Mellow My Man

[Intro: Black Thought] One-two Yes! The Roots layin' back, rela-xin' Coolin' out with my man Malik B, we call him Slacks-in' YaknowhatI'msayin? We in Effect Mode like Al B. Sure, for your pleasure Ayo, bust it! We 'bout to flip it on some ol' laid back Mellow My Man tip We gon' set it like this Yo, check it Bust it! [Verse 1: Black Thought] La Di Da Di, who likes to party like Slick Rick The Ruler? I'm cooler than a ice brick Got soul like those Afro picks with the black fist And leave a crowd drippin' like John the Baptist It's the cause of that "Oh, shit!" The skits I kick flows like catfish And got many MC's on the blacklist I'm sharp as a cactus, plus, quick to bust gymnastic tactics Us Roots is really true to that rap shit Now, holla to the scholarly street skats that follow me Back to the Soul Shack with packs of rap colonies Max that! Foreign Objects is mad abstract Make Shadrach offender wanna go like Meshach Black Thought the nappy cat, a bookworm, shoot styles like sperm Cool as Malcolm Little with conch a la perm burn The herb sticks like wicks, and flips when I slaps the hand Of my mellow my man, Malik B [Verse 2: Malik B] Here I goes! Negroes best to know the flow-er The pro-fessional best in those skills that kills, so uhh.. WHOA! Slow down before you go down (Sissy) Sissy, this is Agatha Christie — you're slain and known now Next contender, Malik's the axe offender! Critique me so uniquely with mystique that's so deep within the Microphones I grip, psych with poems so's I slits throats Put him in a quote when he croaks They sayin' isn't it? Is it the negro that did it? Cause wreck with the TEC, make you jump and say "Ribbit!" I exhibit many forms, prohibit the corny norms (Oh, we're in your neighborhood) on the norms (Word!) Capture, was to whack ya, manu-facture You can even ask Anita about the rap-ture I figured, perhaps ya a-say it BLAM! For my mellow my man [Hook: Black Thought] The way we do it like this That, for my mellow my man It's like that for my mellow my man No, no, we do it like that This, for my mellow my man It's like this for my mellow my man No, no, we do it like this That, for my mellow my man It's like that for my mellow my man No, no, we do it like that This, for my mellow my man It's like this for my mellow my man [Verse 3: Black Thought] Yo, I got spunk, plus funk And Jump Like Punks To Get Beat Down Turn that heat down, I'm crazy cool Deeper than the pool that Wilt the Stilt damn near drowned in Clowns bounce to sounds when Thought's poundin' Brown's my complexion, section Southern, my brother-in is Jex I sweats no sex 'cause this kid gets grits 'n shit It's flex to drains that was crazed When your heart sped up — dip, dup, damn! Yo, I lost it, but back is the Black Boogey Man Manic mad musician, maker of noise That's jocked by your homeboys I rocks my flocks of sheep, it's the slickest shepherd around I was lost but was found Now I gets down from Philly to the Apple I stop in Hollis, Queens and then hit Uptown Diggin' Planets when they get Earthbound I kick the groovy tunes for you and yours When I pass the can to my mellow my man, Malik B [Verse 4: Malik B] WHOAHHHHH! Shucks! My nuc' snuff ducks (Uh-huh) Abruptly I erupt to destruct de ducks In wax, I like to smack 'em, stroke 'em as I cap 'em Change my name to Saran or Reynolds, then I wrap 'em Negroes know we be furrow to my borough 'Cause my ass is so thorough, like Levert Gerald Too strong to be sterile So I impregnates the greats (Say what?) Bust the Pacino's, I won't trust 'em, even though I lust 'em shapes Females for retail prices Twice this nice as with sugars and spices I won't smirk 'cause my name's not (You're not!) Urkel The voice with the multiple choice, she does a circle You wanna turn and page your eyes and try to plagiarize But I degrade ya, slaughtered ya and slayed ya Microphones I grip equipped to flip the hypocrites and nit-wits With tidbit skits that ain't *shhh* It was a curse, but I divide it in half Gets the airplay! No fair play! You're feelin' the wrath Of Malik, a-yo, that's tragic, negroes that get dramatic Because I got a habit to smoke rabbits like a addict So if you can not rap, I will just slap YOU If you wants to pick up on your nose B shows the chrome and then we cap YOU It's too bad, dem cyan't understand de true check For my mellow my man [Hook: Black Thought] The way we do it like this That, for my mellow my man It's like that for my mellow my man No, no, we do it like that This, for my mellow my man It's like this for my mellow my man No, no, we do it like this That, for my mellow my man It's like that for my mellow my man No, no, we do it like that This, for my mellow my man It's like this for my mellow my man [Outro: Black Thought] I think it's for my mellow my man, uhh My mellow my man, right? My mellow my man, uhh My mellow my man, right? My mellow my man, uhh My mellow my man, right? My mellow my man, my mellow my man My mellow my man, my mellow my man For Scott Storch — my mellow my man Leonard Hubbard on the bass — my mellow my man Brother ?uestion on the drums — my mellow my man Gotta end it on the one, my mellow my man Check it!