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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jeru the Damaja
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
DJ Premier
Composer
Kendrick Jeru Davis
Composer
Bob James
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
DJ Premier
Producer
Guru
Producer
Kendrick Jeru Davis
Producer
Eddie Sancho
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I annihilate, as I articulate
Words of power, your rhymes are unconfounding, so death's your fate
Ostentatious genius, of rapping
Is mentally clappin' to take hip-hop back, that's what's happenin'
Proficiency and ingenuity
Plus more styles, than a Shaolin mon-es-tary
In poetry my formula's deadly
Bring the hypest man in your army, another casual-ty
Slow like demise, I crept on those that slept
Droppin' my rhyme science like I'm Imhotep
Application of mind over matter
Made fools scatter, rhymes fatter, minds splatter
Your girl bend over and over and over
Emcees try to touch the Damaja but you just can't win
Excellent with the word play, you lay
Face down, when my, mind spray
[Verse 2]
Thunder on your Dome with no help from Mad Max
Lyrics like hype tattoos go over the dope tracks
We booby-traps, all our inventions
We know the intentions of MC kleptomaniacs
Rap brainiacs have cardiacs, soon after the attack
When it comes to rhymin', I slam harder than Shaq
Accomplish the bio-feedback, more complex than an almanac
Keep you up, like an aphrodisiac
Idealist, not an opportunist
Don't molest, no shorty still in all, I'm dangerous
Mentally you can't talk to me, hear me or see me
You're not equipped
From street blocks to cell blocks, my vocals rock
Do more work than a crackhead, with a toolbox
Jeru never touch her, microphone wrecker
If your honey's a Queen, I'll sex her
More important the mind strikes, like the nine strikes
A priest by May, you reach for your uzi, when my mind spray
[Verse 3]
J-E, R-U, it's a horror to you
Lyrical kung-fu so do your kung-fu if you know kung-fu
Dirty, down low profile
Shoot up jams without the aid of lead projectiles
Style's ridiculous, techniques infamous
Take more heads than Santa Claus at Christmas
Science misfits, meet the wrath of my wit
Immediately following, they go into a conniption fit
Reach into my bag of darkness and spark this like an arsonist
Blow it up like a terrorist
I'm not a sexist, don't have the power to be a racist
I'm a scientist, and an activist
Complex yet simple like Mixelplix
Unlike the silly devil, I don't come with tricks
So out there to all you MC's return to the righteous way
Or meet death face to face when my mind spray
Written by: Bob James, DJ Premier, Jeru the Damaja