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Pharoahe Monch Lyrics

Aiyyo uptown (what?) the bridonx (What?)
Acknowledges different parts of New York City, uptown and the Bronx, and how they are unique and different from each other.

Long isle (what?) stridong (What?)
Points out the location of Long Island and how it stands out from other parts of New York City.

Yo Brooklyn
Recognizes Brooklyn as another important borough of New York City.

Where the fuck is Queens? (Right here!)
Answers the question of where Queens is and acknowledges that it is present and relevant in New York City.

Yo where the fuck is Queens? (We right here!)
Reiterates the fact that Queens is present and represented in New York City.

We can face the fuck off like hockey or face off like Travolta
Compares different types of confrontations, like a physical hockey match or a dramatic face-off like John Travolta in a movie.

Face off like car radios with the mind of Minolta
Makes a comparison between confrontations and the way a car radio and camera work or think.

Face off like treach if you're fuckin with Vin Rock
Uses the group Naughty By Nature as an example of a face-off, implying that if you mess with one member, you'll have to face the whole group.

You still pop shit? I face off like fembots
Equates verbal attacks to the way a fembot, a robot-like female character, would fight.

And I'm the six million motherfuckin' dollar man
Declares to be a powerful figure or protagonist in the situation.

With a six million muh'fuckin dollar plan
Asserts that the plan or strategy is just as valuable and impressive as the person executing it.

For thug niggaz and pimp players and drug niggas
Identifies the target audience for his music - those involved in criminal activity.

Your technique, I sweep under the rug niggas
Dismisses the techniques or skills of other rappers as insignificant or inferior.

Out of queens, shit I serve with the fiends and bug niggas
Describes being involved in drug culture and serving drugs to people in Queens.

I'm above niggaz, but all in all, I love niggas
Boasts of his superiority but ultimately expresses love and loyalty to his friends and fellow rappers.

Like my man benny rat (uh) showed me the rap game
Credits a friend named Benny Rat with teaching him about the music industry and how to rap.

Told me never to act sane on a record or rap plain
Shares advice given to him by Benny Rat to always be creative and unique in his music, never boring or simple.

Now the name reign supreme, seen major cream
Claims that his name is now highly respected in the music industry and has earned him a significant amount of money.

Rhymes, sicker than lyme disease and gangrene
Boasts about his ability to create catchy, impressive lyrics that are better than anything else out there.

I'm the most obligated, nigga creatin' havoc
Takes pride in causing chaos and disrupting the music industry in a positive way.

Check the meaning for monch, the meaning becomes tragic
Suggests that the meaning behind his name, Pharoahe Monch, is intense and tragic.

Raw, if you want it
Offers his music in its most raw form to listeners.

Yeah we got it indeed
Confirms that his music is available and that he is able to provide it.

Yo actually I'm just tryin' to eat
Admits that his motivation for creating music is to make a living and support himself financially.

For sure, if you need it on tour
Promises to provide music for live performances and tours.

I'm sayin' God I'm just tryin' to eat
Reiterates his desire to make money from his music and live comfortably.

Basically y'all could get eight twice like Lynn Swann plus get ate like pussy
Uses a sports reference to imply that his listeners could get beaten twice in the same style and compares it to a vulgar sexual act.

Get ate like Mickey D's after the hydro when you push me
Compares the experience of eating McDonalds after smoking marijuana to being overwhelmed by his music.

Get ate like cannibalism and sliced surgical
Continues the theme of being consumed by his music and adds a reference to cannibalism and surgical procedures to make it seem more intense.

In any extremity y'all get infinity vertical
Suggests that no matter how high or extreme the situation, his listeners will always be lifted higher and higher by his music.

Every line to word of mine will be verbally placed to murder you
States that every line and word in his music is designed to have a powerful impact and potentially harm the listener.

The master, flippin' convertible flows irreversible
Claims to be a master of his craft and able to create impressive music that cannot be reversed or undone.

Unobtainable to the brain it's unexplainable what the verse'll do
Asserts that his music is beyond comprehension and too complex to fully understand.

Pharoahe's the sperm your mind's the eggs I'm burstin' through
Makes a vulgar metaphor comparing himself to sperm fertilizing an egg, with the listener's mind being the egg and his music being the sperm.

Y'all heard of me, I pack Macs and crack vertebraes
Boasts about his reputation and suggests that he is capable of violence with the mention of a gun and spinal injuries.

Leave niggas with third degree burns and back surgery
Continues the violent theme and suggests that his listeners will be physically affected by his music.

Mics guns knives, pick declare which object, flip
Offers different weapons that he can use to cause harm or create impressive music, effectively giving the listener the choice.

Have niggas runnin like the Blair Witch Project
Compares the effect of his music to the horror movie The Blair Witch Project, which caused fear and panic among viewers.