Blackalicious — I Like the Way You Talk

[Hook] I like the way you talk, I like the way you talk I like-I like-I like-I like-I like the way you talk [Verse 1: Gift of Gab] I'm better than the average letterman You better plan ahead instead of rantin' Set it steady telegraphin' blows You'll never ever grasp the clever Vast and relevantness step and thrash all through your meadow bastard like an elephant My head expands forever every chance I get to tear a jam I shred and mash shit My endeavor hella better evidence of verbal In a trance, you're spitting trash my man begin again My mind is militant and will reveal your little innocence The citizens of villages be like hey Gift, oh you're the man My nigga can you spit again and kill them with your infinite flow Did it and made dividends And exit with your chick in hand Right when we fled the premises She leaned right in my ear and said [Hook] I like the way you talk, I like the way you talk I like-I like-I like-I like-I like the way you talk I like the way you talk, I like the way you talk I like-I like-I like-I like-I like the way you talk [Verse 2: Gift of Gab] So talkative I'm out to live the life of mountains shifters Now and then my style offends But only if you're out to grip the crown of MCs Bound to pound the sound and clown and diss the lesser groundedness So fresh astounding with these records Y'all ain't shit to us your non-existent flow will fall to shit You step inside of our existence all of y'all will call your momma Just to save you from the trauma This is Quannum call your doctor Get your karma falling all upside your noggin Stallin' with them rhymes that sound like I was sounding When I was a toddler barely walkin' Romping through playschool with slobber falling out my mouth From ga-ga-in' and goo-goo-in' It's voodoo when you step into new energy I threw you when you kick them simple rhymes That you do when you rap Fool you in a trap, see me and you doo-doo in your pants Rule you with my grand iron hand go through you with a lance As my mind expands I enhance Do you feel my wrath? Your girl had told me Gabby, I so love listening to you man [Hook] I like the way you talk, I like the way you talk I like-I like-I like-I like-I like the way you talk I like the way you talk, I like the way you talk I like-I like-I like-I like-I like the way you talk [Outro] But anyway I did hear you on the radio today If you were to tune into my show then you had an experience I produce, write, and direct my own material for both radio and television Because I own them Just another one of the things that makes me so special