BET 2009 Cypher: Mos Def, Black Thought & Eminem (Lyrics)
In case you missed it. This is the 2009 BET cypher with Mos Def, Black Thought and Eminem.
Mos Def put in a good verse but Eminem killed it right at the end. He has habit of doing that!
“Used to bomb ya like Saddam, but now that i’m a lil calmer,
Im a f-cking cross between Osama, Dahmer, Obama and Dalai Lama!”
As a treat I did my best with the Eminem lyrics. Check out the Eminem freestyle cypher lyrics below.
Mos Def, Black Thought, Eminem Cypher Lyrics
[Verse 1: Mos Def]
For sinners, saints and scramblers and gamblers
And dirty money handlers, dignitaries and champions, narcotic traffickers
Talented number runners and racketers
Stars of stage, page and cameras, slang swingers and swaggerers
Double barrels and Derringers, automatics and miracles
Europe, Asia and Africa, all the time in America
Atlantic, Ashland, Alblemarle to Albany
Bridge into Baltic, Bedford Ave, Bergen Street
Clinton to Cadman, Church Ave to Clarendon
Road to Central Avenue, Cooper House, Cypress
And live from Bedford-Stuyvesant
The livest high flyingest pilot bombardier from Pyrrhus
Stationed live and direct, Medina mastermind set
Ya can’t lock my set now lock off, cool
Peace to the nation of the Gods and the Earths
And the Sun, Moon and stars, Furthermore born knowledge go hard
[Verse 2: Black Thought]
Remix, rising up out of the flames like a phoenix
Straining to carry the weight of my brain like a genius
Knowing I’m sowing seeds let’s see whose thumb is the greenest
If I said it I mean it and did it because I need it
Eat sleep it and bleed it, write it down and then read it
Asphalt to the cement, your trash talk is deleted
Blastoff, I lay them out like a Tempurpedic
Black Thought, I told you I’mma win eventually
This unsung, underrated, under appreciated
The one them underachievers had underestimated
Finally graduated from something that’s so hated
To one of the most sacred, nobody gonna take it
Face it, I keep doing it well, doing it sans assistance
Is do it yourself, doing it below the radar
We doing it stealth, doing it again
For Illadelph and who else? But check it out
Y’all see him on a job, see my eyes focused where the prize be
I’m like Martin Luther King you like Rodney
The difference is I give it everything inside me
Dear Diary, my fans still swear by me
Even though I’m late night now like here’s Johnny
Swimming with them big whites now is where you’ll find me
Funny how it break right down but never mind me
I’m forever grimy, guess it’s just Philly shining
Rock rolla bi-polar like Phyllis Hyman
[Verse 3: Eminem]
Like a dope fiend opening up a bottle of dopamine
You’re just hoping you don’t get roped for your throat get choked anything
Oh and just think how dope he could be if he smoked anything
Oh, there goes the bell, the sound of the opening ding
I hit you as hard as barbiturates in the ribs with a switch
And stitch you a the same time before you can flinch to it
My dick is so big, if I add another inch to it
You would swear when I raped you that you was actually into it
I’m not a baller but you can bet your fuckin’ bottom dollar
That I remember when I was without a dollar bill in my wallet
Now watch me kill a koala while I maul a chihuahua
Bum a pill off of Paula like let me holler at you mama
It’s like I’m off the bomba when I bring the fuckin’ drama
Used to bomb ya like Saddam but now that I’m a little calmer
I’m a fuckin’ cross between Osama Dahmer Obama and Dalai Lama
So Miley I’m a knight in shining armor
Mail a gift to Taylor Swift’s trailer a picture
Of my genitalia with a note saying bitch I can’t wait to nail ya
Drug paraphernalia beware the werewolf will kill ya
That’s him in the sheep’s clothes, he just shaved his hair off Cecilia
I did my best with these lyrics and I couldn’t find them anywhere else on the net so I need your help to finish these.
Please drop the lyrics and corrections in the comments and I will update the post.
Who do you think came the hardest?
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Em kills it!
Im a f-cking cross between Osama, dama, Obama and Dalai Lama,
tell molly im her knight in shining armour,
Mail a gift to Taylor Swift’s trailer, a picture of my genitalia,
with a note sayin bitch I can’t wait to nail ya.
BOOM!
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now watch me kill a koala, while I maul a chihuah
bum a pill off of Paula?
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admin Reply:
November 4th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Haha, Paula Abdul??? That makes sense and is something Em would say. Thanks for all the info. Lyrics updated!
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It aint “tell Miley” we all know em’s infatuation with Miley Cirus.
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This is the REAL BEST RAPPER ALIVE!!!
did u hear how many words rhymes within 2 bars??? haha he’s a GENIUS!
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Anonymous Reply:
December 3rd, 2009 at 6:16 pm
@Hussle’s Way,
HELL YEH HE IS!
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i think Em says Osama, DAHMER, Obama
as in jeffrey dahmer.
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admin Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Oh yes, you’re right. Thanks for the correction and explanation. Lyrics updated! Eminem is sick! haha.
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wow. slaughtered!
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My babes killed it! Thx for the lyrics!
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Wait. Isn’t it: Tell “Miley” im her knight in shining armour?
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admin Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
oh yes, thanks. That makes sense. Updated!
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Isn’t it
“drug paraphernalia beware the werewolf will kill ya,
thats him an his streets clothes, he just shaved his hair off Cecilia’.
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nate Reply:
March 30th, 2011 at 5:11 am
@JustAFan, sheeps clothes
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Thats him in the Sheep’s clothes, he just shaved his hair off cecilia
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nate Reply:
March 30th, 2011 at 5:12 am
@, yes. it’s the “wolf in sheeps clothing” reference
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I said the same thing 3 days ago.
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“thats him an his sheets closed, he just shaved his head off Cecilia.”
Isn’t it, “thats him an his street clothes, he just shaved his head off Cecilia?” Refering to himself as the werewolf that will kill.
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Perhaps: That’s him in his sheep’s clothes, he just shaved his hair off, Cecilia . . . ?
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ok so I’m tired and it’s late but here…
it’s bad and has a lot of just plain wrong words…
but it’s a start and someone can fix it if they like
Most Def:
Peace… Welcome to the cipher…. black donte black thought eminem…. A yo Brooklyn I got news from Brooklyn listen real quick… Yo for shin is sayin’ it’s scramblers and gamblers and dirty money handlers…. dignitaries and champions narcotic traffickers….. talented number runners and racketers…. stars and stage page cameras slang swingers and swaggerers…. double barrel and derringers…. automatics and miracles…. Europe Asia and Africa…. all the time in America…. Atlantic… ashner abermar to Albany… breads in the Baltic… befer that Bergen street…. Clinton the cab… the church avee the glad…. an roll the central avenue cooper house and cypress and live from Bedford stivason the livest high flyingest pilot bombardier from pirate station live and direct madena master mind set ya cyant lock my set now lock off coowl peace to the nation of the gods in the earth and sun moon and stars bring them all bon knowledge Go HHaaRRdd……..
Black Thought:
Uhh yea yea check it out remix….. Rising up out of the flames like a phoenix…. Straining to carry the weight of my brain like a genius…. Knowing I’m sowing seeds lets see whose thumb is the greenest… If I said it I mean it and did it because I need it… eat sleep it and breath it write it down and then read it asphalt to the cement… trash talkers deleted blast off I lay ‘em out like a temperpedic…. Black thought I told you I’m a winner officially this unsung underrated underappreciated the one them underachievers had underestimated finally graduated from something so hated one of the most sacred nobody gona’ take it face it I keep doin’ it well owning sign insistence is do it your self doing it below the radar we doin’ it stealth doin’ it again for illadelph and who else but yall and see I’m on the job see my eyes focused where the prize is I’m like martin they say you like Rodney the difference is I give it everything inside me dear diary my fans still swear by me even though I’m late night now like here’s Johnny swimming with them big whites now that’s how to find me funny how it break right down but never mind me I’m forever grimy guess it’s just silly signin’ rock roller Bi-Polar like Phyllis Hym
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Dope work ! accurate word to word !! Thanks !! One Love
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“thats him an his sheets closed”
“thats him IN HIS SHEEPS CLOTHING”
LOLOL EM killed another beat throw this in the basement with all the otherones
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To be honest i think em was good but he wasnt all that… he had some good lines but was way off with the beat (his flow was lacking). I think Black Thought came the hardest on this cypher, his flow was exactly on par with the beat and his lyrics went hard. Many people think Em was the best cuz he is just more known by people and Black is kinda old but ofcourse thats just my opinion. Oh and btw i think u got the last bar wrong…instead of “thats him an his sheets closed, he just shaved his head off Cecilia” its supposed to be “thats him in sheeps clothes, he just shaved his hair of Cecilia” …a wolf diguised as a sheep
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Young Creezy! Reply:
December 9th, 2010 at 3:24 am
@Morrison, i think you write man! black killed it! am huge fan of Em but i’ll give it to Black!
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Kenyon Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 12:46 am
@Morrison, That’s crazy talk. People like Em cause his was best, Black Thought’s was good but traditional. Em’s rhyme scheme’s and sequencing is nusto, like check this line “Part Manson, part Hannibal, part mechanical – shark – throwin animal parts at Scarlett Johansen”. If you number that sequence it’s 1-2-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-1ish-2.
Black Thought’s cool, but he can’t do that.
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he dont say sheets closed, i dont enven think that means anything lol, i’m pretty sure he says thats him in his sheeps clothes…
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I’m a huge Em fan and I really enjoyed listening to his verse, but black thought killed it, goddamn what a flow, cant someone write his verse? all did good but BT slaughtered it
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what does this raelli mean “my d-ck is so big if i add another inch to it
you would swear when I raped you that you was actually into it,”
i kinda don;t get it lol
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maks_oner Reply:
November 16th, 2009 at 8:24 am
@Em fan,
…meaning that since most prefer a bigger penis, the ‘rape’ wouldnt be rape cuz the victim was into it (aroused by the extra inch). Haha
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This is the best i could do with Mos Def’s lyrics. I know some of the words are wrong but its the best i could understand it.
For sinners saints and scramblers
And gamblers and dirty money handlers
Dignitaries and champions
Narcotic traffickers
Talented number runners and rackiters
Stars and sage paid and cameras
Slang swingers and swaggerers
Double barrels and darrengers
Automatics and miracles
Europe asia and Africa
All the time in america
Atlantic
Ashland
abelbod
To albany
Bredge in the Baltic
Beferda
Burgon street
Clinton to camen
Church ave to cladem
Roll into central avenue
Cooper house
Cyprus
And live from back inside the sun
The light is high flying as pilot
Bombadere from pyrus
Stationed live in dyrek
Madina mastermind
De ke li my si na ki laf
Goo
Peace to the nation that the gods
and the earths and the sun moon and stars
Furthermore pour knowledge
Go Harddddd
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well guys listen to the part where he says :
Mail a gift to Taylor Swift’s trailer, a picture of my genitalia,
with a note sayin bitch I can’t wait to nail ya.
The part ” Bitch i cant wait to nail ya” he doenst say that i dont know what he says but it doesnt sound that way listen carefully youl see he doenst say bitch i cant wait to nail ya.
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Rev Reply:
November 27th, 2009 at 3:37 am
@kal, it might just be because of the censor, theres things we cant hear well.
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Check it out, Remix
Rising up outta the flames like a phoenix
Straining to carry the weight of my brain like a genius.
Know when I’m sowing seeds, let’s see whose stomach’s the greenest.
If I said it I mean it and did it because I need it.
Eat, sleep and then ?beat? it, write it down and then read it,
asphalt to the ce[e]ment,
So trash-talkers deleted.
Blast Off!
I lay em out, like a Tempur-Pedic.
Black Thought, I told you I would win eventually.
It’s unsung, underrated, under-appreciated, the one them under-acheivers had underestimated.
Finally, graduated to something so hated to one of the most sacred, nobody going to take it from me.
Face it, I keep doing it well,
Doing it ?signs and sisters is doing to sell?
Doing it below the radar, we doing it stealth.
Doing it again Philadelph, and who else?
Now check it out.
You see them ? on the jive ????eyes focused where the prize be.
I’m like Martin Luther King, you like Rodney.
The difference is I give it everything inside me.
Dear Diary, my fans still swear by me.
Even though I’m late-night now like, Here’s Johnny.
Swimming with them big whites now, that’s how to find me.
Funny how it break right down but never mind me.
I’m forever grimy, guess it’s just Philly signing.
Rock roller, bipolar like Phyllis Hyman.
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John Reply:
December 27th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
lets see whos stuff is the greenest*
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Excellent work!
i’ve been looking for these lyrics from ages!
thanx a lot ;D
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Well of course Mos def is # 1
No offence to Em.
Then Eminem
and that black .. whatever his name is..
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Here is Mos Def’s portion, edited from CRASH above.
For sinners saints and scramblers
And gamblers and dirty money handlers
Dignitaries and champions
Narcotic traffickers
Talented number runners and racketeers
Stars and stage paid and cameras
Slang swingers and swaggerers
Double barrels and derringers
Automatics and miracles
Europe Asia and Africa
All the time in America
Atlantic
Ashland
Abelmarle to Albany
Bridge in the Baltic
Bedford Ave
Bergen street
Clinton to Caton
Church ave to Claton
Roll into Central avenue Cooper house
Cyprus and live from Bedford-Stuyvesant
The livest high-flyingest pilot
Bombardier from pirates
Stationed live and direct
Medina mastermind
Say “ they can’t lock my, set me lock off, good”
Peace to the nation of the gods
and the earths and the sun moon and stars
Furthermore, pour knowledge
Go Haaaarddddd
I believe in the middle portion that Mos Def begins to name off streets and avenues in NY and Brooklyn, since that where he’s from. Also, the ‘Medina mastermind’ part is said with an accent, so it’s hard to make out. I think it really depends on how you pronounce it.
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the skipped part is , “you just hope that he dont give open ya throat”……..
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ShadyOne Reply:
December 3rd, 2010 at 4:18 am
@ANIMAL, you just hoping you throw the rope to your throat to choke in the thing ????
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I think EM’s is the best cuz a cypher is about freestyling and punchlines. And for the record the line from Em is in sheeps clothes because is references Cecilia Tan, the erotic werewolf novel writer.
Then Black Thought, the bipolar like Phylis Hyman line is killer. If you don’t know who she is you need to research it.
Then it is Mos Def, even though he is one of my favorite lyricists the verse he spit on a song called “Brookly go hard” check it out if you don’t believe me.
Peace
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Sliz Reply:
September 28th, 2010 at 5:24 am
@F.A.R.,
Ya you’re right. People on here should know Mos Def reps BK
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Kenyon Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 12:43 am
@F.A.R., Nice, I wasn’t aware of that Cecilia Tan shit
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I do agree with F.A.R. in his/her analysis. Given that ciphers are traditionally intended for free styling, it would be best to rate each emcee based on their ability to spontaneously rhyme, create metaphors etc. However, being that none of them free styled (and I only say this because their delivery seemed premeditated), I’d have to rate them based on the creativity of their punch-lines, metaphors, and cadence. With that said, my ranking is the same as F.A.R.’s
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Ps. I was about to begin transcribing the lyrics until I came across this site and found that others had already put in work. Thank you all.
When I saw this portion of the Hip Hop Honor’s cipher on air, my love for hip-hop blossomed in ways that it hasn’t in a very long time.
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you just hoping it dont provoke through ya throat and choke anything
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ShadyOne Reply:
December 3rd, 2010 at 4:18 am
@qijch, you just hoping you throw the rope to your throat to choke in the thing ???
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I’m an em fan, but as someone said b4, he wasn’t really flowing with the beat, but his lyrics always kills. But my favourite was Black Thought, he went in…They were all good really, Budden needed to be part of that one.
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All # verses are rediculous
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