Akbar - Those Who Say Lyrics
[ VERSE 1 ]With this mic in my hand I command the grand orderA physical man, I stand on land and waterFire and wind, I transcend physical bordersMy father is the son and the moon is his daughterMy mother the Earth, she gave birth to the seedFrom a lifeless ball of clay, empty as a hollow reedUntil Allah breathed life into my physical frameFrom a state of nothingness instead of existing I becameBy God, the true and living given insightCertain colors manifesting physical lightBut still earthbound, held down by the physical elementsSpiritual development gives me a higher intelligenceBeyond these concrete streets and the green pasturesI walk with the elders, 24 supreme mastersThey taught me time travel and how to master soundThrough ancient scriptures lost but now foundI'm like the intergalactic Asiatic star fighterCreative rhyme writer, I meditate like a spiderCall me an old soul, psychedelic mic relicTrained on a spiritual plane by angelicMichael taught me to rock the mic wellGabriel showed me how to read, write and spellRafael gave the forewarningHe said, "When you hear the trumpets blow you'll know new day's dawning"So I sat with the Gods and for years we did the scienceAnd when I stood up I realized that we were giantsI sat with the Gods and for years we did the scienceAnd when I stood up I realized that we were giants[ CHORUS ]I'm not a gangster, I'm somethin closer to a monsterA Chi-town underground Boogie Down BronxsterRemember when I stomped ya like in concert?With the rugged raw I came, I saw and I conqueredI'm not a rapper, rappers get thrown awayHardrocks get knocked and locked and blown awayAnd rap stars fade away and those who sayDon't know and those who know won't sayRunnin game we don't play and those who sayDon't know and those who know won't say[ VERSE 2 ]I was a mild child until I got influenced by the _Wild Style_Then I became the unclaimed son of HusseinSociety's blame, the whole world's afraid of meKillin myself but I'm still in effect like slaveryWhen I was down I got stepped on, when I was up I got slept onLike a sofa bed but still I kept onTryin to feed the masses like Jesus with a loaf of breadCut out the middle man and eliminate the overheadStep off the jock and let my record rockLike the shepherd who lead the flock, the one who kept it lockedThe keeper of the style who kept the cheeba in the isleI took a walk through thought and ran deeper than a mileI get down, cover ground, make my mic sound niceTake aim, hit the map and rap around the world twiceI'm so precise it's frightening, I'm like lightningStrikin in the same place twice with the mic deviceWhen I drop this hip-hop on your earPut the microphone in a shop for repairIt might require surgery, re-wire the circuitryIn the event of an actual emergencyWe'll interrupt your program to keep you informedThe forecast calls for severe brainstormsWhen I shoot the gift I let my mind drift like the contintentsAfter the show I'm unavailable for comments[ CHORUS ][ VERSE 3 ]I'm a byproduct of the viaduct who struck out in response toWhat you did was created a monsterI wasn't expected to survive but I didYou're feelin my vibe? Well I'm still alive cause I hidDeep in the cut where we sleep in a hutOn the bare floor near the door we drank from the same cupAnd all ate from the same plate, that's how I came upI rode the train for fame and got my name upStayin I reign permanent when I shoot my sperm in itFrom the barrel to the earth up to the firmanentI'm shinin like a ( ? ) the lion of JudaOn the Mountain Zion meditatin with the buddhaI looked to the sky, saw the mothership overpassin meI felt my heart start to race with great ferocityTo see the holy Crystal City in his chastitySat down at the throne of His MajestyWith 144'000 seat capacityI heard the prophecy, Babylon ending tragicallyI speak emphatically even when mics are statickyFlowin radically till things change dramatically[ CHORUS ]YeahYou know?Those who say don't knowand those who know won't saySo when you get through talkin and walkin your lipswe gon' keep it movin like this
