This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
I come first up to bat
When I rock my decibel
Blue lines divide thoughts
Makin them parallel
Placed in order
To put me on top like a halter
With my pen inside my right
Tryin' to rock like Gibraltar
My alter is filled with
Burnin' beats and melted wax
Creatin' sweet aromas of the ink
Writin' facts, which reacts
To patterns of brain
When they tangle
Losin' crews in my cypher
Like Bermuda Triangle, we angle
Cross links on a mike
For da site
Now I'm known for flippin' letters
Around like Vannah White, when they light
Illumination draws me to the phrase
Stayin' blind to the world
And readin' letters off of raised
Pages. Lyrically recitin' in brail
And settin' altars on fire
To disgrace the name of Baal
Bring the hail, and every kind
Of your precipatation
My rhymes still deliver
Like trains to the station, 'cause
Rhymes come fresh and they always ill
When we rockin' the rockin' the Casbah
Beats come phat so come and get ya fill
When we rockin' the rockin' the Casbah
Dope new styles created to excel
When we rockin' the rockin' the Casbah
Emcees rock mikes, and we doin it well
So rock the rock the Casbah!
Dance floors get mobbed
When Ill Harmonics rock
From New York to Tokyo
Then out to Bangkok
Its the furious flows
Makin' heads get down
Circulatin' rythms till they
Feel the ill sound, gimme a pound
And pass one round
To cultivate
Rolls and head nods
As Ill Harmonics create
Like Alexandar the Great
We'll reigh through
The New millennium
Processin rhythm much faster
Than your Pentium
(Play-Do)
I come to bless and caress
Hands on mic stands
And rock it as the
Non-average garage band
Wit a plan
To make you lose all your inhibitions
And start new trends
So I increase the competition
To win my gold medal
As I stand in the middle
And bring rainbows of
Fruit flavors like a skittle
And whittle the song
Cuttin off the medicrotes
Play-Do philosophizing
Rap like I'm Socrates
Rhymes come fresh and they always ill
When we rockin' the rockin the Casbah
Beats come phat so come and get ya fill
When we rockin' the rockin the Casbah
Dope new styles created to excel
When we rockin' the rockin the Casbah
Emcees rock mikes, and we doin it well
So rock the rock the Casbah!
We concentrated
Yet still remain articulated
Never underdogs,
But still we always underrated
Translatin' symilies
To metaphoricaly speak
And even if you deaf
Your sign language still gonna peak
Like Janet we aim
To stay poetically just
From the core to the mantle
And then ereuptin' the crust
Smokin' bits o' hits
Takin' it worldwide
Ill Harmonic endeavors,
So come along for the ride
And we'll glide through days
And night's of steady rockin
So be ready with you dance shoes
Laced when we come knockin
Cause we groovin all night
And through 2000 AD
Climbin up to the pinnacle
Of emcee history
So from east to the west,
From north to the south
You gonna hear it loud and clear
Comin out of our mouth
That hip-hop
Is stayin longer than you mother-in-law
You know what?
We still keepin' it raw.
Rhymes come fresh and they always ill
When we rockin' the rockin the Casbah
Beats come phat so come and get ya fill
When we rockin' the rockin the Casbah
Dope new styles created to excel
When we rockin' the rockin the Casbah
Emcees rock mikes, and we doin it well
So rock the rock the Casbah!
When I rock my decibel
Blue lines divide thoughts
Makin them parallel
Placed in order
To put me on top like a halter
With my pen inside my right
Tryin' to rock like Gibraltar
My alter is filled with
Burnin' beats and melted wax
Creatin' sweet aromas of the ink
Writin' facts, which reacts
To patterns of brain
When they tangle
Losin' crews in my cypher
Like Bermuda Triangle, we angle
Cross links on a mike
For da site
Now I'm known for flippin' letters
Around like Vannah White, when they light
Illumination draws me to the phrase
Stayin' blind to the world
And readin' letters off of raised
Pages. Lyrically recitin' in brail
And settin' altars on fire
To disgrace the name of Baal
Bring the hail, and every kind
Of your precipatation
My rhymes still deliver
Like trains to the station, 'cause
Rhymes come fresh and they always ill
When we rockin' the rockin' the Casbah
Beats come phat so come and get ya fill
When we rockin' the rockin' the Casbah
Dope new styles created to excel
When we rockin' the rockin' the Casbah
Emcees rock mikes, and we doin it well
So rock the rock the Casbah!
Dance floors get mobbed
When Ill Harmonics rock
From New York to Tokyo
Then out to Bangkok
Its the furious flows
Makin' heads get down
Circulatin' rythms till they
Feel the ill sound, gimme a pound
And pass one round
To cultivate
Rolls and head nods
As Ill Harmonics create
Like Alexandar the Great
We'll reigh through
The New millennium
Processin rhythm much faster
Than your Pentium
(Play-Do)
I come to bless and caress
Hands on mic stands
And rock it as the
Non-average garage band
Wit a plan
To make you lose all your inhibitions
And start new trends
So I increase the competition
To win my gold medal
As I stand in the middle
And bring rainbows of
Fruit flavors like a skittle
And whittle the song
Cuttin off the medicrotes
Play-Do philosophizing
Rap like I'm Socrates
Rhymes come fresh and they always ill
When we rockin' the rockin the Casbah
Beats come phat so come and get ya fill
When we rockin' the rockin the Casbah
Dope new styles created to excel
When we rockin' the rockin the Casbah
Emcees rock mikes, and we doin it well
So rock the rock the Casbah!
We concentrated
Yet still remain articulated
Never underdogs,
But still we always underrated
Translatin' symilies
To metaphoricaly speak
And even if you deaf
Your sign language still gonna peak
Like Janet we aim
To stay poetically just
From the core to the mantle
And then ereuptin' the crust
Smokin' bits o' hits
Takin' it worldwide
Ill Harmonic endeavors,
So come along for the ride
And we'll glide through days
And night's of steady rockin
So be ready with you dance shoes
Laced when we come knockin
Cause we groovin all night
And through 2000 AD
Climbin up to the pinnacle
Of emcee history
So from east to the west,
From north to the south
You gonna hear it loud and clear
Comin out of our mouth
That hip-hop
Is stayin longer than you mother-in-law
You know what?
We still keepin' it raw.
Rhymes come fresh and they always ill
When we rockin' the rockin the Casbah
Beats come phat so come and get ya fill
When we rockin' the rockin the Casbah
Dope new styles created to excel
When we rockin' the rockin the Casbah
Emcees rock mikes, and we doin it well
So rock the rock the Casbah!
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