| [Hook: Masta Ace] | |
| What's up to everyone, that's in the place to be | |
| I'm glad we could come together, we making history | |
| You won't see this again, in half a century | |
| Telling you who we be, eMC | |
| [Wordsworth] | |
| Yo!, I'm Wordsworth, W.W., Words for short | |
| Mirror Music, solo LP, y'all heard my thoughts | |
| Yet I'm humble but I'm confident | |
| Sophisticated and provocative | |
| Novelist without all the obvious monotonous | |
| Many other acomplishments | |
| Plus songwriter, story telling and battle rhyming | |
| I was born brighter | |
| Being from Brooklyn, New York | |
| It's just naturally comes | |
| MC and poet, all packed into one | |
| [Stricklin] | |
| Aiyyo, What up? | |
| My name is Stricklin, from Milwaukee, US | |
| Yeah I can sing, I can dance, but see I talk to you best | |
| I done did a lot of things but what I ought to do next | |
| Is explain how M3 done simply brought you the best | |
| I been signed to many labels who I fought to impress | |
| They ain't hear me tho, so I had to walk with the rest | |
| I deserved much more, but they offered me less | |
| So here I be with eMC, who you thought was the best? What? | |
| [Hook] | |
| [Punchline] | |
| I'm Punchline, Lower Eastside, the place I reside | |
| One Half of Punch & Words, competition get served | |
| These labels works my nerves, tried killing my vibe | |
| But I received a gold plaque by doing records with Tribe | |
| Grammy nominated, my position validated, niggas took my style and ate it | |
| Lyricist Lounge Show, yeah we made it | |
| I love hoes, keep my mind on my dough | |
| Im sorta like Terrence Howard cause I Hustle and Flow | |
| [Masta Ace] | |
| Yeah, I'm Masta Ace from Brownsville, Brooklyn | |
| Where many-a-chain is snatched and pocket book tooken | |
| Taken, it's also the home of Central Booking | |
| Cats are stealing checks off your Nikes if you not looking | |
| I went five albums deep, while half the world would sleep | |
| Once wrote a speech about the system in my jeep | |
| From 1988 to 2000 and change | |
| It's incredible I'm still doing my thing, it's a blessing | |
| [Hook] |