[Intro: Mr. Voodoo, L-Swift, and A-Butta]
Mr. Voodoo: Yeah
L-Swift: Yeah, yeah, what up, kid?
A-Butta: Word is bond. Word is bond
Mr. Voodoo: Word is bond. Yeah, yeah, it’s Mr. Voo. Mr. Voo. You're listening to the sounds of Natural Elements, you nah’mean? We’re gonna do it like this. Check it out
[Verse 1: Mr. Voodoo]
The E-E double oh so easily
Well, I E-M-C-E-E. N-Y-C
Be the locality. Trying to inflate this low
Salary, my sets is fat and yours is low-calorie
You’re too full of carbohydrates to flow my rate
I’ll shake and vibrate the lightweight and make both migrate
Plant seed and let it germinate, vermin I terminate. Verbally
I offend more niggas that the Mark Fuhrman tapes. I’ll burn
This great when I get busy. The crowd ask, “What is he?
Human or robot?” My flow's hot. Those that know not must be
Dizzy, so how many fingers do you see? You’re going up one (One)
Or two (Two) or three (Three) ‘cause I knocked your ass silly. Of course
I'm living Big, but who the hell is Willie? Trying to peel me
And I'll put you on the floor quicker than Tyson did McNeely
[Verse 2: A-Butta]
Ayyo
Once you hear the Capital A, these raps’ll stay
With you for a while, son—they won't go away. Composed of
Dramatical plays, Element Natural ways
Control your thoughts like sipping Crazy Horse, 4-0 quarts
Stay dipped in Polo Sport menswear. A-Butta be the one
You and your friends fear. Natural E, we’re dropping gems here
Shining for ten years, and keep writing until my pen smears
Ink upon the paper, rhyme in divine flavor. Mental
Higher than a skyscraper. My mic’s major
Deacon. My thoughts connecting like when my pager’s beeping. While
You stay sleeping, A is creeping. I'm making mics eva-
-porate, lyrics ejaculate when my verbs are mastered
While you procrastinate, I graduate past your rate. You see
My flow'll fascinate. Natural E, we collaborate
Check it, this rap is great. Riz scratch it up like sissy fights
Butta forever shine like New York City lights. What?
[Hook: Mr. Voodoo, L-Swift, A-Butta, and Essence (AKA Ayana Soyini)] (x2)
Mr. Voodoo: We’ll keep rising to the top
L-Swift: No one can stop we
A-Butta: Natural Elements
Essence (AKA Ayana Soyini): Will forever S-H-I-N-E
[Verse 3: L-Swift]
Yo, physically
I bring the pain here. Your shorty’s wet like rain gear. I’ll hit you
Buck fifty like New York City train fare. Yo
Every day, I rock the same gear ‘cause money low. I bag a
Honey, though. This one go out to all my sunny bros, in N-Y-C
Northeast Bronx, my territory
You confess to a priest. Writing lyrics is better for me
Never sweat a shorty. Now I'm broke, got no straw to pull, but in
The future, when I got money, I'll be adorable. But shorty
Played herself like brothers on the train using a portable telly
‘Cause both of y'all look the same like Aaron Hall and R. Kelly
I’ll bust a shot like Marbury. Battle? You must be sniffing
Something like Darryl Strawberry. Check what I get nice with
My right hand is what I grip a mic with
In the future, I’ll circle numbers on this Lex priceless. But, yo
Me getting burnt or hurt won't be tolerated. I got
Rhymes up the UHHHHHH... forget it. I'm constipated
[Verse 4: Essence (AKA Ayana Soyini)]
See, these lines be like
Graffiti burners. Essence tags your mental hall as I
Combust like aerosol meets flame into your face with no shame
Rappers be talking like they’re rich when they be riding the train
And when they flow, you know it all sound the same, repe-
-titive like escalators, plus sweeter than Now and Laters
Your clout about as much weight as a sheet of paper. You have
No flavor. Pulling my saber, removing you from the
Agenda. Wannabe pretenders Fall like September through
November. Get open-end to then, verbally dismembered
Remember Essence flows. I'm treating you like Mendel
To go low, to get dough. See, the mic? You need to
Let go, you’re hollow, you can't rip it with expertise
Please, this emcee, put simply, is a G-O-double-
-D-E-double-S. You cannot contest
[Hook: Mr. Voodoo, L-Swift, A-Butta, and Essence (AKA Ayana Soyini)] (x2)
Mr. Voodoo: We’ll keep rising to the top
L-Swift: No one can stop we
A-Butta: Natural Elements
Essence (AKA Ayana Soyini): Will forever S-H-I-N-E
Shine was written by Mr. Voodoo & A-Butta & Swigga & Ayana Soyini.
Shine was produced by Charlemagne.