Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap Page #12

Those people were sold,

um, in a dozen.

So slaves would start

going back and forth

with each other,

saying, uh, well,

"your head's

bigger than your neck,

"and that makes you

a lollipop.

"Ahh. Your mother

is so this,

I could do that."

"Ahh." And everybody

would laugh at you.

Then it eventually

became the dozens.

So the idea

of battling,

coming out

of this tradition called the dozens,

where you verbally

attack your opponent

and your opponent

verbally attacks you

until somebody

breaks down and either wants to fight,

cries, whatever it is,

or... or a judge

deems the battle won by either opponent.

This trickles

over into rapping.

It was zulu nation

that first

brought up the idea

of we don't have

to shoot at each other

or beat on each other

or... or this.

We can actually

use this tradition of the dozens

to actually

have verbal warfare through art.

Defeating chino's

an oxymoron

Like happy marriage

I allow for there to be

churches all around

My neighbors

are tired of people

Worshipping outside

of my house

These entertainers

names and lines

I started those

Big chino created

from god's particles

What flows from

my abdominals, abominable

Nonvulnerable,

part animal

Dark paranormal

like ghosts

Man, I hate these rappers

"Why don't you off 'em?"

I hear it often

When I'm gone, son

They won't be worth

a splinter in my coffin

But once I auction off

my crown of thorns

There's no more

Me fall is what they

invented the word "never" for

Every rapper should

change their name to nas

'Cause when they ask,

"can you outspit chino?"

All you'll hear

is a lot of "Nah" s

If you say the right

combination of words

that makes a crowd go,

"ooh," or, "I agree.

That's right.

He does look like that,"

you know,

then you win the day.

I'm wise, you could

learn it from me

Impregnate you

with so many bullets

You could take

maternity leave

I'm gonna say this

And I say this

with a jaded cadence

I'm dedicated to hatred

Escaping off

satan's playlist

I'm dangerous

when I communicate

What I'm thinking,

brain-dead

I'll spit in morse code

Write down

what I'm blinking

Rhyme contortionist

Shot my way

out of hell's orphanage

Using a slingshot

and live scorpions

Some guys that use

vocabulary as a weapon

almost just

to brag or show.

So kind of what I do

in that sense

is like, um, braggadocious,

rhythmic vernacular

Designed to back you up

I back it up

with the spectacular

Yet just a fraction

of my perpendicular

With no particular

linear structure

I'm giving you ruptures

As I erupt

into your cerebellum

I tried to tell 'em,

I open a vortex

Your cerebral cortex

sends a reaction

That has 'em

like a spasm

Upon further review,

you see it was lyrical orgasm

How did it happen?

You can't even describe the vibe

What was the essence of god's

presence felt inside?

Bestowed upon you from

the moment I dropped it on you

I strike like a diva tonight

and can't nobody warn you

I'm on you,

I got that truly godlike

Metaphysical,

neolithical

Ask what you see in me,

lyrical deity

Hip-hop's pantheon,

one step beyond

So I stand

beyond whatever shaitan's fans be on

I lights 'em up like neon,

locks 'em down like deion

Reclaimed my title

three times like ali when he beat leon

And that's what I be on

for the peon

I remember the first

rap battle I ever lost,

and I had this,

hey, chris, you want to see me?

You running like

a squirrel up a tree

So I'm like, you know,

I'm like a little kid and stuff,

and I had this

whole thing planned,

'cause I was supposed

to be the rapper,

and this one dude was

feeling like he could beat me in school,

and, um, he had this...

His rap, uh, Nah.

This whole thing,

he said, "man, you know what?"

You gotta go first.

You gotta go first."

So I spit this

whole long rap, and he's like...

He's like,

"okay, cool." And he said, "yo..."

Uh, his response

to my rap was,

yo, what's up?

My name is chris

Let me

tell me one thing, you smell like piss

Right? And everybody's

like, "ahh!"

Everybody

started running off,

so I lost

my first rap battle.

Part of the reason

why my raps are so simple now.

Way more simplicity,

just get to the point,

you know.

Penitentiary chances,

the devil dances

And eventually answers

to the call of autumn

All them fallin'

for the love of ballin'

Get caught

with 30 rocks

The cop look

like alec baldwin

End-of-century anthems

Based off

inner-city tantrums

Based off the way

we was branded

Face it, jerome get

more time than brandon

And at the airport,

they check all through my bag

And tell me

that it's random

But we stay winning

This week has been

a bad massage

I need a happy ending

and a new beginning

And a new fitted

And some job opportunities

that's lucrative

This the real world

Homie, school's finished

They done stole your dreams

You don't know who did it

I treat the cash

the way government treat aids

I won't be satisfied

till all my niggas get it

Is hip-hop just a euphemism

for a new religion?

The soul music

of the slaves

That the youth

is missing?

But this is more than

just my road to redemption

Malcolm west had the whole

nation standing at attention

As long as I'm

in polo smiling

They think they got me

But they'll

try to crack me

If they ever

see a black me

I thought I chose a field

where they couldn't sack me

If a nigga ain't

shooting a jump shot

Running a track meet

But this pimp is at the top

of mount olympus

Ready to the world's games,

this is my olympics

We make 'em say, "ho,"

'cause the game's so pimpish

Choke a south park

writer with a fish stick

I insist that y'all

get up off of this dick

And these drugs,

niggas can't resist it

Remind me when they try,

to have ali enlisted

If I ever wasn't

the greatest nigga

I must have missed it

I need mo' drinks

and less lights

And that american apparel girl

in just tights

She told the director,

"I'm trying to get into school"

He told her,

"take them glasses off and get in the pool"

It's been a while

since I watched the news

'Cause like a crip said

I got way too many blues

For any more bad news

I was looking at my rsum

Feeling real fresh today

They rewrite history

I don't believe in yesterday

And what's

a black beatle anyway?

A f***ing roach,

I guess that's why

They got me sittin'

in f***ing coach

My guy said I need

a different approach

'Cause people is looking at me

like I'm sniffing coke

It ain't funny anymore,

try different jokes

Tell 'em and hug and kiss

my ass, x and o

And kiss the ring

while they at it

Do my thing

while I got it

Play strings

for the dramatic

Ain't none

of that whack sh*t

Act like I ain't had

a belt in two classes

I ain't got it, I'm Comin'

after whoever who has it

I'm coming after

whoever who has it

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