Ital (the Universal Side) Lyrics - Illadelph Halflife - The Roots

Verse One: Q-Tip 

I wanna be able to reach an mc 

and reach a little child in the same degree 

And my elders excel 

I mean what the hell 

we might as well bridge these gaps 

in all before we fall in the fire 

Black Thought: 

It's a million mc's upon a plan they call real tryin' to set it 

profess mic techniques illegit 

inaccurate perceptions of reality embedded 

in their minds thus their rhymes are discredited (check it out) 

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Q-Tip: 

I use my music implemented with jewels import tools 

to inspire all those too cool fools who say screw school 

'Cause they don't see the conspiracy 

that's put here to trap you and me 

Black Thought: 

Y'all know the battle leutenant be on some whole 'nother other finesse genetic 

they say I get it from my mother so its' inheredit- 

ary and very necessary to shine 

legendarily, heavily refined 

Q-Tip: 

Contemporaries like the Roots is so radit's like dage 

which bag did they come out of, and how can I get in itto win it 

like raffle ticket pick 

and if you feelin' something, guess who gets the sticking 

Black Thought: 

Photos 

I got this Ital mad up close and personal 

the first I find to violate, I shall retal- 

iate with realisms for their whole local 

we on point like decimal Abstract now 

Q-Tip: 

MCin while I'm breathingmcin is believing 

that you can host a ceremony and the dough is never phony 

in fact, it's very therapeutic 

like B12 hyperdermic needle so shoot it 

Black Thought: 

Lyrically elicit upstarts the explicit 

most wicked seven digit mic wizardmy tongue lashes out and strikes with it 

just slightly might miss it 

when I blast through your section or district 

CHORUS 

Verse Two: Black Thought 

In my formitive by my peers I was influenced 

until the instruments of time killed the congruence 

I peeped the blue prints on how to make true sense 

of MC's which are a nuisance I know just what to do sinceI'm on another lev. 

brothers is fakin' jacks and think they ready for the rev. 

but they got a lot to learn, to make theri thoughts long term 

'cause on theri short-cuts they made a wrong turn 

probably, timelessly I construct the firesome 

to rip your eardrum for many years to come 

professional style thinkin' rational to move wise 

so hard it's a wonder y'all alive... 

Q-Tip: 

...And still breathin', niggaz is dead and not even 

perpetuatin' real life the shit kicked is real trife ayo they fake bleedin' 

It's obvious that they needin' attention feedin' 

they cold actin' like heathens 

when mics is picked up MC's scenes is kicked up 

like women with the gripper drinking Moet 'till they hiccup 

fellas hustlin' picking bricks up 

fantasizin' about the illest stick up 

but rip up the jam and we be truly impressed 

on stage you won't need your tef. vest 

only a mic with and a mic test 

and at your best you get blessed by the fans who profess 

that they can relate 

with the trials you tribulate 

or the pains you endure 

'cause some cats is pure 

tell horors that are true but see cats like you 

y'all fake joints just tyo get a woo-woo 

the tear jerker 

you be that miracle worker 

whose miracle just ran out 

I think it's time you pan out 

or just plain fade, 'cause yo you played 

we 'bout to drop on you like the Everglades