The water level's rising, the water level's rising Everyone alive sing, who will turn the tide? Bring about land grabs, sand bags, bring 'em out It's hard to yell with the Atlantic in your mouth
There's cracks in the surface Cracks in the surface Tick, tick, tick, tick
Cracks in the surface Cracks in the surface Tick, tick, tick, tick Tick, tick, tick, tick
One becomes two becomes three becomes four Our sound waves run your city like parkour Provokin' encores, we know you want more That's what we are doin' this for
Four becomes three becomes two becomes one The metamorphosis cannot be undone We burst forth from the land toward the sun And transform, the advance has begun
Like Mary J, I'm o-Bliged to hollerate and prophesize Nostradamus on the topics often dropped on open mics When both sides are vocalized, the crowd spits the dopest lines Efforts gain significance like overdrives of Dopamine
These narcissists forget to do their exercise Confused by what success implies Name drop successive tries in drive-thrus to get extra fries Emancipating free speech when I run my mouth Terminal cancer patients say, "Hey when's the CD coming out?"
Cracks in the surface Cracks in the surface Tick, tick, tick, tick
Cracks in the surface Cracks in the surface Tick, tick, tick, tick Tick, tick, tick, tick
Rhymin' enigma, we keep 'em guessing My rhymes are like ribbons when I wrap the present Recapture lessons, the ancestors prefaced In deference to how we break it down to the essence
'Cause there're cracks in the surface, nobody wants to see 'em Strategic war games, don't call 'em human beings They call 'em like they want 'em for a prop in their battle rap But Solomon and Math will dap after playin' the track backwards
Because there's too much death energy Let it be a muse, sing to your best enemy Never let it be your task master, let's finish things Alive with oppression and disaster diminishing
One becomes two becomes three becomes four Our sound waves run your city like parkour Provokin' encores, we know you want more That's what we are doin' this for
Four becomes three becomes two becomes one The metamorphosis cannot be undone We burst forth from the land toward the sun And transform, the advance has begun
There's cracks in the surface Cracks in the surface Tick, tick, tick, tick
Cracks in the surface Cracks in the surface Tick, tick, tick, tick Tick, tick, tick, tick
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