The End of an Era

This is the end of an era

In America

The future is precarious

I'm breaking down the barriers

And re-casting the characters

It's scarier than actors

'Cause the facts are so dramatic

My words panic the amateurs

The U.S. super-power usurped the power

And spread a pestilence of ignorance from every television tower

To the peasants of the present in the 25th hour

So I reinvent the discontent and put it on an album

Like musicians before me

I tell the stories and share the vision

And muscle my way into position

You can't ignore me

Indifference of the citizens reflects upon the leadership

A nullified resistance pacified

Classify the mission

Voiceless victims make crime an easy decision

So crime has steadily risen

By definition

And publicly-funded statistics

Become artistic and different

That's where I step in and give the lessons

That the texts have been missing

So say my name when you talkin' 'bout the greats, baby

This is the end of an era

Check the date, baby

Maybe you heard of me?

I'm rising to the top lately

Once in a lifetime

Nobody can take me

So say my name when you talkin' 'bout the greats, baby

This is the end of an era

Check the date, baby

Maybe you heard of me?

I'm rising to the top lately

Once in a lifetime

Nobody can take me out

This is the end of the trend of a generation

Not as tough as their parents

Not as strong as they used to make them

By design they lack the patience

And no one can blame them

But when excuses are tolerated

We begin to trade them

Brain chemistry catastrophes

Ingrain the claims of agencies

Who perpetrate the false beliefs

Of helplessness

And who's diseased

Ridiculing scrutiny

As self-righteous insanity

Is practical for upper crust

And typical of the police

In rap we trust

'Cause emcee'ing is being a historian

Outside the system

Reporting stories because we lived them

A social medium

The dialect of freedom

The reason my FBI file is thicker than a ream

And increasing

I stay awake when I'm sleeping

I go for days without eating

When I say I'm the best

It's an affirmation

I'll repeat it

When I say I'm the best

It's an affirmation

Can't compete with it

So watch me as I beat the enemy

Into submission

So say my name when you talkin' 'bout the greats, baby

This is the end of an era

Check the date, baby

Maybe you heard of me?

I'm rising to the top lately

Once in a lifetime

Nobody can take me

So say my name when you talkin' 'bout the greats, baby

This is the end of an era

Check the date, baby

Maybe you heard of me?

I'm rising to the top lately

Once in a lifetime

Nobody can take me out

So say my name when you talkin' 'bout the greats, baby

This is the end of an era

Check the date, baby

Maybe you heard of me?

I'm rising to the top lately

Once in a lifetime

Nobody can take me

So say my name when you talkin' 'bout the greats, baby

This is the end of an era

Check the date, baby

Maybe you heard of me?

I'm rising to the top lately

Once in a lifetime

Nobody can take me out

So say my name when you talkin' 'bout the greats, baby

This is the end of an era

Check the date, baby

Maybe you heard of me?

I'm rising to the top lately

Once in a lifetime

Nobody can take me

So say my name when you talkin' 'bout the greats, baby

This is the end of an era

Check the date, baby

Maybe you heard of me?

I'm rising to the top lately

Once in a lifetime

Nobody can take me out