I Remain Calm

[Hook x4]

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb

When you put me on, I remain calm

[Verse 1: Malik B.]

I remain calm, but for jerks that irk

Come out my humble, go berserk and make you swallow your smirk

I splurge most and bash, capacitate mass

I fascinate as I assassinate and show task

Characters and egos get crushed in trust

And my words stampede like herds in the dusk

Cream of all crops, topics I drop with Trotter

When heated up, I gets hotter 'cause I'm proper

You never knew the levitude the clever few

Different tax for revenue, man, if you ever knew

The tac-tic, strategies of word ca-pa-bilities

Display, decease the rhythm, and man, how it swerved and curved

Made a nigga's dream, but his hope deferred and stirred

Dig the mentals — Papermate, Bic's and No. 2 pencils

My credentials flow on instrumentals

I write a anthem, throw a tantrum and remain handsome

Mysterious vibes like I was the Phantom

Erupt abruptly, then conduct, amaze

You're fucked when the lyrics get buck because I graze

Never animosity on my property

Niggas acropoly, or they feel extreme monstrosity

Wreak and leak out the verbals, Akhi, don't forget it

The chief of edit, the Malik'll shred it, yeah, I said it!

[Hook x4]

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb

When you put me on, I remain calm

[Verse 2: Black Thought]

That nigga Thought flows like a river

I deliver styles like Domino's

Eyes closed, I inhale equality, follow me now, son

Listen, my divisions advance, I surpass one half of the rap mass

The other half want my autograph

Because I got soul, plus a ghetto stroll similar to Shaft

It's the mic rippers, splittin' Phillies in the cellar

My a capella verse can stomp, I delete comp

My rated-X larynx wrecks your context

I'm complex, confusin', lyrically amusin'

I drink brews then when I'm groovin', I'm no longer human

I'd like to take this time to give a shout

To all the money makers in the house

Come on and help me turn it out!

I whip the cap to the back, I'm laid back like your gramps

I make niggas embarrassed like they spendin' food stamps

I take my time when I rhyme lovely, me, nah like ugly

Like, God, we get odd to ill rhythms

Rappers thinkin' of steppin' up — what the fuck you doin'?!

I amplify the hymn to bring your empire to ruin

Who's your girl screwin', fellas? Jealous because I'm fly?

Keep my sneakers dry when you cry-baby

See, I can have you headin' for the border like a Refugee from Haiti

A-yo, this brother drivin' my cab tried to flip, sayin', "Pay me in advance"

I asked him if he ever danced in the dark with the rap devil Black Thought

See, niggas who get caught off guard remain scarred ear-to-ear

With headphones remainin' on they domes, they hear

I resound and astound and scare

I reign terror into another nigga rap era

My rhymes sedate, I lubricate like Aloe Vera

I'm extreme, restin' in the land of the plot and the scheme

Peace to Bed, Shedroch and the Equal Team

[Hook x12]

I remain calm, lyrically, I got the bomb

When you put me on, I remain calm