Mind Over Matter -Pete Rock I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write Pay attention cause my focus is not that of a clown I gets down for mine when I astound you with my rhymes It's like that in the years of the 9 Ini comes though with the rhymes divine What you gonna do Who you gonna tell No-one son You can't run you got to stay and listen Cuz the the mission is this to be hittin'em' With the real flavor all the time Yes indeed I'm the g to the r-a-p four square freestyle specialist Poppin'the mic But can't you see that I'm rockin'the mic Shocking mc's because they don't know how to write Comin'clear and precise with the rhyme device Mathematics manifest so chill don't test It's no stress We do this on the reg you know the time Speaking to the people that matter with my mind I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write From tall tenements streets suspense loss innocence Check the events it's all evidence That this life is intense with all the b******t and nonsense And kids predicaments got me convinced When your pockets is bent you can't accomplish nothing Brothers is frontin and y'all b**ches do is want something I think it's time to get this microphone line and get known for mine Making my own sunshine Aw yeah living life without a care Go from d**e rhyme sayer to major player But avoiding the scene cause it's deceitful Paranoid in the cream but I needed to feed my peoples Rob-o's at the top of the list you thought I'm fallin' But back the hell up I'm still ballin' Since I rather watch your confidence shatter While my pockets gettin'fatter Puttin'mind over matter like that I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write His -imperial -majesty I'm coming in clearly Stay preaching to my peoples so they must hear we I kept verses on stash since elementary Revelations occurred so I became a n**i A new age Seeing the eyes on stage giving microphone Checks and then it's time to engage To turn the page just to see a darker shade Of african ways being displayed I made the grade when I cut the fade Now mc is my trade I use to get the bills paid So yo save your shade and your thoughts of Misbehave cause these are the last f**king days So like ace duce tre you pay and I scoop up Another beat move up while the rhythm erupts So I give em'the funk which is the chord to the batter Rhymes over beats equals the mind over matter I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write I-I n I meant to verify Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write Hot stop non-stop 'Bout how I hip hop Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write Hot stop non-stop 'Bout how I hip hop Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write
[00:00.00]Mind Over Matter -Pete Rock [00:01.60]I-I n I meant to verify [00:03.500]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [00:06.400]I-I n I meant to verify [00:08.960]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [00:11.720]I-I n I meant to verify [00:14.280]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [00:17.250]I-I n I meant to verify [00:19.860]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [00:22.820]Pay attention cause my focus is not that of a clown [00:25.360]I gets down for mine when I astound you with my rhymes [00:28.810]It's like that in the years of the 9 [00:31.120]Ini comes though with the rhymes divine [00:34.10]What you gonna do [00:34.899]Who you gonna tell [00:36.79]No-one son [00:37.39]You can't run you got to stay and listen [00:39.329]Cuz the the mission is this to be hittin'em' [00:41.889]With the real flavor all the time [00:43.648]Yes indeed I'm the g to the r-a-p four square freestyle specialist [00:49.98]Poppin'the mic [00:50.378]But can't you see that I'm rockin'the mic [00:53.08]Shocking mc's because they don't know how to write [00:55.857]Comin'clear and precise with the rhyme device [00:58.597]Mathematics manifest so chill don't test [01:01.417]It's no stress [01:02.207]We do this on the reg you know the time [01:04.257]Speaking to the people that matter with my mind [01:07.47]I-I n I meant to verify [01:09.497]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [01:12.537]I-I n I meant to verify [01:15.27]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [01:17.977]I-I n I meant to verify [01:20.297]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [01:23.447]I-I n I meant to verify [01:26.57]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [01:28.937]From tall tenements streets suspense loss innocence [01:32.177]Check the events it's all evidence [01:34.607]That this life is intense with all the b******t and nonsense [01:37.827]And kids predicaments got me convinced [01:40.37]When your pockets is bent you can't accomplish nothing [01:43.27]Brothers is frontin and y'all b**ches do is want something [01:46.77]I think it's time to get this microphone line and get known for mine [01:49.386]Making my own sunshine [01:51.505]Aw yeah living life without a care [01:54.325]Go from d**e rhyme sayer to major player [01:56.705]But avoiding the scene cause it's deceitful [01:59.355]Paranoid in the cream but I needed to feed my peoples [02:02.605]Rob-o's at the top of the list you thought I'm fallin' [02:05.645]But back the hell up I'm still ballin' [02:07.705]Since I rather watch your confidence shatter [02:09.775]While my pockets gettin'fatter [02:11.765]Puttin'mind over matter like that [02:13.655]I-I n I meant to verify [02:15.714]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [02:18.694]I-I n I meant to verify [02:21.164]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [02:24.174]I-I n I meant to verify [02:26.484]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [02:29.754]I-I n I meant to verify [02:32.173]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [02:34.723]His -imperial -majesty [02:36.753]I'm coming in clearly [02:38.03]Stay preaching to my peoples so they must hear we [02:40.563]I kept verses on stash since elementary [02:43.373]Revelations occurred so I became a n**i [02:46.163]A new age [02:47.493]Seeing the eyes on stage giving microphone [02:50.03]Checks and then it's time to engage [02:52.143]To turn the page just to see a darker shade [02:54.643]Of african ways being displayed [02:57.123]I made the grade when I cut the fade [02:59.203]Now mc is my trade I use to get the bills paid [03:02.563]So yo save your shade and your thoughts of [03:04.893]Misbehave cause these are the last f**king days [03:07.923]So like ace duce tre you pay and I scoop up [03:11.412]Another beat move up while the rhythm erupts [03:13.772]So I give em'the funk which is the chord to the batter [03:16.722]Rhymes over beats equals the mind over matter [03:19.472]I-I n I meant to verify [03:22.192]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [03:24.832]I-I n I meant to verify [03:27.462]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [03:30.392]I-I n I meant to verify [03:32.952]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [03:35.892]I-I n I meant to verify [03:38.232]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [03:41.472]I-I n I meant to verify [03:44.142]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [03:47.32]I-I n I meant to verify [03:49.591]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [03:52.761]I-I n I meant to verify [03:55.111]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [03:58.90]I-I n I meant to verify [04:00.700]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [04:03.490]Hot stop non-stop [04:05.10]'Bout how I hip hop [04:06.380]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write [04:09.209]Hot stop non-stop [04:10.529]'Bout how I hip hop [04:11.919]Hold the mic and write hold the mic and write