Blueprint, Ill Poetic - Common Knowledge (Iron and Niacin) lyrics

Fo' sho' you know, we was talkin'
And we figured a lot of y'all
Motherfuckers love to skip steps you know
Y'all talk shit behind y'all
Soundscan cat's know man
I'm lookin' right now
(That was a keeper) You know what I'm sayin'?
It's common knowledge man

This artform's been exploited like
My mother Africa
For years by my peers but I'm here
To bring it back to her
Caught up in the essence so
They label me a backpacker
A little off base
But here's why it's accurate
+My Uzi Weighs A Ton+ now ask yourself
"How else could he carry it?"
Plus he got the goodies for
Good times and merry men
Bring the party with him everywhere he is
I got lots of love for my boo that is
No love for them groupie dudes
And stuck up chicks
And all them indie rock girls
Know what time it is
If they don't they better ask Flava Flav
And I make sure my sound checks sounds best
I air lines
Airlines in America throughout the SouthWest
Yeah I'm grounded but I gotta sound fly
That way my rap career's never on standby

One battle and you're through?
You're supposed to flow
You ain't tryin' to pay dues?
Like you supposed to blow
Keep droppin' the same album
You're supposed to grow
Everyday is a challenge
You're supposed to know

Y'all fools rap and I'm an illusion
Rap Wolverine, Hugh Jackman i jack humans
So if you average about, rappin' about
Platinum clout
Then I'll just try to average it out
And prove that you're hardly worthy
Bitch smack you harder than Charlie Murphy
Your verse is edible
Print and Ill Poetic will
Prove you just a silhouette of skill

Let's build

Y'all went from bathroom stalls
To chat room walls
You went from record stores to message boards
We makin'
Records that'll get your chick movin'
Out her dresser drawers
Plus we killin' metaphors so, when I rhyme
I gotta have a graph writer
Draw an chalk outline around your Alpine
Now it's time treat the next rappers dick
Like a trampoline bitch
Use it to hop on mine

One battle and you're through?
You're supposed to flow
You ain't tryin' to pay dues?
Like you supposed to blow
Keep droppin' the same album
You're supposed to grow
Everyday is a challenge
You're supposed to know