[00:12.48]Slowly and steadily MC's are fallin off like leprosy
[00:15.39]Instead build immunity and spread insight through community
[00:18.21]These fundamentals, form the krux of longevity
[00:20.58]When melodies are looped and vocals harmonize in unity
[00:23.22]Now its 99 and aint a damn thing changed
[00:25.65]Some seek fame as wealth manipulates the brain
[00:28.32]Let me, paint this picture, your minds the canvas
[00:30.87]Many claim their real and later flake like dandruff
[00:33.57]Cause 1 out of 10 stick to their words
[00:36.00]The other 9 stick to my nikes and get rubbed out on the curb
[00:38.58]Lets be real, we're paper chasin' for financial backing
[00:41.46]But theres a thin line defined by need and greed many are passing
[00:44.10]Known as crossing over for exposure some embark
[00:46.74]Or cars,jewels and shit that wont exist when we depart
[00:49.23]Crews, don't snooze, or eyes become bruised
[00:51.69]This goes out to those that slept knew the deal or were confused..
[00:54.33]Check the blueprint..
[00:56.49][Chorus]
[01:05.07]So MC's, take it back to lyricism
[01:07.53]Producers, pour out your heart into the rhythm
[01:10.17]DJ's pay bills develop skills
[01:12.66]And respect the architecht as we begin to build
[01:15.12]And check the blueprint, to keep the culture alive
[01:17.70]And check the blueprint so as an artist you can survive
[01:20.34]And check the blueprint I speak these words without frills..
[01:22.92][scratch]
[01:23.13]So respect the architect as we begin to build
[01:25.44]Clutchin my pen tight strugglin to portray the right depiction
[01:28.38]I'm punchin the wall of writers block, loathing for recognition
[01:30.90]Nowadays your not heard, unless your posing an image
[01:33.57]With watered down lyrics that appeal to most who listen
[01:36.12]Instead i'll water the roots so branches will replenish
[01:38.82]Expanding elements that pioneers started building
[01:41.43]Hiphop houses, so many free loading MC's
[01:43.83]I feel theres only a few tenants who've been paying their fees
[01:47.28]360 degrees what goes around comes back
[01:48.99]I'm smoking mics as I inhale lies and exhale facts
[01:51.63]Unfold the blueprints, the plans for improvement
[01:54.24]Bridging gaps between the mind, ball point pen and the clueless
[01:57.15]Innovation is useless once you forget the essence
[01:59.58]So respect the architect. pick up your pens and start sketchin
[02:03.03]Pick up your pens and start sketching..
[02:05.58][Chorus]
[02:07.62]So MC's, take it back to lyricism
[02:10.17]Producers, pour out your heart into the rhythm
[02:12.84]DJ's pay bills develop skills
[02:15.21]And respect the architecht as we begin to build
[02:17.70]And check the blueprint, to keep the culture alive
[02:20.34]And check the blueprint so as an artist you can survive
[02:22.92]And check the blueprint I speak these words without frills
[02:25.53][scratch]
[02:25.74]So respect the architect as we begin to build
[02:28.17]As I open my slanty eyes to this place called earth
[02:30.78]I contemplate how music has lost artistic worth
[02:33.36]And I'm shrivled up in my niche like the scrotum when its freezing
[02:36.21]With bags under my eyes on account of too much sleeping
[02:38.79]Because of these lies in rap that I can't feel
[02:41.16]Leaving me dazed with the phrase "i keep it real"
[02:43.92]How many times have you heard this being fed through your ears
[02:46.38]I'd rather be fed in the mouth, to shit it out from the rear
[02:49.20]Claiming their underground but underwater their wrinkling
[02:51.84]And me like water buoys to that level I'm never sinking
[02:54.30]Sink your teeth into my words hard enough to be lispin'
[02:56.82]Then when finished biting them, find your front teeth missing
[02:59.46]I see em sippin fine wines in spas, to match their image
[03:02.43]Gimmicks.. I flap my jaws and their squads diminished
[03:04.86]I don't mess with glocks but metaphorically in speech
[03:07.32]I'd like to pump em' with more shots than diabetics receive
[03:10.05]Then in a better place may they peacefully rest
[03:12.54]In hopes that next time the blueprints they'll manifest
[03:15.18]Check the blueprint...
[03:18.45][chorus]
[03:20.70]So MC's, take it back to lyricism
[03:23.19]Producers, pour out your heart into the rhythm
[03:25.86]DJ's pay bills develop skills
[03:28.29]And respect the architecht as we begin to build
[03:30.72]And check the blueprint, to keep the culture alive
[03:33.33]And check the blueprint so as an artist you can survive
[03:35.94]And check the blueprint I speak these words without frills
[03:38.70][scratch]
[03:49.14]So respect the architect as we begin to build