[Verse 1: Guru]
Expanding the depth of your brainpower,
Ours is a better gift, not to be bragging nor lollygagging,
I can see dimensions of sound and light around my mic,
Transmitting lyrics like teletype,
Reacting to a beat in a whisper,
And like a transistor, I'm sounding dope when I'm crisper.
The shortest length between two points is a straight line,
I've gotta take mine, I heard it through the grapevine
That some can't find hype lines;
And so I'm smothering, over my prey I am hovering,
Suckers I'm shoving, at the same time covering
You with the blanket of some language that's distinguished.
How swift can I get? You ask and I'll tell,
For I can excel real well like a gazelle
Past your head, I'm grabbing abstract thought
Like some gain glory, while others get no part.
I feel for the hurt ones, the victims of wrong deeds,
Awareness is key, our people have strong needs –
Science, math, history, theology,
Philosophy, psychology, English and biology,
Et cetera; and all of these have a purpose,
But genocide makes me nervous.
So many questions, many opinions to mention,
And damn, this jam's beyond comprehension.
[Verse 2: Guru]
Like planets in orbit, we ride the life cycle,
Some take a rifle on the street ‘cause it seems neat
Whatever turns you on I guess, that's why vests are in season,
I'll do my show then I'm leaving,
I'd rather be blasting dope sounds on the other side of town
Than be there when they close the place down.
But anyway, every day there's another way
For a person to just flip, so a brother may
Simply go buckwild, get crazy and mad,
I know the struggle my father had.
Poetry it comes from within, and will always win,
Hold captive bodies from end to end,
And at a party, I'll survey then slay with the quickness,
Displaying the fitness,
Easing the mind and relieving the tension,
And singing my own song – that's beyond comprehension.