Drumroll Please

{Chorus} x2
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll

[Verse 1]
The air before a speech given is filled with static
That magic moment that's so potent: fantastic
Anticipation with complacent thoughts tonight
Inflation and durations ought to fly with flight
Because the main event has arrived, here I am
I have survived every disaster, fear won't stand
Battle scars like avatar and I rattle bars to prove it
Isolated like Cinnabar, I split a star less than prudent
Not just a student, I hold a black and a white belt
I pelt the knowledge that's been dealt so it's really felt
Triple threat, I write and act, but I think I talk to you best
Lest you forget, I am the MET of this set, never regret
Not talking baseball, but I am a new era like a fitted cap
So with my vivid raps I finish that so we can all hear it back
Raise the bass and repair the snare
Tonight we're making the whole world stop and stare

{Chorus} x2
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll

[Verse 2]
Fingers tapping like drum sticks against the hi hat
E-r-s, I'm e-r fresh, you like that?
Piano flow that flips the script like a dyslexic actor
I hold keys to the city but money isn't a factor
I'm the secret chord that pleased the lord
Stronger than any sword or army or savage horde
I orchestrate in a violin mind, not a violent grind
But it's off the chain like of the rottweiler kind
Deeper than a baritone, so let it be known
If I've got space to roam, I'm a Caesar almost grown
Like the change of the channel, switch to a soprano
Blackout to nothing and start an instant scandal
Musical vandal, playing from an iPod nano
iTune into zunes and resume on a new panel
We're major like scales, but no need to salute
Just pretend I'm at the awards in my suit and...

{Chorus} x2
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll
Can I get a drumroll please?
Drumroll

Footsteps

{Chorus} x2
Follow my footsteps if you've got no where to go
Follow me through Chinatown all the way to Queens-borough
Follow me until I finally stop walking
You can chose your own path when I stop talking

[Verse 1]
Follow the leader, listen to the speaker
At ease for you tweakers, time to reaffirm the believers
March through the swamps marshes and jungles
If you're ready to rumble and tumble get back and huddle
Thoughts confused and muddled, so concentrate
Tai Chi masters and Zen scholars will reiterate
Enter the dragon and re-enter the monasteries
36 Chambers of danger, be one with the killa bees
It's been years since one has learned the ways
11 more lessons have been added since those days
We took up the torch, we added to the scrolls
We lit the passageways and published our souls
The fire never extinguished and words etched in stone
This is the only way we've been taught and known
Chinatown nouns provide a pathway for the profound
It resounds in the deep mounds of spirit, lost but now found

{Chorus} x2
Follow my footsteps if you've got no where to go
Follow me through Chinatown all the way to Queens-borough
Follow me until I finally stop walking
You can chose your own path when I stop talking

[Verse 2]
It's in chinese....

{Chorus} x2
Follow my footsteps if you've got no where to go
Follow me through Chinatown all the way to Queens-borough
Follow me until I finally stop walking
You can chose your own path when I stop talking

[verse 3]
A multitude of languages pelting your mind
A divine rhyme inside every single delivered rhyme
Ascending to the heavens, striking down the earth
This gift and curse has been handed down at birth
My brain contains insane flames from emperors slain
With range deranged and unphased by the lames
The words I speak know no bounds and limits
The life of the MC are in my words, I really live it
Dynasties primed me as the final general
Meaning every action I perform is less than venerable
Ancient elders have passed down their secrets
I don't speak it or keep it, I breathe it
Five elements of the universe in my palm
A phoenix calm mixed with a tiger balm
Lions den meeting and dragon send greetings
All reside inside me, none of it is fleeting

{Chorus} x2
Follow my footsteps if you've got no where to go
Follow me through Chinatown all the way to Queens-borough
Follow me until I finally stop walking
You can chose your own path when I stop talking

Flawless

[Chorus]
Only legendary quotes
Listen to the play back
Whatever we make it's the return of the mack
Can you believe that?
You can receive that

It is flawless what I wrote
Try to chase this track
So far ahead you can't even trace that
So here goes nothing now
Here goes nothing.

[Verse 1]
Sitting on public transit, everything I've already planned it
Nothing coincidental, play my cards right like Gambit
Everything fresh, not rancid, snap a couple candids
I don't do jogging, I ran this, not entry level: I manage
Devour planets like Galactus without any practice
I swallow beats whole and still it comes out attractive
Study every night just to make sure it comes out right
First amendment I'll defend it with my life and plight
Flying against high winds so you call your boy the kite
And if you feel slight against me then your business is trite
Perfectionist flow, percussionists know
Keep it steady and ready I got a mentalist glow
I pulled out all the stops, pressed the button and go
Green light on, push through the door, feel the wind blow
Brush off the dirt and debris and you will see
None are as flawless and clean as me, the MC!
Say my name, T-A-K-U-Mi!

[Chorus]
Only legendary quotes
Listen to the play back
Whatever we make it's the return of the mack
Can you believe that?
You can receive that

It is flawless what I wrote
Try to chase this track
So far ahead you can't even trace that
So here goes nothing now
Here goes nothing.

[Verse 2]
Maximum potential whenever I rhyme on instrumentals
This is just perpetual, such a constant consistent mental
I go in to own, this is no rental, call this parental
And if you try to recite in my light you're gonna need dental
Obsessing and blessing every song I create
Caressing and dressing every wrong I make
Cause mistakes are just lessons further down the road
So remember each failed session and don't sweat a bad episode
My ambition wasn't overnight, but the transition polite
Since the mission was in sight, my new position is bright
Everyone can see I'm a rebel with a cause, and pause
Toying with a monster in the clutches of his jaws and claws
Is unadvised. What you provide is trying coincide
The best of both worlds: this hasn't been done or tried
So let's make history, we're starting right now
If it's not perfect the first time, we've got an entire lifetime to wow
Stand back... Ka-plow!

[Chorus]
Only legendary quotes
Listen to the play back
Whatever we make it's the return of the mack
Can you believe that?
You can receive that

It is flawless what I wrote
Try to chase this track
So far ahead you can't even trace that
So here goes nothing now
Here goes nothing.

[Verse 3]
Supremacy, delicacy, this is definitely
I've got the recipe on how to create the best of me
Flawless, lawless, continue to get polished
Drop this rawness and make an example of the novice
Impeccable, respectable, going past incredible
Boring comatose flow so I rename foes vegetables
Effective, corrected, this is a good investment
If I get tested I'll just come out far more rested
Absolute, attribute, they are just about to shoot
Deeper than palace roots, I just wear immaculate suits
Definitive, unlimited, I told you I would finish it
Take it for the benefits and I will remember this
I continue to pursue till I go out blemishless
Started ever since December Twenty-Fifth
1993 I'm the representative!

[Chorus]
Only legendary quotes
Listen to the play back
Whatever we make it's the return of the mack
Can you believe that?
You can receive that

It is flawless what I wrote
Try to chase this track
So far ahead you can't even trace that
So here goes nothing now
Here goes nothing.

Dear Year

Dear Spring, I just got my wings, fresh sprouted
Like your flowers, our first hour, undoubted
We're both new to this world, unassuming to danger
But if we resume the unknown anger, we'll become strangers
So let's keep it nice and neat until again we meet
Let's hope we don't change so much, please stay sweet
Bathe me in your gentle sunshine while I sit and relax
Let me imagine tracks while I recline back and perhaps
When I return, you'll blossom just a little more awesome
Your lush scenery is my muse, so don't stop em
But you told me you needed me to be less conceited
And I couldn't believe it, so you got a little heated
Now Summer, I'm just trying to survive this
Other guys approached you, but they called quits
As for myself, I'm right here if you need me
And truthfully, your new found fire emotionally
Has left our relationship openly revealed
Pulled back and peeled, so much squabbles and zeal
And now it just feels different
You've left a vivid image of my want for a stipend
Now you're fueling my lust for a certain need
The devil's favorite weapon with no second is greed
You got me sweating bullets and fabricating fiction
For that fascinating depiction, I becomes Nixon:
All scandal, but what happened to the depth?
I refuse to stoop down to this level, but what's next?
Now you're leaving? Oh, that's real great
Autumn, you should know I've got a lot on my plate
You're just going to let me drop dead and cold?
C'mon, quit with the act, it's getting kind of old
Sweeter than candy, and now you're giving thanks
Quit with the lies and games, no need for the pranks
I told you from the beginning, I'll be right here
As soon as you realize it and get over your fear
I know you didn't like me because of my lower stature
But you read my brief introduction and my chapters
And now after all that, we've returned to laughter
That's good, you've already got me enraptured
You're changing again? Well that's fine, by all means
I hear rumors that you've become an ice queen
But not you Winter, cause past all the glitz and magazines
You can still make a teens fantasy and dreams
Become reality, having me defy gravity
Floating down like snowflakes falling out of the galaxy
You've finally become a little more chill and collected
You've accepted and finally respected my perspective
I'm glad after all this we've finally did something right
So after all the darkness, it comes back to light
But strange enough, it goes full circle
Laws of nature require this to be all universal
You've warmed up to me and crowned me king
This isn't deja vu, is it now Spring?
Seasons have changed but I haven't stopped
The metaphor is reasoned to be Hip Hop
This is genuine, so use that letter opener
Read this parchment, I'll never be gone (when it's over!)

For Paper Equations

[Verse 1]
We're all in this world looking for something
Before we vanish and waste away to nothing
Some want fame, others wants only pleasure
People want a name and refused to be measured
We're all looking for something, that part is true
And we've all felt lost, that part is not new
So we envelope ourselves in different enigmas
Trying to craft character and charisma
We search for meaning and we start dreaming
We learn, start reading and soon begin beaming
Devising tactics that require much practice
Finding our own cracks and if we lack this
And then we fill the holes with whatever we need
Into our demons we feed and we lose our creed
Until one day it bleeps back on our radars
We get into our cars and we drive away far

[Chorus]
Paper towns, paper boys and paper girls
Why can't we see into the greater world?
With an abundance of reluctance we just go
Far, far away until the labyrinth grows

Paper hearts are too fragile but still agile
You've got a cancer curing grin and smile
Build towns from the ground on simple principle
We cannot be broken: we're just invincible

[Verse 2]
Lips whispering words too inaudible and silent
Nothing is longer plausible: only violent
The world on it's a axis, spinning like a dreidel
We get out of control and are no longer stable
Find your ambitions in a hearse plagued by a curse
Ripped like a paper purse and that's not the worse
You're heart is now inside torn into 19 parts
Where to start? You now see new things in art
Seeing words that aren't there like an anagram
Analyzing like a diagram, graphing like a pentagram
The numbers no longer blunders: gives you definition
New wonders to discover: strengthened intuition
You can find you're path out of the maze and haze
Give praise to who are close and follow your ways
Thanks to pranks, no division amongst ranks
Inside libraries for life there are only think-tanks

[Chorus]
Paper towns, paper boys and paper girls
Why can't we see into the greater world?
With an abundance of reluctance we just go
Far, far away until the labyrinth grows

Paper hearts are too fragile but still agile
You've got a cancer curing grin and smile
Build towns from the ground on simple principle
We cannot be broken: we're just invincible

[Verse 3]
Let them watch your moves: they're like eagles
Acting like regal royalties that are above the people
But they are equal because we all have abilities
Just withstand their aim for your head like guillotines
Drink deeply and eat hearty: this is your one chance
In a mental trance keep steady and assume a stance
A last stand, a last dance. Your last breath?
With little time left, what do you say before death?
Do you assume everything is simply inedible?
Or do you create relationships that are unforgettable?
Tie strings that connect us from one to another
Rise from the gutters and have on-lookers stutter
Have them in awe of what you have done with yourself
There's no equation in the world that will help
Just know that you can do anything you think is real
Because it tastes exactly like how hope feels

[Chorus]
Paper towns, paper boys and paper girls
Why can't we see into the greater world?
With an abundance of reluctance we just go
Far, far away until the labyrinth grows

Paper hearts are too fragile but still agile
You've got a cancer curing grin and smile
Build towns from the ground on simple principle
We cannot be broken: we're just invincible


[Radar (Jake Bisuut) Bonus Verse]
These days seeing things a little bit closer
Noticing the cracks within makes us bolder
Who knows what kind of people we were before
Whether we were the ones to adore or abhor
Every single one of us in our own shoes,
Central to our universe, your news is no news
Going on forever, stuck in our labyrinth
Own little world, no one notices absence
The world says you need a reason to live
But a reason to die, Lord, Heaven forbid
Except everything we do sends shivers down our spines
And down to the roots, where our lives intertwine
There I know I'm tangled up in kinks,
Pulling just one string brings us close to the brink.
Looking over, each time I get pulled back down
By those that matter most, declaring my soul to be found.

Day of the Dead

Welcome to the land of the descendants of darkness
Descending into pitch black with chests that lack, we're heartless
Pardon the different demons, heat and ice differ in seasons
We've stole, lied, cheated, defeated and repeated treasons
And the reason is because chaos rules (In this world)
And nothing else.
The place of giants stomping grounds, parading around
Harpies fly in the sky and fire rains down and pounds the mounds
Loud vibrations of the different situations provided by regiments
Of the sentiments of gremlins and goblins patrolling the residents
Stuck in the muck, out of luck, and so corrupt (In this world)
Day of the dead.

[Chorus]
On and on and on and on
I've been hustling ever since the dawn
You gotta get up, stand up, switch the band up
Living with the evil who has no other equal
Only creates truer people (In this world)

You might think I don't belong in this palace of malice
That I fell down like Alice into this realm, but I lift the chalice
This is as much mine as any of the other fiends in this nightmarish dream
I'm a monster of self-esteem, stress and steam with no team
But unlike the others I can actually gleam (In this world)
They scorn my shine.
And that's also why I've get to stand up and shout
I'm a monster of clout and they're monsters of doubt
They're monsters of stout and are monsters with gout
I'm what every monster talks about, capable of being out
Without scouts or lost bouts, I have my own route (In this world)
They still don't get it.

[Sample]
In this world
What's happening to love?
I'd like to know

[Chorus]
On and on and on and on
I've been hustling ever since the dawn
You gotta get up, stand up, switch the band up
Living with the evil who has no other equal
Only creates truer people (In this world)

Legions and armies got nothing on me, black perpetual
I am Legend and it's all because of my superior mental
I'm a shadow hiding in the gallows of the shallow materials
I cause burials of warlocks and strike fear in the imperials
No one can get near me though (In this world)
Ghoulish creatures gain goose bumps when I get nearer
And even creepers cannot sneak upon me, I see clearer than a mirror
The ghosts boast and toast my appearance as the well-dressed host
I get the most, so take notes, and memorize my every quote
Brainless fools against me, is past murder: autopsy
Every foe I go against down here are mindless zombies
I've gained control of this abyss because this is the purpose
Every single component of yourself can never be worthless (In this world)

[Chorus]
On and on and on and on
I've been hustling ever since the dawn
You gotta get up, stand up, switch the band up
Living with the evil who has no other equal
Only creates truer people (In this world)

Hit The Lights

They say whatever must come up, has to come down
And every great musician has to compose his last sound
I've known this from the beginning, from the very start
I just hope I'll past that line and get out my art
Despite my best intentions and thought up strategies
I'll failed to be mentioned and become a travesty
A horrific future that I pray doesn't become reality
If these premonitions come true, it'll still be sad to see
Because the truth hurts no matter how long you prepare
I've looked it hard in the eyes, exchanged glares
Traded stares and glances, and in return backward looks
"Am I mistook that this Asian Kid has got a rhyme book?"
Not at all, it's just a dream of mine, but let me ask
Wasn't it yours to bask in the glory of a superhero mask?
Or to fly with the birds past the clouds and onto the moon?
We landed, look at the footsteps, it's getting dark soon, so...

[Chorus]
Lights please, lights please
Turn off the lights
We need to set the mood just right
The crescendo is about the end tonight
Maybe things will be alright

It took 5 years to create what you're listening
Building and destroying just to begin my christening
So much bickering and fights along the way, believe me
Negatively received, but in the end it still relieves chi
Positive flow to go from the intro into the studio
Will I ever blow? I hope it'll be known in the outro
My first rap as a 6th grader, it's steadily become greater
I'm finally being fixed and mastered along cross-faders
7th grade hiatus: I was ridiculed by my family
But my adolescent mind needed a remedy, this is my therapy
8th grade lit a spark, a light in the dark, set a new mark
My final performance left a good start to embark
Freshman year started feeling myself a little better
Style a little clever, getting it together, flying like a feather
Battle of the Bands featuring the MC to rock melodies
That moment on stage will continue to peddle me then it's...

[Chorus]
Lights please, lights please
Turn off the lights
We need to set the mood just right
The crescendo is about the end tonight
Maybe things will be alright

My future looks a little unclear at this moment in time
My mixtape ready to drop and purchased for 30 dimes
But will my rhymes help me steady my climb?
Or will it turn out that my luster wasn't ready to shine?
I'm sitting alone in my room bumping my own tracks
Don't react like it's my ego intact, just checking my craft
Pinpointing what I did wrong on every single song
I'm not perfect, I know there's something that doesn't belong
I came hard on this one, but some weak rhyming going on
It's already sunset and I've been at this since dawn
Obsessive, excessive, I've said it, and this is the message
Please bless this so I can rep this and prep it
Properly. So then one day there will be no stopping me
I'll have to end obviously, but won't be tomorrow, probably
It's already midnight and the tape is ready for flight
There's nothing left to fight, so hit the lights

[Chorus]
Lights please, lights please
Turn off the lights
We need to set the mood just right
The crescendo is about the end tonight
Maybe things will be alright