Pete Rock, Rob Odindo, Black Thought - It's About That Time lyrics

The world traveler
(Say what?) see what I'm sayin'?
Yo, yo, Black Thought aka the Bad Lieutenant
Yanahmean? (Say what?) 2-1-5th tight sound

Yeah, yeah, check it out
Over the globe again
From the realm of Illadelph
The planet overwhelmed, yo
Just brace yourself
You wanna go against me? First, face yourself
I pose threat to whoever
Within ya commonwealth
The toxin, I'm crushin' ya crab concoction
To the utmost, examine this up close
It's shockin'
Now, mic droppin' is ya only option
Here come the spliff scientist in the flesh
Have you forgotten?
His Excellency, the most poetically inventive
Official Hip-Hop shit, that's ya incentive
To cop this actual fact and not the likeness
'Cause possibly clones'll try to
Do it like this
Fathom this lyrically fabulous vocabulist
Hold mic like four-fifth and lick shot
Someone like Pete to wreak Rock? I think not
I don't just smoke, I sleep
Drink and think pot
I want the type of vehicle that brings God
Composin' 'til the ink's hot
My Hip-Hop is wild megawatts
Continuous, forever exist and never stop
What up? Whatever, Akh
We can thicken the plot

Well, it's time for that
And it's about that time (Worldwide)
It's about time for that (Check it out)
It's time for that, and it's about that time
Pete Rock, it's about that time for that
It's time for that, and it's about that time
(For Black Thought)
It's about time for that
And it's about that time
It's time for that, and it's about that time
Rob-O, it's about that time, yo, yo, yo

I'm Rob-O, what? Energize like a power plant
Blow speakers without an amp
Do things these wack rappers
Can't and start again
33 RPM, the hearts of men
It's cold like the steel I hold
On microphones let my words express
Movement like chess
My mic will stand erect like projects
It's drastic, top draft pick in this rap shit
You just a fraction
Caught up in the midst of action
My catalog's current events
Read the contents, what?
I move crowds for local events
The show stopper
'98 feature spot rocker: Rob Odindo
Now, every MC wanna mention me out of envy
Unofficially
Top of the charts, I played my part
Held it down from the start
You know the MO (Worrrrd up)
Yeah, yeah, Rob Odindo

And it's time for that
And it's about that time (Worldwide)
It's about time for that (Check it out)
It's time for that, and it's about that time
It's about that time for that
And it's time for that
And it's about that time (Pete Rock, uh)
It's about time for that
And it's about that time (For action, uh)
It's time for that, and it's about that time
For Black Thought
It's about that time for that

Yo, it's the Capital P with
Rhymes of the century
Speak rap lines essentially on the M-IC
I hold the mic appliance like science
My competitors and clients
Worldwide as my words coincide with real life
Think twice, transmit like True Lies
It's televised
Take my manuscripts out of context
Who on next?
Situation is complex, stop the nonsense
It's '98, time to set the record straight
Separate movers and shakers from
Those that hesitate
Your featherweight name carry weight
In every state
Y'all name-brand, no-frill niggas is marinate
It's Pete Rock, new world innovator
Crush imitators five years since The Creator
It's 'nuff said
As I paint the town red and move ahead
(Cannot be stopped)

(LOUD, LOUD) check it, check it, respect it
'98, set 'em straight
Up and down, Loud Records