Hold That Note

[Verse 1] Yo, first thing I do is listen So I'm sure that is pure when I'm through doodling Amuse-bouche then I boost to the tune's movement Time's sacred, so I don't do grooming Ask polite like nice for [?] And now I've got one I scan for the matter Ear for the window, hand for the chatter Mindful the taxman, snatching it back up I hatch plans for a back up Although plan A isn't more than Don't be a plagiarist Stay sick, keep ego reigned in Pray for rain and stay in Pigeon on the sill calls for outdoors Words and sound caught I miss chilling, [?] for a walk Grit, discipline Sit, scribble, tinkering Cos if I ain't finished then I miss it more [Hook] Hold that note, hold the thought Hold the door, hold the boat Stop the car, raise the bar Post the vote, Stoke the fire Know your own So hold that note, shoot the shit Lose your grip, load the votes Take the call, scale the wall Own the quote, stoke the fire Know your own [Verse 2] Yo I'm straight up You deal the cards and I hold my hand face up Best under pressure, let's raise the stakes up [?] recall what your name was How it worked when I came through Stay true to the way that I never made do Locked in a book til I take two, make brew Watch for mistakes it's my weakness I play too Face screws for the fakeness I see truth like food for the vagrants, booze for the wasters A steak cooked blue for the 'gators Back teeth sick of being spooned up potatoes I need substance, sick I'm already sludge-drunk Passing [?] on the bench Shots watch as I'm starting the carve now [?] laugh in the dark and you'll pass out [Hook] [Verse 3] So what's it all about? Fuck knows, it's a moment Beat surf, dip toes in Knees submerged, keep going Neck deep, strike out til the sea's frozen Take a break on a glacier Wait for a mate or a stranger Make sense of the place later Drift til there's barren lands On your Jack Jones, find caravan Beg no man's luck, lost faith in your rabbit's hand Back to basics, prayers for Orang Utan Or a tree-based inhale ylang-ylang Ignore orders straight from your Capitan Jack cabbage patch Rock shades, the very same shades as your cataracts Don't think twice for the flies or the stench of the Calor gas Laugh hearty, death to the gravitas [Hook]