Flowin' Prose
Beastie Boys Song Lyrics

I'm flowing prose to cons and cons to prosI'm scheming rhyme against reason like it was flow against knowBut beyond the concepts and emotions that riseTo the interconnectedness that underliesThe lies upon lies have lost their meaningThe plies upon plies of consciousness that is beingOver and over I fall I learned to walk from a crawlIt's not sad it's just the way and the purpose of it allNow every word that you heard that I said that you feltWas put in place in the space as they were shuffled and dealtI steal feels from reels but I pay my respectsPaying compliments and disses and deciphering affectsWords are water as I court her, as she is pristineWords and mics fall to dust and all that's left is the feelingsI give in and I win I try to never complainIntentions venture to center and then they set the stageBut I'll remain sane making gain without painStaining trains with names and driving lanes to the refrainAnd keep it positive as painstaking as it isI'll never turn back cause that's the way I've got to live So like a cloud carries rain I'm gonna carry my rhymeComing like thunder with lightening timingNo hesitation in gestation of thoughts and plansFerment time like wine no ploys or scamsLike the islands dot the oceans in the endless seasIdeas coming to me in answer to my pleasWoke up this morning right out of a dreamReached for my pen and pad because my mind was on a rhyme schemeWhat can I do with these bones and flesh? With these animated thoughts in a world repressed?I'm going down like the rhythms on the winds of changeI'm keeping calm under pressure like a deep-sea rangeI'm flowing prose to cons and cons to prosI'm like Toucan Sam when I follow my noseI'm giving shouts to Gandhi, Gravy and King His Holiness and all enlightened beingsI'll be the one who screams it on the microphoneI'll be the one who brings it inside your home But the words ain't mine I just pass em alongFor Betty Williams and her friends I sing this songAnd more ink from my pen and more tears from my eyesAnd more crimes are committed as I say these lines