The Meaning is Ruby Ibarra’s winning entry for Jin’s 2010 Hip Hop Census Mixtape contest. Her complex rhyme schemes, sharp wit, and incredible rapping skills are clearly evident in this piece, which samples The High & Mighty’s “The Meaning”.
[Verse 1]
They know I'm in charge, that's why they keep they eye on me
A diamond in the rough, I guess you'll say my name's the irony
Defying the monotony with lyrical capacity
A prodigy, apocalyptical so I'm the prophecy
Music is the vessel so I gotta up the decibel
Spit it so precise that my name should have a decimal
Fuck a probable, against the odds with my audible
Quite phenomenal, like oh my god, astronomical
I gotta be the star, my thoughts are clouded, and I'm gassed, and well
Go at 'em like a particle, I'm back and its masterful
Drop those unthinkable, oh so, it's chronical
Nonfictional prose, so my flow is like an article
So I've reached my epiphany, poetry's my symphony
Fresher than the one who lived with Carlton, Phil, and Hilary
Stay on my side like 8 as infinity
One level above you, I never follow gravity
[Refrain]
Nah, you’re not original
Nah, you’re not original
Nah, you’re not original
Nah, you’re not original
Nah, you’re not original
Nah, you’re not original
Nah, you’re not original
Nah, you’re not original
Nah, you’re not original
[Verse 2]
My rhymes ain’t just words, it’s a book of basic guidelines
Bind with a mind that’s designed for the blind, I’m
Sayin’ that you feel me but the odds are a mistake
I write rhymes on the lines of my palms to change fate
If I got people doubting, it just means that they listen
But they ain’t really hearing, cuz you senseless when I'm rippin
The death to your triple threat, make the greatest resurrect
I lead the path untraveled and make it the latest dance step
Others make it rain, I’d rather take a rain check
I bring the brainstorm, but the flows ain’t even dropped yet
Liberal with the lyricalness, I deliver with every syllable, it’s
Criminalist how I'm itchin to spit, split you in bits like some militant shit
Keepin’ it real, so minimalist, mixed with complex like oedipus is
Give you the jist, I can flip, rip it quick, while I spit with the mist while I grip with the fist
Make you rewind with the part of my lips, pardon a bit but riddle me this
Drop me a list of who's hotter than this, so fuck a tomorrow, I'm forever with this
[Refrain]
Nah, you’re not original
Nah, you’re not original
Nah, you’re not original
Nah, you’re not original
Nah, you’re not original
Nah, you’re not original
The Meaning was written by Ruby Ibarra.
Ruby Ibarra released The Meaning on Fri Apr 30 2010.