(Bridge 1) Slow down, don't rush I'm here to keep the peace but I'm prepared to say, ay Slow down, don't rush I'm here to keep the peace but I'm prepared, now I say (Chorus-Afu-ra) Yeah, I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop Yeah, I pledge allegiance to it nonstop What, I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop Yeah, I pledge allegiance to it nonstop (Afu-ra) Meditation, equality, it keeps me level headed, the men-tal-ity Cool, calm, posignatic with suggestion Never stressin, heat chambers never sweatin Honeys cryin, 'cause her man she caught cheatin Mothers eyein, sons cut down like bushes Daddys sicker than the land lord, just evicted Stressed to death, month to month until he kicked it I seen ya hustlin on the dark streets, the mental Look what you been through, you just escaped reality Now what ya into, is just a technicality Check it, deep inside of my head like T.V. The lifestyle I live so crooked you won't believe me Lessons learned that I could walk a tight rope Even though I toke and choke, don't provoke Uh, now you can call me Afu-rastahood 'Cause I rob from the rich and I give to the good Even though it's for the money B, I'm droppin dollars G Straight shots in the head, peep the summary Wake up in the mornin got me yearnin for food Yeah, yeah what, huh, I'm that type a dude Pledge allegiance, pay attention, payin homage So much time held in my hand, none for college (college) (Chorus) Hey Afu, hey Afu, hey Afu, hey Afu (Bridge 2) Slow down, don't rush, I'm here to keep the peace but I'm prepared to bust They wanna cut my meditation with their crooked laws Say I can't hold a bong and smoke my la If it's war that they want we already are registered The king, it is he, who defends me So when it's time for the showdown We'll march in the soldiers Babylon, get throwed down When the war is over we run up the whole town And my spliff will stay lit from sun up to sun down Ay, Afu (Bridge 1) (Afu-ra) Stimulating, verses like blood working Paper hits the pen like the needle to ya skin Blow ya blood up, Xena, hero-in More contagious than sex (sex), nobody flex Dangerous minds, little kids throw gang signs Treacherous times, too many can't press rewind Stress the elevation, wrap my thoughts like a mummy It's funny, how sometimes some smart one's a dummy Scorin a million, forget the S.A.T. Now I leap on towers in Piza, peep the ether Wrap it in a scroll, pass it off to Carmani Lessons of exquisietness verses poetry (Bridge 1) (Chorus)