The Roots - Step Into The Realm [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Hook x4]
Step into the realm, you're bound to get caught
And from this worldly life you'll soon depart

[Malik B]
Yo, I walk across this world that's deceptive
Beats are perfected, the ghetto's infested
With more destruction, my vocal eruption
Was speakin bout corruption with no introduction
Approach me with caution cause I spark losses
M-Illitant the rap arson, marchin
Leavin niggas stiff like I'm starchin, departin
Hollywood Sambos and jokes just like Martin
I'm the type of nigga that belong in a war
With a mic and a cord, to hold your head with a sword
Self-proclaimed lames, callin' theyselves bold
They shall be floored, when the claps applaud
If this a point of life, one I can't afford
Then I have to get sheist and I deal in fraud
Now back to the topic of the rap philosopher
With more drama than a soap opera
Who stops the propaganda, the hot block commander
Puttin' a halt to all the backtalk and slander
Warn every challenger about the silencer
Muzzle in your mouth for the days that's on the calendar

[Hook]

[Black Thought]
I'm from the valley of the heavy-heads, watch the ghetto pre-medical
Undergrads and steady red faces of stone
Eyes are crevices, life like a double negative
Philly criminal, I rhyme my dirt Tariq already did
Buildin' this Fifth foundation in the wilderness
Thought-less, trespass and enter Thought's fortress
Limitless entrance, paid to the order of the
Cypher slaughterer, my mic slappin' you senseless
Defenseless, niggas never movin' me inches
The beat Fifth, invisi-ble in the trenches
Aficianado, awesome hip-hop drug problem
Fuck stardom, and chickens up in Gotham
Poltergeist, slit or choke the mic 'til it scream to me
Stop that, cash we conveniently got that
I stroll through your scenery cocked back
Me and Hot Mack, the nine-eight, El Dorado Cadillac Jacks

[Hook]