5th Element

Who am I? The one that gets laced tight The one you wear hit a flare on the same night That you hit an uprock I'm the one in the closet next to one sock The one you rock on the cardboard box walkin to the one block You know the one spot peeps get the one shot Got one thought on the task at hand You can ask your man I'm part of massive plan Only b-boys and b-girls they understand Whatever you say now, your wish is my command Name it, I'll be euphoric till your head spin Follow your lead and go anyplace that your legs bend At your side process yeah I'm your best friend I got a twin we's a pair clock a size ten Head's a shell three stripes on side Laces large on your feets I reside Keep me clean keep me laced and I'll be alright I be the first element up in here tonight Who am I? See I'm the one that you be grippin tight The one that make you sound real good when you be flippin right And I'm the one that causes fights up at the open mic I make you sound real stupid if you don't hold me right I got emcees fiendin for me all day and night I can care less if you on me if you black or white See all that matters when you rock me don't be comin wack and Don't hold me to the speaker I'ma feedback it I'm used for rappin every now and then used for passin Back and forth in your crew in a freestyle fashion I get rocked, ripped, flipped on and blasted I'm spoke on, choked on, hit on, spit on, mastered I'm outlastin been used to tell truth and lies Used to kill the youth and used to open up they eyes I come in all sizes heard all kinds of voices Sometimes I'm plugged in, you know sometimes I'm cordless Keep me clear keep me close and I'll be alright See I be the second element up in here tonight Who am I? I got two heads and they always spinnin I got two arms that the DJ's they use for rippin And plus a fader in my middle that they always grippin I'm completed with the two records used for mixin They pullin tricks and cuttin up you know they scratchin We mixin beat jugglin that's why they mix and matchin All kind of beats plus the heat that I know you catchin And I'm the one that started hip-hop in case you askin I got knobs and faders in a mad abundance I come in many names most times it's 1200 When I get played now you know that you truly love it Now clean the needle on my arm or I be soundin busted I'm disregarded treated like I ain't legitimate I'm makin music you don't see me as an instrument It takes two skills to get on and be rippin it Nobody see my contribution they ain't gettin it You know this one thing that really now makes me mad They used to blow me off but now I'm the latest fad I'm the thing that every rock band they gots to have Now people say my name and they be like "now what is that?" Now keep me runnin keep me spinnin and I'll be alright And I be the third element up in here tonight Who am I? See I'm hidin in your backpack You tear my tip off replace it with a fat cap I'm twelve ounces still concealed in a knapsack You pull me out you shake me up and then attack that Wall or train while you steady throwin up your name Leavin these end to end burners you gainin ghetto fame And me and my brothers now you know we come in many colors Steady beautifyin the walls of a ghetto culture Toys and suckas now you know they gettin dissed quick I'm goin all city all up in your district You owe me with control so I never drip thick I'm taggin up your spot nobody misses it See I'm the brush to a modern day type Da Vinci I'm the new urban renewal for your block's committee I'm spoken words of the youth of an inner city I'm vandalism but to others I'll be called graffiti Now keep me shakin keep me sprayin and I'll be alright I be the fourth element up in here tonight Who am I? See I'm the God that you don't know about I give you breath up in your lungs that you can't go without See you know the facts of my story you've been told about I'm always reachin out for you but you just keep on holdin out I know your doubts I know you thinkin that I ain't real See I know you forgot about me when you got your last record deal See I know the way you feel I walk the earth just like you And like a child up in his father's arms I long to hide you Many times I invite you while standin here right beside you But you walk right past you ignore my hands in here given to guide you I gave you gifts I gave you talents That you used just to gain your wealth But you took my gifts and talents Only for you just to glorify yourself I was beaten and bruised crushed now for your iniquity Stripped naked I was spit upon just for you to live eternally Yet you blaspheme me you make moves without askin me Then you blame me for your troubles and your calamities You kiddin me? Keep me first keep me in your life and it's gon' be alright See I'm Jesus Christ the fifth element up in here tonight