Elements

AXIS 360 ft. Direct and Multiple - “Elements”
[Emcee(s): Direct and Multiple]
[Producer(s): AXIS 360]
[Sample (Melody): [?] - “Come Rain or Come Shine”]

[Hook: Direct and Multiple and (Sample from [?] - “Come Rain or Come Shine”)]
(I’m gonna...)
Be a part of hip hop all of my life. It’s what
I see, what I need, what I breathe, what I be. It be
Hip hop, hip hop (I’m gonna...)

[Verse 1: Direct]
Trip from the train, maintain the same deranged
State of mind. I’ll take the grime to spray the line
Amazing or a form of flagrant crime? You decide
I spend my time developing my styles, symbols so
Wild, nurturing it as if it were my child
I’m married to this shit and can’t live without it
Inhale paint fumes like vacuums, getting higher
Than that [?] statue. Crack full
Baskets [?]
Panhandling [?], tagging windows and
Metal, edge back, then Pilots for my ammo
Going commando in the concrete jungle
Bomb shit like Rambo, black to white rushed on
The juggle, villains, forcefields and bubbles
Eventual street heroes that fight to get struggle
Invisible pain of stealing making homes of shadows
(Shadows) I bring my pagans out to battle
Don’t drink too much and pass out or I’ma tag you

[Hook: Direct and Multiple and (Sample from [?] - “Come Rain or Come Shine”)]
(I’m gonna...)
Be a part of hip hop all of my life. It’s what
I see, what I need, what I breathe, what I be. It be
Hip hop, hip hop (I’m gonna...)
See hip hop, need hip hop, breathe hip
Hop, be hip hop all of my
Life (I’m gonna...)

[Verse 2: Multiple]
Rhyme like it’s the air I breathe. Hip hop flows
Through my veins like it’s the blood I breathe. Yeah
I treat it like the life I need. No regard for
The color of cream, spit food for thought, so it’s
The mind I feed. Yeah, I’ll liberate a crowd with
The soul I breathe, so, yes indeed, I
Shall proceed, give props to each and every under-
-ground emcee living each moment just to rock
The M-I-C. Yo, peace to Kool Herc, yo
For paving the way, to the Bronx for giving birth, to
The music, I’m surviving today. Fuck commercial rap
The industry could lick my sack. Give respect to
The artists staying true to the fact: without graff or
This breaking, DJs cutting the wax
Yo, the face of hip hop is simply sure to collapse
Sit around reminiscing, thinking way-way back
Listening to PRT, wishing I could rhyme like that
Now I’m laidback, lacing up an AXIS track

[Hook: Direct and Multiple and (Sample from [?] - “Come Rain or Come Shine”)]
(I’m gonna...)
Be a part of hip hop all of my life. It’s what
I see, what I need, what I breathe, what I be. It be
Hip hop, hip hop (I’m gonna...)
See hip hop, need hip hop, breathe hip
Hop, be hip hop all of my
Life (I’m gonna...)

[Verse 3: Direct]
Give props to my man AXIS. He asked us
To get onto this down flash with Backwoodz
It’s all good. Break out the cardboard and black hoods
Practice our techniques, pop, lock, breakdance
To breakbeat. DJs keep it moving, cutting turntables
[?]
To create music, we use a artistic artillery
To make a symphony of sounds to astound your ears
So play it out. Hip hop, I’ll be around here
You’re passed out, so pass that mic over here, bop
Your heads down your Benz and be prepared for lyrical
Gymnastic so drastic, no man has yet prepared
To do what emcees do in cypher, freestyling
All night, holding L’s like it’s their life force
Going back-and-forth, who wants it more? It’s not just
A form of entertainment. It’s a way to communicate
Change shit. Aerosol sprayed on the wall free
Art to all. Learn about it, be about it, fight for
The cause

[Hook: Direct and Multiple and (Sample from [?] - “Come Rain or Come Shine”)]
(I’m gonna...)
Be a part of hip hop all of my life. It’s what
I see, what I need, what I breathe, what I be. It be
Hip hop, hip hop (I’m gonna...)
See hip hop, need hip hop, breathe hip
Hop, be hip hop all of my
Life (I’m gonna...)

[Verse 4: Multiple]
Let loose and rock a crowd like David shooting stones
With a slingshot, enough to make your head bop like a cat
With the ill beatbox. Breakbeats and basslines
Pound the chest while I serve lyrics on a platter for my
Peeps to ingest, spitting rhymes with all flavors, just be
Simple yet complex, no preservatives so they’re
Easy to digest. It’s a natural process
Big up to Dedo, MH, and Mayhem
For getting artistic, armed with nothing but a spray can
Rooftops to highways, freight yards to D-Train
Pack a crew with us over the bombing raids
What with all these wack rappers not written to build? Yet
Too many carbon copy relics need to chill. Yeah
I’ll alter lifestyles like the invention of the pill
And still knock the beat up when I start to spill
Yeah, I’ll rhyme for the love of it, not some cheap thrills
The name smoking names, still fly if it’s sealed
And I’ll rep the East Coast, Jersey banks for real

[Hook: Direct and Multiple and (Sample from [?] - “Come Rain or Come Shine”)]
(I’m gonna...)
Be a part of hip hop all of my life. It’s what
I see, what I need, what I breathe, what I be. It be
Hip hop, hip hop (I’m gonna...)
See hip hop, need hip hop, breathe hip
Hop, be hip hop all of my
Life (I’m gonna...)

[Outro: Sample from [?] - “Come Rain or Come Shine”]
I’m gonna love you
Like nobody’s loved you
Come rain or come shine