Bow Down

My killer coordination causing contusions
It ain’t no illusion the way that I’m fusing the music I’m using
Together with God sound, all towns from Roxbury to San Juan
Rocking to the rhythm of some young Puerto-Rican young gun
I tell the world where I come from
The microphone missionary reaching the slums
So come one come all, get up off the wall
Came to wake the minds of those trapped in a time warp
I meddle with measures ministering through rhyme
Never for sport, only thirty percent caught
I take that to heart every time I shout stop
The music, they’re yelling turn it up
I’m forced to burn it up, man could never earn enough to compare
With riches untold that I got in my soul
You know these Tunnel Rats
(We won’t bow down)
We steady keeping the sound that we started with
Rocking at parties around town, never stoppin' it
Keepin' it for the underground
Rise
(We won’t bow down)
We steady keeping the sound that we started with
Rocking at parties around town, never stoppin' it
Keepin' it for the underground
Rise
Now I write to appease the appetite of emcees
To ignite dreams in these bird visionaries
To create a visual description
One individual’s depiction of widespread famine and cultural malnutrition
So feast your eyes on this rendition
And after second or third, the words take on a position
So you know where I stand, there I start the incision
For those of y’all who can’t cut being a man
No ambition, no plan
If thoughts are plastic, then there’s no «I can»
And life’s a stereo and y’all is panned
I cut my arm at the wrist to give you a hand
But you still didn’t understand
That the race ain’t for the weak and the pace is hard to keep up
Your label tellin' you you ain’t gon' make it 'til you G’d up
They turn the heat up and tell you to stay cool
Put the game in motion and want you to play the fool
And there ain’t nothing you can do about it
Because you knew about it
You was warned about the game but you was 'bout it- 'bout it
And didn’t wanna hear nothing I said
Look at you now
(We won’t bow down)
We steady keeping the sound that we started with
Rocking at parties around town, never stoppin' it
Keepin' it for the underground
Rise
(We won’t bow down)
We steady keeping the sound that we started with
Rocking at parties around town, never stoppin' it
Keepin' it for the underground
Rise
I’ve got to be well-rounded
And unpredictable for the fickle and critical public but I love it
So I go past the boundaries of the last flow
Cause if I don’t then I won’t have a chance to advance
I know the people wanna move when they feel the groove
Pay attention to the beat but don’t care what you speak
As long as they can get they freak on, it’s all sweet
But fool, I rumble in the jungle where the concrete
Dishing it out on wax plates (and you ate it)
Blowing up the spot to (elevate it)
Keep it tight man, I got to (and you hate it)
Cause now we the competition and in position to make it
We on a mission for the sake of the love
Real talent on the mic, pushes come to shove
Take it to the next level, bi-coastal local
We freedom bound
(We won’t bow down)
We steady keeping the sound that we started with
Rocking at parties around town, never stoppin' it
Keepin' it for the underground
Rise
(We won’t bow down)
We steady keeping the sound that we started with
Rocking at parties around town, never stoppin' it
Keepin' it for the underground
Rise