[Intro - Abstract Rude]nUgh, ugh, Living LegendsnUgh ugh, Ab RudenMass Men, another West Coast connectnFrom L.A. to the Bay bwoynWe ain't just bout it, y'all hear about itnUgh ugh, when you hear about it, when you hear about itnnAnd so it was saidnPeople remember the LegendsnAnd as it was readnMasses of men get the messagen(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the cities of the Bayn(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of L.A.n(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the cities of the Bayn(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of L.A.nnAnd so it was said, and created affirmativenBorn rappin, German, they fertilised amino acidsnMatter with mass, intricate plotnThat or just ask infinite questions in a scientific melting potnAs it was read, when activated a new permanentngeographic, made it possible to inhabitnThieves of air, water of blood, livin off the landnGrown from the mud, thoughts of a mannare the building blocks of pyramid EgyptiannStone wall inscriptions that told all of myths and mythologynDepictions and prophecy, crucifixion and casualtynCommunication by telepathynExceptionally gifted, man lifted his mental existencenWent to the distance, geometric inchesnof math, he clinches his nostalgic passnUnderground fossils found in solid rocknEvolution of the mind, look at precision of the tool of the tradenDecisions of a fool never madenThe revolution of rhyme is like when man started talkinnSomethin new to hear, ears hawkin by choicenThe voice of hip hop, Mother Earth, generation XnI know what I'm sayin so some next, but you gon' hear about itnnAnd so it was saidnPeople remember the LegendsnAnd as it was readnMasses of men get the messagen(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of the Bayn(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of L.A.nnPeople remember the LegendsnAnd as it was readnMasses of men get the messagen(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the cities of the Bayn(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of L.A.nn[Living Legends]nNow could I join, both sides of a coin forming one whole?nWarning one's soul that this power is too swolento be reckoned with, effective, give the respect where it's duenI live like I know so expect that I do the truentest of my talents, living by my word, speech balancenwhile my actions have em latching on like velcronConceited? Hell no, I be, seated in the front rownof your lecture, I betcha, if you have somethin to learn menEarn the attention, test my retention, and best my intentionnis to be great, recognise or be latento the function, gathered in conjunction with my folksnUp and down the coast, we toast, to tightnessnIgnite this flame, recite this game back, apply it if I came wacknDeny it or riot, quiet, on full volumenYou're all tuned in, when the time's rightnGrab the rippy now but you can't hear me, there's no limelightnI gather up my style, bounce flip it, bubble off and rip itnCome equipped and ship it out for you to hear aboutnnHave you heard about the time the man slept, and crept up in cotton?nVisualisin such a mysterious movie of a lifenI lived it twice before I enterednRemembered as a superhuman, inventions I inventednThe thought of not, I'm bendin the rules I's meantednContent with the life without politician's decisionsnmakin my dimension an unstable formnA habituation, watchin us, you know just waitinnfor a chance to get inside, the centre of divinenPrinciples, it's his to pull yourself, OUTnwhen you're sunk below your chin, the light - it never endsnno matter where it has begunnA millennium of sights to see before the rays of the sunnI'm knowin how long it shall be glowinnShall I continue showin y'allnthe lighter side from the shadows where they seem to hidenRevitalisin with a rhyme that abides by the soulnthat resides behind the focus of my eyes glownA legendary myth that carries the gift of surprise thoughnn[Ab Rude] And you hear about it, and you hear about itnnAnd so it was saidnPeople remember the LegendsnAnd as it was readnMasses of men get the messagen(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of the Bayn(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of L.A.nnAnd so it was saidnPeople remember the LegendsnAnd as it was readnMasses of men get the messagen(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of the Bayn(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of L.A.nn[Living Legends]nIt's the crystal method, see through evidences at handnStandin across two properties, eye of the perfect detectivenVision's reflective at attention, my inventionnSomething from a time you have endured, subdued, by ghost in tunenTo most they only feel the full moon, they parked outsidenIn the world we live in, give in to the signal, they sinkinnDepths are driven to drive into a pole, enter your soulnThe soul has risen, partake on a missionnMoon Apocalypse, Now they see the picture, ??? pass the mixturenTo fix the future, elixir with a suturenMutations fade to inner ???, the name is MelancholynWalk with a frown when the fall leaves fallingnMy answering machine when they're calling, sounds across the washroomnClean your face for the dirty looks you pass are scrappynBury the negativity, for it's affecting me gravitynPhysically, Cali, heavenly, let me benn[Abstract Rude]nPeople remember the LegendsnAnd as it was readnMasses of men get the messagen(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of the Bayn(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of L.A.nnAnd so it was saidnPeople remember the LegendsnAnd as it was readnMasses of men get the messagen(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of the Bayn(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of L.A.nn[Outro - Abstract Rude]nAnd you hear about itnIn the cities of the Bayn(And you hear about it)nWhen you livin in the city of L.A.nLiving Legends in the city of the BaynMass Men in the city of L.A.nPeople remember the LegendsnPeople remember the LegendsnMasses of men get the messagenMasses of men get the messagenYou livin in the city of the BaynWhen you livin in the city of L.A.n(Frisco) Living Legends in the city of the Bayn(South Central) Mass Men in the city of L.A.n(Fresno!) Ab Rude (Oakland) Aesop (Make it funky)nPharoahe Monch, Eligh, ughn(Inglewood) Another West Coast connect, ya heard fool, ughnugh, UGHnVallejo, Richmond, WottsnL.A. to the Bay