Who am I' the one that gets laced tight
the one you wear you hit a flare on the same night
that you hit an uprock I'm the one in the closest next to one sock
the one you rock on the cardboard box
walking to the one block
you know the one spot peeps get the one shot
got one thought on the task at hand
you can ask your man I'm part of master plan
that only bboys and bgirls they understand
whatever you say now ya wish is my command
name it I'll be the footwork to your head spin
follow your lead and go anyplace that ya legs bend
at ya next cipher session I'm ya best friend
I got a twin we's a pair clocking size 10
heads a shell 3 stripes on side
laces large and on ya feets I reside
keep me clean keep me laced and I'll be allright
I be the first element up in here tonight

Who am I' see I'm the one that you be gripping tight
the one that makes you sound real good when you be flipping right
and I'm that one causing fights up at the open mic
and make ya sound real stupid if you don't hold me right
I got emcees fiending for me all day and night
I care less if ya on me if ya black or white
see all that matters when you rock me don't be coming wack and
don't hold me to the speaker or I'ma feedback and
I'm used for rapping every now and then used for passing
back in forth in ya crew in a freestyle fashion
I get rocked, ripped, flipped on and blasted
I've spoke on, choke on, hit on, spit on and mastered
I've outlasted been used to tell truth and lies
used to kill the youth and used to open they eyes
I come in all kinds of sizes heard all kinds of voices
sometimes I'm plugged in you know sometimes I'm cordless
keep me clear keep me close and I'll be allright
see I'm the 2nd element up in here tonight

Who am I' I got 2 heads and they always spinning
I got two arms that the deejays they use for ripping
plus a fader in my middle that they always gripping
I'm completed with the 2 records used for mixing
they pulling tricks and cutting up ya know they scratching
remixing beat juggling just while they mix and match and
all kinds of beats till it's the heat that I know ya catching
and I'm the one that started hip hop in case ya asking
I got knobs and faders in a mad abundance
I come in many names but most of time it's 1200
when I get played now you know that you truly love it
clean the needles on my arm or I'll be sounding busted
I'm disregarded treated like I aint legitimate
I'm making music but you don't see me as a instrument
and it takes true skills to get on me and be ripping it
nobody sees my contribution they aint getting it
you know there be one thing that really now makes me mad
you used to blow me off but now I'm the latest fad
I'm the thing that every rock band they got's to have
people say my name and they be like What is that'
keep me running keep me spinning and I'll be allright
I'll be the 3rd element up in here tonight

Who am I' see I'm hiding in your backpack
you tear my tip off replace it with a fat cap
I'm 12 oz. of steel concealed in a knap sack
ya pull me out ya shake me up and then attack that
wall or train while ya steady throwing up your name
leaving theses end to end burners ya getting ghetto fame
now me and brothers now ya know we come in many colors
steady beautifying the walls of a ghetto culture
toys and suckers now you know they getting dissed quick
I'm going all city all up in ya district
ya hold me with control so I never drip thick
I'm tagging up ya spot nobody misses it
see I'm the brush to a modern day type Divinci
I'm the new urban renewal for ya blocks committee
I'm spoken words of the youth of a inner city
I'm vandalism but to others I'll be called graffiti
keep me shaking keep me spraying and I'll be allright
I be the 4th element up in here tonight

Who am I' see I'm the God that you don't know about
I gave you the breath up in your lungs that you can't go without
see you know the facts of my story you been told about
I'm always reaching out for you but you just keep on holding out
I know your doubts I know your thinking that I aint real
see I know you forgot about me when you got ya last record deal
see I know the way you feel I walked the earth just like you
and like a child up in his Father's arms I long to hide you
many times I invite you while standing here right besides you
but you walk right past you ignore my hands here given to guide you
I gave you gifts I gave you talents that you used just to gain your wealth
but you took my gifts and talents only for you just to glorify yourself
I was beaten and bruised crushed now for your iniquity
stripped naked I was spit just upon for you to live eternally
yet you blaspheme me you make moves without asking me
then you blame me for troubles and calamities you kidding me'
keep me first keep me in your life and it's gonna be all right
see I'm Jesus Christ the 5th Element up in here tonight