[Intro]
"What is a nightmare?
The dictionary tells us it is a terrifying dream, a nightmare"

[Verse 1]
I used to think I had bad luck, but I wasn't superstitious
'til one day I grew suspicious, when I stepped on a crack
On Aunt Edna's stoop and got pooped on by a group of stupid pigeons
Then we flew the coop to Michigan to start a new be-ditching
Missouri from Michigan didn't work, so we moved
Back to Missouri from Michigan, from Missouri back to Michigan
Someone put me out my misery, I can't do this again
Mom, please stick to a decision, discipline, last thing I wanna do is listen
She's like Lex Luthor, [bad word]  [bad word] are Krypton-
-ite to the walls and I've lost my power to see through them [bad word] But [bad word] into [bad word] through the kitchen
Pretending to be blind Superman, cause I had no supervision
But I did have a super power though, I could turn into invisible kid
Disappear out of sight, like a [bad word] magician
And one day Uncle Ronnie brought over this new, but different
Music into the picture and it [bad word] my new religion

[Interlude]
"I remember it clearly, even today"

[Verse 2]
Move back to Michigan again, to live with my Grandma Nan
Always itching for something to do, was flipping
Through the radio stations one day and discovered
This DJ who was mixing, I say it to this day, if you ain't listened
To the wizard, you ain't have a [bad word] clue what you was missing
I'd zone out with my headphones, all I remember doing's wishing for shoes [bad word] them stupid Pumas [bad word]  it's all about them new edition Troops
You get them LL Cool J coolin' system
Think I finally maneuvered to 8 Mile and Hoover
And somehow I saw my future is in this, that's how I know my mission
Little boom box booming, spitting, practicing numerous writtens
When I sit in my room envisioning my [bad word] to [bad word] I remember Proof would visit, couldn't wait to play him my new [bad word] He'd go cuckoo ballistic, go through the roof for his [bad word] It's like we knew the instant, we touched a mic that both of us
Too existed to do this [bad word]  never quit, too persistent

[Interlude]
"We are the underground empire"

[Verse 3]

[Interlude]
"They will not escape my vengeance"

[Verse 4]

[Interlude]
"And the next thing I know something came crawling up from below
Something that made Godzilla look like a plane"

[Bridge]
And I don't quit, won't change, it's like a Groundhog's Day
So crowd around y'all, cause you may, so you can't pop your head

[Outro]
"I'm not so sure I want to know from whence it came
But the white flesh creature's trail is easily followed
There, before that shimmering veil of light, the ivory skin slug thing"