Hip Hop's Cool Again

(Hey somebody email me a list of the top eMCees that's doin' it right now so I can notify 'em about my takeover and shit. I CC y'all. Yeah. It's Oddisee by the way. It's DMV by the way. Yeah. Check it.) [Verse 1] Back at it So out the box in an instant I spit and get cheese Craftmatic So out the box in the present I represent the eMCees Of the past the icons At the last my Mic's on Alas the light's on I flash 'em shinin' for minutes of fame For continuous streams of a dream that I climbed in I flow on and on like the Nile and Amazon and Mississippi Steam 'cuz I'm risin heat before you're eyes I'm planning on Standing on top like I know I'm the man and all Like a year ago I wasn't even a man involved Solving my own problems I might hand 'em off Fumble Intercept myself corrected Now I'm a player of the game wasn't even expected On the humble [Chorus] No stoppin' this (yeah yeah) Take it to the top in this (yeah yeah) Represent the block for this (yeah yeah) And we go' make it pop in this (yeah yeah) I'm makin' hip hop look cool again I'm makin' hip hop look cool again I'm makin' hip hop look cool again It's Oddisee and I'm takin' y'all to school again [Verse 2] (yeah) I'm half A-rab half nigga AK47 9 milli mixture In the mosque friday sunday scripture Parents split because they views always differ Get harassed at the airport and the block By the FBI, Interpol & the cops I'm acclimated to the winter cold and the hot Spit a flow in the desert rollin' on a cinder block Concrete jungle yeah that's my livin' spot Sudanese restaurant that's the dinner spot Wake up breakfast on facin' mecca don Got the wheaties yeah i'm the champ of the (get it pie) Bend No stoppin' The ball i'm passin' y'all like stock-ton I'm after those claimin' they on top and I topple them like west bank apart-ments [Chorus] No stoppin' this (yeah yeah) Take it to the top in this (yeah yeah) Represent the block for this (yeah yeah) And we go' make it pop in this (yeah yeah) I'm makin' hip hop look cool again I'm makin' hip hop look cool again I'm makin' hip hop look cool again It's Oddisee and I'm takin' y'all to school again [Verse 3] (yeah) May my competitors fall I better myself by look at myself in the mirror Hear myself say I'm better than y'all Telling myself who am I to argue with that I mean its fact so I'm betting it all On the underdog in the motor race Runnin' tall catch the motorcade at a slower pace So the sweat is involved Tears to us and the blood'll stand through those Except for the fall I represent 'em The streets you rappin' 'bout, I'm in 'em A preacher lashin' out in denim The speakers blackin' out - I'm in 'em Pumpin' that bass like bass free show At the club pack it out and kill 'em Leave nothing before or after Fire like the lord and rapture I am like the (raw) and pastor The foundation of this DMV gritty shit I recall and capture [Chorus] No stoppin' this (yeah yeah) Take it to the top in this (yeah yeah) Represent the block for this (yeah yeah) And we go' make it pop in this (yeah yeah) I'm makin' hip hop look cool again I'm makin' hip hop look cool again I'm makin' hip hop look cool again It's Oddisee and I'm takin' y'all to school again