Albatross-String Theory

[00:10.21]A true master like Pete Rock that love when the beat knock [00:13.16]I'm Hip-hop from my fitted down to my Reeboks the art of rap [00:16.82]Laying down your vision on a track [00:18.20]While these DJ's dig for wax like some ancient artifacts [00:20.87]Running laps 'round these cats like the record? [00:23.56]Chin checking 'em if they don't know what game they getting in [00:26.09](yo!) if my pen's painting pictures and projecting them [00:28.60]Then I guess this beat's a two way mirror my thoughts reflected in [00:31.29]Got me questioning who on top and who's electing them [00:34.03]Cause no one's touched my raps ever since I first perfected them [00:36.57]Back in the day as a youngin' growing up doing shows [00:39.70]No one showing up now we got the crowd going buck [00:42.34]I'm a beast the type to pull the pin out with my teeth [00:44.87]Explosive launch grenades in the middle of the streets [00:47.56]Yo peace to all my homes rising up from underneath [00:50.39]Stay hungry for them beats and get prepared for the feast [00:52.95] [01:13.82]These frauds is taunted by fate but me I'm haunted by the artists I ate [01:16.87]I live my thoughts beyond a dollar sign's weight [01:19.07]Beside a dotted line's fake peons without a grind personify hate [01:22.15]You must be out of mind if I don't rhyme great we shine eons duke [01:25.23]Get your face mushed we apes on these strange cuts [01:28.05]So wake up and cop the tape for eight bucks you snake ****s [01:30.54]We only let you skate once it sucks get your stage flushed [01:33.10]It's straight but isn't making the place jump it ain't us [01:35.92]The flows we bust is **** enough to make the jakes rush [01:38.50]Like Michelange a master with the paint brush [01:40.78]Back in the day I just sat in class crafting a page [01:43.36]Packing rage like a rabid phantom trapped in a cage [01:46.10]Now I'm a monster charged with spittin' rhymes and mantras [01:49.13]Equipped with arms like Nicaraguan contras [01:51.51]Call the doctors for these minors trying to live this art of rap [01:54.36]Ironic how this beat can give a heart attack (word'em up son)