keep it true
 you know we keep it true - we got to keep it true we got to keep
 it true
 we got to keep it true - you know what we do you know what
 we do
 we got to keep it true
 relax your mind w/the music - you know what we do you know what we do
 sit back and vibe w/this true shit
 this isn't really what you think it is
 that is if you're even thinkin' in the first place
 the first place isn't always the winner
 and winnin' isn't everything
 and this is not a race
 i am not a android i am not a mongoloid
 i am not annoyed by the void in your brain
 this is not a trick son you are not a victim
 you are just a man b-boyed out the game
 let me explain
 Abstract are you fresh?
 ain't nobody fresher
 but it's hard to get around w/out some clown tryin' to test ya
 Acey are you dope?
 dopest in the world
 i give it to the moms and pops i give it to the boys and girls
 oh so you a family man?
 aren't we all aren't we all
 yes we are
 trying to make jams man and expand my repertoire
 we got to keep it true we got to keep it true - relax your mind w/the
 music
 you know what we do you know what we do - sit back and vibe w/this
 true shit
 well i be arrangin' thoughts in my brain cell family
 embarking on incredible creative routes
 understanding me is truth shining like a lie
 when i say break wide i mean take trips not just in your ride
 in your mind
 cause when you left you're right on time
 the sun'll come out tomorrow and it'll set in the west
 so i don't sweat the rest
 who wanna inhale stress
 keep it true
 you know we keep it true - we keep it true we keep it true we
 keep it true
 you know we keep it true - you know what we do you know what we
 do
 we got to keep it true - the W the W the W
 we got to keep it true
 relax your mind w/the music - and keep it true and keep it true
 sit back and vibe w/this true shit
 the world is full of bullshitters
 liars and triers and quitters
 could-a-beens wanna be's thought-i-was isn't-i-is's
 and everybody in your business
 damn
 now what is really your main aim
 when you are just a blotch and a stain on the planetary plane
 just another name in the phone book of fame
 bustin' out the seams it seems you haven't gained enough
 to be seen in the right scene
 your thoughts they seem so convincing hmmm
 but your actions don't follow through
 remember
 never say never because it never comes true
 your thoughts they seem so convincing for instance
 you told me that you're a level higher
 liar
 element of desire earth and the wind and the fire
 not
 you ain't even halfway hot
 not lukewarm you don't got no form
 you (...?...)
 all caught up in bein' waterproof
 when you shoulda been tryin' to catch up w/the truth
 for all intent and purposes your life on earth ain't worth it's weight
 in
 gold
 that's probably why you get blowed
 cause people tell people things and people sell people things
 that are useless and irrelevant
 and it stifles my intelligence
 i stay true
 you know we keep it true - and we keep on and keep on and keep on
 you know we keep it true - we keep it true we keep it true
 you can mumble jumble if you got somethin' to say
 but i doubt it's gonna affect me i row my boat steady
 everready is my battery description
 meaning i'm equipped to take long trips
 and my brain cells overload when i get blowed
 gotta bring it down there's a point where the joint stops
 being passed through the fingers of a rhyme (?singers?)
 the smoke from my last hit still lingers
 bring us your tired and your weary and your poor
 i'm a take you higher while you're hearing metaphors
 and similes
 assimilation of new creation
 mind emancipation
 rhymes command the nation
 and so on and therefor and such and such
 dust to dust i thrust from the ground
 w/no where else to go but up L.A. is where i'm found
 throwin' up sets and blowin' up sets and goin' up Stepney
 about to get a heavy track
 (?or jimmy in the spot?)
 or plenty of hip hop goin' round three
 heavyweights it's your time so register
 foundate your legacy we serve all them replicas
 true style true style?
 true style new style
 you know we keep it true - we keep it true we keep it true we keep it
 true
 you know we keep it true - the W and every crew we keep it true
 we got to keep it true - from me to you do what you do just keep it
 true
 we got to keep it true - relax your mind w/the music
 now i'm gonna take my last verse on a good note
 you better prepare your footnotes
 hold your wigs tight
 open up the middle
 (?center me in the more?)
 words are the foundation action is the building and unity
 and the concept to result in logic and the use of logic
 now the object to be neutral partial to a judgement
 and the subject's concentration here is the pop quiz
 what hip hop is
 you know we keep it true - relax your mind w/the music
 we got to keep it true - sit back and vibe to this true shit
 the wrong thing to do is stop