5th element

who am i? the one that gets laced tight

the one you wear

hit a flare on the same night

that you hit an uprock

i'm the one in the closet next to one sock

the one you rock on the cardboard box

walking to the one block

you know the one spot peeps get the one shot

got one thought on the task at hand

you can ask your man i'm part of master plan

only b-boys and b-girls

they understand

whatever you say now

ya wish is my command

name it

i'll be the footwork to your head spin

follow your lead

go anyplace that ya legs bend

at ya cipher session i'm ya best friend

i got a twin

we's a pair clocking size 10

head's a shell

three stripes on side

laces large

on your feets i reside

keep me clean

keep me laced

and i'll be allright

i be the first element up in here tonight

who am i? see

i'm the one that you be gripping tight

the one that makes you sound real good when you be flipping right

and i'm the one causing fights up at the open mic

i'll make ya sound real stupid if you don't hold me right

i got emcees fiending for me all day and night

i could care less if ya on me if ya black or white

see all that matters when you rock me don't be coming wack and

don't hold me to the speaker or i'ma feedback and

i'm used for rapping

every now and the used for passng

back and forth in ya crew in a freestyle fashion

i get rocked

ripped

flipped on and blasted

i'm spoke on

choke on

hit on

spit on

and mastered

i've outlasted

been used to tell truth and lies

used to kill the youth and used to open up they eyes

i come in all kinds of sizes

heard all kinds of voices

sometimes i'm plugged in

you know sometimes i'm cordless

keep me clear

keep me close

and i'll be allright

see i'm the second element up in here tonight

who am i? i got two heads and they always spinning

i got two arms that the deejays

they use for ripping

plus a fader in my middle that they always gripping

i'm completed with the two records used for mixing

they pulling tricks and cutting up

ya know they scratching

remixing beat

juggling just whie they mix and match and

all kinds of beats till it's the heat that i know ya catching

and i'm the one that started hip-hop in case ya asking

i got knobs and faders in a mad abundance

i come in many names

but most time it's 1200

when i get played now

you know that you truly love it

now clean the needle on my arm or i'll be sounding busted

i'm disregarded

treated like i ain't legitimate

i'm making music

you don't see me as an instrument

and it takes true skills to get on me and be ripping it

nobody sees my contribution

they ain't getting it

you know there's one thing that really now makes me mad

you used to blow me off but now i'm the latest fad

i'm the thing that every rock band they got's to have

now people say my name and they be like now what is that?"