Illusory Protection-GZA

[ti:Illusory Protection] [ar:GZA] [al:Grandmasters Remix] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Illusory Protection - GZA [00:13.37]When I request my flashing sword [00:17.24]And my hand take hold on judgment [00:18.99] [00:22.05]I will take vengeance upon my enemies [00:23.87] [00:26.04]And I will repay those that hazed me [00:27.79] [00:39.19]When you got bass all in your face [00:41.66]Sub woofers pumpin' all throughout the place [00:43.42] [00:44.23]A fake rap ni**a tryna plead his case [00:46.48]It's about to be a catastrophe [00:47.91] [00:49.04]And if you got beehives right before your eyes [00:51.11] [00:51.74]About to start sh*t that'll attract the flies [00:53.62] [00:54.36]And then you hear lies followed by some cries [00:56.67]It's about to be a catastrophe [00:58.16] [00:59.91]Half of these rap lyrics ain't thoughts prevoked [01:02.35]Just alotta beef 'til they get caught in smoke [01:04.84]But the problem is never cured on top of that [01:07.73]Most of them be swingin' wild and then drop the bat [01:10.16]Many curious spectators watch the human drama [01:12.72]This rap cat was all in the street without his armor [01:15.28]A homicidal attempt that had failed [01:17.66]He flew off the roof on the fence got impaled [01:20.59]He talked a good one but it was make believe [01:22.83]Much too low for the human ear to perceive [01:25.26]He confused science fiction with science facts [01:27.82]He couldn't separate the block from the recorded tracks [01:30.44]Need a rhyme or the tactic gotta work your magic [01:33.57]Detailed and graphic but the outcome is tragic [01:35.88]Something built to a complex network [01:38.14]With a panoramic vision designed by experts [01:40.94]I be the ice breaker for you unskilled skaters [01:43.32]I increase the heat significantly just on paper [01:45.81]When you got bass all in your face [01:48.05]Sub woofers pumpin' all throughout the place [01:50.62]A fake rap ni**a tryna plead his case [01:52.79]It's about to be a catastrophe [01:54.54] [01:55.35]And if you got beehives right before your eyes [01:58.04]About to start sh*t that'll attract the flies [02:00.67]And then you hear lies followed by some cries [02:03.16]It's about to be a catastrophe [02:04.71] [02:06.40]No matter what I'm throwin' an iller dart [02:08.46]I can lay a verse that'll soften a killer's heart [02:11.02]As fire as a five alarm blaze that's too hot to be holding [02:13.88]You feel the heat once the flame pumps lace your clothing [02:16.76]What some talk about had little or no bearing [02:19.08]Could the next be some real sh*t that's far from comparing [02:21.69]Materialistic M C 's come off boring [02:24.12]Meanwhile I be sketching up deposit drawings [02:26.99]Through the years a countless number of victories [02:29.56]Changing the era we swarm unpredictably [02:30.92]A rhyme book is not difficult to manage [02:34.29]I leave a mic in a bandage from catastrophic damage [02:37.04]Rap niggaz on a trip gotta steal your sandwich [02:39.41]So I creeped division reports was left on canvas [02:41.84]I made it through the worst extremes of cold weather [02:44.46]Scuffed up but remained durable as old leather [02:47.02]But I hold the pen you feel the whiff of Polo wind [02:49.65]Something like Jesus when he civilize older men [02:52.22]The math that shed light all across the borders [02:54.53]If our wisdom was the vast expands of fresh waters [02:57.27]When you got bass all in your face [02:59.46]Sub woofers pumpin' all throughout the place [03:02.08]A fake rap ni**a tryna plead his case [03:04.26]It's about to be a catastrophe [03:06.82]And if you got beehives right before your eyes [03:09.50]About to start sh*t that'll attract the flies [03:12.25]And then you hear lies followed by some cries [03:14.62]It's about to be a catastrophe