High Voltage

[Intro]

"You know what I mean?

You could put a label on a life

Put a label on a lifestyle." (Sometimes)

"You know, put a label on how you wake up every morning

And go to bed at night." (Hybrid)

[Verse 1]

I've been diggin' into crates, ever since I was livin' in space

Before the rat race, before monkeys had human traits

I mastered numerology and big bang theology

Performed lobotomies with telekinetic psychology

Invented the mic so I could start blessin' it

Chin-checkin' kids to make my point likе an impressionist

Many men have triеd to shake us

But I twist mic cords to double-helixes

And show them what I'm made of

I buckle knees like leg braces

Cast a spell of instrumental-ness on all of you MCs who hate us

So you can try on, leave you without a shoulder to cry on

From now to infinity, let icons be bygones

I firebomb, ghostly notes haunt this

I tried threats, but moved on to a promise

I stomp shit, with or without an accomplice

And run the gauntlet with whoever that wants this

[Chorus]

(High voltage) The unforgettable sound

(High voltage) Bringin' you up and takin' you down

(High voltage) Comin' at you from every side

(High voltage) Makin' the rhythm and rhyme collide

[Verse 2]

(Akira)

I put a kick in the backbones of clones with microphones

Never satisfy my rhyme jones

Sprayin' bright day over what you might say

My blood type's Krylon, Technicolor Type-A

On highways, bright with road rage

Pages of wind in cages of tin that bounce all around

(Surround sound) Devouring the scene

Subliminal gangrene paintings, overall the same thing

Sing-song karaoke copy bullshit

Break bones verbally with sticks-and-stone tactics

Fourth dimension combat convention

Write rhymes at ease while the track stands at attention

Meant to put you away with a pencil pistol official

Sixteen-line, the rhyme missile

While you risk your all, I pick out all your flaws

Spittin' rah blah blah blah, you can say you saw

[Chorus]

(High voltage) The unforgettable sound

(High voltage) Bringin' you up and takin' you down

(High voltage) Comin' at you from every side

(High voltage) Makin' the rhythm and rhyme collide

(High voltage) This is the unforgettable sound

(High voltage) Bringin' you up and takin' you down

(High voltage) Comin' at you from every side

(High voltage) Makin' the rhythm and rhyme collide

[Interlude]

"And like the rock and rap, you know what I mean?

People actin' like, you know, 'Wow, that's a new invention!'

That shit ain't new

We're constantly evolving

It is constantly changing." (Sometimes)

"There's a lot of change

Everybody's always tryna to put labels on…

There ain't no label for this shit

They always gonna try to put a label on it

Try to create somethin' so they could water it down"

[Bridge]

Sometimes, I feel like a prophet

Misunderstood, under the gun like a new disease

Sometimes, I feel like a prophet

Misunderstood, under the gun like a new disease

[Chorus]

(High voltage) This is the unforgettable sound

(High voltage) Bringin' you up and takin' you down

(High voltage) Comin' at you from every side

(High voltage) Makin' the rhythm and rhyme collide

(High voltage) This is the unforgettable sound

(High voltage) Bringin' you up and takin' you down

(High voltage) Comin' at you from every side

(High voltage) Makin' the rhythm and rhyme collide

(High voltage) This is the unforgettable sound

(High voltage) Bringin' you up and takin' you down

(High voltage) Comin' at you from every side

(High voltage) Makin' the rhythm and rhyme collide

(High voltage) This is the unforgettable sound

(High voltage) Bringin' you up and takin' you down

(High voltage) Comin' at you from every side

(High voltage) Makin' the rhythm and rhyme collide

[Outro]

"You know what I mean?

You can't put a label on a lifestyle."