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[Ryu] 

Tribal-style ritual 

We dance around the totem 

In a golden ring of fire 

Bangin' on a war drum 

Anthem of a shaman dominatin' 

Peyote trance 

Hopscotch the planet 

Barefoot on the hot sand 

I'm knee-deep in history 

Mystery builds 

Tryin' to find a 

Style of Beyond secret to steal 

But when the doors of perception are cleansed 

Only then 

Will the truth be revealed 

Through an infrared lens 

It's the same then as it is now 

As it will be 

I still be 

The touch-tone number three 

Letters on your flip-phone 

D-E-F to my death 

In the flesh 

Vocal vacuum 

Takin' your breath 

Rest assured 

When I get busy 

There'll be nothin' left 

Like a paycheck after taxes 

Relay my message 

Decay modems and faxes 

Internet death 

Go to battle swingin' my axes 

Cut you in step 

Escapin' through secret hatches 

Tunnel rats rummage through the ashes 

Of what rap was 

Before you trapped it 

Locked in a box 'bout as big as this room 

But you can't keep hip-hop captive 

Uh-uh 



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[Takbir] 

Hey, yo-ring of fire ritual 

Bellydance swing 

Cyberspace visual 

Galactic Apache 

Salman evaded 

While you groovin' at the disco 

See what's really crackin' like Nabisco 

Powwow 

Festival of flows 

By the S.o.B. assassins 

Rain-tribe 

Thunderclouds crashin' 

Cosmic 

Tomahawks dawn 

For my tribal renaissance 

And ceremony that's catered to the art 

The origin of underground sounds 

Bein' brought up to the surface 

Auditory preachers of a serpent 

Cathedral 

Draws from Milan 

Around a golden-arc steeple 

For days 

Givin' praise 

To the people 

Caught up in a circle for the trance 

We .... detour 

Where the .... is 

And now they go and dose 

Insomniac sleeper 

Injectin' my syringe 

Directly through the speaker 



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[Takbir] 

Hi 

It's like a rhymin' time machine 

Move through melodies 

Lightfoot 

Rhythmic MCs 

So let it be 

Crossbow 

Triggered the lost low 

A Cherokee on a quest 

Against archrival 

Nemesis 



[Ryu] 

Ceremonial headdress 

Got you wide open like the dentist 

Say "Aaahhh" 

My sentence got you punks 

Jumpin' fences 

Ha-without a weapon 

You're defenseless 

Comin' out the trenches 

With hatchets and 

Musical monkey wrenches 



[Takbir] 

Yeah 

Yo, all we wanna do 

Is make your neck snap 

Takbir and Ryu 

With Rhettmatic on the track 

Energetic act 

To keep the club packed 

Just havin' fun 

When we rappin' 



[Ryu] 

Flow another optic explosion 

Amplified junkie of a 

Breakbeat chosen 

Monkey .... pumpin' style 

Out for justice 

Competition frozen 

Lash out in a .... 

Motion sickness 

Ocean of a school of 

Vicious fishes 

Half-staff flag for your caviar 

Wishes on a .... 

Straight from the starship 

2000 prophets 

Drop it 

Hot topic flow for discussion 



[Takbir] 

Man, you all ain't knowin' 

How we bustin' 

Reignin' on the average everday chump 

Crushin' 

Year 2000 

2000 



[Ryu] 

Say what? 



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