A true MC? Just ask these three

Sit down, pay attention, I'm about to teach you all a lesson/

What's it mean to be a true emcee? Some might say aggression/

Upon reflection, the best way to answer this cypher's question/

Is by diving into the minds of the best in the profession/

 

Call me K-dot, Kendrick, or even Lamar/

What's it mean to be an MC to me? It's about where you start/

Truth be told, as a kid I used to stutter and stammer/

You can bet everyone I spoke to ended up in the fucking slammer/

Rapping's about your past, dont be ashamed, even if it's shitty/

Can't think of a day I didn't pray for one less death in this M.a.a.d city/

So to be an M.C it's important, that with your past you stay linked/

But others may have a different view, Hey shady, what do you think?/

 

Guess who's back on track, relapse, Shady's here on curtain call/

I'll tell you the meaning of being an M.C, just give me an encore/

All you rappers out there wanna rhyme about bitches and money/

Fuck that shit, I've got a little girl here and she's getting kinda hungry/

Now I get blamed and shamed for all the fame that I've acclaimed/

But that don't bother me, I know expression was always the game/

Since I began this game of rhyme, you could say I've really climbed/

When in actual fact I really rap to just get shit off my mind!/

We're all in this together though, it don't matter what you do/

Just keep it true, whats your take on this, mister ArtofStew?/

 

Well I can't really say I've had half the past you two have had/

I've heard your songs, they're real, fuck that shit gets sad/

To me, being an MC is about reaching someone out there/

Never cared about being compared to all the rapping millionaires/

I think its unfair, that some people lie in their bed scared/

Full of Despair, unsure of whats next but you can bet they're not prepared/

So if my rhymes just reach one person, it speaks to them, they interpret it/

I'll be as happy as I can be, it will make this rapping game all worth it/