Emcee's Wanna Battle
Vocals and Lyrics by Emcee Lynx
Instrumental by Dub Cee
Living in the Shadow
Copyleft Emcee Lynx, 2005

Ya’ll been talking for hours but you ain’t sayin nothin’
Claimin’ your conscious, but really your frontin
Fact is your politic is simplistic and stupid
misinformation, causin confusion
but I use this mic device to broadcast
a new worldview that’s designed to last
I’m tryna flip the script and make the pigs pay
But all ya’ll can do is just kneel and pray
To the television – god of consumer distraction
Corporate lies designed to break us into factions
I’m tryna bring more then just a knee jerk reaction
fuck the talking ya’ll, we need action!
I spit revolution for all my folks
And I don’t really care how much you smoke
Hip Hop is more then just punch lines and quotes
So sit the fuck down kid your styles a joke

Emcee’s wanna battle to prove they hot
When 9 times out of 10 they’re just not
But when I step up ya’ll, I bring the rage
So put the mic down and get the fuck off my stage

I’m sick of hearing ya’ll rehash the same lines
I’ve heard your verse before, like three thousand times
Let me guess: you smoke a lot, and make a lot of money
And you’ve got five different women who all call you honey
You think you’re a pimp and that that makes you cool
And you wouldn’t be caught dead going to school
You’re so so gangsta, whether ghetto or trailer
And fuck the world if they call you a failure
ya’ll it’s not about race, I know kids of all colors
stuck in the gang life, killin each other
But the game is a trap, a dead end street
And all it can bring us is jail and defeat
If you want a better life, then we gotta organize
Come up together, and reach for the skies
its a weapon, so use it - put truth in music
or get booed off the stage, cuz your rhymes are useless

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So if you touch this mic dog, then you’d better bring it
Fuck freestyle, I don’t wanna hear you wing it
Give me something I can feel, flex the content
Cuz the quality of music reflects the intent
If you’re just up here cuz you’re tryna get rich
Then you’re in the wrong game and it’s time to switch
If you want money and jewels, then go to business school
Don’t stand on my stage, playin the fool.
But if you’re tryna bring change then flex your technique
Cuz right now, the shit ya’ll are bringin is weak
And I’m a’ keep on sayin it till ya’ll get the point
This rap thing is bigger then just rollin joints
We got a platform here, to speak to the people
And if we don’t use it then all of the evil
Inherent in the status quo will maintain
And we’ll have no one to blame ‘cuz we made our own chains

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