Come and sit with me
come and get a little history
how I got so dope on the mic
how I know what to write
how to flow to the different beats
and I wish I could be modest
and I'm just trying to be honest
when I say that I'm gifted, see
let me thank you, and thank you, and thank you
for the time that you spent with me

Check it - let me explain what it means when I say I'm a Nine
no, it's more like demonstrate when I sit and shape
the words like these, with more rhyme schemes
get a fork, knife, please
cause when I pen a 8
it's more filling than the fillet on your dinner plate
even when it's late, I'm still in it like petty theft
with every breath, I never left, so I been in place
slow down, this is more my speed
whoa now, keeping score, I see
I been at pace
doubletime, so the numbers are a little funny
cause I'm at 6, but it's like 4x3
I didn't wait, so I'm gone and I'm giving chase
to the flow when I get a taste
oh, what a soul I be
til I'm sore I'll be
spitting rhymes cause I'm a Nine
my god, what a feeling, ay?
ok, let me explain what it means to be Cypher Affiliated
see where the hype all originated
where I emerged with the words
they know I'm nice and they really hate it
let me break it on down
you get a little Soul when I shake it on out
on the record when I'm aching and relating on how
we can make it out the matrix, breaking on out
Rhythm, with the style in the middle
mind of a riddle
time only will tell
how all will develop
down with the Big L, classics
just the sound of a mastermind
in the mouth of the madness
went from asking questions
to finding the answers
Blackness, Passion
always found in the action
now, let me explain what it means
to be a member of that Independent Media gang
shoot a shot then they see that your brain
is wired different than the median, range
above, beyond the scene in the frame
big picture, gotta see to the aim
seat at the dang table
gotta see where you came from
judge, and see if you changed
for the better or worse, of course
see what I'm saying?
OK, just a different breed
we the center piece of the centerpiece
of a piece of art centered on inner peace
wrapped in similes and metaphors
never met a better four
with the mettle for flipping words in a set bars
than those referenced in the second part
of this letter on how it all came together for
me to tell it all, so I'm telling y'all when I'm letting off