Immortal Technique

Released: September 18, 2001

Featuring: Big Zoo

Producer: 44 Caliber

[Intro: Big Zoo]
Big Zoo, uh
Technique, uh
Positive balances, uh, uh

[Verse 1: Big Zoo]
Pound for pound, I'm the most positive when I bust mine
The Zoo adds on like a plus sign
Addition, that's the key in the ignition
With no pause, I propel to pole position (Vroom!)
Ahead of the pack, light years ahead of the wack
I give a fiend a good book instead of the crack
That's the gold mine, negativity can't hold mine
The black bear's headed for the gold mine (Look out! Look out)
And then I'm positive at Showtime
I make negative MC's switch styles in no time
They change teams, rhyme about kings and queens
Instead of how they sellin' work to fiends
Then I switch thugs into soldiers
Those that have given up on God to praise Jay-Hova (Damn!)
The rap Ice Age is over
And positivity protects the Z boulder boulder

[Interlude: Immortal Technique]
Yeah, you know how it goes
Positivity, yeah

[Hook: Immortal Technique & Big Zoo]
My opinion is solid ground but you're a common hater
Splittin' and dividin' on numbers like a denominator
Third-eye navigator movements are necessary
Everything you see in videos is secondary
You need positivity like you need respect in jail
Because without balance you'll be makin' negative record sales
Neg-neg-negative record sales
Ziga-zam, Technique, like this

[Verse 2: Immortal Technique]
I jerk off inside books and give life to words
Leavin' concepts stuck together you probably never heard
I love when people think I'm psychologically disturbed
'Cause it means I overloaded their neurological nerves
Rappers try to serve me with disgusting incompetence
But I keep it positive with ultimate dominance
Meditatin' with Native Americans close to Providence
I speak to the spirits of ancestors at pow-wows
But rumor has it that you gettin' raped like Lil' Bow Wow
Now listen, industry motherfuckers, don't get offended
Remember that I'll bring an end to your pretender agenda
And render contenders dismembered
Bend the fabric of time and put your soul in a blender
You livin' a lie like thinkin' Jesus was born in December
Instead of caterin' to labels, somethin' gotta give
I'll rip the electrons out your body and make you positive
I seen a lot of kids come and go with marketing gimmicks
Because without balance, you don't last more than a minute
This ain't a game, I'll beat the shit out you at the line of scrimmage
I rock shows in the ghetto, nigga, you stuck in the village
I wanted to spit on the radio since I was eleven
But I can't afford the pay-ola for Hot 97
So I make paper underground, and I'm soon to blow
Movin' tapes like Biggie's ghost at Bad Boy studios
*Biggie – "Hypnotize" sample*

[Hook: Immortal Technique & Big Zoo]
My opinion is solid ground but you're a common hater
Splittin' and dividin' on numbers like a denominator
Third-eye navigator movements are necessary
Everything you see in videos is secondary
You need positivity like you need respect in jail
Because without balance you'll be makin' negative record sales
Neg-neg-negative record sales
Ziga-zam, Technique, like this

Immortal Technique is an American rapper and urban activist of Afro-Peruvian descent. He was born in Lima, Peru and raised in Harlem, NY.

Most of his lyrics are focused on controversial issues in global politics. The views expressed in his lyrics are largely commentary on issues such as class struggle, poverty, religion, government and institutional racism.

Immortal Technique has voiced a desire to retain control over his production, and has stated in his music that record companies, not artists themselves, profit the most from mass production and marketing of music.

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