[Intro - Abstract Rude]   Ugh, ugh, Living Legends   Ugh ugh, Ab Rude   Mass Men, another West Coast connect   From L.A. to the Bay bwoy   We ain't just bout it, y'all hear about it   Ugh ugh, when you hear about it, when you hear about it      And so it was said   People remember the Legends   And as it was read   Masses of men get the message   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the cities of the Bay   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of L.A.   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the cities of the Bay   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of L.A.      And so it was said, and created affirmative   Born rappin, German, they fertilised amino acids   Matter with mass, intricate plot   That or just ask infinite questions in a scientific melting pot   As it was read, when activated a new permanent   geographic, made it possible to inhabit   Thieves of air, water of blood, livin off the land   Grown from the mud, thoughts of a man   are the building blocks of pyramid Egyptian   Stone wall inscriptions that told all of myths and mythology   Depictions and prophecy, crucifixion and casualty   Communication by telepathy   Exceptionally gifted, man lifted his mental existence   Went to the distance, geometric inches   of math, he clinches his nostalgic pass   Underground fossils found in solid rock   Evolution of the mind, look at precision of the tool of the trade   Decisions of a fool never made   The revolution of rhyme is like when man started talkin   Somethin new to hear, ears hawkin by choice   The voice of hip hop, Mother Earth, generation X   I know what I'm sayin so some next, but you gon' hear about it      And so it was said   People remember the Legends   And as it was read   Masses of men get the message   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of the Bay   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of L.A.      People remember the Legends   And as it was read   Masses of men get the message   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the cities of the Bay   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of L.A.      [Living Legends]   Now could I join, both sides of a coin forming one whole?   Warning one's soul that this power is too swole   to be reckoned with, effective, give the respect where it's due   I live like I know so expect that I do the true   test of my talents, living by my word, speech balance   while my actions have em latching on like velcro   Conceited? Hell no, I be, seated in the front row   of your lecture, I betcha, if you have somethin to learn me   Earn the attention, test my retention, and best my intention   is to be great, recognise or be late   to the function, gathered in conjunction with my folks   Up and down the coast, we toast, to tightness   Ignite this flame, recite this game back, apply it if I came wack   Deny it or riot, quiet, on full volume   You're all tuned in, when the time's right   Grab the rippy now but you can't hear me, there's no limelight   I gather up my style, bounce flip it, bubble off and rip it   Come equipped and ship it out for you to hear about      Have you heard about the time the man slept, and crept up in cotton?   Visualisin such a mysterious movie of a life   I lived it twice before I entered   Remembered as a superhuman, inventions I invented   The thought of not, I'm bendin the rules I's meanted   Content with the life without politician's decisions   makin my dimension an unstable form   A habituation, watchin us, you know just waitin   for a chance to get inside, the centre of divine   Principles, it's his to pull yourself, OUT   when you're sunk below your chin, the light - it never ends   no matter where it has begun   A millennium of sights to see before the rays of the sun   I'm knowin how long it shall be glowin   Shall I continue showin y'all   the lighter side from the shadows where they seem to hide   Revitalisin with a rhyme that abides by the soul   that resides behind the focus of my eyes glow   A legendary myth that carries the gift of surprise though      [Ab Rude] And you hear about it, and you hear about it      And so it was said   People remember the Legends   And as it was read   Masses of men get the message   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of the Bay   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of L.A.      And so it was said   People remember the Legends   And as it was read   Masses of men get the message   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of the Bay   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of L.A.      [Living Legends]   It's the crystal method, see through evidences at hand   Standin across two properties, eye of the perfect detective   Vision's reflective at attention, my invention   Something from a time you have endured, subdued, by ghost in tune   To most they only feel the full moon, they parked outside   In the world we live in, give in to the signal, they sinkin   Depths are driven to drive into a pole, enter your soul   The soul has risen, partake on a mission   Moon Apocalypse, Now they see the picture, ??? pass the mixture   To fix the future, elixir with a suture   Mutations fade to inner ???, the name is Melancholy   Walk with a frown when the fall leaves falling   My answering machine when they're calling, sounds across the washroom   Clean your face for the dirty looks you pass are scrappy   Bury the negativity, for it's affecting me gravity   Physically, Cali, heavenly, let me be      [Abstract Rude]   People remember the Legends   And as it was read   Masses of men get the message   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of the Bay   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of L.A.      And so it was said   People remember the Legends   And as it was read   Masses of men get the message   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of the Bay   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of L.A.      [Outro - Abstract Rude]   And you hear about it   In the cities of the Bay   (And you hear about it)   When you livin in the city of L.A.   Living Legends in the city of the Bay   Mass Men in the city of L.A.   People remember the Legends   People remember the Legends   Masses of men get the message   Masses of men get the message   You livin in the city of the Bay   When you livin in the city of L.A.   (Frisco) Living Legends in the city of the Bay   (South Central) Mass Men in the city of L.A.   (Fresno!) Ab Rude (Oakland) Aesop (Make it funky)   Pharoahe Monch, Eligh, ugh   (Inglewood) Another West Coast connect, ya heard fool, ugh   ugh, UGH   Vallejo, Richmond, Wotts   L.A. to the Bay