{*7L scratching*}  "Ladies and gentlemen" .. "it's about that time"  "Put your-your-your-your hands together"  "We bout to bring him out!"    [Esoteric]  Yo, I'ma read it to y'all, like it was read to me  We the was, the is, and the yet to be  7-L, E-S! A new era, for rap terror  Turn me up Ray, yo..    Cats say they strapped like they ready to blast  Realistically they strapped, meaning needing some cash  Claim you wet, fourth element to keep it real  But when I spit I'll you feel like a fifth wheel  I rip steel, kids peeled like burnt skin  Many tried to copy Esoteric but weren't him  Somethin' bout the way I use breaks and loops  Take snakes, make 'em into boots  Break up groups like cash issues  Tomahawk cruise missiles rip through your tissue, endin' your life  Dem is some nice flowers that I'm sendin' your wife  Attemptin' to fight, point is like a bendable knife  Comin' at me sideways, that's a crab move  That's how crabs move, bad move  I am hip-hop, so if I ever bite a line  I'm only takin back what's rightfully mine, motherfucker!    Just a little taste, strap on a neck brace  One-six.. yo, 7L    {*"E-S", "E-S"*}  {*"The way they lace the beat like, one of the best"*}  {*"The way they lace the beat like, one of the best"*}