Times Up

[Intro]
Time's up!
Time's up!
Time's up! (Get it!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I– I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)

[Verse 1]
Time's up, black is back
Other rappers make records and I'll make an impact
I don't want you to move, I want a movement
As I proceed, I move with
Knowledge, wisdom, understanding
I make progress while I'm slamming
Hard lyrics, putting money in the bank
But these futile new styles stunk up the joint with point
A to B to D
'Cause you can't hit what your eyes can't see
Near-sighted, shallow, hollow, mundane
Rappers untrained, just can't sustain
The heat, the hits, you think it's a homerun
But hold that thought, brother, don't run
'Cause you hear the pop that drops, and guess what?
Time's up

[Chorus]
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I– I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up!

[Verse 2]
The clock ticks, the rhyme kicks
I'm pickin' off knowledge as I drop this
Brothers ain't takin' their time with the rhymes
They wanna get paid, 'cause it's hard times
I got patience, meditation
Helps creation, and correlation
It's takin' its toll in platinum and gold
I get respect with the records I sold
'Cause the rhyme is always up to par and on point
I put a message in the music while I'm rocking this joint
It's jumping, slamming, bumping
And meanwhile I'm sayin' something
For all ears to hear and prepare
To persevere from year to year, and get geared
So weak rappers'll have to self-destruct
Time's up

[Chorus]
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I– I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time–Time's up!

[Verse 3]
I'm harder than times in '29
Hard enough to cut diamonds, rhymin' I'm
Sharp as a razor, cuts like a laser
And my rhyme can graze ya, I'm able to raise ya
From a dead level, I ain't a rebel
I just don't dance with the devil
Unless we're dancing in the ring
And then my dance is an Ali thing
'Cause I shuffle and flow, and showboat what I wrote
And sugarcoat the globe and collect sweet g-notes
Go for the throat and watch the wicked choke
From the words I spoke because the rhyme that smoked
Provoked thoughts of hope, no dope to cope
Cocaine and propane, no pain and no gain
The white demon is powdered and cut
Taste the real rock; time's up

[Interlude]
Get it!
Get it!
Get it!

[Verse 4]
High performance is lying dormant
Your mentality's out of the ordinary structure
You ain't a sucker
Go get paid like a renegade buster
Lyrical format I put down
And when it registers, you better start to town
Metaphysical spiritual conscience
Manifested in lyrical contents
An ancient rhetoric, Moe Dee better kick
Soulful social science, and let it get
My classmates aren't thinking straight
'Cause where students act like they can't relate
We live and learn, but what are we learning?
The dollars teach and weak souls are burning
So when I strike, it's like lightning struck
Time's up

[Outro]
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I– I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up!
Time's up!
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I– I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up! (I wanna rock right now!)
Time's up!
Time's up!
Time's up!