**Intro** Yeah. Check the breath, check the mic. Every syllable is a seed. You plant it, you grow it. But what happens when the harvest comes in? Watch your mouth. **Verse 1** The breath in your chest is a dangerous tool The text that you bless is arranging the pool You step off the ledge and you play like a fool You left with the pledge, but you stay in the school The syllables drop and they shatter the glass The illusions stop and they scatter the mass The conclusions flop when you batter the brass The confusion props up the matters of class The words are the bridges, the verbs are the wire The birds on the ridges observe the desire You heard the convictions, you serve the empire A curse from the lips and you burn in the fire **Chorus** 'Cause what you say is what you say Say what you say how you say it whenever you sayin' it Just remember how you said it when you was sprayin' it So who you playin' with, huh? (Huh, huh, huh) **Verse 2** You formulate a sentence to bend up the mind You mumble the menace, you send up the blind The venom in the vowels is designed to unwind You handle the damage, you signed and aligned You whisper a secret, the speaker is deaf The scripture is leaking, the reaper is left You cripple the weakness, the method is deft The ripple is reaching, the weapon is cleft The grammar is grand, the demands are severe The scanner is scanned, the commands are clear The banner is banned, the man is in fear The manner is planned, the mansion is near **Chorus** 'Cause what you say is what you say Say what you say how you say it whenever you sayin' it Just remember how you said it when you was sprayin' it So who you playin' with, huh? (Huh, huh, huh) **Verse 3** The record is spinning, the words are in ink The venom is grinning, the birds are in pink The method is winning, the curses will sink The lesson is beginning, the words are in sync You talk a good game, but the audio's taped You walk in the frame, the video's shaped You stalk in the lane, the patio's draped You squawk in the rain, the radio's faked The phrases you phrase are a maze in the dark The days you amaze are ablaze with a spark The praise that you raise is a phase in the park The haze that you graze is a cage for the ark The dialect dies, the dialectic is born The intellect flies, the perspective is torn The check will arise, the reflective is worn The wreck will advise, the directive is sworn **Chorus** 'Cause what you say is what you say Say what you say how you say it whenever you sayin' it Just remember how you said it when you was sprayin' it So who you playin' with, huh? (Huh, huh, huh) **Verse 4** The consonants click, the consequence calls The dominance sticks, the confidence falls The promise is bricks, the honest appalls The harness is fixed, the monster installs You speak to the mirror, the image reflects You peek at the error, the limits defect You seek out the terror, the grim will protect You speak to the bearer, the spirit'll neglect The nouns are alive, the pronouns are dead The sounds will survive, the hounds will be fed The bounds will arrive, the crowds will be bled The grounds will deprive, the clouds will be red The final confession, the terminal breath The sign of oppression, the journal of death The line of transgression, the burning of meth The mind of possession, the turning of Seth **Chorus** 'Cause what you say is what you say Say what you say how you say it whenever you sayin' it Just remember how you said it when you was sprayin' it So who you playin' with, huh? (Huh, huh, huh) **Outro** Yeah. You said it. Not me. The tape is rolling. The echoes are laughing. Words are ghosts, man... they haunt the room long after you leave it. You spray it, you lay it, you live with it. Huh. Who you playin' with? The words are playing with you. (fade out)
