Timeless

My style has no birth record
You might know when my record was born
And how I played my favorite classics 'til the needles was gone
And true say, you might know how my moms pushed
And '76 turned my world view inside out in one day
But this goes back further than that
Further than rap, before that first hospital slap
Way beyond the confines of joy and pain
Further than pride and shame
Older than the foundation of the food chain
To born the understanding of an equal cipher
With the consistency of daylight, I shine so bright
I check one two, but I ain't talking about no mic
I check one two to calculate the science of life
To add things right and take care of my business
Allowing me to handle my pleasure like a pirate does treasure
My rhymes are buried too deep to measure
By the sands of the hourglass, in other words, built to last

I keep it timeless, because I take my time with it
Respect goes out to civilized and committed
'Cause once you hear the capital J, rap it'll stay
With you for a while and it won't go away
I keep it timeless, because I do my thing
Regardless of the stress that your life might bring
So once you hear the capital J, rap it'll stay
With you for a while and it won't go away

What do you do when you got twenty two minute tasks
And ten minutes to deal with it, and
For the first five you bullshitted?
This scenario really best describes our folks
It's like devils got plans and niggas got jokes
Like a underdog team got hopes but
Whose dream buzzer-beaters choke when y'all triple-teamed point guards
Go nuts, power corrupts, and it's a shame
'Cause the hardest working squad gets left with the donut
The front runners say, "So what?"
They can't back they home team 'cause they got no guts
And high scorers check stats but they still have yet to win
Plus tomorrow they'll be riding the bench once again
So you see, in this game of life I'm not trying to be the MVP
'Cause the enemy's the clock and the referee
Because it's obvious the world is out of order
I hope you wake up because we in the fourth quarter, y'all

Timeless, but still I take my time with it
Respect goes out to civilized and committed
'Cause once you hear the capital J, rap it'll stay
With you for a while and it won't go away
I keep it timeless, because I do my thing
Regardless of the stress that your life might bring
So once you hear the capital J, rap it'll stay
With you for a while and it won't go away

Who pays dues plus sales tax just to paint a picture
With a thousand words, only to find out your visions is blurred?
It's absurd, but it's still I observe
How the brilliance of blackness is missed when a sight's unheard
As old rhyme styles fester like dreams deferred
New styles just might shine at God's speed indeed
But some still wear the mask that grins and lies
Hides cheeks and shades eyes, but I'm not surprised
There's no disguise 'cause my five eyes remain all-wise
No excuse 'cause the innocent is still down-sized
No escape, we remain robbed, killed, and raped
'Til you take back your mind and extract the lies
But until then, I'll still utilize my pen
To lead the lamb from the slaughter and a horse to the water
Continuing to face the stress of life's test
With rhymes that impress the best 'cause my mind is

Timeless, but still I take my time with it
Respect goes out to civilized and committed
'Cause once you hear the capital J, rap it'll stay
With you for a while and it won't go away
I keep it timeless, because I do my thing
Regardless of the stress that your life might bring
So once you hear the capital J, rap it'll stay
With you for a while and it won't go away