Ragtime

[00:00.18] Hit her, I mean let's hit this
[00:01.71] That's not straight
[00:03.49] Do it God, ya bwoy let's do it now seen?
[00:05.98] Here we go, let's pull it bwoy
[00:07.86] Aiyyo, check this out
[00:08.94] Brand Nubian gettin' ready to swing this ep'
[00:11.20] We got the Grand Puba, we got Derek X on the flex
[00:14.15] We got, Lord Jamar, we got Alamo with the A, Ron Stud!
[00:18.82] And my man Ep Rock
[00:19.10] X, kick the flavor for me on this one
[00:22.45] 'Cause we gettin' ready to be out of here in a sec
[00:24.92] Wild, New York raw as my voicebox soars I'll
[00:27.52] Open your pores 'cause it's one of my chores
[00:29.25] Kickin' beats to boggle rhythms, cuttin' rhymes to a schism
[00:31.89] People often wonder and ask
[00:33.54] Is I'm the best? Surely you jest, I'm not down with the rest
[00:36.99] In fact, they failed the test
[00:38.84] It's my vernacular that's simply spectacular
[00:40.74] My bite is in your neck, it's the effect of Dracula
[00:42.10] Man on a mission, go to school with low tuition
[00:45.19] Can't even keep account, of the G's I be kissin'
[00:47.66] But oh I beg your pardon, the race is startin'
[00:49.74] The criminals is there and I'm the hardest of the hard
[00:51.72] And it's a feet for you to meet me on any given day
[00:54.24] The adjective, amazing, spelled with an 'A'
[00:56.56] And a 'G' on the end, by usin' my pen
[00:58.45] Set forth on a journey for the perfect blend
[01:01.16] Rhymin' was a fad in the days of my dad
[01:03.01] Now MC's is makin G's and goin' for bad
[01:05.57] The X in my name makes it all official
[01:07.90] Am I the King? Well that's the so-called issue
[01:10.10] Rollin' off the tongue was the fresh one-liner
[01:12.26] And CB talker was the zero one-niner
[01:14.68] Took a slight drop from the tip of the top
[01:16.88] Now I'm out for mines and I'm goin' to clock
[01:18.82] What's mine on the line on a rhyme I will dine
[01:21.22] Never ate the pig, can't deal with the swine
[01:23.17] Keep on, yes my word is bond
[01:25.07] Speakin' that knowledge like Farrakhan
[01:27.75] 'Cause it's ragtime!
[01:28.86] Ah yeah it's ragged, let's do it!
[01:30.22] Aight, now we got Lord J
[01:31.66] Lord J, yo c'mon now
[01:33.89] Kick, the flavor to this
[01:35.46] Drop it like this (I'ma swing it like this)
[01:36.86] I like to drop bass, 'cause when it hits, I bounce 'em
[01:39.23] I do this with my seven and my one half ounces of brain
[01:41.74] Which I contain, to manifest thought
[01:43.80] The record is bought so I figure I ought to elaborate
[01:46.48] (Might as well) as minds in turn collaborate
[01:48.55] I speak the facts black, I don't exaggerate
[01:50.69] I just get to the bare essential
[01:53.14] Demandin' that I talk of my credentials, 'cause yo
[01:55.38] I never slept, my mind was in the right place
[01:57.41] Now let's take our steps and retrace
[01:59.37] Back to a time, when black was defined
[02:01.56] As original, God-like, supreme, divine
[02:04.37] Refined is my mind that's why I'm buildin'
[02:06.53] There was a void in New York but now it's filled in
[02:08.96] By the Lord J, don't forget the A-M-A
[02:10.94] To the R, now say I'm a star (you a star, J!)
[02:13.82] Well you can be one too
[02:14.94] Now here's all you got to do (whatcha gotta do?)
[02:17.41] You got to know Knowledge of Self's the foundation
[02:20.11] Know wisdom's the way to let it outcome
[02:22.42] Understanding is the manifestation
[02:24.53] And cultural freedom, the final turnout, 'cause it's ragtime
[02:27.34] That's definitely ragtime
[02:29.50] Now let me brag mine! Let me brag mine
[02:30.88] Hit this in the 90's
[02:33.57] Hey yo, bust it (here I go, here I go, here I go)
[02:35.45] As I, stand as a pharoah and beat up on Eliza
[02:37.61] Trick ends on my friends, 'cause Puba's not a miser
[02:40.13] Last longer than a Duracell, or a Energizer
[02:42.34] I got a little older but a whole lot wiser
[02:44.26] When it comes to shootin' sides, I'm a damn good shooter
[02:46.79] MC Grand Puba should be worshipped like a Buddha
[02:49.18] I boogies to the rhythm, kicks all the flavortism
[02:51.40] Damn I gets busy, though makin' rhyme I gets bizm
[02:53.59] Always help another meaning sister or a brother
[02:55.96] Just a little tip I picked up from my mother
[02:58.14] Smooth as Ali Baba, once a week I see the barber
[03:00.40] So honey pucker up 'cause I'm a damn good slobber
[03:02.60] Mr. Exquisite, dressed in silk, Bally's made of lizard
[03:05.24] So honey, what is it? (What is it?)
[03:06.90] I rock a rhyme at a wedding, next tour I'm probably heading
[03:09.36] You wanna beat like this? Check the stack of Otis Redding
[03:11.59] I'm hurtin' like a blister, confusin' like Twister
[03:14.07] Not a only child, four brothers and one sister
[03:16.29] Not a rinky-dinky, never snackin' on a Twinkie
[03:18.44] When it comes to flexin' I can bend like a Slinkie
[03:20.51] So here comes the champ, to civilize a tramp
[03:22.72] When brothers try to play me, that's when the Pub' gets amped
[03:24.10] So smile, here comes the picture, click!
[03:27.31] A humble type brother so don't play me as a vic'
[03:29.23] I can relate to the Good Times, the Cosby's on the sometimes
[03:31.71] Go no buzz on a Sunday. then it's back at work on Monday
[03:33.93] Take my gear to the cleaner's, buy pants or a Beamer
[03:36.36] Then I'm out, bangin' crackheads, I can do without
[03:38.31] (Definitely, why not Puba? Why, why, why?) 'Cause it's ragtime
[03:41.73] Ah, yeah
[03:43.33] Now let's on the top with the 90s, y'all
[03:46.65] Know I'm sayin'? You know I'm sayin'?
[03:49.12] This is a brand new year
[03:51.27] And we all brand new, brand new, brand new, yeah
[03:54.01] Brand, brand new, brand new, yeah (let's check it like this)
[03:57.10] Brand new, brand new yeah (let's check it like that)
[03:59.35] Brand new, brand new, yeah (now you know what I'm sayin')
[04:01.48] Young ladies, you gonna, can't wait
[04:06.89] Kick this shit
[04:08.65] Try to live
[04:10.85] Yeah, yeah, yeah, eeh-hee!
[04:12.74] Without the one...
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