Bet Cypher 2006

[Intro: Styles P]BET get your recordersYou rocking with the ghost PapooseAnd Lupe the skate boarder (this is crazy)Welcome to the cipher the beginning of rap,For record deals first I'm going to toss you the cap[Verse 1: Papoose]Over 100 soilders died dis month I drop info out of ahundred da majority was negros George Bush is on a roll like a round hero dey still findin human remains at ground zero dey foundem in da sewers yeah it shows aww man yo I guess dats y dey call it a man hole when we say B.E.T we ain't tryna spell bet black entertainment Papoose is da best Nacirema wait till my album drop he hop up I clap him in his hip u can call it hip-hop rappers be actin like dey tougher den dey really is so I sitem in wheelchairs like jada pinkin kids u was puttin your sneakers on da wrong feet whan Papoose was reppin for da streets man defeat u mineaswell face your defeat look patna I have u lookin at defeat like a foot doctaThat's Right[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]They say the game as the belly of a beast (Lupe)Blunt for fingers and hallo tips for teethWire taps for ears NIKE AIR for feetBlaspheme for prayers the system full of heartRap music for beats heorin for the son and married to the streetsCrack pipes for lungsAnd he never sleeps just spized with dice in his eyesLove life cause he like when it diesFor baking for the soul he cough up pleasureClothes made out of dolar bills that he sowed togetherHe knows he's cleverJealous his house all the liquor that pours out and goes right to his mouthRides around on a stray bulletWith prositute, pimp, dope dealers and killers tied to it to pull itTV in his headStrippers slide down his leg and he known to ride around with the FedsHe'sOut there [x4][Verse 3: Styles P](Let's go P) Don't call me ghost no more call me the phantomReal brothers lover street brothers understand 'emThis is to the man with his hand on his CanonRight at this moment I know we need an atonementThe Malcom is dead, The Martin is dead the guns the barberLet me know who want to pardon there headAnd I am back to the clip fill to the topI'll grill with a bopPoloce coming through kids still a rockI don't give a F cause I wanna die cause I am gonna dieYou to figure, don't boo who figureWant to the play the game find out who's who figureAfter you do that, find out who's true figureLots of brothers died over B.S, nonsenseSchool of Hardknocks no Parent Teacher ConferenceGot to learn the rules real fast, move fastStand up the [?] shortieCause they know that you ass[Outro:][Styles P:] Yeah[Papoose:] Yeah that's hip hop[Styles P:]Before there was radio, before there were videos, before there were magazinesPut the camera down this what it was[Papoose:]The cipher 360 degrees, the cipherShow you cats how to rhyme manTake that [x2]