[00:00:01] Observations (Explicit) - Masta Ace Incorporated/Apocalypse [00:00:03] Writtne by:Duval Clear [00:00:32] I'm bout to teach these niggards a lesson [00:00:34] Cause they don't know who they be testing [00:00:36] Sit em down make em sign a confession [00:00:38] Ask em a question give em the answer [00:00:40] They still guessing [00:00:41] Who the boss that nail MC [00:00:42] To the cross [00:00:43] With no remorse [00:00:44] And never been on the front of the source [00:00:46] I send rappers of all grades [00:00:47] Into a small rage on stage [00:00:48] There's no such thing as the wrong age [00:00:51] I want a house with short butlers and tall maids with long braids [00:00:54] I can rhyme till the song fades [00:00:56] Listen I say these lyrics make them spread like rabies gotta play these [00:00:59] Rappers like newborn babies [00:01:00] Young cats rapping bout a Mercedes getting cash and ladies [00:01:04] Lott old cats still in the 80's [00:01:06] Or someway in between I gleam and ignite the whole scene [00:01:09] Hip hops lost or so it seem [00:01:11] But I just keep the faith [00:01:13] And wait to set it off like strafe [00:01:14] These niggards weep like the first to the eighth e yo [00:01:17] I observe check it [00:01:22] Whats ya name whats ya name [00:01:24] The manta the manta check it out [00:01:27] I observe check it [00:01:32] Whats my name [00:01:34] The manta ace coming through represent [00:01:37] I observe [00:01:39] I run these streets like a steeplechase [00:01:40] Gimme some space [00:01:41] Get out my face [00:01:42] Stay in your place [00:01:43] Look at them following [00:01:44] These drugs scholars trying holly [00:01:45] Cartier watches for forty dollars [00:01:46] I'm a swift mover [00:01:48] I maneuver these evil streets like Bruegel [00:01:49] To show these cats that I'm a cougar [00:01:52] Why young girls who I pass [00:01:54] Shaking they ass [00:01:54] Instead of studying for that algebra class they can't pass [00:01:57] It's hypocrisy but if I was eighteen [00:01:59] And they was with it all things considered [00:02:01] I'd try to hit it [00:02:02] See raps full of contradiction [00:02:04] Full of beef and friction [00:02:05] And half of these albums out is fiction [00:02:07] I know it sounds controversial [00:02:09] But it goes for everything [00:02:11] From underground to the most commercial [00:02:13] Down to the independents that sell hundreds [00:02:15] Next year I turn the tables like twelve hundreds [00:02:18] It's funny how money change the situation [00:02:20] Stagnation no creation my observation yo [00:02:23] I observe check it [00:02:28] Whats ya name whats ya name [00:02:30] The manta the manta check it out [00:02:33] I observe check it [00:02:38] Whats my name [00:02:40] The manta ace coming through represent [00:02:43] I observe [00:02:44] See I don't play many shades of theism [00:02:45] Dirty hearts on the paper chase [00:02:46] Relate to being grimy [00:02:48] Since my life genesis [00:02:49] I had nothing but bruise memories [00:02:51] Whatever reality was sending me [00:02:53] Like the evils got plans of ending me [00:02:55] Stuck in a square [00:02:56] Hitting four corners many times [00:02:57] Going nowhere [00:02:58] People half moon wishing for light [00:03:00] Stressed the wrong going way left [00:03:01] So f**k right [00:03:02] As long as I'm ducking at gun fights [00:03:04] I'll be alright [00:03:05] Streets literate but home tin [00:03:06] Got me holding my head [00:03:08] Being considerate [00:03:08] Living off the laws of the land surviving [00:03:11] In this life thing I ride shotgun with guard driving [00:03:14] Spit well because I'm starving [00:03:15] So pardon [00:03:16] Chasing dough like forbidden fruit [00:03:17] Rooted in the Eden garden [00:03:19] Trying not to get bit by the snake [00:03:21] You know the game [00:03:22] Catskill keep bending you till you break [00:03:24] So watch the jig [00:03:25] I observe check it [00:03:29] Whats my name the manta represent [00:03:32] The manta ace coming through represent [00:03:35] I observe check it