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Theβ thatβ this where the rap comes from, rap comes from
We are the old men of the rap age
When we started bringin' the music and the poetry and stuff together, it was considered wild
We said, we want poetry that you can take out of these classrooms
That you can read in bars and taverns
That you can read in playgrounds
That you can read on the street
That's what we did in the '60s
That's what I used to tell my students, you think your stuff is good?
See those guys diggin' a hole in the street there?
When they get a minute off to eat a sandwich, go read 'em a poem
If you get hit in the headβ If you don't get hit in the head, you've got a future
Flying high off the strength of kickin' a old habit
Miasma fold like fabric
The old Ciabatta roll out the hat trick
Rogue be a Rhodes scholar boom-baptist
Quantum leapin' through timelines
Fanta orange dimes
Keystone XL pipeline
When reality seeps into dreams
And you find yourself rappin' 'bout political things
It ain't like steppin' on ants
It ain't like steppin' on ants
If you wanna be a poet, you can't be
You gotta know you are a poet
And then you've got no fucking choice
22,369 miles above sea-level and you lookin' like a bull's-eye
Off the loose leaf, goofy
Feelin' loose as a looney
Rubbery, buttery, cringle, crinkled, frinky
I think of you thinking of me
Back and forth forever, let's endorse the better
With wiggly handwriting
And even with all this room, the little piggies get to in-fighting
I like hiding my feelings in plain sight
In plain speaking, in plain sight
Did you see that, did you hear that?
A poet, a poet's, uh, fate is by choice
You choose it
You gotta know you're a poet
But, you ain't gonna get the financial rewards
You're gonna get a lot of weight laid on you
They'll look at you as weird or something somehow
I don't care your style, if your hair's long or short
Or you could get in the academy where it's stifled
Or you could see something new
And by seeing that something new that's here, and nobody sees
And you illuminate others, then you got it made
We are the old men of the rap age
When we started bringin' the music and the poetry and stuff together, it was considered wild
We said, we want poetry that you can take out of these classrooms
That you can read in bars and taverns
That you can read in playgrounds
That you can read on the street
That's what we did in the '60s
That's what I used to tell my students, you think your stuff is good?
See those guys diggin' a hole in the street there?
When they get a minute off to eat a sandwich, go read 'em a poem
If you get hit in the headβ If you don't get hit in the head, you've got a future
Flying high off the strength of kickin' a old habit
Miasma fold like fabric
The old Ciabatta roll out the hat trick
Rogue be a Rhodes scholar boom-baptist
Quantum leapin' through timelines
Fanta orange dimes
Keystone XL pipeline
When reality seeps into dreams
And you find yourself rappin' 'bout political things
It ain't like steppin' on ants
It ain't like steppin' on ants
If you wanna be a poet, you can't be
You gotta know you are a poet
And then you've got no fucking choice
22,369 miles above sea-level and you lookin' like a bull's-eye
Off the loose leaf, goofy
Feelin' loose as a looney
Rubbery, buttery, cringle, crinkled, frinky
I think of you thinking of me
Back and forth forever, let's endorse the better
With wiggly handwriting
And even with all this room, the little piggies get to in-fighting
I like hiding my feelings in plain sight
In plain speaking, in plain sight
Did you see that, did you hear that?
A poet, a poet's, uh, fate is by choice
You choose it
You gotta know you're a poet
But, you ain't gonna get the financial rewards
You're gonna get a lot of weight laid on you
They'll look at you as weird or something somehow
I don't care your style, if your hair's long or short
Or you could get in the academy where it's stifled
Or you could see something new
And by seeing that something new that's here, and nobody sees
And you illuminate others, then you got it made
β±οΈ Synced Lyrics
[00:02.42] Theβ thatβ this where the rap comes from, rap comes from
[00:06.86] We are the old men of the rap age
[00:09.41] When we started bringin' the music and the poetry and stuff together, it was considered wild
[00:13.37] We said, we want poetry that you can take out of these classrooms
[00:16.13] That you can read in bars and taverns
[00:17.86] That you can read in playgrounds
[00:18.96] That you can read on the street
[00:19.91] That's what we did in the '60s
[00:21.39] That's what I used to tell my students, you think your stuff is good?
[00:23.23] See those guys diggin' a hole in the street there?
[00:26.42] When they get a minute off to eat a sandwich, go read 'em a poem
[00:29.57] If you get hit in the headβ If you don't get hit in the head, you've got a future
[00:31.82] Flying high off the strength of kickin' a old habit
[00:36.03] Miasma fold like fabric
[00:38.75] The old Ciabatta roll out the hat trick
[00:39.93] Rogue be a Rhodes scholar boom-baptist
[00:43.19] Quantum leapin' through timelines
[00:45.69] Fanta orange dimes
[00:46.39] Keystone XL pipeline
[00:47.86] When reality seeps into dreams
[00:49.76] And you find yourself rappin' 'bout political things
[00:51.93] It ain't like steppin' on ants
[00:53.24] It ain't like steppin' on ants
[00:57.14] If you wanna be a poet, you can't be
[01:04.33] You gotta know you are a poet
[01:05.27] And then you've got no fucking choice
[01:09.18] 22,369 miles above sea-level and you lookin' like a bull's-eye
[01:13.90] Off the loose leaf, goofy
[01:15.34] Feelin' loose as a looney
[01:16.70] Rubbery, buttery, cringle, crinkled, frinky
[01:19.27] I think of you thinking of me
[01:20.76] Back and forth forever, let's endorse the better
[01:22.97] With wiggly handwriting
[01:24.37] And even with all this room, the little piggies get to in-fighting
[01:27.13] I like hiding my feelings in plain sight
[01:28.70] In plain speaking, in plain sight
[01:39.43] Did you see that, did you hear that?
[01:48.00] A poet, a poet's, uh, fate is by choice
[01:52.82] You choose it
[01:54.33] You gotta know you're a poet
[01:56.34] But, you ain't gonna get the financial rewards
[01:58.14] You're gonna get a lot of weight laid on you
[02:01.61] They'll look at you as weird or something somehow
[02:05.36] I don't care your style, if your hair's long or short
[02:08.58] Or you could get in the academy where it's stifled
[02:11.96] Or you could see something new
[02:14.59] And by seeing that something new that's here, and nobody sees
[02:19.27] And you illuminate others, then you got it made
[02:21.79]
[00:06.86] We are the old men of the rap age
[00:09.41] When we started bringin' the music and the poetry and stuff together, it was considered wild
[00:13.37] We said, we want poetry that you can take out of these classrooms
[00:16.13] That you can read in bars and taverns
[00:17.86] That you can read in playgrounds
[00:18.96] That you can read on the street
[00:19.91] That's what we did in the '60s
[00:21.39] That's what I used to tell my students, you think your stuff is good?
[00:23.23] See those guys diggin' a hole in the street there?
[00:26.42] When they get a minute off to eat a sandwich, go read 'em a poem
[00:29.57] If you get hit in the headβ If you don't get hit in the head, you've got a future
[00:31.82] Flying high off the strength of kickin' a old habit
[00:36.03] Miasma fold like fabric
[00:38.75] The old Ciabatta roll out the hat trick
[00:39.93] Rogue be a Rhodes scholar boom-baptist
[00:43.19] Quantum leapin' through timelines
[00:45.69] Fanta orange dimes
[00:46.39] Keystone XL pipeline
[00:47.86] When reality seeps into dreams
[00:49.76] And you find yourself rappin' 'bout political things
[00:51.93] It ain't like steppin' on ants
[00:53.24] It ain't like steppin' on ants
[00:57.14] If you wanna be a poet, you can't be
[01:04.33] You gotta know you are a poet
[01:05.27] And then you've got no fucking choice
[01:09.18] 22,369 miles above sea-level and you lookin' like a bull's-eye
[01:13.90] Off the loose leaf, goofy
[01:15.34] Feelin' loose as a looney
[01:16.70] Rubbery, buttery, cringle, crinkled, frinky
[01:19.27] I think of you thinking of me
[01:20.76] Back and forth forever, let's endorse the better
[01:22.97] With wiggly handwriting
[01:24.37] And even with all this room, the little piggies get to in-fighting
[01:27.13] I like hiding my feelings in plain sight
[01:28.70] In plain speaking, in plain sight
[01:39.43] Did you see that, did you hear that?
[01:48.00] A poet, a poet's, uh, fate is by choice
[01:52.82] You choose it
[01:54.33] You gotta know you're a poet
[01:56.34] But, you ain't gonna get the financial rewards
[01:58.14] You're gonna get a lot of weight laid on you
[02:01.61] They'll look at you as weird or something somehow
[02:05.36] I don't care your style, if your hair's long or short
[02:08.58] Or you could get in the academy where it's stifled
[02:11.96] Or you could see something new
[02:14.59] And by seeing that something new that's here, and nobody sees
[02:19.27] And you illuminate others, then you got it made
[02:21.79]