West Coast Flows ft. Erik Runeson & Olss Beats

Wu-Tang got my tongue dangling, Nas put the angle in, Redman and The Roots my bedside lamp

Kool Keith my example, Keith Murray my sample, Preemo for president and that true East Coast anthem

But those West Coast Flows left my flesh exposed

The irregular-regular rhythm of Freestyle Fellowship, learned to live hip hop from the East but the offbeat onbeat of the Pharcyde of the earth was unheard of

playful, still severe, I was made for the disruptive rhythmics of Saafir to sever the fear I felt of the sevenfold syllable inversions of Souls of Mischief - yeah!

my first rap CD was Snoop Dogg's, the sun rises in the East but settles in the West like Tupac

so give me the mic first so I can be one of the last, raised in Sunday school till Ras Kass had me skipping class

Something about the way that you taught me

Something about the way that you brought me up

Can't quite explain where it brought me

But it has saved my life and I am grateful that you caught me up