The Roots — No Great Pretender

[Intro: Malik B] Check it out, one-two M-illatant, I be the alias Malik B Internationale rationale All the people up to 68th Ave and across Broad Street West Oak Lane, South Philly and North, et cetera Check it out, check it out [Hook] Here on this agenda, there is no pretenders So, when we begin to assassinate your cast members Here on this agenda, there is no pretenders So, when we begin to assassinate your cast members [Verse 1: Malik B] Dig it, cool, calm, collect in my perspective Search the premises, I leave no clues for detectives My verbal impact across your back, slap! You talk about you see me, but your vision's full of cataract It don't matter that, your glass house, I shatter that Bad luck I walk under, now show me where the ladder at Fill up the urinal organs up in your bladder, cat Approachin' you with shriller rhetoric, as if you had a sack Now, crews down Broad - your gas pedal floored With ammo and artillery and stash spot's the cheeba store I use the banner of Islam for the sword Change your strategic plan, my man's gettin' bored Your vocal chord is fraudulent, and not the true porcelain I bring the fire, earth and the source of wind The force of sin will endorse the pen We all search for sanity, but I think that it was lost again Now, which stick-up artist can be the smartest? My beam of sunlight shines the brightest and the farthest Regardless of this bitch life because I pimp her Control the temper, makin' MC's whimper I tilt the Earth from off the axis in the center Next, I'm in the womb like a placenta M-Illatant the city ninja, uplift 'cause I'm the soul avenger Remember, I'm No Great Pretender [Hook] Here on this agenda, there is no pretenders So, when we begin to assassinate your cast members Here on this agenda, there is no pretenders So, when we begin to assassinate your cast members Here on this agenda, there is no pretenders So, when we begin to assassinate your cast members Here on this agenda, there is no pretenders So, when we begin to assassinate your cast members [Verse 2: Malik B] Strategist, I bet y'all niggas can't believe this I read you like a whole avenue that's filled with meters Punks, fuck your back-talk, I watch how niggas catwalk Over my pit of venom and send 'em to the asphalt For inquisitives who wanna try to test me What protects me, will make you shake like epilepsy Plague your neighborhood with lyrical le-prosy Stimulate more than ecstasy, y'all niggas check my recipe Dig it, I'm most observant, analyze when I'm chillin' Peep out who's the villain then make out your whole pavilion Of a Sicilian, excuse the greed, don't want a mill', I want a zillion Stacks of Franklins to the ceilin' I count stacks imported, fuck the yacht and the mansion I want Pluto and Jupiter, political, universal expansion Buy out Tommy and Helly Hansen Kidnap America, 'Riq, you hold it for ransom Pass it down to my grandson, I got no time to be romancin' Only times for mental food and advancement This game of life is strictly chancin' Get to know the nature Before I get to know the nigga while I'm glancin' Enhancin' is my mental I play in the midst of squads and peeps Most crews is not in the halfs of rentals My utensils display a whole variety Even when in the cut, niggas can't cut they anxiety Peep, I fill your brain with suspicion Pay attention like you pay tuition And stop all your bull-ishin' The rap chemist in the lab 'til the finish The mic is my apprentice 'cause I can't stand courts or tennis My pigmentation is the menace That's why the system's always tryin' to pursue with a blemish Pale asses think a nigga in this My flow's tremendous, for the meal you can't replenish The question you ask: Will situations get worse? Fam, I won't befriend ya, 'cause I'm No Great Pretender [Hook] Here on this agenda, there is no pretenders So, when we begin to assassinate your cast members Here on this agenda, there is no pretenders So, when we begin to assassinate your cast members Here on this agenda, there is no pretenders So, when we begin to assassinate your cast members Here on this agenda, there is no pretenders So, when we begin to assassinate your cast members [Outro] It's like that, one time for your mind Fifth Dynasty, intertwine and combine M-Illatant, the Bad Lieutenant One hundred X, Bahamadia Minds and souls, it's like that Fifth Dynast', my man {?}, P.R. Star My man Slick Nooka Check it out, one time like that Feel the Fifth, One-Fifth attack Your backbone and spine Check it out Brother Q.U.E.S.T South Philly, West Oak Lane, Ogontz Ave