The Mission lyrics

[Intro: scratched samples]​​
[Apani B] "The mission I'm on to educate and elevate"
[J-Treds] "That's why I don't stress!"
[Big L] "Yo, the spotlight is mine, it ain't his no more"
[Lil Fame] "You thinkin' it's all good"
[Big L] "n*ggas can't live no more, and—"
[Lil Fame] "Fool, what you want?!"
[Big L] "I'm straight—"
[Lil Fame] "Yeah!"

[Verse 1: J Dilla]
Madlib, turn the strings up
My knuckleheads, put them things with the beams up
You won't need your heat this time around
I spits fire, it's like the rhymes are rounds
In a big-ass block of the b*tch-ass n*ggas
Who wan' hate, 'cause they don't get cash with us
But they really on Jay and Mad dilznick
If you want the truth, then that's just it
They sick 'cause I slipped they chick this magic stick
We all that, can we get them balls back?
I keeps it simple, as well as complicated
Jaylib for service, just compensate us
I'm tryin' to cop the Maker's and hop up
In the latest whips, caked, rockin' gators
It's P-I', D-I' and 'L-I-B
Better know what the hell I brings, it's fire
[Interlude: scratched samples]
"Get ya thang on"
[Planet Asia] "Ready for action"
"On, on, on, on – 'til the break'a dawn"
[Buckshot] "n*gga, c*ck ya gauge—"
[Buckshot] "He was talkin' sh*t to my man so I had to get 'em – yup"
[Redman (Method Man)] "Rock the house, chalk 'em out! (No doubt)"
[Madlib] "M-A-D-L-I-B — B-A-D K-I-D"
"Oh yes" "Wait!"

[Verse 2: J Dilla & Big L]
Yo, wait, now let me speak on these journalists
Only the ones who need to learn to listen
Before they criticize verses that burns kitchens
Live from the land of Hearns and Pistons, ya heard me?
Beats and rhymes so dirty, play it too loud and you'll feel a burn where you p*ssin'
Ugh, my n*gga turn the motherf*ckin' strings up
The ultimate link-up, about to cha-ching up
Jaylib—baby, don't forget the name
How you want it, Beemer, four-fifth or Range?
Come see the Dillalade with the fifth
Maybe you can write an article about how Jay play with them whips
And who said producers ain't supposed to rap?
You don't want the Ruger to bang? Then close your traps
Better not run them jibs or fibs no more
We pullin' plugs, so haters ("Can't live no more, and—")
[Outro: scratched samples]
[Lil Fame] "Fool, what you want?!?"
[Big L] "I'm straight—"
[Lil Fame] "Yeah!"
[Dank] "Y'all nig— know y'all outta there – yeah, come on with the real"
[Smif N Wessun] "I read ya reviews, tryin' to downplay the sh-- my team do"
[Rah Digga] "I keep heat by the waist, for those that playa hate"
[Posdnous] "If a n---a take offense, f--- it, got to be that way"
[Phat Kat] "Yooo – this is dedicated..."
[T3] "To these people out here getting bank
Where the pursuit of" "the money" "is reali-tay"
Never front on a clique that you can't evaluate"
[Phat Kat] "Suck–" "Suckers follow but–" "–but they all fake"
[Tommy Evans] "Ah, yeah, wah, yah!"