[Intro]
"If you can talk you can sing,
If you can walk you can dance"
That's an old proverb from Zimbabwe
Nah'mean, yo...
"If you can talk you can sing,
If you can walk you can dance"
Yeah, and the trumpet is blown
Uh... uh... yeah... alright...
Uh... c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Alright... wooh!
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Uh... one more time
Yo, anybody can tell you how it is
What we putting down right here
This is how it is and how it could be
Reflection Eternal for real
And with that–
[Verse]
These cats is no match — plus they lack a certain knack for rapping
Chasin' but they never catch the wagon
Like Re-Run in What's Happening
Since back when–
They had potty issues and snotty tissues, we been rockin'
Think you poppin'? Next year nobody will miss you
My thoughts is too advanced for the artists on these labels
They come sweeter than Sabal and softer than mashed potatoes
I tried to told you the rhymes ran over emcees like Land Rovers
And took 'em back in time like Sankofa, Sankofa
We stand over the Atlantic, looking broad like a man's shoulders
The fire is trapped in a belly, ready to pop like canned soda
We outlasted, from Middle Passage
Touched down in New York... Cincinnatay!
Big Ohio status, what you thought?
Money, it's classic, these bastards tryin' to treat us like cattle
So life has been a constant battle – battle
Rising above the crabs in the barrel
Way too used to living in death's shadow
We stay on point like the best arrow – arrow
We hit the target accurate – start shit, back it up
When we hit town, y'all niggas, pack it up
That's how we get down, straight smash it up
Like a whip, hydroplaning
Hydro on the brain and maintaining
Game changing into subtle shit, we remain blatant
Yo! Got to tell you to your face
You get replaced in this game
By Kweli – place the face with the name
These cats drink champagne to toast death and pain
Like slaves on a ship talking about who got the flyest chain
[Breakdown]
Come on!
[Scratches by Hi-Tek]
[Outro]
We the reflection of our ancestors
We'd like to thank you for the building blocks you left us
Since your spirit possessed us, yo, you blessed us
Thank you very much
Thank you very much
Thank you very much
We the reflection of our ancestors
We'd like to thank you for the building blocks you left us
Since your spirit possessed us, yo, you blessed us
Thank you very much
And God bless you
And God bless you
And God bless you
And God bless you
God bless you
God bless you
God bless you...
God bless you...
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