I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic Just think what if you could just just blink yourself away Just think what if you could just just blink yourself away Jeff X can rock the mic with tooth decay I be the 5 foot 7 residing at the mecca lesson south section Used to cut class in the infinite pursuit of ass Back in eighty-seven Easy with the chics I was a chocolate boy Raised in the cellar with the rhythm like Ella Walking down the streets to the subway where i lay Til the train stop then a nigga hop Used to do the pop dance to the planet rock At the block party everybody jocked[who me It's the MC sucka niggaz envy I got my contract in 1993 and I shall proceed I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I wake up early in the morning I mean early afternoon Break a lyrical hymn of the stem like boom I'm flyer when I'm higher put my shit up on a tomb That nigga represented on the 28th of June I'm representing philly on the 28th of June I can make you feel that i'm a surreal cartoon With my pistol in the face of hip hop stick in your face Because i'm on a paper chase yes i'm on a paper chase My Timberlands are fully laced I be the Mr Boogeyman With records from 125th to Japan I laid them play like Johnny Hathaway and shake a hand shake a hand Your lady tried to kick it but I couldn't play my man My niggaz is my niggaz ya see she didn't understand I shake your hand and shit'll hit the fan just think Just think what What if you could just blink what Just blink yourself away I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic Malik get on the mic there's too much on my mind Malik get on the mic there's too much on my mind Johnny on the spot got the rhythm and the rhyme F**kin with The Roots you know them niggaz is the dime I can make a hundred yard line start to dash I can make a whole lake of fish start to splash I can make Conan and the Titans clash I can Metallica and guns'N Roses crash Used to smash crash parties like i was disturbed Used to make plots against the herringbone herb But now all I do disperse the verb And like a nerd i can make you say"He's superb" Word is perfect never ever shall you misinterpret I move styles like bowels so now you know i'm worth it Direct from Philly the lands where niggas scheme So you know I got the sheen in my gleam I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic I shall proceed And continue to rock the mic