The Great Pretender Lyrics - Singles - The Last Emperor

[Intro: sample] 

It has been said that man can create anything he can imagine 

[Last Emperor] 

Every now and then, when I'm home alone 

In my modern day hut made of iron and stone 

I pull out my imaginary microphone 

And weave tales of adventure that are on my own 

This is you're opportunity to listen in 

If ya coolin' by yourself or maybe with some friends 

From the young bucks up to senior citizens 

I make 'em get up and feel like kids again 

But if you don't wanna stand then take a seat 

As I take you to the land of make belief 

Mr Gray has come to display his greatest feats 

You wanna snap, well relax cause your in for a treat 

What I write comes to life so people can get busy 

And live on well after these same people forget me 

Your attentions surrendered by The Great Pretender 

Come on and say it with me 

Y'all better stop playin' with me 

[Last Emperor] 

Check it, check out the number one style 

From a small town where imaginations run wild 

And if this is a race I should pick up the pace 

So the line between reality and myth is erased 

Like a Grand Prix driver or a traffic cop 

Or a deep sea diver or an astronaut 

More than a player, I'm like the ultimate team mate 

For girls that care, I'm the ultimate dream date 

Who goes by the name of The Great Pretender 

I don't discriminate cause of race nor gender 

A high siege pirate with the weary frame 

And if I don't float ya boat I'll retire me name 

Or play the roll of a politician and run for the senate 

Fill a lifetime of rhymes into a couple of minutes 

See, Prince Paul's taken on another apprentice 

Who fights for hip hop better than a public defendant 

Who got sick and tired of skits that the others were writing 

I couldn't take it and replaced it with something exciting 

With my own imagination I made it in show biz 

It's The Great Pretender, y'all know what it is 

[Last Emperor] 

Outside the boundaries of time and space 

Were the most bizarre things are now common place 

Alongside the producer who provides the bass 

Stands a lone pretender who's known to rock the place 

And told great stories that you can take witcha 

Remembered as an artist who painted great pictures 

To be a great speaker as well as a great listener 

So someday I hold the stories the angels might whisper 

So tell the great Kings and peasants as well 

From the mountains that they conquered to the valleys they dwell 

Don't let life's greatest book be pulled from the shelves 

The G.P. signin' off, take care of ya selves