The Phantom Lyrics

[The Blind MC]
It's time for hip hoppers to make a decision
To get fresh with a new rap tradition

It's all about a DJ on a blind def mission
Albert Schweitzer of the tables doctor of precision

Better known as the phantom to the beat he caters
Wearing shoes and a coat made from an alligator
He's B-town's best nobody could be greater
Ayatollah of the cut Buddha at the cross-fader

Phantom of the Opera mixer of the year
Not only a DJ, but a beat engineer
Laying out suckers knocking' out tricks
He plays the drums, but he don't use sticks

He drinks Old English and sometimes Becks
And he's all the way live rocking' on the DX
He is not Don Adams, so don't Get Smart
His beats make you dance like beans make you fart
Born a cutting machine straight from the start
Freaky fresh phantom the human Cuisenart

[Blind Def Crew]
Other bands talk smack but we don't care
Their DJs are whack they're all square
The Phantom's got dreadlocks in his hair
The Phantom came to play
[The Blind MC]
He cuts up the jam and serves it on the tables
I'm blind he's def and the beat is stable
He slated every sucker since Cain and Able
I cannot see, but I still got cable

I've heard other DJs cut up hip hop
When it comes to that Phantom rocks non-stop
What sets him apart what makes the people pay us
He cuts up the classics Ludwig Von and Amadeus
That's right my DJ is a classical musician

[The Phantom]
So kick back party people check out my composition

[The Blind MC]
He walks through walls and cuts on plates
He's also known as DJ Slate
My supernatural DJ is a specter
If you got a girl, you best protect her
The Phantom is what all DJs fear
You better watch him close before he disappears

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From the Blind and Def Mixtape. The story behind the group and the mixtape, written by Ben Horowitz aka MC Tic Toc, can be read in his blog post on Rap Genius.

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