Writers

Writers
Writin' my name in graffiti
Yes indeedy, I wrote graffiti
Writers
Writin' my name in graffiti
Yes indeedy, I wrote graffiti
I'm hard to read like graffiti

Here's my Galactican citizenship card
Interplanetary mission, I've been discharged to hit y'all
No ancillary staff will assist me
I'm about to show you what that writer's list be
See, I'm a writer in rap form
But these are writers that bomb trains and subway platforms
Courageous, bravest, street creators
They synonymous with DJs, rappers, and breakers

Arms folded, jail poses, ill portraits
Foster kids mixed in with the ill-fortuned
Fat laces, back in the day shit, calligraphers
Taggin' they names, puttin' they signatures in places
Courtyards, sports bars, landmarks, tan Clarks
Jams in the park, they doing art
Big bubble letters all over the city
I see it up in high places, wonder how they did it
Admit it, I always wished that I could do the same
But now the mic is a marker, I'm taggin' up names

Sometimes at night, I would walk with a pen, with a marker, or even some chalk
Writin' my name in graffiti
Yes indeedy, I wrote graffiti
Sometimes at night, I would walk with a pen, with a marker, or even some chalk
Yes indeedy, I wrote graffiti
I'm hard to read like graffiti

Henry Chalfant made Style Wars
A young Kay Slay tag was Dez, go check it out, y'all
Zephyr got a Z sprayed on his back
Sleep by the train tracks in Wild Style, straight outlaws
Zoro is Lee Quiñones
Shout to Saint, Blade, Ink, Seen, Kade, Crash, and Topaz
Shoutin' out Taki 183
Cornbread straight out of Philly, Phase 2 out of NYC

The mic is a marker, I'm taggin' more names
Quik and Fuzz, and Kool Sphere out of Queens
Case 2, Easy, Cap, Ghost, Jerms
If you into art, you should be concerned
These are some of the kings of the graff'
And there's some iconic queens I should add
Charmin, Claw, Lady Pink goes back
And MadC, Germany's on the map

On the west, Slick, Dream, Chaka, and Hex
And international writers I can't forget
So let's salute the highly gifted Krylon mystics
This is homage to the ghetto hieroglyphics

Sometimes at night, I would walk with a pen, with a marker, or even some chalk
Writin' my name in graffiti
Yes indeedy, I wrote graffiti
Sometimes at night, I would walk with a pen, with a marker, or even some chalk
Yes indeedy, I wrote graffiti
I'm hard to read like graffiti

Shout-out to TeKay, Cost and Revs, Bom 5, Peak, Reas, V.E, Jesus Saves
Too Ill, Doze, PJ, Chino, Coco 144, Billy, Vinny, Flashbacks
J.A., XTC Crew, it's on you, what you gonna do?
Baby 168, 1-Up, Can 2, Bates, Kel First, we get it straight
Can Control, Futura, Estro, On The Run
Rockin' it Suckers, Eli, Old Queens Boys, Mad Style Kings
Most Talked About, Mob Rules, For the Rep, Can't Be Stopped
For the Rush, Dame, 3D style of graff

When the cops came, they ran away, then returned
Keith Haring Crack is Wack just burns into my mind
It's called vandalism, like a crime
They had intuition 'cause gettin' pinched was a given
Not new to the system, when it's in you, it's like a religion
Phade was Fab 5 Freddy, oh, did I mention?
Crack, Sent, Giz, and Poem
Sitting on the throne, it's Merk, Gnome

And Skeme, Iz the Wiz, and Shame
Trap and Vulcan, Harlem Hall of Fame
Ice, Ich most famous for freight trains
The mic is a marker, I'm taggin' up names
Dondi, Serve, Running Man, Wayne, Ecko and Totem
Tame One, Ase One, Min One
Samo, that's Basquiat, thun
Big shout-out the whole Tats crew gang, hit Scrap Yard to rack up some new paint
Made U Look, another legendary crew
How ironic I made a song with that name in '02

Sane, Smith, two brothers, one passed
FX crew, Idea and Stash
Risk, R-I-S-K, Cope, Revolt, Tracy 168
Doc, TC5 crew, Part, Shy 147, it don't stop
And we all send blessings to these two, to Lou 167 and Rule
So let's salute the highly gifted Krylon mystics
This is homage to the ghetto hieroglyphics

To all the writers out there that's just gettin' started
Just gettin' ya name out there, keep bombin'