[00:20.64]My style has no birth record [00:22.37]You might know when my record was born [00:24.23]And how I played my favorite classics till the needles was gone [00:26.97]And truth say you might know how my moms pushed in '76 [00:29.93]Turned my world view inside out and one day [00:33.15]But this goes back further than that further than rap [00:35.99]Before that first hospital slap [00:37.84]Way beyond the confines of joy and pain [00:39.97]Further than pride and shame [00:41.38]Older than the foundation of the food chain [00:43.54]To bore the understanding of an equal cypher [00:45.90]With the consistency of daylight I shine so bright [00:48.67]I check 1 2 but I ain't talking about no mic [00:51.29]I check 1 2 and calculate the science of life [00:54.12]To add things right and take care of my business [00:56.54]Allowing me to handle my pleasure like a pirate does treasure [00:59.90]My rhymes are burried too deep to measure by the sands of the hourglass [01:03.46]In otherwords built to last [01:04.95]I keep it timeless because I take my time with it [01:08.06]Respect goes out to civilized and committed [01:10.79]Cuz once you hear the capital J rap it'll stay [01:13.64]With you for awhile and it won't go away [01:15.88]I keep it timeless because I do my thing [01:18.74]Regardless of the stress that your life might bring [01:21.66]Cuz once you hear the capital J rap it'll stay [01:24.55]With you for awhile and it won't go away [01:26.31]What do you do when you got 22 things to task [01:29.03]And 10 minutes to deal with it [01:30.54]And for the first 5 you bulls**tted [01:32.38]The scenario really best describes our folks [01:34.82]Its like devils got plans and n***az got jokes [01:37.90]Like an underdog team got hopes but [01:40.33]Hoop dream buzzer-beaters choke when y'all triple team pointguards go nuts [01:44.36]Power corrupts [01:45.20]And its a shame cuz the hardest working squad gets left with the donut [01:48.97]The front runners say so what [01:50.67]They can't back their home team cuz they got no guts [01:53.41]And high scorers check stats but they still have yet to win [01:56.92]Plus tomorrow they'll be riding the bench once again you see [02:00.46]In this game I'm not trying to be the M V P [02:03.11]Cuz the enemy's the clock and the referee [02:10.43]Because its obvious the world is out of order [02:17.07]I hope you wake up cuz we in the forth quarter y'all Timeless [02:27.11]Who pays dues plus sales tax [02:31.70]Just to paint a picture with a thousand words [02:35.68]Only to find out your visions is blurred [02:37.66]Its absurd but still I observe [02:39.89]How the brilliance of Blackness is missed when a sights unheard [02:43.21]As old rhyme styles fester like dreams deferred [02:45.98]New styles just might shine at God's speed indeed [02:48.76]But some still wear the mask that grins and lies [02:51.49]Hides cheeks and shades eyes but I'm not suprised [02:54.12]It's no disguise cuz my five eyes remain all wise [02:56.93]No excuse cuz the innocent is still down south no escape [03:00.41]We remain robbed killed and raped [03:02.33]Till you take back your mind and extract the lies [03:07.20]But until then I still utilize my pen [03:15.97]To lead the land from the slaughter and a horse to the water [03:28.23]Continuing the face the stress of lifes test [03:32.69]With rhymes that impress the best cuz my mind is timeless