The microphone i
Take (took, taken). You shake (shook, shaken)
Wake (woke, woken) to the style im creating
Think (thought, thought). Seek (sought, sought)
Listen to the lesson that i teach (taught, taught)
Dont sleep (slept, slept). I creep (crept, crept)
I sneak (snuck, snuck up). You leap (leapt, leapt)
I keep (kept, kept) having fun
Im never beat (beat, beaten); i win (won, won)
Do (did, done). Begin (began, begun)
Shoot (shot, shot) —no, i dont own a gun
I lead (led, led) so i can feed (fed, fed)
The knowledge you need, straight to your head
When i bring (brought, brought) it, you catch (caught, caught) it
Sit backrelax. Dont fight (fought, fought) it
Please don't
Freeze (froze, frozen) when i speak (spoke, spoken)
Its real. You can feel i dont steal (stole, stolen)
I choose (chose, chosen) the very best rhymes and
Write (wrote, written) them into my lines and
Into your mind. When we meet (met, met)
Ill bet (bet, bet) i wont let you forget
(Forgotforgotten). I get (got, gotten)
Every head nodding. Dont think about stopping
Just come (came, come)
This is hip hop. I dont sing (sang, sung)
I sting (stung, stung). I cling (clung, clung)
On each and every word, you hang (hung, hung)
Its not enough to
Dream (dreamt, dreamt); youve got to spend (spent, spent)
Time on your goals. Please lend (lent, lent) me your
Ear. Come near and ill lay (laid, laid)
Down this new sound that i make (made, made)
I hope you dont say that you think its junk
I hope you dont think that i stink (stank, stunk)
If youre thirsty for English, come drink (drank, drunk)
Because i sink (sank, sunk) all competition when they
Hear (heard, heard) that i give (gave, given)
Encouragement when i spit (spat, spat)
Never quit (quit, quit); dont sit (sat, sat)
Yeah, i like it like that. Ill even kneel (knelt, knelt)
And beg you to express what you feel (felt, felt)
I rise (rose, risen) when i drive (drove, driven) through
The beat; tap your feet as you ride (rode, ridden)
Those that hide (hid, hidden) i find (found, found)
If you flee (fled, fled) then ill track you down
Now you see (saw, seen) that i mean (meant, meant)
Every word of the message that i send (sent, sent)
I show (showed, shown) i can fly (flew, flown)
Now you know (knew, known) i shine (shone, shone)
Ill throw (threw, thrown) you the ball. Its your turn
Grow (grew, grown) with the verbs that youve learned
Grammar through lyrics i draw (drew, drawn)
Peace to ells, now i go (went, gone)!