You Never Knew

You never knew

Didn't you know?

You never knew

Didn't you know?

You never knew

Didn't you know?

(Hiero', y'all) It's not a wrong thing

To be addicted to the microphone like a heroin fiend

I'll tell you one thing, you never catch me fronting

As I proceed to give the people what they wanting

(You're makin' some green) But not for grammar or fashion

I'm stackin' some cash until I can give Moms a mansion

(All from rappin'?) Naw, man, there's many plans

Like investing in land, it started all from impressing the fans

With brand new flows, and you know

All the way from gangster clones to weirdos

Fools used those

But we ain't tripping, give respect when you see this

You need us or your rap's underdeveloped like a fetus

Those that know not doze, and it shows

When we broke out the knock, hoes hopped out they clothes

That's positive feedback, yep, the prose

I'm poised, we never pose, you'll never know

From '93 till infinity, we've been inventive

Creating the bump is our only incentive

And it's been a long time since I feel I've been felt

But the only thing I fear is fear itself

So you know what we gots to do (What?)

Maybe could we keep it within the crew

Like it should be?

Never givin' out, we livin' out our dreams

If there's somethin' I can't live without, that's my team

You never knew

Hieroglyphics

Hip hop is vintage

Underground like silos

Launchin' long-range ballistics

World-renowned, we ground breakin'

Musical boundaries, runnin' circles around MCs

You never knew

Didn't you know?

You never knew

Didn't you know?

Del, been rhymin' for more than a decade

Onto the next stage, while MCs need aid

Stay paid, I'm still grade A

None of that tomfoolery

As you can see, this shit ain't nothin' new to me

Utterly hovering over other things, material

You stuck in the here and now

Plus, you're sweating profusely, here's a towel

Your fears are now reality when I take your dream states

And elaborate on how your team's fake (Phonies)

With phony IDs, but sometimes I feel like

Only I see through the charade you made

In today, but, hey, tomorrow, it's played

And then they got a new fool in your place to be okayed

Hieroglyphics

Hip hop is vintage

Invented in days back

Rekindlin' ways that many thought was lost

In this contemporary maze of methods to floss

We findin' trees and trails to blaze, boundaries to cross

We can be found beyond the bounds of reason

Or earthbound, heatin' up the coliseum

They rushed the stage, full-throttle in Chicago

Our brains interlocked, where fakin' MCs get caught with the 40 bottle

Or get they chains snatched, pronto

We unstoppable, droppin' flows in Toronto

Maneuverin' through Vancouver, and on to Japan

Where they put major grands in my hand, follow?

Straight from the heart, we set apart from the rest, and

Our perfection on the microphone was predestined

World-renowned, we ground breakin'

Musical boundaries, runnin' circles around MCs

You never knew

Didn't you know?

You never knew

Didn't you know?

You never knew

Didn't you know?