1. |
Can I
04:23
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I’m a master see
On a track
I master beats
Daringer hit me with a masterpiece
I smash the piece
Like glass
So who’s after me?
You’re crew after Three?
I’m too fast to follow
Rappers are too hollow
They wallow in deficiency
‘Cause they lack the minerals
And vitamins sufficiently
I flow efficiently
Oh so officially
Verses tried and certified
My rhyme written in history
No mystery, though
This is me with no front
Smoke emcees like medicinal trees
I’m so blunt
And straight to the issue
Lines like a missile
From a 38 whistle
Go straight through your tissue
And hit you in the heart
Feel it?
You know the real shit
Before the deal, shit
Selling over a mill, shit
And killed it
Waiting on a resurrection
But common sense says
You got to do some introspection
Can I kick it?
That’s what they’re asking me
Can I kick it?
They want to know, they want to know
Can I kick it?
That’s what they’re asking me
So I could hit them with another one
Classically
Can I kick it?
That’s what they’re asking me
Can I kick it?
Yo, they all want to know
Can I kick it?
That’s what they’re asking me
If I could hit them with another one
Classically
They want to know
If I can kick it
Doubting if I could rip it
Shooting me a look
But never getting specific
Took a little hiatus
Now all of my haters
Throwing salt on my name
And questioning my status
But they could never fade it
I’m way too creative
And the tongue is too native
Officially reinstated
Like Plug Won did
When the stakes elevated
Vibe...
The whole place vibrated
I made it my mission
To stop the opposition
Trying to get me pop
And cop the proposition
That hip-hop is missing
Or dead in some hole
And the only way to roll
Is to sell your soul
Wholesale for stacks
Of that gold and plat
But I won’t go for that
Joke-poser rap
Poke holes in that
Choke holds and smacks
Slap-box with pop-rap, son
Hold me back
Can I kick it?
That’s what they’re asking me
Can I kick it?
They want to know, they want to know
Can I kick it?
That’s what they’re asking me
So I could hit them with another one
Classically
Can I kick it?
That’s what they’re asking me
Can I kick it?
Yo, they all want to know
Can I kick it?
That’s what they’re asking me
If I could hit them with another one
Classically
Can I kick it?
On this verse that’s third
Like the Thrice is
Me without a microphone
That’s a crisis
Rappers run around
Claiming they’re the nicest
But I don’t really understand
What the hype is
Listen fool, ‘cause schooled
Is what you might get
Plus a clue, ‘cause you
Ain’t got the slightest
Want to find my style
So you could bite this?
It’s in the cut like the knife
Where the slice is
Precise as
Surgical devices
Type ish I write
Is Right as The Price IS
Cold as ice is
Long as night is
My hold on a mic
Is strong as a vice’s
Bold as type is
The fam is tight-knit
No leaks
We’re tight-lipped
We’re running a tight ship
So clones trying to carve
Their image in my likeness
This is a scrimmage
I ain’t finishing quite yet
Can I kick it?
That’s what they’re asking me
Can I kick it?
They want to know, they want to know
Can I kick it?
That’s what they’re asking me
So I could hit them with another one
Classically
Can I kick it?
That’s what they’re asking me
Can I kick it?
Yo, they all want to know
Can I kick it?
That’s what they’re asking me
If I could hit them with another one
Classically
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2. |
Represent
04:11
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I’m from a city
With a whole lot of love
And a whole lot of hatred
Where people say
We almost made it
Growing up
I marinated in the beautiful
And stewed with the ugly
Studied with the schooled
And I skipped with the thugs
Seen a whole lot of bugged out
Stress in my life
Crooked cops
Trying to lessen my rights
Jealous people want to lessen my light
But I shine too bright
Why you think they call me son?
‘Cause I’m hot like one
And all your lip
And all your gossip
Revolves around me
You’re mad because you’re not like one
Sound free
Like the audio on mp3s
You downloaded
Make music like the MPC
With sounds loaded
Hear a verse from the MC Three?
You now quote it
It’s that potent
Feel a draft?
You’re that open
It’s that opus
The song sounds heaven sent-sent
And if you feel it
Represent, represent-sent
Represent, ya’ll
Represent
Represent, ya’ll
Represent
Represent, ya’ll
Represent
Represent, ya’ll
Represent
They say it ain’t where you’re from
It’s where you go
What it is
How you handle your biz
And who you know
And I lots
Remember Robocop?
Cold-chilling at the bar
In the local spot
Baby Steps
In the flesh
Here’s a photo opp
I used to battle outside
Getting loco-props (local props)
It was crazy hot
Summertime in The Nickel
Is a beautiful thing
When you’re doing your thing
The way we did it to death
Brought the scene to life
Everybody represented
The love was cemented
In a time in a place
In a moment in space
For the thing we invented
It was so authentic
And the vibe was intended to stay
So who could say where it went?
Maybe it’s spent...
But I love what it meant
So I’ma keep on
And represent, represent-sent
Represent, ya’ll
Represent
Represent, ya’ll
Represent
Represent, ya’ll
Represent
Represent, ya’ll
Represent
This goes out
To each and every MC
Emphasis on the ones
In my home city
I realize everything nowadays
Seems different
And everybody’s riffing
The government is tripping
Economy is dipping
And America is slipping
You heard it all before
But you probably ain’t listen
So a lot of ya’ll forgetting
What’s real
And what isn’t
The rules to the game
Your name
And your position
We were on the same team
Now you’re thinking about switching
To a whole new division
I never envisioned
Ya’ll would break down
And sell the hell out...
For a
Chance at fame and some chump-change
I wonder what’s the rate of exchange
On the U.S. dollar
Compared to a person’s soul?
But all the dollars in the whole wide world
Would never make sense
If I forget to represent, represent-sent
Represent, ya’ll
Represent
Represent, ya’ll
Represent
Represent, ya’ll
Represent
Represent, ya’ll
Represent
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3. |
From The Soul
02:59
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4. |
Cold Vision
04:16
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You are now in tune to the sound
Of a Daringer track
With 3rd's raps
Similar to a round
From my homie's namesake
Drums banging off the wall
Of your skull
Hard enough to make
You brain ache
The pain quakes
And radiates through your spinal
Vibrating like the sound
Through the needle
From the vinyl
And I know
That you know
That I know
That this beat and my rhyme flow:
The bomb combo
The ensemble
The duo dynamic
DJ & Emcee
We work crowds into a frenzy
Damaging manic
Mechanically disassembling drones
And those imitating or resembling clones
The emblem is Roman numeral three
My trademark is rocking stages
And ripping microphones to a T
See You
Trying to find out
What makes me great
P.U.
Better off working
On balancing your P.H.
I'm 3H
A rare element from deep space
Radioactive
Interacting with deep bass
Create a volatile mixture
The chemistry you hear
Is the boom in your ear
When the vial hits ya
Hard like The Man With The Iron Fists
Mad Scientist
On the flyest shit
D supply him with
I insist on greatness
So when I rhyme
It's like laxative to a Gorilla:
Time to go ape shit
Yeah
My Cold Vision is clear
Wack Emcees getting no provisions this year
Come on
(Repeat with ad libs)
Yeah
Work it out
Studio rappers
I'ma hurt your clout
You couldn't come off
If you jerked it out
Still trying to figure
What my last verse about
While we bursting out
Laughing at your last verses out
Me and my crew
Heard your weak nursery rhyme shit
It's like you never peeped any classic
Precursory rhyme shit
Never heard Illmatic
Or Midnight Marauders
Resurrection
And Mecca and the Soul Brother?
Award Tour
The World Is Yours
They Reminisce Over You
Or I Used To Love H.E.R.?
No excuse
That's what Google is for
You internet Hip Hoppers
Need to Google some more
Do the math
With your green ass
And do the knowledge
Pay respect
Pay dues and pay homage
Or stay silent
And let emcees
Do the emceeing
An empty heart with
No soul in your being
Where your skill at boy?
Go fill that void
And don't step until you're ill
Or I'ma kill that noise
Feel that?
Noid as hell
You soiled yourself
Not playing's your only option
To avoid this L
You boys could tell
I don't play around
I'll rep Hip Hop to death
'Til I lay in the ground
With these
Rugged rhymes
Lyricism that's bold
I breathe fire
My vision is cold
Yeah
My Cold Vision is clear
Wack Emcees getting no provisions this year
Come on
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6. |
Mesh
04:13
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7. |
Soul Movement
05:48
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8. |
The Queen
06:50
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TH.III.RD Buffalo, New York
Third of his name. THREE I's and TWO dots. BFLO, NY.
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