Substantial - If I Was Your Mic lyrics

Say, if I was your M-IC
Do you think you could treat me properly?
Instead of droppin' me and abusin' me
Sometimes, I wish y'all would stop usin' me
Say, if I was your M-IC
Do you think you could treat me properly?
Instead of droppin' me and abusin' me
Sometimes, I wish y'all would stop usin' me

What's going on hundreds of people
Stare on my direction
There are a few others who
I resemble in my section
The house lights dim then I
Am placed under a spotlight
The others disappear as if my
Name was Bill Cartwright
Amongst chatter I hear footsteps
Headed toward me
Oh my god there is a wack emcee headed for me
To the wire I'm connected so


I'm unable to exit
Escape is impossible oh no he's got me
In a choke hold somebody make him put me back
Why me black I scream
Frantically causing feedback
The crowd reacts with ruckus then him
And his crew touch us
There has to be away to
Escape from his sweaty clutches
I'm loosing it slowly becoming suicidal
'Cause of his weak recidale
Crowds become homicidal
Now I'm trapped here
Wondering why the others didn't warn me
I could've avoided this wack
Nigga spittin' on me

Microphone respect, one, two, one, two
Say, without a microphone, what you gon' do?
Say microphone respect, two, one, two, one
Yo, without a M-IC, what you gonna do, son?
Yo, microphone respect, one, two, one, two
Say, without a microphone, what you gonna do?
Yo, microphone respect, two, one, two, one
Yo, without a M-IC, what you gonna do, son?

Say, if I was your M-IC
Do you think you could treat me properly?
Instead of droppin' me and abusin' me
Sometimes, I wish y'all would stop usin' me
Say, if I was your M-IC
Do you think you could treat me properly?
Instead of droppin' me and abusin' me
Sometimes, I wish y'all would stop usin' me

Some people get cocky once they realise
That they got to me
Anyone can turn me on but
Not everybody can rock me
Perpitrating dopeness your
Presentations sloppy
Too much for you to handle
So suckers often drop me
In this line of work I get
Around more than a little bit
Hearing idiots trying to read
Rhymes when they're illiterate
Don't know who to fuck with and
This foam don't protect shit
Drowning in saliva now I feel infested
Saturated in wackness
Y'all abusing your friend
Don't be mad mad when they sad
You can never use me again
I know I'm not perfect
And at times unreliable
But, I'm the only reason why
Your voice is recognizable
Don't wanna blow me so now
You're smackin' my head
How 'bout you quit yelling
And try rappin' instead
I miss being embraced now I'm
Greet with a strangle
When will they realize I'm to be praised
Not mangled

Microphone respect, one, two, one, two
Say, without a microphone, what you gon' do?
Say microphone respect, two, one, two, one
Yo, without a M-IC, what you gonna do, son?
Say, microphone respect, one, two, one, two
Say, without a microphone, what you gon' do?
Say, microphone respect, two, one, two, one
Yo, without a M-IC, what you gonna do, son?

Say, if I was your M-IC
Do you think you could treat me properly?
Instead of droppin' me and abusin' me
Sometimes, I wish y'all would stop usin' me
Say, if I was your M-IC
Do you think you could treat me properly?
Instead of droppin' me and abusin' me
Sometimes, I wish y'all would stop usin' me

What? Yo, uh
Uh, uh, check it out, yo uh, uh
Substantial, Nujabes no doubt, doubt
Microphone respect, one, two, one, two
Uh, uh, yo, yo
Say, without a microphone, what you gonna do?
What you gonna do? Uh, yo
Say, microphone respect, two, one, two, one
One, one, yo, yo, yo
Say, without a microphone, what you gonna do
Son?
Say, without a microphone, what you gonna do
Son?

Ride it out, out, out uh, what, what? What?
It's like that ride it out