Commentary:

Available in album liner Notes.

Slowly and steadily MC's are fallin' off like leprosy /
Instead build immunity and spread insight through community/
These fundamentals, form the krux of longevity/
When melodies are looped and vocals harmonize in unity/
Now, its 99 and ain't a damn thing changed/
Some seek fame as wealth manipulates the brain /
Let me, paint this picture, your minds the canvas /
Many claim their real and later flake like dandruff /
Cause 1 out of 10 stick to their words
The other 9 stick to my nikes and get rubbed out on the curb /
Lets be real, we're paper chasin' for financial backing /
But theres a thin line defined by greed many are passing /
Known as crossing over for exposure some embark /
Or cars,jewels and things that wont exist when we depart /
Crews, don't snooze, or eyes become bruised /
This goes out to those that slept knew the deal or were confused..
Check the Blueprint..

[Chorus]
So MC's, take it back to lyricism /
Producers, pour out your heart into the rhythm /
DJ's pay bills develop skills /
And respect the architecht as we begin to build /
And check the blueprint, to keep the culture alive /
And check the blueprint so as an artist you can survive /
And check the blueprint I speak these words without frills..
[scratch]
So respect the architect as we begin to build

Clutchin my pen tight strugglin to portray the right depiction /
I'm punchin the wall of writers block, hoping for recognition /
Nowadays your not heard, unless your posing an image /
With watered down lyrics that appeal to most who listen /
Instead, i'll water the roots so branches will replenish /
Expanding elements that pioneers started building /
Hiphop houses, so many free loading MC's /
I feel theres only a few tenants who've been paying their fees /
360 degrees what goes around comes back
I'm smoking mics as I inhale lies and exhale facts /
Unfold the blueprints, the plans for improvement /
Bridging gaps between the mind, ball point pen and the clueless /
Innovation is useless once you forget the essence /
So respect the architect. pick up your pens and start sketchin /
Pick up your pens and start sketching..

[Chorus]
So MC's, take it back to lyricism/
Producers, pour out your heart into the rhythm /
DJ's pay bills develop skills /
And respect the architecht as we begin to build /
And check the blueprint, to keep the culture alive /
And check the blueprint so as an artist you can survive /
And check the blueprint I speak these words without frills /
[scratch]
So respect the architect as we begin to build

As I open my slanty eyes to this place called earth /
I contemplate how music has lost artistic worth /
And I'm shrivled up in my niche like the scrotum when its freezing /
With bags under my eyes on account of too much sleeping /
Because of these lies in rap that I can't feel /
Leaving me dazed with the phrase "i keep it real" /
How many times have you heard this being fed through your ears /
I'd rather be fed in the mouth, to shit it out from the rear /
Claiming their underground but underwater their wrinkling /
And me, like water buoys to that level I'm never sinking /
Sink your teeth into my words hard enough to be lispin' /
When finished biting them, find your front teeth missing /
I see em sippin fine wines in spas, to match their image /
Gimmicks.. I flap my jaws and their squads diminished /
I don't mess with glocks but metaphorically in speech /
I'd like to pump em' with more shots than diabetics receive /
Then in a better place may they peacefully rest /
In hopes that next time the blueprints they'll manifest /
Check the blueprint...

[chorus]
So MC's, take it back to lyricism /
Producers, pour out your heart into the rhythm /
DJ's pay bills develop skills /
And respect the architecht as we begin to build /
And check the blueprint, to keep the culture alive /
And check the blueprint so as an artist you can survive /
And check the blueprint I speak these words without frills /
[scratch]
So respect the architect as we begin to build