Mind over Matter (Explicit) (Album Version)

Mind Over Matter - ICE-T

Yo yo one two in the place to be

MC Ice you know what I'm saying

Cold lounging here in the new O G LP

You know Original Gangster is in the house

This is going out to all my homeboys on the streets

And all the brothers locked down

It's been a long time

Since I hit you with freestyle

High tech selections

From the vaults of the Ice files

Kick back relax

And watch as I melt wax

Don't ever let a brother like me

Ride a d**e track

Cause once I hit it with the vocal tone

It's mine have motherf**kers

Rushing to rewind

Cause I'll flow slow

And still twist your tongues up

Rock the house from night

Till the sun's up

Cause it really ain't

How much you say

It's what you say

I got no f**king time on the mic

To play

I write rhymes

With addition and algebra

Mental geometry

Don't even come at me

Talking that weak and

Popping that bullshit

Get out my face

A fool could get his head split

A lot of doubters

Said it couldn't be done by me

Them same suckers

Are now looking from under me

Wondering what I did

I didn't play myself kid

I respected my fans

And made the high bid

Sometimes I write my rhymes

At night and fall asleep

Wake up with new techniques

Grab the pen

And place it on some loose leaf

Nothing soft always the tough meat

The white paper and

Blue lines excite my mind

Not allowing me to stop the rhyme

Until the whole motherf**king

Book's complete

Then I write on the

Back of the sheets

I made a promise

To my brothers in street crime

We'd get paid with the use

Of a sweet rhyme

We put our minds together

Made the tracks clever

Now we're checking

More bank than ever

Mind over matter

So you gotta have mind power like the fellas say

Mind over matter

Mind power

I can drop rhymes in twos

And threes and fours

And still have much sh*t

Left for encores

Cause once my mind locks

In on a d**e idea

Motherf**king ducks

Should stand clear

Cause I'm a hit the topic point blank

It's jail ya better keep your shank

Cause I got mine

And I'm out on a solo creep

Uggga

Your face hits the concrete

You wanna roll

With the niggas that don't play

I think you got false courage

Get out my damn way

Cause the car I'm in

Is rolling full of men

Not kids or boys E got the Mac 10

Islam's got the Zulu Nation back up

DJ Aladdin to

Hook the f**king track up

Syndicate's making the move

With the ski masks

And I'm housing the long cash

So now you realize

You underestimated the Ice

You thought that I was OK

But now you realize I'm nice

But that's alright

Cause I knew I'd make it in the end

Those who like me now

Might not have liked me then

But I'mma keep impressing

Stressing my lesson

And keep motherf**kers guessing

Armor plate my mind

With walls and shields

As I escape from the killing fields

Mind over matter

Mind power

Mind over matter

Mind over matter

Mind over matter

Mind over matter

Mind over matter

Wise up

Move to the tempo of this hype groove

You know this sh*t is d**e

So what you trying to prove

VU's max as Evil E

My ni**a dogs the wax

My brain's a hand grenade catch

I'mma hit you with an overload

Of bottomless thought

Reversing all the sh*t you're taught

Then throw words at you

Syl la ble at a time

Your brain recites the rhyme

No matter what you do

The power's over you

When you sleep

You'll be saying these rhymes too

Cause the brain has the power

To control all

Think positive

You'll be unable to fall

Brain cells swell

Thought process becomes a trance

Makes you feel possessed to dance

I'll say I want a million

My mind is so deep

I'll be busting a check for it next week

Mind over matter

Mind power

Mind over matter