Think

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Macho] So you betta' think before you talk before you breathe before you eva' try to step to the Breed Before you walk before you move before you ever try to fill these shoes 'Cause ain't no easy way to get over Drunk high or sober there's more to this mic than you know More than rockin a show droppin a flow coppin some dough Hit with a harsh reality heat is stoppin your growth So think before you sink down deeper Cleansing the streets of Hip-Hop call me a sound sweeper True definition of preacher medium through which the heart of the Infinite breaks into language/ Through the anguish pain and the long nights with no sleep You ain't called you in the wrong city wrong fight with no heat Catching a beatin and the only thing you defeatin is the purpose Of the true sound system street workers [Hook] You better think before you talk, before you breathe, before you ever try to step to the Breed Before you walk before you move before you ever try to fill these shoes Before you talk, before you breathe, before you ever try to step to the Breed Before you walk before you move before you ever try to fill these shoes [Verse 2: Elsie] This life is more than just a show More than just a crowd More than just the music and the system bumpin loud More than just a mic And the lyrics you recite Tell me where you gonna be found in the middle of the night And tell me how you sound when you not under the light You better think, before you walk to where you ain't been called Cause the pressure and the weight is bound to make you fall And know the judgment of a teacher is stricter than them all So don't be quick to rush the stage You might trip and hit the wall Ya'll must understand the demand behind the scene I had to build my altar and that freed me to come clean I spit the song of the redeemed Never schemed or plotted Talent got me spotted Matter fact I had to fight it Cause the lessons that I spill I had to live before I taught it You better think Want the microphone? Check more than the sound Don't lay claim to his name You only tearing us down You better [Hook] You better think before you talk, before you breathe, before you ever try to step to the Breed Before you walk before you move before you ever try to fill these shoes Before you talk, before you breathe, before you ever try to step to the Breed Before you walk before you move before you ever try to fill these shoes [Verse 3a: Macho] It's like a fire shut up- in my bones I can't let up I've been set up And every heart beat that pounds inside my chest confirms what I've always known That I was born to rip mics when I step inside the zone But I didn't choose it I wonder if I could would I lose it Maybe I'd avoid the scratches and the bruises that come from makin music And the truth is I just can't ignore That I'm a bond servant of the Lord This ain't no scuffle it's a war Every word every action every step and moves a manifestation of my passion Every stage every crowd every system bumpin loud Every pound I receive makes me think [Verse 3b: Elsie] I can't walk away My song's embedded inside I paid for it with heartache in every tear that I cried That's why it drives me crazy when I see you playin games Heads unfocused going for ghetto fame Never learned to tame their tongue Control their action With their words they're loving God but in their hearts their far from Lost in the rhythm - lost from the beginning Shouted stop the but heads started trippin Flippin the spot back to the Breed trying to read between the lines Search what you want but integrity is what you'll find You better [Hook] You better think before you talk, before you breathe, before you ever try to step to the Breed Before you walk before you move before you ever try to fill these shoes Before you talk, before you breathe, before you ever try to step to the Breed Before you walk before you move before you ever try to fill these shoes [Hook] Before you talk, before you breathe, before you ever try to step to the Breed Before you walk before you move before you ever try to fill these shoes Before you talk, before you breathe, before you ever try to step to the Breed Before you walk before you move before you ever try to fill these shoes