Platform Rapform
Written and performed by Cutts the chemist
The Temple Of HipHop Kulture - Criminal Justice (From Darkness To Light)
Released November 9, 1999
Intro
Yeah, pay attention to the story. Do the knowledge
Yo, its the chemist, dig this know what im sayin
Its the platformrapform know what i mean
Peep these sciences here. listen to the story
Break 1
Some sh** some sh** you won't be able to understand
Some sh** you won't be able to understand
Its the platformrapform understand
Some sh** you won't be able to understand
Aye yo you won't be able to understand
Some sh** you won't be able to understand
Its the platformrapform understand
Some sh** you won't be able to understand
Verse 1
A train express, uptown bound from 59th street
A pilot marker in my pocket im kinda bent slightly
Gortex fatigues ghetto uniform the basics
Bronx uptown, catch the D train 125th and st nick
Immediately taggin my click, so far so good and i ain't askin for sh**
Infinite histories essentially
Im walking with a HIP-HOP bop, proceeding to the last car of the train
'yo shorty Aljulah is my name'
As far as the game goes im "all city", "all borough"
More gritty than a mallboro your a small puddle!
Compared to the action i witness on the "iron horse"
Sing it with me, or imma make you by applying force!
Chorus 1
Some chicks dont look this way just cuz i still take the train
But still at least i stay real
Some cops know my first name just cuz i still hop the train
But still at least i stay real
Im not who you should blame just cuz i spray paint the train
But still at least i stay real
You got blown out the frame, tryin to battle me? on the uptown A train
But still at least i stay real
Break2
Some sh** you won't be able to understand
Some sh** you won't be able to understand
Some sh** you won't be able to understand
Some sh** you won't be able to understand
Verse 2
I crack a can of wheat and barley on the 4 train and max
Got off the horse on Mt.Eden, Leaving my bleedin from weed in my system
With the rythm of wisdom on my mind and officer "oink" on my tail
Trying to throw me in the joint
Point taken. Sometimes i think if they keep faking, imma make em bacon
Wild from coney Island to Jamaica Station
Some n***as so anxious they need to wait for patience
Im connected to an underworld of flagrant agents
In the ghetto "metro cards" changed arrangements
Guliani-modern day swami in satans army paper chasing
Gotta figure if lived in every borough since birth-
I mastered how to navigate through the slums of the earth
One of the first ghetto stars to tuck his jeans in his boots
The "Jakes" grabbed me and i doubt it cause the needed the proof
And the 4 train is where i started to learn
The catacombs of the city while a philly i burned
In turn, i recieved mad summons' in the past
Didn't givem sh** cause im hustelin for my cash
Break 3
Aye yo you won't be able to understand
Aye yo you won't be able to understand
Some sh** only the GODS will understand
Its the Platformrapform understand
Some sh** you won't be able to understand
Some sh** you won't be able to understand
Chorus 2
Some chicks dont look this way just cuz i still take the train
But still at least i stay real
Some cops know my first name just cuz i still hop the train
But still at least i stay real
Im not who you should blame just cuz i spray paint the train
But still at least i stay real
You got blown out the frame, tryin to battle me? on the uptown A train
But still at least i stay real
Verse 3
When my "old earth" was pregnant with the GOD in her womb
I took a ride on the train but it was dark in my room
Yo i still felt the presence of the city at large
In the ghetto my family got more credit than charge cards
From the "E" and the "F" in Queens i see n***as stress routine-
And still "b" they pressed for cream
Roosevelt Island trains, only the "B" and the "Q" go
At rushh hour the cars be packed tight like Yugo
From midtown to bowling green all i see is laptop junkies
Embezeling money from stolen dreams
On the "Iron horse" many a scam corrupt the best
You thought it was...but this ain't the "trans europe express"!
Chorus 3
Some chicks dont look this way just cuz i still take the train
But still at least i stay real
Some cops know my first name just cuz i still hop the train
But still at least i stay real
Im not who you should blame just cuz i spray paint the train
But still at least i stay real
You got blown out the frame, tryin to battle me? on the uptown A train
But still at least i stay real
Break 4
Some sh** some sh** you won't be able to understand
Some sh** you wouldn't be able to understand
Some sh** you wouldn't be able to understand
Some sh** you just can't understand