Verse I I'm on target like the Howard Johnson roof topper No big secret, that I don't oblige the swine coppers In my company you'll never find a dime dropper Nobody liable to speed dial crimestoppers Crime alarming and snitchin' never dropped the rate Really protected me, well then I might cooperate Capital motivated, all the duties they perform That's never gonna change without some radical reform DJ Waht synthesized it, I memorized it And walked the continent before the devil terrorized it No auction price sufficed, (they) obviously underbid Dealing with the (simple) fact, I came before Columbus did (When) Van Sertima and others contributed to mental wealth Had a subtle departure from my former self Now I paint the picture like an African Pica**o That liberates a mind like Sankara did Burkina Faso HOOK: …underground + underexposed + underrated Maybe indifferent, you could love it, you could hate it Never outdated, can't be exterminated Obstacles and struggles, (they) just keep me motivated Sybil: I've been up, I've been down I finally found some solid ground Lookin' back I'm so glad I made it Obstacles and struggles only kept me MOTIVATED! Verse II Omo Shango…MC means Molotov Concoctor Chopped these drums of EPMD's Jane saga Respectable when spittin' over juggles holding (on to) microphones (Cuz) I got offspring with double X chromosomes This Joseph Technicolor Raincoat, you monochrome Still choppin' dusty samples to a clicking metronome I own the culture so and so misappropriates When I spit I keep it doper than an opiate Right now if you're walking out then you don't relate Hail up Oludumare, but still (with) no religious faith In my backyard they stingy with the compensate Rodney Dangerfield syndrome, I'm taken outta state And usually out of context, and though he conscious And beaucoup marginalized, the man well accomplished! Avoiding rumors, breathtaking as a body blow And strive to liberate like Nkrumah Osageyfo HOOK This coon ish, with me it don't digest so well Tyler Perry, housewives of ATL, I hate to dwell Evident that bafoonin' make pockets swell Shoulda never gave you saggin money, quoting dave Chappelle I'm motivated by my elders banished to a cell For emphasis, added the voice of sybill shanell I'm not alone, although a fixture in the scene I dedicate this to all emcees in New Orleans That brother Spitta, Lyrik**, Eles from the GPC Merc, Jay Elect, Dee-1, also Nesby P Y'all ‘cross the river, my Uptown Brown Clowns Mid City, East, Gentilly and my Downtown rounds Hope you not seated when this come out the DJ crate Get up like Top mob, elle one, Harsh and EVACuate Try to ignore it, but I know that you hearing me now Striving to liberate like Cabral in Guinea Bissau Chorus