5th Element

Who am I? The one that gets laced tight The one you wear, hit a flare on the same night That you hit an uprock, I'm the one in the closet next to one sock The one you rock on the cardboard box Walking to the one block You know the one spot peeps get the one shot Got one thought on the task at hand You can ask your man I'm part of master plan Only b-boys and b-girls, they understand Whatever you say now, ya wish is my command Name it, I'll be the footwork to your head spin Follow your lead, go anyplace that ya legs bend At ya cipher session I'm ya best friend I got a twin, we's a pair clocking size 10 Head's a shell, three stripes on side Laces large, on your feets I reside Keep me clean, keep me laced, and I'll be allright I be the first element up in here tonight Who am I? See, I'm the one that you be gripping tight The one that makes you sound real good when you be flipping right And I'm the one causing fights up at the open mic I'll make ya sound real stupid if you don't hold me right I got emcees fiending for me all day and night I could care less if ya on me if ya black or white See all that matters when you rock me don't be coming wack and Don't hold me to the speaker or I'ma feedback and I'm used for rapping, every now and the used for passng Back and forth in ya crew in a freestyle fashion I get rocked, ripped, flipped on and blasted I'm spoke on, choke on, hit on, spit on, and mastered I've outlasted, been used to tell truth and lies Used to kill the youth and used to open up they eyes I come in all kinds of sizes, heard all kinds of voices Sometimes I'm plugged in, you know sometimes I'm cordless Keep me clear, keep me close, and I'll be allright See I'm the second element up in here tonight Who am I? I got two heads and they always spinning I got two arms that the deejays, they use for ripping Plus a fader in my middle that they always gripping I'm completed with the two records used for mixing They pulling tricks and cutting up, ya know they scratching Remixing beat, juggling just whie they mix and match and All kinds of beats till it's the heat that I know ya catching And I'm the one that started hip-hop in case ya asking I got knobs and faders in a mad abundance I come in many names, but most time it's 1200 When I get played now, you know that you truly love it Now clean the needle on my arm or I'll be sounding busted I'm disregarded, treated like I ain't legitimate I'm making music, you don't see me as an instrument And it takes true skills to get on me and be ripping it Nobody sees my contribution, they ain't getting it You know there's one thing that really now makes me mad You used to blow me off but now I'm the latest fad I'm the thing that every rock band they got's to have Now people say my name and they be like "Now what is that?" Keep me running, keep me spinning, and I'll be allright I'll be the third element up in here tonight Who am I? Se I'm hiding in your backpack You tear my tip off, replace it with a fat cap I'm 12 oz. of steel concealed in a knapsack Ya pull me out, ya shake me up, and then attack that Wall or train while ya steady throwing up your name Leaving these end to end burners, ya getting ghetto fame Now me and my brothers, ya know we come in many colors Steady beautifying the walls of a ghetto culture Toys and suckers now you know they getting dissed quick I'm going all city all up in ya district Ya hold me with control so I never drip thick I'm tagging up ya spot, nobody misses it See I'm the brush to a modern day type DiVinci I'm the new urban renewal for ya block's committee I've spoken words of the youth of an inner city I'm vandalism but to others I'll be called graffiti Keep me shaking, keep me spraying, and I'll be allright I be the fourth element up in here tonight Who am I? See I'm the God that you don't know about I gave you breath up in your lungs that you can't go without See you know the facts of My story you been told about I'm always reaching out for you but you just keep on holding out I know your doubts, I know you're thinking that I ain't real See I know you forgot about Me when you got ya last record deal See I know the way you feel, I walked the earth just like you And like a child up in his Father's arms, I long to hide you Many times I invite you while standing here right besides you But you walk right past, you ignore My hands here given to guide you I gave you gifts, I gave you talents that you just used to gain your wealth But you took my gifts and talents only for you, just to glorify yourself I was beaten and bruised, crushed now for your iniquity Stripped naked, I was spit upon just for you to live eternally Yet you blaspheme Me, you make moves without asking Me Then you blame Me for your troubles and calamities, you kidding me? Keep Me first, keep Me in your life, and it's gonna be all right See I'm Jesus Christ, the Fifth Element up in here tonight