Crime & Medicine Lyrics - True Magic - Mos Def

It was so beautiful. It was almost unfair. 

It's cold but it's true. It was so cold it got warm. 

Kids out in the schoolyard and playing. 

It was nice and calm. It was dangerous. 

When the MC's came, live out the name 

And to perform 

Some had to snort cocaine to act insane 

Before they rocked the don 

Now on to the mental pains, spark the brains 

Building to be born 

? is on the track 

Check em check 

Strange Times 

Everybody got their get high (Oh my) 

Their get right, their get nice, they get by (Oh my) 

They get open, get ready, get primed 

The national pastime is victimless crime 

You want your thrill and I want mine 

As long we can get it we ain't got to say why 

I don't mean to pry, you ain't got to lie 

We ain't got to speak when it's written in the eyes 

Whenever she was high off the sparkle in her palm 

She had a young girl's smile and a hustler's charm 

Dying from the city where the hustler's are born 

Made, traced, murdered, replaced 

Life-long residents barely feel safe 

And the street's offer plenty taste and little faith (Break it down) 

Little face, soft lips, little waist (Break it more) 

Tiny hands (Oh god) fat ass (Oh more) 

Big eyes like birthday surprise 

Super dupa fly, born in 85 

Repeat it to yourself: This is a victimless crime 

Psyche your mind there's a victim every time 

Your tasty little pill, your freaky little thrill 

Pray won't leave you still, you wonder how it feel 

It's real, pussy like some money that you steal 

When the MC came, fill out the name 

And to perform 

Some had to snort cocaine to act insane 

Before they rocked the don 

Now on to the mental pains, spark the brains 

Building to be born 

Give the people a new drug