You Never Knew

[Hook: samples by A-Plus] ("You never knew...") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" ("Didn't you know?") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" ("You never knew...") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" ("Didn't you know?") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" "It's like..." ("You never knew...") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" ("Didn't you know?") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" [Verse 1: A-Plus] (Hiero, y'all!) It's not a wrong thing To be addicted to the microphone like a heron fiend I'll tell you one thing — you'll never catch me frontin' As I proceed to give the people what they wantin' (You're makin' some green) But not for glamour or fashion I'm stackin' cash until I can get moms a mansion (All from rappin'??) Nah, man! There's many plans, like investin' in land It started all from impressin' the fans With brand new flows, and you know All the way from gangsta clones to weirdos, fools used those But we ain't trippin', give respect when you see this, you need us! Or your rhymes' underdeveloped like a fetus [Verse 2: Pep Love] Those that know-not doze, and it shows When we broke out the knock, hoes hopped out they clothes That's positive feedback Yep! The Prose — are poised, we never pose, you'll never know From '93 'Til Infinity, we've been inventive Creatin' the bump is our only incentive And it's been a long time since I feel I've been felt But the only thing I fear is fear itself So you know what we gots to do (What?) Maybe could we keep it within the crew? Like it should be Never givin' out, we livin' out our dreams If there's somethin' I can't live without, that's my team You never knew... [Verse 3: Phesto] Hieroglyphics, hip-hop is vintage Underground like silos, launchin' long-range ballistics World-renowned, we groundbreakin' Musical boundaries Runnin' circles around MC's [Hook] ("You never knew...") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" ("Didn't you know?") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" ("You never knew...") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" ("Didn't you know?") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" "It's like..." [Verse 4: Del the Funky Homosapien] Del — been rhymin' for more than a decade Onto the next stage, while MC's need aid Stay paid, I'm still grade-A None of that tomfoolery As you can see, this shit ain't nothin' new to me Utterly hoverin' over other things material You're stuck in the here and now Plus you're sweatin' profusely, here's a towel Your fears are now reality, when I take yo' dream states And elaborate on how your team's fake (Phonies) Like phony ID's, but sometimes I feel like Only I see through the charade you've made In today, but hey! Tomorrow, it's played And then they got a new fool in yo' place to be okay [Verse 5: Tajai] Huh! Hieroglyphics Hip-hop is vintage, invented in days back Rekindlin' ways that many thought was lost In this contemporary maze of methods to floss We findin' trees and trails to blaze, boundaries to cross We can be found beyond the bounds of reason Or earthbound, heatin' up the Coliseum [Verse 6: Opio] They rushed the stage full-throttle in Chicago Our brains interlocked Where fakin' MC's get caught with the 40 bottle Or get their chains snatched pronto! We unstoppable, droppin' flows in Toronto Maneuverin' through Vancouver and On to Japan, where they put major grands in my hand Follow... [Refrain: Phesto] Straight from the heart, we set apart from the rest and Our perfection on the microphone was predestined World-renowned, we groundbreakin' Musical boundaries Runnin' circles around MC's [Hook] ("You never knew...") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" ("Didn't you know?") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" ("You never knew...") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" ("Didn't you know?") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" "It's like..." ("You never knew...") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" ("Didn't you know?") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" "It's like..." ("You never knew...") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" ("Didn't you know?") "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" "It's like..." [Outro] "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" "It's like..." "It's like that and, uh... (Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" "It's like that ––" "(Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" "It's like..." "(Uh, Hieroglyphics, yeah!)" "It's like..."