Ascend

[Chorus] x2
Can we get much higher? (higher, higher)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

(Verse 1)
Crawling at the bottom: street rat, weak rap
Sewage, disgusting, un-trusting, meek crap
Only wearing rags, bags, and tattered gowns
Lags, sags, tears of a sad clown
Struggling and surviving to make a little scratch
With this kind of garbage no one would attach
A poor beggar and pauper, nothing is less proper
A prince to a servant, what can I offer?
We're all in the gutters, but I'm looking up
Drinking dirty tap water from a Styrofoam cup
Glancing at the stars, mirroring my ambition
Raise my position, paid the tuition
Knowledge at my fingertips and my disposal
So prepare yourself for my decent proposal
I'll never be the best, and I know that for certain
But it's a brand new day, open your curtains

[Chorus] x2
Can we get much higher? (higher, higher)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

(Verse 2)
Ascension, pretension, let me have your attention
I'm the pension mentioned with every detention
Imprisoned decisions provide provisions
Mine, just glisten, with vivid, intentions
Lifted to the utmost degree of revisions
Please visit, the timid, limit, of pistons
Fired up on each cylinder, I am blazing
Half-man, Half-supreme, it seems I'm amazing
Rags to rubies, rocking Gucci to Louie
I'm the wealth you seek, just try to pursue me
Paper chase, flavor race, if this is the final case
Buy face, purchase grace, embroidered in silk lace
A platinum Saturn, symbolize a monument
A golden Poland, cover the plates and continents
Hungrier, lovelier, more I'll start conquering
The following is brought by the sponsoring

[Chorus] x2
Can we get much higher? (higher, higher)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

(Verse 3)
Opulence has brought me this, statuettes
Fifty of the palace set, deliver it to me in jets
Mercy me, mercialago, toggle the goggle
Marvel at the rumble of the throttle
Soul not sold to the devil, on the contrary: Diablo
Pablo, dope flow, Rob Roy, bravo!
Ego bolstered and cultured even more grand
So please stand, give a hand to the diamond band
Riding easy, prosperity, nary a rarity
Nay to charity, I spend less than sparingly
A prosperous rocket ship represents myself
The heat I seek bubble the shuttles and melt
An Einstein on the grind and in the mind
But lost to the divine dimes of rhyme
Time is currency currently buy a moment
But if it all dries up, will it be as potent?

Brother

[Intro]
I had to do it myself
I had to do it myself despite what they thought
I mean, if I didn't, who would?
You gonna love me man
Whats up man? (Whats up.)

(Verse 1)
As if we were villains by necessity
Maybe I gotta work on my broliloquy
Because even if we past every tragedy
There's always going to be a little comedy
Periodically I'm in my element: Bromine
So keen with not gangster lean, just gleam
Self-esteem through the roof, here's the proof
I'll have you broken, aloof, and gone like poof
Brocabuluary knowledge, street-smart polished
Like the fingernails on the punk rock logic
Brobust and vibrant, a fresher vibe
Inside I ride with pride that's less than snide
So ask me a question, and I'll answer passionately
If you're waiting for the brotation, wait for eternity
Because I'll be here permanently
Broting these words so fervently

[Chorus]
I'll be that bro on the go
Scrambling up in the know
Laying down tracks and flows, and oh, so whoa
I be posted on a whole other globe
And show, I'll be that bro on the go

[Interlude]
A lot of people question my brotives
Saying that being an Asian rapper is ridiculous
But, I'm thinking that music is all over the world
And if they did it, why can't I?
Dream on.

(Verse 2)
Broasted and flamed up by instant hate
Let me sign for the rebate for a better future state
Emails for the retail leave my detail
Analyzed by the guys saying I am female
But regardless I got the bromo that makes em so blown
Not rocking brolos but rocking up in the brozone
Solo, chill glow, like a brozen lightbulb
Meaning, my ideas are freezing as they take hold
Broperation is necessary, but force will be used
So conclude that in another mood I'll be crude
Brocially networking across bandwidth and wires
Through a universal language of heart and fire
Burning, learning, earning my stripes
Yearning, turning, observing this life
Let me rephrase if you don't understand
I'm the kid, the bro, standing up to the Bland

[Chorus]
I'll be that bro on the go
Scrambling up in the know
Laying down tracks and flows, and oh, so whoa
I be posted on a whole other globe
And show, I'll be that bro on the go

Lance Uppercut

I went to the hospital, got checked out
Two specialists decided to have a personal bout
Diagnosis, prognosis, prescribed a different dosage
Both doctors gave me a different result, stamp and postage
Each argued with each other when my results returned
A strange pair of docs is all I had learned
A few more lessons I've recently discovered
Peer pressure will only have you land-lubber-ed
So I get bored of their games, I'm not in mood to play
Either way when I roll, I'm here to say
Collect go and so, if you already know
I'm designed like dragon boats, I'm ready to flow
Ready to row, steadily stack up columns every Autumn
Meaning I make em fall in the time allotted
But I still build them up, I don't sky scrape the rest
Instead, I dreamt in fact I was an architect
But also a republic that keeps rappers in check
Meaning my signature is big money, no need to inspect
Put my pen to the pad and the tracks get glad
Came to box, left in a bag, my raps maximum rad
Max power to the hour, take shots, Hennesey
XOXO, frequently glance at the pedigree
A Titan like Tennessee, they shout, Hercules!
Different trials and styles, verdict: I murk with ease
Perfectly, reportedly I stole this track: burglary
So that means the crime is in the nerd degree!
Nintendo crescendo, a classic rise
Cut by the boot in the booth call it Levis
Not big or small, but with two pockets in the back
Blasting off without the aid rocket packs
Drinking out of a juice pouch, never do I slouch
Spit it from the mouth and you reply with ouch
Take water, I'll make wine, take words, I'll make rhymes
Been shipped up like I'm coming outta Shanghai
I'm flyer than what's below your belt
I deck you jokers if you didn't get what's dealt
And then I'll smooth you out so it gets felt
So don't hide, because then I'll have to pelt
Ambidextrous flow, so you get left, right?
Reading from the left-right, I'll defend my right
Haters say "I'll have left" I say, "Is that right?"
You get left behind because I do more than write
And I've already left every passage of rite
Jab with the left and finish a straight right
Confusion occurring, but I already got you hooked
Line's in the water, go fish if you want a book
At this point, I'll be brief like Boxer's butts
This is what's up, what's sharp: Lance Uppercut

RE:

Remix!
Rising out of the flame like a phoenix
You might think you've already heard or seen this
But put my pinky to my brain and I'm a genius
Deemed the self-esteem as steam since I dreamed it
Back pack on the track to respond reflectively
Redundantly I respect the previous props over and readily
Over and over again on it's respective axis
Rebel tactics got the world spinning all the way to Braxis
A toast to a ghost and return to the roots
A higher Templar absolute igniting lighter fluid
I lay down the tracks so I must have a diamond back
Response to that requires an attentive knack
Cause I Thor over more than previously expected
Ending wars with pours of knowledge redirected
Are you ready for this? Prepare for the swarm
It's always more real in the eye of the storm

RE: MC, Master of Ceremonies
RE: LV, Leveled up Victories
RE: RP, Risky Preliminary
RE: AD, Answered Definitely

Revenge of the nerds is never as absurd as you think
Return of the Jedi, Bet I, more sly than a wink
Relevant intelligent, I reign with decadence
Coupled with resident precedents, rule checked events
Reboot if you don't shoot for the stars and galaxies
Last time I remembered, rejects are in galleries
Van Gogh didn't listen to one thing they said
Immortalized reverently though he's far dead
Many things am I, but none of them defines
Put it all through a filter, purify and even refine
Than perhaps, a solution created unequivocal
But more confusing than literary versions of reciprocals
The battlefield of my mind grows wearier each day
But the requiems and ballads flow clearer each way
Renowned and hated, a clown and regraded
Congratulate me eventually, even if belated

RE: MC, Master of Ceremonies
RE: LV, Leveled up Victories
RE: RP, Risky Preliminary
RE: AD, Answered Definitely

Regenerate and reiterate the previous status quo
Zephyr weights lifted less than great on lattice glows
A product of my habitat, listen to the rat-a-tat
I made nothing out of something like a rabbit in a hat
So reply and recall the messages spoken
Poetically regrow pentameters battered and broken
Relish on the remarkable and priceless statements
A resplendent take from the basement to a spaceship
Feel the relaxed grip around the circumference of the mic
Heal the attacked Hip Hop in abundance alike
A righteous kung-fu, see if they come do what I do
Shoyuken like Ryu, I typhoon like isles in the sapphire blue
Never restrained, uncensored and revving the engine
What the game is missin, see the mission, reposition
Responsible and influential on instrumentals
All elemental when I rhyme from a released mental

RE: MC, Master of Ceremonies
RE: LV, Leveled up Victories
RE: RP, Risky Preliminary
RE: AD, Answered Definitely

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.