Velvet Glove, Iron Fist

[Intro] Concentration, Contemplation Concentration, Contemplation Concentration, Contemplation Spiritually, mentally, and physically [Verse 1 - Mazik] Uh When I run up on an average motherfucker He cannot begin to comprehend the level of this type of slang Way beyond his reach, like a zenith, like a peak, that You know you cannot climb it Mission accomplished, next assignment You need alignment And some refinement Go and look for self and don't come back until you find it Many die before they know just who they are You got a wife that’s not in love with you but honey loves your car And all the diamonds and the things you got for her, you got what you deserve And now it's time to serve (serve) The head upon the earth (earth) You know the truth can hurt (hurt) More than giving birth It's time to take a long hart look (look) At exactly where you stand, you got One foot in the concrete and the other stuck in sand You’re not going anywhere, anytime soon The number one reason is the ego like balloon You're not going anywhere, yo, anytime soon [Chorus] Velvet Glove That you love, obey, and trust Then an Iron Fist That comes along and then you're crushed Into reality Why's it you felt deceived? That they got you - spiritually, mentally, and physically [Verse 2 - Benyad] I realise God works in mysterious ways From time to time I get a crew to get through in a phase To listen to my inner submission, my gut feelin' The world's so trying and the world's so revealing At a young age, hit the stage, media blitz America bites the young, take a swallow, then it shits On everyone it can, Filipino, black, to Cuban And all of son of man getting crushed by son of Uncle Sam [Bridge - Benyad] Damn, huh Days go on and on Dreams evaporating like the water on the lawn I think I'm overdrawn I’m living way beyond my means A day late, a dollar short, is always how it seems [Verse 3 - Mazik] Levitatin’ like a pebble on a pond I've got the knack for rising up above, I’ll never be a pawn That can be manipulated, I'll do all manipulating To call this shit original would be an understatement of the Third degree, ya not Better than me, so why Don't you listen to me and, ah, stop trynna do me 'Cause you never ever win, with your tricks and wicked ways Stage, phase, labyrinth in a maze You’re stuck in all of them at once and simultaneously dying Peace to Bob, original [?] lion Zion From the mountain tops all the way to [?] Like a Hiroshima-Nagasaki bomb we stop the clock [Chorus] Velvet Glove That you love, obey, and trust Then an Iron Fist That comes along and then you're crushed Into reality Why's it you felt deceived? That they got you - spiritually, mentally, and physically [Verse 4 - Benyad] From Toronto to Victoria New York and California Everything in between, pay attention all you fiends An open letter, from the Abraham regime It's all turned to shine now so get the sun screen Yo we're raising, the salaries of gods we don't trust We're burning, more calories than ABFlex Plus Don't you ever rush ([Mazik] Remember patience is a Virtue) The Blood is penetrating into every last tissue Call your next of kin Yeah we turn mice to men Make everything Zen A dead man walking like Sean Pen Well I'll be suckling on Mother Earth's tits You're lactose intolerant, and ignorant, and still can't handle Any of it, talking that shit Dreamin' like a sucker on the street 'bout the house you'll never get Any of it, talking that shit Dreamin' like a sucker on the street 'bout the ins you'll never get [Bridge - Mazik] Damn, huh Days go on and on Dreams evaporating like the water on the lawn I think I'm overdrawn I'm living way beyond my means A day late, a dollar short, is always how it seems [Chorus] And just a Velvet Glove That you love, obey, and trust Then an Iron Fist That comes along and then you're crushed Into reality Why's it you felt deceived? That they got you - spiritually, mentally, and physically And physically Spiritually, mentally, and physically [Outro] This black Madonna fortifies us She make us strong, she gives us the bitter or tonifying aspect So we have sweet, we have sour, which is our, our gathering We have salty, which is salt-like We have bitter, which is tonifying Uh, [?] There are sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent Uh, I think that's all five of them So, the black Madonna, [?] and seer, um Gives us the aspects that help us differentiate between Taste, itself