Thelonius - Just An Emcee Lyrics

Our culture reflects life
All of it
No apology, no judgement
Nothing
This is where we are
We didn't ask for this
We woke up one day
And we was in the situation we in
Now, we don't have to stay there
We can grow
We can develop
That's what the hip hop movement
Is all about
Growing and developing
Afrika Bambaataa said it
Breaking, MCing
Graffiti writing and DJing
Knowledge and overstanding
These are the first pillars of hip hop

Maximus Aurelius...got a pen for a sword
If you ignore I will impale your torso on the floor
This ain't a war if you couldn't finish the battle
My venom straight through your denim
Like a snake without the rattle
The cattle's not where the beef is at....I hate subliminal rap
You playing a character on a beat but you can't act
Leave the Grammy for an Oscar, while I move proper
Like a Rasta with Shottas chopping a helicopter
I'm paying homages to Dali Lama son of my father
I got it mixed with a little bit of culture I play the prophet
I'm preaching to the streets but they ain't tryna hear that
9 milli they dumping it silly you better get back
Click-Clack...when the steel draws, them pair of Jay's fall
Stilettos up in the ghetto tall as The Great Wall
I'm keeping it sane I stay in my lane
My flow is the spring so dance in the reign of a king

Jotting bars on my notebook paper
Gotta serve them on a tray like a waiter
You want the respect, well gimme mine
I'mma recite lines like showtime

I'm just an emcee
(I ain't gotta gimmick) Naw
I'm just an emcee
(Never gonna quit it) Naw
I'm just an emcee
(Music in my blood) Yeah
I'm just an emcee
(I do it for the love) Yeah

I be that...odyssey writing from the hand of the Gods
Greek mythology to my music I'm the i to the Pod
Flow of a Hot boy, I'm not a Ciroc boy
Grew up with them glock boys that run from the cops boy
I got the jaws of a bass head and I snort the trebble
Christ gave me the pimp hand so I could slap the devil
Heavy metal all in my mental when I'm rocking
To the beat up in the street 'til I Led Zeppelin the concrete
And I still feel defeat whenever I'm all alone
Reminiscing my homies who never got to make it home
Some of them calm but in the hood they always wilding
These young'ns growing up but the parents remain childish
Talented I am, hungry that I be
All I really want from is for my people to keep it 100% unity
So let the rhymes put the beat to sleep
In my dream I know what I wanna be
So turn the mic up please

Jotting bars on my notebook paper
Gotta serve them on a tray like a waiter
You want the respect, well gimme mine
I'mma recite lines like showtime

I'm just an emcee
(I ain't gotta gimmick) Naw
I'm just an emcee
(Never gonna quit it) Naw
I'm just an emcee
(Music in my blood) Yeah
I'm just an emcee
(I do it for the love) Yeah

Uh, uh, uh along with the track man, uh
Part of me, uh, as I come back
Uh, uh, uh along with the track man, uh
Part of me, uh, as I come back

Here we come yo, here we come
Here we come yo, here we come
Here we come yo, here we come
Here we come yo, here we come

Jotting bars on my notebook paper
Gotta serve them on a tray like a waiter
You want the respect, well gimme mine
I'mma recite lines like showtime

I'm just an emcee
(I ain't gotta gimmick) Naw
I'm just an emcee
(Never gonna quit it) Naw
I'm just an emcee
(Music in my blood) Yeah
I'm just an emcee
(I do it for the love) Yeah