The Roots — Step Into the Realm

[Hook: Black Thought & Malik B] Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart [Verse 1: Malik B] Yo, I walk across this world that's deceptive Beats are perfected, the ghetto's infested With more destruction, my vocal eruption Was speaking 'bout corruption with no introduction Approach me with caution cause I spark losses M-Illatant the rap arson, marchin' Leaving niggas stiff like I'm starchin', departin' Hollywood Sambos are jokes just like Martin I'm the type of nigga that belongs in a ward With a mic and a cord, to hold your head with a sword Self-proclaimed lames calling theyselves bold They shall be floored when the claps applaud If this the point of life when I can’t afford Then I have to get sheist and I deal in fraud Now back to the topic of the rap philosopher With more drama than a soap opera Who stops the propaganda, the hot block commander Putting a halt to all the backtalk and slander Warn every challenger about the silencer Muzzle in your mouth for the days that's on the calendar [Hook: Black Thought & Malik B] Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart [Verse 2: Black Thought] I'm from the valley of the heavy-heads, watch the ghetto pre-medical Undergrads and steady red faces of stone Eyes are crevices, life like a double negative Philly criminal, I rhyme my dirt, Tariq already did Building this Fifth foundation in the wilderness Thoughtless, trespass and enter Thought's fortress Limitless interest, paid to the order of the Cypher slaughterer, my mic slapping you senseless Defenseless, niggas never moving me inches The beat Fifth, invisible in the trenches Aficionado, awesome hip-hop drug problem Fuck stardom and chickens up in Gotham Poltergeist, slit or choke the mic 'til it scream to me, "Stop that" Cash we conveniently got that I stroll through your scenery cocked back Me and Hot Mack, the '98, El Dorado Cadillac Jacks [Hook: Black Thought & Malik B] Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught And from this worldly life, you'll soon depart