100% - The Four Owls, DJ Premier

Yo, there ain’t no magic here

Rhymes hang above your head like a chandelier

Usually serve them cold like a can of beer

First to go bald, then they ran in fear

I ain’t gassed up, but just for safety, don’t hold no candles near

I wear a chain made of snake carcass

Decorate my crown with chunks and pieces of the faint-hearted

I line these words and let them march at you like Braveheart did

Rappers throw on war paint, but all I see is painted targets

Straight liquor, no vino, didn’t want to fuck with this

But as the French say, «Man, that’s just libido»

Warm free flow, better than your whole career

Murdered it, but this be manslaughter, so they give us years

Actin' like queens, the heads on the currency gone

Ain’t fucking with my currently, funny, but don’t worry me none

Skill of the tongue, keep it tight like the skin of a drum

In years to come, they’ll tell our story like Atilla the Hun

The kings of our throne, the sum of our talents

It’s audible gold, the crown has been handed and put on the robe

Plot of the banquet, it should’ve been told

We’re more than established

Eliminating sell-out rappers and their whackness

Left up on the shelves, embarrassing themselves

I’d rather play with Biggie, Big Pun, or Big L

We position with your mission, what the mission entails

Still driven by your inner vision, miracles prevail

Through the mysticism in the lyricism itself

Plus we flip sales like with digital scales

So put your L’s up if you know your health is your wealth

To feel compelling evidence that we ain’t settling for nothing else

The lead rollin' his film, we developed it well

One hundred percent through my stance as well

Somersault through Hell to compose the spell

That got you all in chanting, 'cause it’s so surreal

(We be the kings of our throne)

(Benny, I’m not that clever)

(What I’m tryna say is I’m one hundred percent)

(We be the kings of our throne)

(Benny, I’m not that clever)

(What I’m tryna say is I’m one hundred percent)

Yo, yo, I had them like, «Yeah, what he said»

Tryna hit the reset, behind two or three steps

In the block, see the higher ground, tryna reach it

Climb a ladder out the deep end to see sense

Strengthen up your defense, revelations takes time to sink in

Dedication takes time to imprint to your instinct

Tryna maintain the discipline

Holdin' my position, now I’m listenin' again

One hundred percent, not a bit less

Heavy weight on the king’s head, that’s payback with interest

Invest in what’s really workin'

And what’s worth it for you?

Now there’s no time for feelin' nervous

Walk across light beams like an acrobat

Landed back in the habitat, he’s about the life

Since they were crowning like kings on their born day

Preem got the best canvas, we lay the portrait

Wanna reach the level?

Pay the right costs

I’m the Jackson 5, you never see me leave this mic off

Infamous on the tracks like the great train robbery

You talk about facts and they sounding like comedy

Hung up for my calling like a tele-sales company

For this conversion, I need to change like currency

Made my own destiny, they can’t stand us

They’re gettin' thumbs down, like slippin' out of handcuffs

You the type to lost it all, tryna double up

People follow cash like police do with money talk

Organized like the cartel, stay afloat and set sail

Beats by the hour, just like an old church bell

Stand where the rest fell

You should have hung on like a coat rail

Now a sure mon like a beached whale

It’d be half of you to match this

Want to believe?

Just spell my last name backwards

Tell 'em Preem, tell 'em Preem

(We be the kings of our throne)

(Benny, I’m not that clever)

(What I’m tryna say is I’m one hundred percent)

(We be the kings of our throne)

(Benny, I’m not that clever)

(What I’m tryna say is I’m one hundred percent)