Magnificent Black Thought

[Intro]
Uh, two fifteen (That's right)

[Verse 1]
I hurt myself to see if I could feel (I am magnificent)
Then I began to pray to see if God was real
I said, "All Seeing, reveal to me that which is concealed"
Somethin' told me that I probably shouldn't be behind the wheel of that Bonneville
I was still feelin' kinda ill, not a dollar bill
Time to kill, tryna sign a deal
Ten years before State Prop was rock la famille
I was poppin' pills unaware that steel sharpens steel, I've grown
Droppin' my popular B-Boy poems (Magnif-Magnificent)
Took me to Amiri Baraka from LeRoi Jones
To Hajj Malik el-Shabazz from Detroit Red (Magnif-Magnificent)
And to the polar opposite of what your report said
Well, me and Sponart was playin' our part
Creatin' con art to curatin' fine art, now a nigga's a monarch
The torch head was force fed, look how the flames flicker
Now if it's what Thought said, you know the name quicker

[Verse 2]
Uh, ay, yo (I'm magnificent)
The big homie in The Smithsonian (I am magnificent)
I'm an ox, so the box niggas can't throw me in
The punishment I'ma hit 'em with is draconian
It's in me (Magnif-Magnificent), muscle memory is Pavlovian
The magnificent with a tinted skin tone
Ain't nobody fuckin' with me, keep 'em in the friend zone
Keep 'em closer than my enemy, which I depend on for that motivation
That's what keep a nigga en vogue
Fingers full of Flintstones
Louder than a motherfuckin' pimp clothes
Haters, I am the weapon, the Lord formed against those
I prefer the law of mathematics over Jim Crow's
My prose keep 'em devils jumpin' out the windows (Magnif-Magnificent)
The man tellin' you shams to go to hell if you a god damn pyramid, scam evangenical
The origin of my grace is unavailable
But you would know the name of the place is Illadel, if you a real one