[00:30.90]Slowly and steadily MC's are fallin off like leprosy
[00:33.84]Instead build immunity and spread insight through community
[00:36.66]These fundamentals, form the krux of longevity
[00:39.06]When melodies are looped and vocals harmonize in unity
[00:41.67]Now its 99 and aint a damn thing changed
[00:44.13]Some seek fame as wealth manipulates the brain
[00:46.77]Let me, paint this picture, your minds the canvas
[00:49.32]Many claim their real and later flake like dandruff
[00:52.02]Cause 1 out of 10 stick to their words
[00:54.45]The other 9 stick to my nikes and get rubbed out on the curb
[00:57.06]Lets be real, we're paper chasin' for financial backing
[00:59.91]But theres a thin line defined by need and greed many are passing
[01:02.58]Known as crossing over for exposure some embark
[01:05.19]Or cars,jewels and shit that wont exist when we depart
[01:07.68]Crews, don't snooze, or eyes become bruised
[01:10.14]This goes out to those that slept knew the deal or were confused..
[01:12.81]Check the blueprint..
[01:20.37][Chorus]
[01:23.49]So MC's, take it back to lyricism
[01:25.92]Producers, pour out your heart into the rhythm
[01:28.62]DJ's pay bills develop skills
[01:31.14]And respect the architecht as we begin to build
[01:33.57]And check the blueprint, to keep the culture alive
[01:36.15]And check the blueprint so as an artist you can survive
[01:38.79]And check the blueprint I speak these words without frills..
[01:41.34][scratch]
[01:41.58]So respect the architect as we begin to build
[01:43.86]Clutchin my pen tight strugglin to portray the right depiction
[01:46.86]I'm punchin the wall of writers block, loathing for recognition
[01:49.35]Nowadays your not heard, unless your posing an image
[01:52.02]With watered down lyrics that appeal to most who listen
[01:54.57]Instead i'll water the roots so branches will replenish
[01:57.27]Expanding elements that pioneers started building
[01:59.88]Hiphop houses, so many free loading MC's
[02:02.28]I feel theres only a few tenants who've been paying their fees
[02:05.76]360 degrees what goes around comes back
[02:07.44]I'm smoking mics as I inhale lies and exhale facts
[02:10.11]Unfold the blueprints, the plans for improvement
[02:12.69]Bridging gaps between the mind, ball point pen and the clueless
[02:15.60]Innovation is useless once you forget the essence
[02:18.03]So respect the architect. pick up your pens and start sketchin
[02:21.54]Pick up your pens and start sketching..
[02:24.06][Chorus]
[02:26.13]So MC's, take it back to lyricism
[02:28.56]Producers, pour out your heart into the rhythm
[02:31.29]DJ's pay bills develop skills
[02:33.72]And respect the architecht as we begin to build
[02:36.15]And check the blueprint, to keep the culture alive
[02:38.79]And check the blueprint so as an artist you can survive
[02:41.37]And check the blueprint I speak these words without frills
[02:43.98][scratch]
[02:44.19]So respect the architect as we begin to build
[02:46.56]As I open my slanty eyes to this place called earth
[02:49.23]I contemplate how music has lost artistic worth
[02:51.81]And I'm shrivled up in my niche like the scrotum when its freezing
[02:54.66]With bags under my eyes on account of too much sleeping
[02:57.27]Because of these lies in rap that I can't feel
[02:59.61]Leaving me dazed with the phrase "i keep it real"
[03:02.37]How many times have you heard this being fed through your ears
[03:04.83]I'd rather be fed in the mouth, to shit it out from the rear
[03:07.65]Claiming their underground but underwater their wrinkling
[03:10.26]And me like water buoys to that level I'm never sinking
[03:12.78]Sink your teeth into my words hard enough to be lispin'
[03:15.24]Then when finished biting them, find your front teeth missing
[03:17.91]I see em sippin fine wines in spas, to match their image
[03:20.91]Gimmicks.. I flap my jaws and their squads diminished
[03:23.37]I don't mess with glocks but metaphorically in speech
[03:25.77]I'd like to pump em' with more shots than diabetics receive
[03:28.50]Then in a better place may they peacefully rest
[03:31.02]In hopes that next time the blueprints they'll manifest
[03:33.63]Check the blueprint...
[03:37.56][chorus]
[03:39.15]So MC's, take it back to lyricism
[03:41.64]Producers, pour out your heart into the rhythm
[03:44.31]DJ's pay bills develop skills
[03:46.74]And respect the architecht as we begin to build
[03:49.17]And check the blueprint, to keep the culture alive
[03:51.78]And check the blueprint so as an artist you can survive
[03:54.39]And check the blueprint I speak these words without frills
[03:57.18][scratch]
[04:07.59]So respect the architect as we begin to build