You know we keep it true, we keep it true   We keep it true, we keep it true   You know we keep it true, we got to keep it true   We got to keep it true      We got to keep it true, you know what we do   You know what we do   We got to keep it true, relax your mind with the music   You know what we do, you know what we do   Sit back and vibe with this true shit      This isn't really what you think it is   That is if you're even thinkin' in the first place   The first place isn't always the winner   And winnin' isn't everything and this is not a race      I am not a android, I am not a Mongoloid   I am not annoyed by the void in your brain   This is not a trick, son, you are not a victim   You are just a man, B-boyed out the game, let me explain      Abstract, are you fresh? Ain't nobody fresher   But it's hard to get around without some clown tryin' to test ya   Acey, are you dope? Dopest in the world   I give it to the moms and pops, I give it to the boys and girls   Oh, so you a family man? Aren't we all, aren't we all   Yes, we are, trying to make jams man and expand my repertoire      We got to keep it true, we got to keep it true   Relax your mind with the music   You know what we do, you know what we do   Sit back and vibe with this true shit      Well, I be arrangin' thoughts in my brain cell family   [Unverified] embarking on incredible creative routes   Understanding me is truth shining like a lie   When I say break wide, I mean take trips   Not just in your ride in your mind      'Cause when you left, you're right on time   The sun'll come out tomorrow and it'll set in the west   So I don't sweat the rest   Who wanna inhale stress? Keep it true      You know we keep it true, we keep it true   We keep it true we keep it true   You know we keep it true, you know what we do   You know what we do      We got to keep it true, the W the W the W   We got to keep it true   Relax your mind with the music and keep it true   And keep it true, sit back and vibe with this true shit      The world is full of bullshitters, liars and triers and quitters   'Could have beens', wannabes, 'Thought-I-was isn't-I-is's   And everybody in your business, damn   Now what is really your main aim      When you are just a blotch and a stain on the planetary plane   Just another name in the phone book of fame   Bustin' out the seams it seems you haven't gained enough   To be seen in the right scene, your thoughts, they seem so convincing      But your actions don't follow through   Remember, never say never because it never comes true   Your thoughts, they seem so convincing for instance   You told me that you're a level higher liar   Element of desire, earth and the wind and the fire      Not, you ain't even halfway hot, not lukewarm   You don't got no form, you [unverified]   All caught up in bein' waterproof   When you shoulda been tryin' to catch up with the truth      For all intent and purposes, your life on earth ain't worth   It's weight in gold, that's probably why you get blowed   'Cause people tell people things and people sell people things   That are useless and irrelevant   And it stifles my intelligence I stay true      You know we keep it true and we keep on   And keep on and keep on   You know we keep it true, we keep it true   We keep it true      You can mumble, jumble if you got somethin' to say   But I doubt it's gonna affect me, I row my boat steady   Eveready is my battery description   Meaning I'm equipped to take long trips   And my brain cells overload when I get blowed      Gotta bring it down, there's a point where the joint stops   Being passed through the fingers of a rhyme [unverified]   The smoke from my last hit still lingers   Bring us your tired and your weary and your poor   I'm a take you higher while you're hearing metaphors      And similes assimilation of new creation   Mind emancipation, rhymes command the nation   And so on and therefore and such and such   Dust to dust, I thrust from the ground   With no where else to go but up L.A. is where I'm found      Throwin' up sets and blowin' up sets and goin' up   Stepney about to get a heavy track [unverified]   Or plenty of hip hop goin' round three   Heavyweights, it's your time so register   Foundate your legacy we serve all them replicas   True style, true style? True style, new style      You know we keep it true, we keep it true   We keep it true we keep it true   You know we keep it true, the W and every crew   We keep it true      We got to keep it true from me to you do what you do   Just keep it true   We got to keep it true, relax your mind with the music      Now I'm gonna take my last verse on a good note   You better prepare your footnotes, hold your wigs tight   Open up the middle, [unverified]   Words are the foundation, action is the building      And unity and the concept to result in logic and the use of logic   Now the object to be neutral partial to a judgment   And the subject's concentration, here is the pop quiz   What hip hop is?      You know we keep it true, relax your mind with the music   We got to keep it true, sit back and vibe to this true shit   The wrong thing to do is stop