Influence
Written By: ELEETE


Verse 1
ayo
ive been livin in a state where my mental imbalance is rage//
before the stage, before the pen even touches the page//
mind full of confusion, maybe its all an illusion//
like a shock of elctromagnetic intrusion//
abusin.....an manipulating words//
simulatin swords to decapitate the chords//
of instrumentals, its the essence and fundamentals//
done before the bass ever even met the treble//
the level is at even a higher state//
sit back enjoy the show an watch it escalate//
you have to elevate, in order to be great//
but in this state of mind you could never tolerate//
explode on the microphone, and let yourself go//
the desire to know electric flow has grown//
so take a lesson from the greatest emcees//
an you'll see an agree what im trying to achieve//


Chorus:

so what is it
what makes hip hop what it is//
this lifestyle we live
has so many differences//
from rock & r&b an even alternative//
the choice is yours
you make it what it is//


Verse 2
you see hip hop is somethin i continue striving for//
so i stack lines that rhyme an keep dispensing metaphores//
i said before you have to walk through the open gate//
and let fate handle all the decisions to be made//
then strap yo headphones and let go//
let lyrical influence take control an give release to your soul//
then soon after i promise you you'll find the source//
throw your name out on the streets an let your lyrics take its course//
explore the core of your mind and you'll find//
poetry an lyrics become a balance an align//
never too blind to try to understand//
the intlligence an lyrical artisticness of man//
expand yo vocabulary an watch as results may vary//
stand out, out in the crowd an be less than ordinary//
you'll burn an bury any emcee into the ground//
cmon an grab the mic an let loose to da sound//


Chorus

so what is it
what makes hip hop what it is//
this lifestyle we live
has so many differences//
from rock & r&b an even alternative//
the choice is yours
you make it what it is//


Verse 3
Tupac an BIG, Run-DMC an Rakim//
Jay-Z, Nas,Dr. Dre an Eminem//
are just the stems of the tree hip hop holds//
countless emcees, infinite stories untold//
watch it unfold an unravel before your eyes//
ignite the fire that you been feelin inside//
in orda to spit lyrics so otha people can hear it//
dont let anyone bring you down so fuck critics//
just hit it insert cause an effect//
ingest the language an disect the dialect//
an infect the minds of those who listen//
an envision the image of musical division//
cause in life the greatest things i ever had//
were 2 things...a pen an a pad//
see it all makes sense so dont tense//
this is hip hop...........
this is my influence//




Chorus

so what is it
what makes hip hop what it is//
this lifestyle we live
has so many differences//
from rock & r&b an even alternative//
the choice is yours
you make it what it is//

so what is it
what makes hip hop what it is//
this lifestyle we live
has so many differences//
from rock & r&b an even alternative//
the choice is yours
you make it what it is//

its hip hop.........