Building A Rep Lyrics

Begin the demolition, gaining the recognition

Whatever the conditions, lyrical exhibitions

Determining the status

Defeating perpetrators

The animated characters, red-eyed people that hate us

The barriers are broken, history is re-written

The scales are tipping in the favour of the two that's hitting

No more confusion ever, no more mistakes or errors

We'll be around forever, calculated, calm and clever

Systematically, I dramatically

Leave you baffled and dazed and that's a formality

I know that you can hear me, let me explain it clearly

While you were pissing about we were working hard daily

Building a reputation, gathering information

Gaining elevation, burying complications

Focusing concentration, using imagination

Filled with determination, revealing revelations

You know the story my man, bigger the better the plan

The mic is glued to the hand, name is all over the land

(Have you any added comment?)

What can I tell 'em

A rhymer ain't a rhymer if he ain't rhyming with venom



Combination of minds

The chemistry right

Cuts, beats and rhymes



(Here he comes again)

Listen

Whatever your position, whatever the mission

Whatever your reasons for switching

It's over, dammit

Now I know you're synthetic

Give a brother some credit, why I'm poetic, it's genetic

It's inherited, never losing the grip

Never failing to hit, always a benefit

You ain't parallel, the whole world can tell

Name brands sell, but never excel

We take it to a level

Nothing mediocre

Packing the ace, packing the king and the joker

Hold your tongue bro

Seems you lack flow

Sold yourself short for dough, what do you know?

They had you on a shelf paralysed for years

Gathering dust, and now it's burning your ears

You been promised the best and nothing less

The talents you possess

Constantly put to the test

It's all part and package of this thing 'success'

And all in due time the rest will manifest

Now they're clocking you mannerism, slaves to your rhythm

Attracted to your magnetism, we're self-driven



Combination of minds

The chemistry right

Cuts, beats and rhymes



Once upon a time they found this hard to swallow

But now they're quick to follow

Sort of like sheep with hollow

Skulls with no brain cells

I know your game well

It ain't hard to tell, you got nothing to sell

This is a must

Running in the veins

Like blood through the blood vessels

What remains

Is a rise in the pressure level, birth of a rap rebel

Flowing incredible, while other crews back pedal

With no stamina

Falling at a quick rate

Time to emigrate, you should've stayed

Down in the underground, you're a clown

Well renowned for your run of the mill sound

Far from legendary, emcee never ready

Hold your mic steady, boy

You're ordinary

Whenever necessary

Quick to bite the cherry

Your fame is momentary, another adversary

Left for dead, we bury at the rap cemetery

It's real necessary

Call the military

We're very mercenary, extra-ordinary

Your time temporary while ours is everlasting

Combination of minds

The chemistry right

Cuts, beats and rhymes



Combination of minds

The chemistry right

Cuts, beats and rhymes



This is dedicated to all the beat makers, the graf writers, the beat boys

The radio Dj's plugging our material and to all the record stores stocking our material

Also, to all the turntablists, especially those who cut off our a cappellas

Also, not forgetting emcees already where they wanna be and those aspiring to get there

One XL, Mr Lex, 360 Physicals, Phi-Life Chyper, A-side and my man Tommy T and ? in Norway

Also, not forgetting to mention all those that check for us; Cashan, Andrea, Simon Fuller, Mr Angus Bentley, the Stereo MC's, Julian, LJ, everybody I know in Belgium, Marcus down in Cardiff, Toby, 2000 AD, everybody at Source Records and Westbury Music

And most important of all, my son and his mom

'Til next time

The return, the return