Times Up

[Hook] (Time's up) (I wanna rock right now) (Time's up) (Time's up) (I wanna rock right now) (Time's up) (Time's up) (I wanna rock right now) (Time's up) (Time's up) (I wanna rock right now) (Time's up) [Verse 1] Time's up, black is back Other rappers make records and I'll make an impact I don't want you to move, I want a movement As I proceed, I move with Knowledge, wisdom, understanding I make progress, while I'm slamming Hard lyrics, putting money in the bank But these futile new styles stake out the joint with point A to B to D Cause you can't hit what your eyes can't see Near-sighted, shallow, hollow, mundane Rappers untrained, just can't sustain The heat that hits, you think it's a homerun But hold that thought, brother, don't run Cause you hear the pop, it drops, and guess what? Time's up [Hook] [Verse 2] The clock ticks, the rhyme kicks I'm kickin off knowledge as I drop this Brothers ain't takin their time with the rhyme They wanna get paid, cause it's hard times I got patience, meditation Helps creation, and correlation Is takin' its toll in platinum and gold I get respect with the records I sold Cause the rhyme is always up to par and on point I wrote a message in the music while I'm rocking this joint It's jumping, slamming, bumping And meanwhile I'm saying something For all ears to hear and prepare To persevere from year to year, and get geared So weak rappers'll have to self-destruct Time's up [Hook] [Verse 3] I'm harder than times in '29 Hard enough to cut diamonds, rhymin I'm Sharp as a razor, cuts like a laser And my rhyme can graze ya, I'm able to raise ya From a dead level, I ain't a rebel I just don't dance with the devil Unless we're dancing in the ring And then my dance is an Ali thing Cause I shuffle and flow, and showboat what I wrote And sugarcoat the globe and collect sweet g-notes Go for the throat and watch the wicked choke From the words I spoke because the rhyming smoke Provoked thoughts of hope, no dope to cope Cocaine and propane, no pain and no gain The white demon is powdered and cut Taste the real rock; time's up [Break] [Verse 4] High performance is lying dormant Your mentality is out of the ordi- Nary structure, you ain't a sucker Go get paid like a renegade buster Lyrical format I put down And when it rips, better skip town Metaphysical spiritual conscience Manifested in lyrical contents An ancient rhetoric, Moe Dee better kick Soulful social science, and let it get My class needs to thinking straight Cause with speeds of light they can't relate We live and learn, but what are we learning? The dollars teach and weak souls are burning So when I strike, it's like lightning struck Time's up [Hook]