Artist: Killah Priest Album: Black August Song: Black August (Daylight) Typed by: powertatp@aol.com [Intro : Killah Priest] Wassup, what's the deal Feel's so good tonight, heh heh Yo this is the album right here Yeah, Killah Priest, I'm back I'm feelin good too, huh Yeah, yeah, up in da house, yeah what up Brooklyn?, right about now What up New York? Yo, man, what up Cali?, yo, what up Midwest? I'm just ready to get into this, yeah, yo It's so intimate I can't believe I'm seein it with my own eyes on paper [Killah Priest] Yo yo Welcome to Black August This is the portrait of a poor kid That came to fortune, back before when I had nothing, just a pad bustin dope rhymes like coke lines I carefully laid them out then separate them Then I would lace one it made my face numb Strung from a bass drum, then I would pass the pad like glass to my man And he would take some, he used to shake from overdosin We both indulgin, eyes were bulging Remainin focused, but the brain was frozen It's the same as smoking, we were just there, and just stare, film with a pair The tapes would stop rolling, it took us way back like eight tracks, it's so amazing My man used to say that this ain't rap, Priest, your lyrics are too vivid They more like pictures, you could feel it, yo you're gifted It flows like liquid, mystic I never witnessed such things as beautiful, it's unusal, like a musical [Chorus : Killah Priest] You say Black August, and that's the chorus It's so gorgeous, it's so beautiful, unusual Remember y'all, this is no rap These are moments captured on a Kodak, so hold that So say Black August, and that the chorus, It's that gorgeous, it's so beautiful, unusual Remember y'all, this is no rap These are moments captured on a Kodak So hold that, so hold that, so hold that, so hold that [Killah Priest] Yeah, yo yo Jewels are fallin like leaves in Autumn I hope you caught one, please hold it close to you It's for the pupils of the new school, it's chicken noodles And vitamins, rice and beans, a nice cuisine You like it steamed or broiled, grab it like soil, this mic is royal My pens a needle, my arms a notepad My thoughts a dope bag, my rooms a coke lab I cooked up tunes My homie smoked tash, and used to throw cash Out of born fishes, they want the raw lyrics Shoot or sniff it, you call it, alcoholics listen Smiling, while nodding off, mumblin 'This kid has talent', then pass out, while spillin they quarts Then open up another gallon I smoke from a chalice, who wanna challenge? I spoke inbalanced, Priest the magic man Presto, there goes your ghetto, colored, increase your level You gotta love it baby [Chorus] [Killah Priest] Yeah, huh I hit em with the rhythm, twistin, spittin like exorcism A poet's wisdom, give em vision dialect just listen to productions Let it flush your system keep this discussion to a minimum Watch me I'm winnin em, those in prison from the bling bling Locked up like sing sing, and built like ginseng root Bite into it like a fruit it gives sight to blind, speech to the mute, Yeah [Talking: Killah Priest] It's all day man I can't believe what I'm hearin You know what I'm sayin? What I'm seein, it's beautiful I could go all day long, it's the life Yo, I could just keep going (Priest) Yeah, check it out, yo (Killah Priest, baby) [Killah Priest] My heart is jaded, stargazin, "R" rated, nickel plated, manipulated It gets better when it ages, it's so amazing, I say amen So majestic, emotions like a slow record, it's like an epic or a shiny necklace Catch me at the guest list, at Black August Check my performance, I'm brain stormin, rain pourin, no need for umbrellas I'm tryin to tell ya, best seller, thoughts angelic, soft like velvet, take off my helmet The warrior's home, like Centurions in Rome You know what I mean? I just zone I could go all day with this Just gimmie- where the hook at? [Chorus]