From the recording You Are What You Listen To
Lyrics
I was a microphone fiend before I became a teen/ since I was a youngin I was into creative things/ music mostly I remember the day it woke me/ this life chose me so I studied my craft closely/ ..Eric b and Rakim I was locked in/ boogie down productions kept us from self destruction/ from what public enemy sang/ I knew Elvis was plain it was fuck him and John Wayne/ my brain soaked like a sponge tho/ I wondered if Q Tip ever got his wallet from El Segundo/ or if Buckshot figured out this/ I mean shit how many emcees must get dissed/ I need know on second thought don't/ however many it took I'll shove a whole foot in halfway crooks/ who would've known all the records I'm playing/ would directly affect here today all the records I'm slaying
Hook:
This is truth.. and this is proof
That you are what you listen to
(You know)
I'm so in tune... I'm in my groove
Because I am what I listen
to
(Now let's)
get u in the mood.. Make the people move
Because we all are what we listen to
(U know)
This is truth.. And this is proof
That you are what you listen to
I was fresh off the porch I would listen of course/ the Dalai Lama of the mic the prime minister thought/ had a youngin well prepared for when things fall apart/ whenever I said something just to speak from the heart/ learned how to write 16s and structure the flavor/ sunk in the paper from Sheek louch, Styles and Jada/ if I want to be successful got to move like the smartest then/ an artisan dead prez exposed who the target is/ it's us, it's bigger than a hip hop crush/ I'm lifting up thru my words & the ears they touch/ this thing was all a dream The Notorious Big seen/ to me it's reality I build for those after me/ my kinfolk can it be all so simple/ from what Nas saw from his project window/ it's evident that all the albums I jammed established a fan/ a reason why I'm the man I am
Hook:
Ayo This is truth.. and this is proof
That you are what you listen to
(You know)
I'm so in tune... I'm in my groove
Because I am what I listen
to
(Now let's)
Get you in the mood.. Make the people move
Because we all are what we listen to
(U know)
This is truth.. And this is proof
That you are what you listen to
Now let's get into this ladies and gentleman/ babies and children can benefit from this.. little experiment/ the truth will set you free? Then what it do when you hearing it?/ ur spirit lift connecting with the gift within a lyricist/ the influence of my idols is vital since the days of vinyl/ cassette tapes, CDs mp3s/ when I got too old for my g.i. Joes/ I suppose that's when I dove in these hot flows/ it made a monster put down the Nintendo and contra/ picked up a pen so many notebooks I conquered/ I mastered my craft from the days sitting back of class/ to rhyming on stage stepping off the fans gimme dap/ cuz the talent it'll show/ in this life u got the good and the bad and the challenge is balancing them both/ MCs who battle me get smoked like hemp wraps/ mines versus ur diss tracks completely a mix match/ message to the youth is appreciate the music/ and handle it with care whenever u should use it/ I praise MCs from A to Z/ This my homage.. to those who paved the way for me/ Salute
Hook:
This is truth.. and this is proof
That you are what you listen to
(You know)
I'm so in tune... I'm in my groove
Because I am what I what I listen
to
(Now let's)
Get you in the mood.. Make the people move
Because we all are what we listen to
(I said)
This is truth.. And this is proof
That you are what you listen to