Intro / Outside Perspective

[Intro: Woman 1, Woman 2, Man] The first thing she ever told me was that she had met the perfect man I said "Stop, there's no perfect man." She says "Oh yes," she says, "I have met this man, and he is wonderful." John Robinson was really able to control my mind, and control my attitudes And we were together in person in a way that nobody has, before or since Who was this man, John Robinson? [Verse 1] (That's right, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) He's omnipresent, like the king of soul He's underrated like Hendrix But he still loves rock and roll Splittin' image of the inner self of his father Walking upon a path, searching for Kahuna Matata Often misunderstood and assumed to be shallow He's just ahead of his time with the heart of a pharaoh Mind of a scientist applying it to the art form Hip-hop, the unexplainable phenomenon As the world turns, his insight grows Sanctioned to the planet earth to enlighten with flows And who knows? He might change the course Put a stop to disagreeable force And bring it back to the source of innocence Before labels tinker with the penmanship And before radio gave substance to censorship Before journalism was overpopulated Way before the apprenticeship has been outdated So patiently he awaited his chance To break the masses outta the trance to curse the land Studied the blueprint of the industry through many sleepless nights Only to gain the information that would burst the plan Soon to be recognized for his great efforts Had dreams of starting a distribution company and focusing on a death wish But he ain't care walk with the strut of a warrior Reflections of the most high through the shields of his cornea Living the art of peace daily with visions of Gandhi And goes to organize the masses like movements of Garvey Magnificent brother robbed it natural like Steve Harvey Hated by nice few, loved by many, his essence is godly Heard rumors of his crew falling off, no not hardly They want legacy like Bob Marley, living far beyond the Expectations of some corporate A and R Speaking the tongues talkin' 'bout he's gon' make them all stars [Chorus] I look at life from an outside perspective, gainin' new objectives Updating the methods Knowing who and where you are and represented I spit 'til they roll the credits, a rhyme analyst I look at life from an outside perspective, gainin' new objectives Updating the methods Knowing who and where you are and represented I spit 'til they roll the credits, a rhyme analyst (Inhale, inhale, inhale, influence) (Inhale, inhale, inhale, exhale) [Verse 2] He packs pro-black thoughts with distortion of static See it was written like the sophomore efforts of Illmatic Pulling perfection out his mind, his mind is a stuggle to lease He had the words and power to get the President impeached For any king denounced from his throne Some of us say he had more influence than the Pope in the city of Rome But the music, so many heads got it and lose it, abuse it He's one of the chosen few known to use it The youth refused it at first, then he spoon-fed the babies Now they all in tunes with his rhymes and it's all gravy Father never sell his soul, no "ifs", "ands" and "maybes" Blew four thousand and eighty, his company's still shady But they can't stop him, he does the work of a shaman With the soul vision through the eyes of Ra, known as Amun He used to love her back when she had Sense like Common Now he can't really trust her 'cause she always lyin' man Supply and demand, what a forced reality But still, in awe, he always hold it down like gravity Same essence, same man, new formula, different strategy The ruler's back so just call him "your majesty" [Chorus] I look at life from an outside perspective, gainin' new objectives Updating the methods, knowing who and where ya are and represented I spit 'til they roll the credits, a rhyme analyst I look at life from an outside perspective, gainin' new objectives Updating the methods Knowing who and where you are and represented I spit 'til they roll the credits, a rhyme analyst (Inhale, inhale, inhale, influence) (Inhale, inhale, inhale, exhale)