The Underground

To all my brothers who be putting it down In the underground For all my soldiers for protecting our crown In the underground Where all the wickedest lyricist found In the underground Who got the beats and the rhythms that pound? It's the underground Come here me now, feel me now [Verse 1] This is hardcore music, God's war music The heart of hip hop, the blood that flows through it Made for the chosen people that have been deprived Though they sentence us to death, we still keep it live Who bring the heat to these streets where we dropping these rhymes? With a power that's refined and them cowards can't find Who reveals God's design, cause its finally time To speak out for those who live below the poverty line See... [Hook] Underground is the defying thing Well protected from the tyrant king There is a message that we try and bring Underground is where we cry and sing Some, they kill for fun, but we not run Cause we got guns, in the face of oppression We fire back and ask without no question Nooo [Verse 2] Who got that underground sound that you rocking with? (Who?) Who keep it real and still appeal to a lot of chicks? (Who?) I'm from a block that stays hot like the Gaza Strip On the corner between hip hop and politics See all my underground followers rocking with me Where all my underground rhyme slayers keep it witty And all my underground beat makers keep it gritty Cause we provide the soundtrack for the inner city Where the high price of rent ain't fair Little dudes rock the same suits that inmates wear Bullshit politicians pretend they care And if the party ain't jumping then the Emp ain't there I run with crooks and read books but utilize both gifts Born and raised in West Philly but I ain't Will Smith And you can catch me on the O, I'm controlling the spliff Around the way they call me Maul, the Dark Lord of the Sith In this... [Hook]