Chino XL - Wordsmith lyrics
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Ughh, yea Yo [chorus] Perfection, flawless, masterpiece, no mistakes Back in the 1800s I was burned at the stake (I am the Wordsmith) Metaphor Mephistopheles, degrees I've achieved The brain fluid it takes to believe would equal the seven seas (I am the Wordsmith) I could reveal the true name of God, you'd go insane upon hearing it Release enough winds to blow down pyramids (I am the Wordsmith) I'm the Michelangelo of syllable, since I freestyle Genesis been biblical That's something you gotta give in to [Verse One] Yo, yo, since born in my mama's vaginal sauna As a sono-gram, I've been fond of phonics It's ironic, even as an embryonic Fed through an umbilical, don't that sound biblical? I've been a terror since I teareth out of the uterus 'Cause evil plans were made to defeat us as a fetus Though now I walk in infamy, as a child they had it in for me Was raised with guns in infantry, in diapers and in infancy The childhood of a hood, that was raised in the hood Cops said, "Put your hands in the high sky" I put my hands down on the hot hood I can't whine or drink wine, nine planets planned it 'Til it became apparent, my parents shouldn't have been a parent State to state we ran some, I wasn't worth no ransom Money, won't you hand some? A nigga wasn't handsome Raise the mind like Charles Manson's Knew I was some man's son, but which one? That made me strong, created my poison tongue [chorus] Perfection, flawless, masterpiece, no mistakes Back in the 1800s I was burned at the stake (I am the Wordsmith) Metaphor Mephistopheles, degrees I've achieved The brain fluid it takes to believe would equal the seven seas (I am the Wordsmith) I could reveal the true name of God, you'd go insane upon hearing it Release enough winds to blow down pyramids (I am the Wordsmith) I'm the Michelangelo of syllable, since I freestyle Genesis been biblical That's something you gotta give in to [Verse Two] Why you cut school? 'Cause you ain't feel too good I cut school 'cause my cuts ain't heal too good Through all the physical abuse my mind escaped through the gift of wordplay I memorized encyclopaedias and dictionaries I wrote anthems from antonyms, harmonies from homonyms Created cinema from synonyms Was livid to eliminate that illustrious life you livin' in Wrote rhetoricals in rhythms I could paralyze with a parable, make rhymes out of religion Crucify you with a prefix, or suffocate you with a suffix Wrote lectures so infectious it's known to infect the listeners Who dissin' us? Yo punks you wait... I punctuate My karma's the comma That puts you inside of a coma Hyphen, dot, dot, semi-colon, leave you semi-swollen Question mark, you pregnant? Oh you're not? I love you, period. To sum it up, language is my essence Fucked up in all my adolescence 'til my Moms was out of lessons Laws: I store convenient Still I rob a convenience store Love Mom, Fuck Mom, shit I ain't love me no more Mentally it didn't register, bitch Empty the register, bitch You just a cashier, bitch Give the cash here, or I'll shoot you in your cabbage Hijack a getaway cab, bitch Words ain't makin' me no loot, don't change now Dow Jones average Regardless, we Godless They stole my innocence In a sense, the judge sentenced me to three lifetimes sentences To write my life and times and sentences Art my dark archnemesis They want me off the premises, that's what the premise is Locked on a tier where you can't shed a tear at Studied more Shakespeare than any African shakes a spear at And the whole world fear that, and it hurts I got caught killing time, but then I got with words [chorus] Perfection, flawless, masterpiece, no mistakes Back in the 1800s I was burned at the stake (I am the Wordsmith) Metaphor Mephistopheles, degrees I've achieved The brain fluid it takes to believe would equal the seven seas (I am the Wordsmith) I could reveal the true name of God, you'd go insane upon hearing it Release enough winds to blow down pyramids (I am the Wordsmith) I'm the Michelangelo of syllable, since I freestyle Genesis been biblical That's something you got to give in to [Bridge] People can say whatever they want about me But agree that I am the Wordsmith (I am the Wordsmith) They can try to ignore everything that I achieve But agree that I am the Wordsmith (I am the Wordsmith) Yo, the love of words is deep in my veins Must be to silence my pain, I am the Wordsmith (I am the Wordsmith) And even if I never move a million units It's my blessin how I do it, I'm the Wordsmith (I am the Wordsmith) [Verse Three] I'm in a game full of morons, and they keep putting more on I tutor the Torah, I'm in the core of the Qu'aran The mind's what I represent, and emcees better re-present I'm taking this rappin' bullshit to the fullest extent I have reservations why Indians are on reservations Told that board of education I was bored of education As far as this go I leave you deader than disco Rocking sex and violence over sax and violins Through your minds camera lens, you're in need of an ambulance I'll knock you to the asphalt, it's your own ass fault Your last thought, I'll never sell my self short to be famous And taking it up the anus just ain't us The world could get the penis of this classical trained pianist My P.O. was P.O.'d, handed a cup, told me to "pee in this" The linguist musician, my college position is my intuition Told me that I wouldn't be affordin' tuition My education's all on my own So I might have been born yesterday, but I rhyme like there's no tomorrow [chorus] Perfection, flawless, masterpiece, no mistakes Back in the 1800s I was burned at the stake (I am the Wordsmith) Metaphor Mephistopheles, degrees I've achieved The brain fluid it takes to believe would equal the seven seas (I am the Wordsmith) I could reveal the true name of God, you'd go insane upon hearing it Release enough winds to blow down pyramids (I am the Wordsmith) I'm the Michelangelo of syllable, since I freestyle Genesis been biblical That's something you gotta give in to (I am the Wordsmith) (YOU'RE CRAZY!)
