[Chorus]
I start to think, and then I sink
Into✦ the paper,✦ like I was ink
When I'm writing,✦ I'm trapped✦ in between✦ the lines✦
I escape,✦ when I finish✦ the rhyme
[Bridge]
I got love, l-o-v-e and I be
Love, l-o-v-e to emcee
Get love, l-o-v-e and I be
Love, l-o-v-e, I emcee
Get love, l-o-v-e and I be
Love, l-o-v-e to emcee
Get love, l-o-v-e and I be
(Love, Love) The M-O-S D-E-Finitely✦
[Refrain]
Check it out, y'all (Uh), feel me out, y'all (Say what)
Feel me out, y'all (yeah), hear me out, y'all (Get down)
Check me, out, y'all (Uh, get down, get down)
Feel me out, y'all (Down, down), check it out, y'all
Now hear out (Bounce), y'all
Check me out, y'all (Uh), feel me out, y'all (All around✦ the world)
Check me out, y'all, feel me out, y'all
Feel me out, y'all (Hear me bounce, y'all, get down)
Check me out, y'all, check it out, y'all
[Verse 2]
My folks said they was in love when they made me
I take the love they made me with to make rhymes✦ and beats
(Can you feel?) The raw deal is all-wheel driven✦ (right)
Contemplate✦ the essence of beats, rhymes✦ and livin'✦
Speech align with the rhythm (right), designed with the rhythm
Ears and eyes keep in good time with the rhythm
I shine with the rhythm, the Black Star Galactica
You're big number✦ fatin',✦ we ancient like the abacus
After✦ us, I see most proceed to be trees
Sprouting leaves,✦ givin'✦ breeze to the we who believe
I M.C., which means I Must Cultivate✦ the Earth
Straight back, straight facts, heartbeats and hard work
I be the "Funky✦ Drummer" to soften✦ the hard Earth
(Amin)✦ Pray Allah✦ keep my soul and heart clean
(Amin)✦ Pray the same thing again✦ for all my team
From Restoration to Fort Greene, and on out to Queens
Uptown✦ To Boogie-down, yo, just look around✦
Shook up the world like Ali in 6-3 (right)
I'm reaching a height that you said cannot✦ be
I'm bringing a light which you said we can't see
Saw the new day comin',✦ it look just like me
Sun bursts through the clouds, my photo✦ ID
I bring light to your day and raise your degree
The universal magnetic, you must respect it
From end to beginning; bright, true and living✦
Ever-changing but sustaining magnificent
Building✦ the now for the promise✦ of the infinite✦
Building✦ the now for the promise✦ of the infinite✦
Because...
[Chorus]
I start to think, and then I sink
Into✦ the paper,✦ like I was ink
When I'm writing,✦ I'm trapped✦ in between✦ the lines✦
I escape,✦ when I finish✦ the rhyme
[Bridge]
I got love, l-o-v-e and I be
Love, l-o-v-e to emcee
Get love, l-o-v-e and I be
Love, l-o-v-e, to emcee
Get love, l-o-v-e and I be
Love, l-o-v-e to emcee
Get love, l-o-v-e and I be
(Love, Love) The M-O-S D-E-Finitely✦
[Outro]
Check it out, y'all