Before we go any further
I would like to send a mesage
to all the underground MC's out there working hard
the time has come to realize your networth in the market
and stop being a fucking commodity
and if you didnt understand what i said
then you just waiting to get fucked
for example
alot of these promoters are doing showcases
throwing events
and not even paying the work horses
they trying to get us to rock for the love of hip-hop
or rock for the exposure
now look man
I dont mind doing a guest spot for my peeps
or-or-or doing a benefit show
but dont lie to me pussy
cause I find out im paying your light bill
im fucking you up nigga
besides you aint doing this for the love
you aint doing this for the exposure
you charging up to $10 at the door
and you aint pay me shit
so wait a minute
you want me to go shopping
cook the food
and put it in front of you
but you wont let me sit down and eat with you?
what the fuck is that?
niggas need to play their position man
just cause you throw a party or host an event
or an open mic or a showcase or a battle
that dont make you important at all
without me and everybody like me out there
you aint nothing but i good idea mother fucker
so stay in your place
and to all the bitch ass A and R's
who are too lazy to come up with a way to sell records
so they keep recycling marketing schemes and imagry
cmon theres a market for everything man
theres a market for pet psychologists nigga
theres a market for twisted shit fetish videos
for nipple rings
for river dancing
for chocolate covered roses
but you cant find one for culture
hardcore reality in hip-hop
people like you
the house nigga executives
and the rich mother fuckers that own you
your the mother fucking machine man
you and all these niggas
talking the same shit with the same flow
over the same candy ass beats
but i refuse to feed the machine
and im not giving any magazine money
so my record wont get 5 mics
or double XLs or 5 discs
whatever man
fuck it
but then again
you dont own me
and none of you niggas ever will
if im feelin what you fight for
im rolling with you til the end
but if not
then FUCK YOU!!
and the more that MC's, producers, DJ's,
and independant labels start to grasp the conceptuality
to what their contribution to the business of hip-hop is
rather than just the music
the more the industry will be forced to change
oh heh and one last thing
you dont have to agree with everything i say
but dont ever be condesscending to me
picking up your whack ass friends that rhyme and being like
"Immortal Technique, he's a'ight"
no nigga
your mommas pussy
thats a'ight ok
your peoples getting shot dead in the street
thats a'ight
im the mother fucking Immortal Technique nigga
the message or the money and you aint got either remember that
**whispers** punk ass mother fucker


see the black race cant afford you no more
oh there used to be a time when we would see somebody like you
singing, clowning, yasabus(?), and we wouldnt do anything
folks like that
you were good
homie kind of nigger
when they needed somebody to mistreat
call a name or two
they paraded you
reminded them of the good ol' days
not no more