Fresh - Blueprint

Yeah, you know how we do

Yeah… uh-huh, you know what time it is

(Fresh!) My name is Blueprint

You know how we do

(Fresh!) It’s that time again

Uh-huh, uh-huh, yeah

I’m the man the whole underground is talkin' 'bout

Cats stealin' my style before I even had an album out

Two years ago the same cats was doubtin' me

Heard me on «Alchemy,» now they sound like me

A bunch of powderpuffs rhymin' with aggression

Forgot to follow the steps of natural progression

I almost think you sat in on my sessions

You came to class on time but you didn’t study my lessons

You only got a piece of the genuine article

If I call you son it’s because I followed you

Thank me on your liner notes for makin it possible

Every year I change it up and make it harder for you

Now even art fags wanna sound conventional

Can’t rhyme on beat because they lack the rhythm to

You get cool points cause I’m the one you listen to

But lose 'em all cause you’re not original, but I’m

(Fresh!) Yeah you think you’re grown

Find somethin' else to do and stop bein' a clone

You’re not (Fresh!) You’ve been at it for years

Stop bitin' ideas, come up with somethin' on your own that’s

What these MCs be doin' y’all — straight sharkin'

What these cats out here be doin' - straight sharkin'

I don’t think they heard you man, they — straight sharkin'

Yeah, what these MCs be doin' - straight sharkin'

Man, these MC’s gotta lotta nerve

«I rhyme and do beats like you 'Print» — oh WORD?

Like I’mma grade you on a curve

My advice to you, master one of 'em first

You’re already a toy as it is

On top of that you wanna go ahead and spread yourself too thin

And just because I make it look easy

Doesn’t mean that any Tom, Dick and Harry can do this

That’s the kind of shit I’m talkin about

You been at it for a year and wanna put an album out

You haven’t even found your style

You didn’t even battle 'til you saw «8 Mile»

Talkin 'bout what you wrote

How you know so-and-so and you’re the next one to blow

You wanna rhyme and produce but suck at both

And if you get on stage with that, you’re headed for jokes