Canibus - Dear Academy lyrics

Dear Academy, take note!
I should get, the Oscar vote
If I don't, I'll bite your throat!
Signing off now, quote unquote

Yo, nominated for being underrated we
Made a name for ourselves
But, I guess Common was the
Only one that made it
I clapped when he won his award
Him and Black Eyed Peas and them
We was on the same tour
And DMX too, you my dawg for life (rrrrrrrrr)
I feel for you
I wanna see you get yours tonight
Mos Def you on the screen now
Followin your dreams now
Me you and Spike Lee used
To sit and freestyle
I said two words, they both got bleeped out
If you ever need me again, just reach out
I got poses that belong on posters
Pour out all my emotions and
Double what the gross is
Everybody in the box office
Know the flow sick i wanna thank Nottz
The producer that chose 'Bis motherfuckers!

I wanna thank my mother
I wanna thank my brother for makin the film
Cause all the support was very important
From the beginning I got fans and
Y'know cult members
That never let me down from day one
- I'm just inebriated to be here
I wanna thank you all

Yo, I don't wanna bite nobody's throat
I just want smoke
Yo pass the 'dro nigga yo, I can't believe
I'm sittin with Don Cheadle
Denzel and Russell Crowe man
Dave Chappelle yo I really
Liked your show man
Ice Cube, yo he in the next room man
D12, me and them struck a pose man! shhh
Shhh be quiet with Slim Shady
Yo this must be a omen! shhhhhhhh shut up
I think I'm 'bout to go platinum
I'm EXPLODIN! shhh you're too loud
I'm a fool man, what I'm 'sposed to do man
Red & Meth, "How High Part I I " man
Bokeem Woodbine bump me in his
Hood all the time
I wanna say peace, I'm a fan of yours brah
I seen Hov' on a hundred foot boat
At the Cannes Film Festival
With Sophie and Cope'
And Scarlett Johansson
She was with her man friend
"Lost in Translation, " number one smash hit
(And now, introducing, Can-IBUSSSSSS)
Yo, I'm in the game now, I ran "8 Miles"
I ain't the same old nigga
With the same style
The lifestyle of Jermaine is my brainchild
Jermaine's really like the black John Wayne
(WOW) or James Caan
Negotiatin some rhymes for the Don
I ain't seen my niggas in so long (so long)
We did a short film, "4, 3, 2, 1"
It was hot back then when it was new, but
I did this other film, "Gone Til November"
Me and Wyclef was in the trenches together
I did a big movie with him
He put me on soundtracks back then
I didn't understand the music business
Every agent found it hard to find me
In the backwoods of Holly, rehearsin my hobby
Shoutout to ROC and State Property
I was inside the beast, shoutout to DMP
Peace

Killa Khan, Sha, Black & Deco, my nigga Starr
Nottz, what? yeah
Throw shots, spread out your face like Botox
Nigga what?