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Poet Laureate II Lyrics Artist(Band):Canibus
Uhh I dont understand how a writer could ever get writer's block, so called My problem is having too much.. and being unable to get it down... [Canibus] Yo, why is the ripper so ill? That would be a unpardonable breach of confidence for me to reveal! He said one day all eyes would be on me when they look up in the sky and see the neon 'C' Rhymes inscribed on a nickel disk encased in glass with an ion beam for longevity For more then 10 centuries, impressions and memories the first time-machine inventor will mention me Canibus was a visionary indeed he believed light could travel in multiples of c The organic supercomputer that solved the mysteries of Klein-Kaluza with 2 blue metric rulers Liked Cool J, but thought Stephen Jay Gould was cooler and he never liked to propagate rumors Smoked Canary Island cigars liked American luxury cars and beautiful Asian broads He had a strong mind, he used to philosophize about rhymes while he was pruning his Bonsai He claimed that he had written the greatest rhyme of all time but he would never take it out his archives He wrote 2 songs per day and was constantly was experimenting with his wordplay In his youth he did a report on the Sloan Digital Sky survey he got an F but he deserved an A I followed his career from the first day it seemed the lack of support contributed to his inert ways I seen him put in 24 hour workdays with deferred pay, undeterred by the word "shame" Public humiliation was the worst pain he was spinnin out of control like a class 5 hurricane He said he wouldn't want another emcee to suffer the same especially when there's nothing to gain He was the illest alive but nobody would face it he spit till his toungue was too torched to taste, it properly funded corporations carbon-dated his latest creations to extract the information They found it utterly amazing they claimed the body of his work was the same thing as a priceless painting Never mattered to him, the art galleries hated him cause Thomas Kinkade called, said he would take 10 Complete enigmas wrapped in puzzles encrypted in language with sound but without shape or signature Kept files in his garage, on MS-DOS in a fire-proof pod, we thought it was odd Outside there was a shed with an Oppenheimer lock he apparently kept more wax then Madame Tussaud's We were in total awe, cause it blew our minds so many rhymes that were intricately designed He WAS Poet Laureate of his time and if you dont mind, I'd like to share some of his rhymes [*beat switches*] Alone in my room, looking thru the 32X telescope zoom adjusting the focus of the moon One should not assume the philosophy of David Hume is nothing more then a subjective conclusion What is the maximum field rate application? the run away glaciation surrounding the ocean basin affects the population fluctuation on a continuous basis but that's just the basics The juxtaposition of Canibus' position the precision something no other has written Way above and beyond what was intended the unparalleled malleable enunciation of a sentence You didnt go to college obviously I can tell by your ungodly unintelligible terminology A remarkable odyssey, the rhymes of modern speeds when the brain orders the body not to breathe Your competency is not up to speed, you not in my league you couldnt possibly be hotter than me Or oppositely you're minus 25 degrees, you'd squeeze but the condensation makes rifle barrels freeze Allow me to speak figuratively, nigga please my intellectual properties are about the size of Greece Your counselor advised you not to speak my counselor advised me to keep rhymin until they stopped the beat In the words of Joseph Heller, "I learned how to write better" even though it sort of irked me He said he didnt understand the process of the imagination but he felt he was at its mercy Which exploits my point perfectly and certainly reinforces the reason why nobody's probably ever heard of me Couldnt understand what I mean by ill unless you try to translate what I print to film This is the line of will, the circle of time the cycle of eternity, the emergence of 1 mind Academic phonetics render critics tounge-tied Ive personified dry humor of cum-laude alumni A wise man sees failure as progress a fool divorces his knowledge and misses the logic And loses his soul in the process obsessed with nonsense with a caricature that has no content My style is masterful, multi-lateral I could battle a fool and be naturally cruel Words of scourn are a disasterous tool from an existentialist view, I'm a better rapper then you Grab the mic and rip your physical fabric in 2 my attitude is fucked up but admirable Different methods interpreted into different forms from entirely different perceptions and seen from different norms Not just spittin a poem there's much more involved there's much more pieces of the puzzle for you to solve 48 orders of mechanical laws and rays of creational cause, enhance the cadence of my bars Maybe I am self-absorbed but thats the effect, to find the cause you should ask my A&R Today is what it is, but only because yesterday was what it was permitting you heard of Beelzebub A tale of demons and drugs, pissy drunk in the club with the DJ doing the needle rub Chances are you'll never see me son yeah I know my names Canibus but I cant help you if you need a dub [*beat switches*] I came to holla at some big booty bitches and listen to the speakers thump, where you get conceited from? Im so nice on the mic, they wanna beat me up its deep as fuck, I aint seen it all but I've seen enough Really unbelievable stuff theres a lot of times where I wanna speak but I'm stuck I should leave this rap shit alone and kick my incredible rhymes in the privacy of my own home My imagination is my own the liberty to speak to freely, lyrically on the microphone Wit a pen in my hand, I bring motion to the enneagram and become "Cani-millenium man" Engrave my back with the emperor's stamp been spittin scientific rap since the 17th century began Tryna' escape the wicked empire of Def Jam and the land where lyrics are bland and heretics hang Every warrior has an axe to bury but he has to learn to discern between enemy and adversary I said to myself, "Germaine this is insane its suicide its controlled flight into terrain" I fought to regain, control of the plain, but went up in a ball of flames and got banned from the hip hop hall of fame For 2 bars I kept hearin in my head over and over again, it cost me everything [*beat changes back to the original beat*] Im convinced now that more then truth is at stake Where people create language that pretends to communicate Euphemisms are misundertood as mistakes but its a bi-product of the ghetto music we make From an extroverted point of view I think its too late Hip Hop has never been the same since '88 Since it became a lucrative profession there's a misconception that a movement in any direction is progression Even though of the potency of it lessens big money industries writing checks to suppress the question And nobody gives a fuck no more, no one goes to the book store ever since the confluence of Moore's Law But I stay in the lab, like Niels Bohr and his son Aage, Edward Lorenz and Leo Szilard Lyrically I took rap music and turned the knob to the right full throttle and added panache Why would I argue with my own conscience over the truth? thats like me telling myself dont tell me what to do Dialyses and analyses of battle emcees sometimes I say things I myself can't believe My lyrical is so skillfully elliptical I can understand how it makes you miserable You wonder why I never let you play your beats for me or why I keep my studio enshrouded in secrecy You wonder what's my infatuation with Alicia Keys "Canibus why dont you speak to me?" Yo, I meant it when I said no one can shine on a song that features me thats why I said it so vehemently You need to place the hate with respect I'm probably the best yet, Poet Laureate!!! [Sampled outro] Generally I take.. I go with the given.. ya know with what comes to me .. over the celestial wireless .. whenever it comes, you're lucky when you get it.. If you find some error in Poet Laureate II Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Thanks to Jimmy for submitting the lyrics. Review about Poet Laureate II Naysayers are wrong | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/12/2008 "Not just spittin a poem there's much more involved there's much more pieces of the puzzle for you to solve" One of the greatest never given the respect he deserves... | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/13/2008 I have been a fan since his Clue freestyle over the Brickhouse beat. I have Bought all of his albums (some twice and three times). He truly is the greatest in my eyes as a lyricist, maybe not an mc working the crowd. He no longer fits in to hip hop on a commercial level, but that is what makes him great. They need to teach a class on his lyrics in college. One thing you must say, he never sold out like Em did with some corny I'mn the real shady crap, he always brings it raw, always! If you don't appreciate the master-bus, I thank you a thousand times over, because he wouldn't be the Canibus we all know and love and what hip-hop needs him to be, the dark savior. He helped me through many a hard time with his music and heart, just plain inspiring some of the verses he has laid out, just plain raw. " took an oath to rip everything I get on..." Summary: The sickest lyricist of time Dope. | Reviewer: Benji | 10/17/2007 Some of the stuff he drops in this song is hollow rhetoric, and sure, a lot of the references are just showing off how well read 'Bus is, but don't we all do that? Whenever we say "Oh, I read this book by Derrida" or whatever, we are consciously or subconsciously hoping people heap accolades on us for being so worldly and informed. I like this song, there are a few bits that suck and he should have just kept the intelligentsia approach and not mentioned luxury cars and so forth. The beats are fucking ridiculously good, but the samples at the start and end are unnecessary. All in all, this song is well above your average hip-hop jam and a lot of the references will be straight over listeners' heads, but Canibus knows his shit. David Hume is fresh. dont be a HAAAATTTTEEEEEEERRRRRR | Reviewer: anony | 9/29/2007 I cant uderstand how some of you can listen to this song and not hear genius in lyrics and rythym. Canibus is college educated and military trained. his intelligence and worldliness shouldnt even be questioned. And as far as him not being deep... he never claimed to be a philosopher. he is just what the song, poet laureate, claims...a poet. he never compared himself to david hume or thomas kinkade, he just set himself apart from every other rapper in the world and displayed his thirst for knowledge. and as far as him just being another 'cocky rapper': "maybe i am self-absorbed, but thats the effect, to find the cause you should ask my A&R." dont be a HAAAAATTTTEEEERRRRRRRR lyrical content of PL 2 | Reviewer: Cure for the Cancer | 9/18/2007 People on here comparing this lyrical masterpiece to Lil' Wayne are seriously confused. Yes, there is a lot of braggadoccio in this song, but come on people, that is Hip Hop...the song is not just him "rapping about how great he is"...but also talks about the hardships of trying to be an MC and how hard he worked, particularly once the beat switches he gets into a more reflective tone and then proceeds to chastise the current state of Hip Hop, a form of backpacking not braggadoccio. The title of the song implies that he is rapping about how great he is, but the song is just as much about reflecting on the lack of intellectualism in Hip Hop culture "No one gives a fuck anymore, no one goes to the bookstore" and a general call to elevate. poet laureate infinity | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/13/2007 Jo people, does anybody has the lyrics of poet laureate Infinity???? that song is truelly the most mindblowing rhyme ever heard. 1000 bars. I've got the lyrics but not in good order. very confusing. props Oldstyler Adds nothing? | Reviewer: Immanuel Kadafi | 7/13/2007 I call bullshit on the detractors. You're both (if not the same person) probably arrogant pseudo-intellectuals whose inadequate intelligence doesn't provide you the resources to extract depth from the song - or anything else for that matter. You're the kind of nitwits who would look at this line: "To touch is to be touched" [1], spaz out because you can't grasp the Philosophic OVERTONES, and deride others for marveling in others' comprehension [2], as well as debasing the content of the work, ignorantly. Canibus skillfully plays the role of an Apologist. Every verse builds up to very poignant propositions that are poetically explicated in a thorough manner and ultimately draw to an obvious, but nevertheless well defended and definite conclusion. In short: shut the fuck up; you honestly have no clue what you're talking about. [1] From Sartre: "The Look". Alterity. [2] From Machiavelli: "The Prince". Politics. Rappers aren't geniuses | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/6/2007 It annoys me that people can't respect a rapper without blowing it out of proportions. The metaphors don't actually add anything, they're just a chance to show off his ability to string together esoteric references. They don't clarify anything or add anything. Canibus is a lot like Nas. It's never as deep as it sounds. Unlike seemingly everyone that posted, I actually know what he's talking about, and I can tell you it doesn't mean that much. And BTW, Canibus recorded the lyrics before the beat existed. You can thank Stoupe (the producer) for how well they go together. It's not that complicated | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/6/2007 For all you people out there mesmerized by the intelligence that went into this...don't be. His lyrical ability is great, that doesn't mean he's a genius. The whole song is basically about himself being the greatest rapper ever. The metaphors aren't any more meaningful than the usual things you here, he just goes into highly technical, esoteric information (which doesn't actually add anything to the song other than sounding cool), or glorifies himself by painting his actions as religious or philosophical when he's just rapping about how great he is. And you can go through his entire catalogue, you'll find that the philosophy never goes any further than a sound bite that fits neatly into a cool-sounding punchline. I wouldn't be surprised if he surfed wikipedia when he wrote his songs. To put it simply: Canibus' ability to put complicated words together is what makes this song great. The actual messages and meaning in this song are no deeper than something you'd get from lil Wayne (and that's not a compliment). Nas is the same way. It's never as deep as it sounds. Pure genius | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/22/2007 This song is definetly one if the illest songs I have ever heard lyrically. But the main reason I wanted to comment this is in response to Raw Meats comment about Eminem. While I won't deny that Canibus is the better lyricist you aren't giving Eminem enough credit. Yes his Encore and The Re-Up were garbage but Eminem is still one of the best rappers of all time. His first two well known LP's really show his genius. His first album Infinite was also sick. Check out the lyrics for the song Infinite. His rhyme schemes were some of the sickest ever back then. Review By Pages: 1 2 3 Review the song Poet Laureate II The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics. | | ||||||||||||
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