I Put A Spell On You

Verse 1:
I remember when it all begun
When I first knew I was the one
Several months before ’91
When the stars lined up and it was done
I’m no longer the addict’s son
I evolved from the average one
How the pawn really mastered drum
Everybody’s voice is what I become
Now the girls wanna be my friends
And the guys claim me as they kin
Other guys I truly offend
Guess this rap must have got under they skin
See I’m getting famous that means my name is
On everybody even teachers’ lips
I proceed now to lead the kids
If I could teach what I’d teach is this
First of all always have a dream
Those who dream continue to breathe
‘Cause when it’s absent then you’re stagnant
And you tragically are deceased
Look at me see the way I live
No resentment using my gift
I ain’t saying it’s always been easy
Believe me it is what it is
There were times I wanted to quit
Unappreciated for my spit
It’s like I deviated just a bit
But I’m loving’ it it’s like a covenant
So I write a song or I make a beat
Then revise until they complete
But the cycle in incomplete
Any song repeat I can swear I hear her say to me…

(Nina Simone recording: “I put a spell on you, ‘cause you’re mine.”)

Verse 2:
When you first heard me kick a verse
In a cipher or in a church
In your life I begin to thirst
Not to be reversed even ’til hurts
It’s like a cult that you gotta join
Or a vault with a thousand [?]
Or a talk you cannot avoid
Having with yourself to deal with the void
And the voice is my outer one
A mystery as to how it’s done
Multitudes come and out of one
Make sense, see the tint? How’s the sun?
Don’t get lost in the metaphor
Rather drift into meta thought
All I need is a few syllables
You’re forever mine, I’m forever yours
Ever since Rapademics dropped
Ever since Inner City Soul
In a session without a question
Began your obsession with O
On the net onto Myspace
Every message on my page
Every download that you found yo
Every record that I gave
Every friend that you ever told
Every disc that I ever sold
I’m convinced that I’ll never go
Away from your heart, I call it my home
From the moment you press play
To the time you reject a
I just wanna tell it to you all straight
So you always understand why you think I’m great
It’s ‘cause

(Nina Simone recording: “I put a spell on you, ‘cause you’re mine.”)