Theory & Praxis

In the world we in, I travel like light
The earth'll spin upon its axis
I'm combinin' theory with the praxis, nigga
Behind the mic I feel they lack the skill to do this
Slank the master teacher
Put the math inside the music
In the world we in, I travel like light
The earth'll spin upon its axis
I'm combinin' theory with the praxis, nigga
Behind the mic I feel they lack the skill to do this
Slank the master teacher
Put the math inside the music, yo

Behind the mic I hear 'em shapeshiftin
They got fake listeners
A book cover with the pages missin
See me, I'm different, I don't make fiction
They hate precision when it's coming from a Black vision
Police kill a nigga
Get promotions after paid leave
Unity's the basis
Family ties like Royce Gracie
No enemies escapin' when they face me
Move like the Phoenician Navy
The sky was calm but yo the water wavy
Back in the days of slavery
To run away we'd chase the North Star
It's either break away or more scars
Low carb breakfast when I roll gars
Knock on any door like Humphrey Bogart
Slank the Black Mozart
The smoke starts to settle as I level up
Others try they best but they ain't fresh enough
I guess that's just the way it was
The plane above was shielded by the cloud cover
Quiet nights, loud thunder shattered everything
The day of reckoning

In the world we in, I travel like light
The earth'll spin upon its axis
I'm combinin' theory with the praxis, nigga
Behind the mic I feel they lack the skill to do this
Slank the master teacher
Put the math inside the music
In the world we in, I travel like light
The earth'll spin upon its axis
I'm combinin' theory with the praxis, nigga
Behind the mic I feel they lack the skill to do this
Slank the master teacher
Put the math inside the music, yo

Behind the mic I hear 'em bullshittin
Don't give a full picture
Only doctored images, a bad mixture
So I provide the real like ancient scriptures
Written in original tongues
Brought to you via digital fronts
Jumped to the future and it felt familiar
How many years
We live in fear of changing systems tailor made to kill us
I spilt the ashes accidentally
Focused on the flow delivery
The soul was pushed across the seven seas
Arrivederci, rose early faced Jerusalem
Rock solid, foes fold like aluminum foil
The water boils in the kitchen, sound mixin
This the best rendition
Slank, I wrote profound wisdom like Lucille Clifton
With a pen I'm gifted
Felt the earth shift under the rhythm
In the outer limits
Combine the illest of sentences
Behind the mic I'm known to kick the gift relentless
Shit is getting ridiculous

In the world we in, I travel like light
The earth'll spin upon its axis
I'm combinin' theory with the praxis, nigga
Behind the mic I feel they lack the skill to do this
Slank the master teacher
Put the math inside the what
Yo, yo, yo, yo
Praxis nigga
Lack the skill to do this
Slank the master teacher
Put the math inside the, yo
I put the math inside the music, yo