Ode To The Modern Man (Lightning Blend) (Instrumental)

This is an ode to the modern man
It's the ode to the modern man
This is the ode to the modern man
Word up, this is the modern man
This is that ode to the modern man
This goes out to that modern man
This is the ode to the modern man
It's to the modern man, lightning blend

Word to B-E, I'm a tad bit too easy on self
And maybe I should keep a closer tab on my health
I suppose that it's simpler said than completed
I thought me to attack, but in fact again retreated
Completed, this word search crumbled it up and ate it
My hunger for my blue collar heaven keeps me sedated
Escaped it last night in a dream
And now I sleep with a flashlight and it seems
To keep the nightmare demons in semen laced portions
Parallel and apart like Stephen's Avenue in Portland
A much traveled one way, or a slow residential
And if the camels don't stump me, I'm a grow with my pencil
Once I climb the skulls of this emcee graveyard
I'll see the sun again, I'll jump and run again
So come on over, visit, cause I got a lot to say
And tell Stress I ain't mad, cause I got my way
But my man Spawn is here now, so I'm a make it brief
Finish up my coffee, gather up my shit and leave
I got an army of peers, we fight single-handed
And I won't damage your brain, until I understand it

You have only one chance to advance to the next stage I'm at
Do you really think you actually will pass through?
I have to ask you, did you see what happened to the last dude?
Tried to compare styles, word he got his ass chewed
Now with this in mind, do you still want to
Bring your shit and find out the hard way?
Spawn's not the one to play with, trade blades with
You might as well slit your own wrist with the razor
It's best cause I'm crazier, blazin' ya for my own amusement
And to wit' your body when I split your whole fixture
This is what happens when you're on my shit list-uh
Brains to give a blister, so next time you call me sir or mister
It's the word twister, tongue used to make the verbs hit ya
Now do you get the fuckin' picture?
Well if ya got a savior, you better call him
Cause my behavior blows kids away like a tall wind
I take you all in between my jaws for consumption
Emcees and coffee at my luncheon
One or two lumps and some cream, call the team for the gathering
Bring mics and turntables, let's do our thing

Ha, cause it's an ode to the modern man
This is that ode to the modern man, yeah
This goes out to that modern man
From Minneapolis, St. Paul to that modern man
It's like a dedication to the modern man
This one here, this is for that modern man
From Atmosphere going out to that modern man
It's to that modern man, lightning blend, what?

Now for the umpteenth time, we kick rhymes about something
Can't front, I'm frustrated with heads that don't listen
My position's off balance, it's a constant challenge
Between the talents, and the underlying mission
I could fill your head some more with metaphors
Some cute catch phrases, filtered through accessible themes
But if I don't stay sincere to love and hate
How do I differentiate between chasing cream and chasing dreams?
Oh yeah, fuck an emcee in my city that wants to diss me
If I was to bounce to Atlanta with Chaka, y'all would miss me
So kiss me, smack dab on the asshole
While you battle, I'm with your wife sharing a Newcastle
Big up to Gene Poole, cause he's a modern man
Word up, and that kid Abuse, that kid's a modern man
And to Self One, yo, that kid's a modern man
Full Circle, you know them kids is modern men
The Native Ones, word up to that modern man
Beyond Extreme, this goes to the modern man
The Dynospectrum, out to that modern man
From Atmosphere going out to that modern man
Word up, this is the ode to the modern man
It goes like one time for that modern man
This goes out here now to that modern man
It's to that modern man, it's to that modern man
Kid yo, this is the ode to the modern man
It goes word up, yeah, to that modern man
It's for that modern man, it's for that modern man
It's for that modern man, lightning blend