to make jams man and expand my repertoire we got to keep it true we got to keep it true - relax your mind w/the music you know what we do you know what we do - sit back and vibe w/this true shit well i be arrangin' thoughts in my brain cell family embarking on incredible creative routes understanding me is truth shining like a lie when i say break wide i mean take trips not just in your ride in your mind cause when you left you're right on time the sun'll come out tomorrow and it'll set in the west so i don't sweat the rest who want to inhale stress keep it true you know we keep it true - we keep it true we keep it true we keep it true you know we keep it true - you know what we do you know what we do we got to keep it true - the W the W the W we got to keep it true relax your mind w/the music - and keep it true and keep it true sit back and vibe w/this true shit the world is full of bullshitters liars and triers and quitters could-a-beens want to be's thought-i-was isn't-i-is's and everybody in your business damn now what is really your main aim when you are just a blotch and a stain on the planetary plane just another name in the phone book of fame bustin' out the seams it seems you haven't gained enough to be seen in the right scene your thoughts they seem so convincing hmmm but your actions don't follow through remember never say never because it never comes true your thoughts they seem so convincing for instance you told me that you're a level higher liar element of desire earth and the wind and the fire not you ain't even halfway hot not lukewarm you don't got no form you (...?...) all caught up in bein' waterproof when you shoulda been tryin' to catch up w/the truth for all intent and purposes your life on earth ain't worth it's weight in gold that's probably why you get blowed cause people tell people things and people sell people things that are useless and irrelevant and it stifles my intelligence i stay true you know we keep it true - and we keep on and keep on and keep on you know we keep it true - we keep it true we keep it true you can mumble jumble if you got somethin' to say but i doubt it's gonna affect me i row my boat steady everready is my battery description meaning i'm equipped to take long trips and my brain cells overload when i get blowed gotta bring it down there's a point where the joint stops being passed through the fingers of a rhyme (?singers?) the smoke from my last hit still lingers bring us your tired and your weary and your poor i'm a take you higher while you're hearing metaphors and similes assimilation of new creation mind emancipation rhymes command the nation and so on and therefor and such and such dust to dust i thrust from the ground w/no where else to go but up L.A. is where i'm found throwin' up sets and blowin' up sets and goin' up Stepney about to get a heavy track (?or jimmy in the spot?) or plenty of hip hop goin' round three heavyweights it's your time so register foundate your legacy we serve all them replicas true style true style? true style new style you know we keep it true - we keep it true we keep it true we keep it true you know we keep it true - the W and every crew we keep it true we got to keep it true - from me to you do what you do just keep it true we got to keep it true - relax your mind w/the music now i'm gonna take my last verse on a good note you better prepare your footnotes hold your wigs tight open up the middle (?center me in the more?) words are the foundation action is the building and unity and the concept to result in logic and the use of logic now the object to be neutral partial to a judgement and the subject's concentration here is the pop quiz what hip hop is you know we keep it true - relax your mind w/the music we got to keep it true - sit back and vibe to this true shit the wrong thing to do is stop