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This ainât a microphone; itâs a microscope
Itâs like a slideshow of my whole life up close
This ainât a microphone; itâs a microwave
Ultraviolet blazes inside this cave
This ainât a microphone; itâs a microchip
A device to flip memory bites through my lips
Itâs nothinâ but a mic, though, when I go home
Itâs the cyclone life of the microphone
This mic dangles loose at the end of a black chord
Like a hangmanâs noose in front of the dance floor
Each night paying dues I stand on a trap door
And Iâd like to thank the muse at the plentiful rap source
âCause my slang and language use is gonna pass the course
So crank the juice and let the energy blast forth
Iâm gonna be forced to take advantage of this amplification
To state my plans for this planetâs emancipation
I understand if your wastinâ away, waitinâ for the chance to take an
Extended vacation, spendinâ your pay-cheque
Straight spinninâ in place in a panic, anticipatinâ
The end of creation; man, Iâve been in that state and
Iâve managed the transformation to a standing ovation
With this mic in my hand facinâ crowds of people, just trustinâ
That we can work out beef with nothinâ but speech and percussion
Just peaceful discussion and powerful beat production
This ainât a microphone; itâs a microscope
Itâs like a slideshow of my whole life up close
This ainât a microphone; itâs a microwave
Ultraviolet blazes inside this cave
This ainât a microphone; itâs a microchip
A device to flip memory bites through my lips
Itâs nothinâ but a mic, though, when I go home
Itâs the cyclone life of the microphone
Weak speakers crack when this mic feeds back
Screeches travel through the tweeters jacked up with each pass
And when people react to these unique speech acts
It creates an equally fast species of feedback
I need that positive twist to write these raps
The props that I get increase my peak capacity
And my abilities increase the props that I get
Itâs a simple and deep fact of cause and effect
When the tree sapâs runninâ, I ainât stoppinâ for breath
The only problem is stress and system overload
If theyâre not given proper rest microphones can blow
The equipment connected; itâs a risk the poet knows
And Iâve got to accept it when Iâm kickinâ my poems
Most are written at home, long before they enter the light
Hand printed and typed songs invented at night
That eventually might get launched into the mic
This ainât a microphone; itâs a microscope
Itâs like a slideshow of my whole life up close
This ainât a microphone; itâs a microwave
Ultraviolet blazes inside this cave
This ainât a microphone; itâs a microchip
A device to flip memory bites through my lips
Itâs nothinâ but a mic, though, when I go home
Itâs the cyclone life of the microphone
I used to suffer âmic lustâ, and drool when I saw them
But when I touched and tried to bust, I knew I was rotten
So I withdrew from performinâ and kept writinâ new songs
Not the type to rush to rock a mic tattoo on my arm
Now I finally feel like Iâm just movinâ along
With no excuses or those wrong-headed abuses of charm
That people use to get on stage, replacinâ the real
Relationships built with microphones based on skill
Itâs more than just the taste of a meal that makes it appeal
Itâs more than just the shape or the face on the bill
That dictates its place in the till or the amount of it
Beware of counterfeit poets at shows who donât know how to spit
The mic proudly sits above MCsâ debates
Power-trips and picks out victims like the Three Fates
But the system predates the green age of the icon
In days bygone poets rhymed without mics on
This ainât a microphone; itâs a microscope
Itâs like a slideshow of my whole life up close
This ainât a microphone; itâs a microwave
Ultraviolet blazes inside this cave
This ainât a microphone; itâs a microchip
A device to flip memory bites through my lips
Itâs nothinâ but a mic, though, when I go home
Itâs the cyclone life of the microphone
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