Album Intro (it was bitten) [Acappella]

Avatar the Articulate - “Album Intro (it was bitten)”
[Emcee(s): Avatar the Articulate (AKA Avie Fresh)]
[Producer(s): Nas and Trackmasters (Original Instrumental from “Album Intro (It Was Written)”)]

[Verse 1: Avatar the Articulate (AKA Avie Fresh)]
You wanna
Plank all up on YouTube, but it was slave ship exclusive
Ain’t no excuses. They use us up and bruise us up with nooses
My crew is tough, and it ain’t just the brothers—it’s other colors. We all
Are slaves to the wages. I’m flagrant, I’m like: fuck ‘em, take
The jokers out the deck, heck, smoke ‘em out they set. Pet
Petroleum’s controlling us, it’s senseless ‘cause the solar’s just
Being wasted like a bassist cat that free-bases crack
Nuyorican shows I once tow up to stages. Back to basics
Never wore Asics, Glocks is Botox to your faking faces
Back in your graces, I saw the vision clear like LASIK’s
Not famous for phrases, but that’s sure to change. I was born in mangers
Raised in ranges very dangerous, scary from here to Tangiers
I daze ya. This isn’t ice, it’s priced more like a glacier
I’m doing donuts in my truck—fuck would I need a glazed for?
I’m major, but not like Keenan. I got hood hype teeming
Screaming, “Not another one.” It Was Bitten is for the dreamers
Those that’s liver, those that’s wiser, vaporizer steamers
Those that listen when I christen microphone receivers
Achievers, they’ll try to take me out with heaters, but I’ll
Never leave ‘cause I’ll scheme with stuff up in my sleeve cuff
Breathe blunts although I try to quit—it’s carcogenic
Park by the park and watch the narcs clock my watch and pendant
Man, fuck a cop, fuck a court—fuck, I’m no defendant
We’re all pretending, stupid, but this shit’s just stupendous
My pen just becomes suspended, not to mention that
I wrote tremendous raps, back for vengeance when I’m lynching cats