Yasiin Bey, Slick Rick - Auditorium lyrics

Peace da da da da da
Peace, peace, peace, peace, peace, peace
Power ugh
Mad Liberator def operator
Rock the data amazin' flavor
Yo!

The way I feel sometimes
It's too hard to sit still
Things are so passionate, times are so real
Sometimes I try and chill, mellow down
Blowin' smoke
Smile on my face, but it's really no joke
You feel it in the street
The people breathe without hope
They goin' through the motion
They dimmin' down the focus
The focus get cleared
Then the light turn sharp
And the eyes go teary, the mind grow weary
I speak it so clearly, sometimes
Y'all don't hear me i push it past the bass
Know nations gotta feel me
I feel it in my bones, black
I'm so wide awake that I'm hardly ever 'sleep
My flow forever deep
And it's volumes of scriptures when
I breathe on a beat
My presence speak volumes before I say a word
I'm everywhere penthouse, pavement and curb
Cradle to the grave, tall cathedral or a cell
Universal ghetto life holla, black
You know it well quiet storm, vital form
Pen pushed it right across
Mind is a vital force, high
Low or right across
Soul is the lion's roar, voice is the siren
I swing 'round, ring out
And bring down the tyrant
Chop a small axe and knock a giant lopsided
The world is so dangerous
There's no need for fightin'
Suckers tryin' to hide like the
Struggle won't find 'em
Then, the sun bust through the
Clouds to clearly remind 'em
It's everywhere! Penthouse, pavement and curb
Cradle to the grave, tall cathedral or a cell
Universal ghetto life holla, black
You know it well
What it is, you know, they know
What it is, we know, y'all know
What it is, Ecstatic, there it is!
Huh, what it is, you know, we know
What it is, they know, y'all know
What it is, you don't know? Here it is!
What it is, you know, we know
What it is, they know, y'all know
(What it is)
What it is, you don't know? Here it is!
(Here it is)

Ecstatic en punto
Ha, ba da da da da
Peace, power (Ba da ba da ba) fantastic
So original and always on time (Jeweler)
And rockin' your mind (Ruler)

Sit and come relax, riddle of the mack
It's the patch
I'm a soldier in the middle of Iraq
(Uh, huh) well, say, about noon-ish, comin'
Out the whip, and
Lookin' at me curious, a young Iraqi kid
(Huh)
Carryin' laundry, "What's wrong, G? Hungry?"

And in Arabian barkin' other stuff
("Jihad! Muhammad! Jihad! Mahmood!")
'Til his moms come grab him and
They walk off in a rush
Distrust, feelin' like I's pissed upon wound
I'm like, "Shorty, hope that we can fix
Our differences soon! Bye!"
Buyin' apples, I'm breakin' on
"You take everythin', why not just
Take the damn food, black bastard?"
I don't understand it, on another planet?
(Uh, huh) fifteen months of this stuff
How I'm gonna manage?
And increasin' this sentiment
Gentlemen gettin' down on their
Middle Eastern instruments
Realized trapped in this crap (Uh, huh)
Walk over, kicked one of my fabulous raps
("La-Di-Da-Di")
Arab jaw drop, they well wish, they glad rap
Now the kid considered like
An Elvis of Baghdad

What it is!

Ali: This one will not win
And this one will not, this one will not win
This one win, this one win, ace
This one will not win and
This one will not win, dame and ace

What it is!

Omar: Men have two faces: one that
Laughs and one that cries
Ali: They sent you? Omar: yeah, so? Here

What it is, you know, they know
What it is, we know, y'all know
What it is, Ecstatic, there it is!
Huh! What it is, you know, we know
What it is, they know, y'all know
What it is, you don't know? Here it is!
What it is, you know, we know
What it is, they know, y'all know
What it is, you know, here it is!