In search for directions My thoughts reflectin' On who watches those cops ain't protectin' Globe full of government probe Mind- disectin', AIDS-infectin' freaks Streets infested Worldwide Home is where my head last rested A travelin' man I've seen it all, no question Peep the situation first Then give my assessment A lesson well earned Worth more than stock investments Rock testaments backed up by instruments Intended for city kids in twelve-storey tenements Stay forever bent, weed smoke is the evidence Without it, aggression levels on a low tolerance Hoe swallowin' my semen, dreamin' they pregnant Little cats of fiends, for televised segments Johnny's a legend So seize the half-steppin' I represent the God you pray to, like a reverend Take your time Don't rush the clock Bring it bring it back to life, back to reality Take your time Don't rush the clock Bring it bring it back back Take your time Don't rush the clock Bring it bring it back to life, back to reality Take your time Don't rush the clock Bring it bring it back back Talk the talk Raised in the most ancient of arts Separate plays through a sword Serenades in the yards Pleso Resort is amazin' I thought Many ways we've been taught In the caves of New York DJs in the parks Cross-phased with the swathes portrays of the art At times, my mind just parades with the sharks Investigating reports Full' explainin' the dark Renée’s then embark Rainy days on the court When slaves like us fought for the state of the sport Envy the agony that weighs in my heart Before my soul lays in the shades of the chalk Blazed, ripped apart, make flames that shoot out Praise you lord And the names that you brought Worthless play ricochets in my thoughts We've been blazed from the start bitch Take your time Don't rush the clock Bring it bring it back to life, back to reality Take your time Don't rush the clock Bring it bring it back back Take your time Don't rush the clock Bring it bring it back to life, back to reality Take your time Don't rush the clock Bring it bring it back back [yo tell me this] How you gonna listen when you always talkin' Walking' a different walk than the one that you barkin' This land scorched and some men land in a coffin For their dough and the clothes they be sportin' Pass the Gordon's Get wet like it's pourin' Amazin' Blazin' like scores in Portland Escort and Scott got whores in Boston Forcin' me to go long like I’m Johnnie Morton (yeah, yeah) Explosives in tone with mysterious forces The olympic mind games Who's carrying torches I'm in a cell for ulterior motives But folk is reciting my theories to roaches Eyes fantasized through the weary emotions Eerie semblance of Moses Metamorphoses Roaches and liberians noticed Even motherfuckin' cyclopedias quote this Take your time Don't rush the clock Bring it bring it back to life, back to reality Take your time Don't rush the clock Bring it bring it back back Take your time Don't rush the clock Bring it bring it back to life, back to reality Take your time Don't rush the clock Bring it bring it back back (yo tell me this) Big D, take your time (check it) Providence, take your time Chosen Few, take your time Dungeon Masters, take your time Take your time My man Saiku, take your time Afrob, take your time My boy Curse, take your time Triflin', take your time KNC, take your time Matt Stevens, take your time Specialist, take your time (you know who else, yo) Phantom Black, take your time Sleepwalker, take your time (yeah) Metaphysics, take your time (come on) Willy the Greek, take your time KKS, take your time Take your time My momma, take your time