My legacy lasts like Deuteronomy I’m Akhenaten rockin wallabies king of my odyssey
singing my prophesy
swimming in bottomless seas with the Goddess Yemaya watching me lining my stars
maybe I’m Amen-Ra ‘cause I promise some heat
my rhyme anomalies burn colonizers anonymously
I may be a shooter or maybe I’m Buddha just meditating under olive trees studying peace while training for battle to beat the demon Mephistopheles pro bono or for nominal fees my flow goes loco phenomenally
Rico the griot, the scribe of the people, in spite of the evil, a rhyming emcee describing the times that we locked in
tip top hitman in hip hoppin.
been droppin these cats from the hilltops since Treach and Vin Rock was rockin I’m cocked and locked atop watchtowers, watch, I’m Father Time
my authored lines stop your clock’s tick tock and pop your top without a glock or nine
I’m genetically modified Boricua Annunaki, got the
hot seal of Solomon
not an army of men can stop me, I’m Rocky
ranges, runnin through the west, cold and dangerous papi
I’m perfect, Fibonacci embodied...
In my head
in my mind
I’ve seen it all
a thousand times
they lift us up
to knock us down I once was lost but now I’m found
I see myself
I feel my light
I’m spreading wings and taking flight
and I’m just a man but now I’m free without a crown I’m royalty
I’m a titan writing,
my mic is Tyson before the biting tight when I’m striking
like Shango with a bomb flow, shock foes, sending machos to meet Poseidon
I’m bringing thunder at the speed of lightning,
I’m Stevie Wonder with the key of life and I’m
unlocking chains and I’m freedom fighting
I opt for the brain and not diamond chains
I rock for the change and seek enlightenment
I walk through the rain in supreme alignment
the Universe guiding my steps you can bet that there’s not a raindrop that can find me,
I’m dry,
highly favored, I’m fly, apple of God’s eye, you can try me
but if you hardly hard, hardy har!
I’ll cancel your Mardi Gras, I been Christ of the grimy
I’m icer than tea and cube and them
precise as vipers I’m moving in
illuminate Judas’s foolery proving the truth should be my new pseudonym
Rico the truth, Rico the proof, Rico the smooth, the suave
the copper tone, monotone Frank Sinatra, I’m doing it my way
I’m wide awake in a higher state, my mind is possessed by Yahweh
and I use to chase that diamond life, now I’m a soldier of love like Sade
and my grind is I’m finding minds, shining light in they crawlspace
like Piri Thomas down these mean streets Eleggua’s at my crossways
In my head
in my mind
I’ve seen it all
a thousand times
they lift us up
to knock us down I once was lost but now I’m found
I see myself
I feel my light
I’m spreading wings and taking flight
and I’m just a man but now I’m free without a crown I’m royalty
UK label Def Pressé taps legendary New York hip-hop producer Blockhead for the fifth installment of their KPM Crate Diggers series. Bandcamp New & Notable May 5, 2024
