Rhythm's Last Stand

Take that. Rewind it back To the time when they only popped shots on tracks I heard the sounds pistol clicks and cockings I heard the noise of whisperings and plotting I could've sworn I heard the walls talk Before I knew it shots echoed in the hall block I see the poets who are trading in God for Gotti Christ and Gandhi for 44's, nines and shotties I keep talking, I keep on rocking Alive and spitting. That's why I keep on hawking Naw no one ever tried to pop me I guess that's the reason no one's trying to cop me But if I'm hittin' up rappers on a radio hot feed The CNN ticker will say that somebody shot me It's raining blood in Queens, Jamaica projects Crimson hue floods the skies of Compton But with all these words I'm dropping Even with a bullet in the head I ain't stoppin' [Chorus] I ain't runnin' from no pistol man I'll be coming from a distant land I'll be gunnin with a fisted hand This is rhythm last stand I ain't running from no pistol man I'll be coming from a distant land I'll be gunning with a fisted hand This is rhythm's last stand Verse II I crack enigmas, break the stigma of the death of rhyming I swear to God with every single breath I'm trying I was told you can't avoid the tempting whore of diamonds But I crush dirty lies with this relentless verbal violence If there are answers how come I can't seem to find them? I'm searching for the ring to bring these hip hop kings and bind them The stalwart God of truth said never stop till the shells stop flying Now all I have is rap to keep me from dying [Chorus] I came to the Game to put in my fifty cents Came to this madness with the gift of sense Came to give the defense my best offense Came to jump the ideological electric fence When they murk one another they degrade us all Now everything created will fall I shed tears for those who spent years Slave to spread the music while y'all spread fear Take that, rewind it back To the time when they only popped shots on tracks Herc, DMC, Moe Dee. I'm sorry Rakim, Eric B, Chuck D. I'm sorry The Jay-Nas feud didn't amount to violence So why are these cats turning sound to silence? (Pause) Who turned off the music? Like this track too loud in your sub, you blew it [Chorus] repeat Take that. Rewind it back To the time when they only popped shots on tracks Take that. Rewind it back To the time when they only popped shots on tracks