Step Into the Realm (Live)

[Intro: Black Thought] Yeah yeah yeah Check it out, emcees out there, they better stand clear Roots crew'll be your world premiere Illadelph straight stealth, son, watch yourself The illest in the flesh, yo, guess who else? MC's out there, y'all better stand clear Roots crew'll be your world premiere If you're feeling this, and if you're with me Then throw your hands up, you don't gotta say nothin' Just throw your hands up, come on [Chorus] Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Steppin' to the M-Ilitant and Black Thought And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Steppin' to the M-Ilitant and Black Thought And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Yo, check it out [Verse 1: Black Thought rapping Malik B's verse] Yo, I walk a-cross this, world that's deceptive The beats are perfected, the ghetto's infested With more destruction, my vocal eruption Was speakin' 'bout corruption with no introduction Approach me with caution 'cause I spark losses M-Illatant the rap arson, marchin' Leavin' niggas stiff like I'm starchin', departin' Hollywood Sambos and jokes just like Martin I'm the type of nigga that belongs in a ward Hold a mic with a cord, and your head with a sword Self proclaimed lames callin' theyselves Lord All shall be flawed, when the claps applaud If this a point of life, one I can't afford I have to get sheist and I deal in fraud Now back to the topic of, the rap philosopher With more drama than a soap opera Who stops the propaganda, the hot block commander Puttin' a halt to all the bad talk and slander Warning every challenger, about the silencer Muzzle in your mouth for them days that's on the calendar Come on [Chorus] Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Steppin' to the M-Ilitant and Black Thought And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Steppin' to the M-Ilitant and Black Thought And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart [Black Thought] Yo, I'm from the valley of the heavyheads, watch the ghetto pre-medical Undergrads, and steady red faces of stone Eyes are crevices, life like a double negative Philly crimin-al, I rhyme my, dirt Tariq already did Buildin' this, Fifth foundation in the wilderness Thought-less, trespass and enter Thought's fortress Limitless entrance, paid, to the order of the Cypher slaughterer, my mic slappin' you senseless Defenseless, niggas never movin' me inches The beat Fifth, invisi-ble in the trenches Afficiando, awesome hip-hop drug problem Fuck stardom, and chickens in Gotham Poltergeist, slit or choke the mic, til it scream to me Stop that, cash we conveniently got that I stroll through your scenery cocked back Me and Hot Mack, the '99 subtle, pull it back, come on [Chorus] Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Steppin' to the M-Ilitant and Black Thought And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Steppin' to the M-Ilitant and Black Thought And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart