El Arte Del Loop (feat. Evidence)

Yo

Hey yo, Karlito
The experts are making lists
They're looking for the best little rappers
Half of them are reggaeton anthropologists

And the rest are asking: Who are Dilated Peoples?
Other purists get all strict
They get a contract and change their tune for three Doritos
What they call beef is just a myth

They just want fame and I have more than I need
I've won it all, I don't compete anymore
I train them to see if they can win as a team
Anyone can be a collector

I've been in this since the '90s, yeah
Your God tells me: The favorite
We're not enemies, we're just different
Before asking for unity, show some respect and that's it

This isn't the Bronx and economically hip-hop is supported by other audiences, I've said
The scholars want everything for free
But nothing grows if you don't eat and don't contribute anything, shh-to

Loops, everything is a cycle
It doesn't matter what the end is
Everything will return to the beginning
Everything is a cycle

It doesn't matter what the end is
Everything will return
It doesn't matter what the end is
Everything will return to the beginning

Hey yo, Gambino
The problem with this scene is they only care about being good when there's a prize
And those who hand out those prizes are like politicians, they just want us to hate each other
I'm the different player, I don't fake it, not even my voice, I'm unique, I stand out

So many formulas, none of their own
They're halfway through a song saying the same thing in different clothes
Vultures of the culture, mine is timeless
Rookies who aren't passionate, just want an altar

When your replacement comes, they throw you off the pedestal
If you got there fast, you're doing something wrong
I didn't come to blame, because everything evolves
Your album with twelve tracks doesn't have a single scratch

No-No-No— It doesn't have a single scratch
N-Not a single scratch
They only talk about what they dream of
I don't even talk about what I achieve, the difference is huge (at the beginning)

Loops, everything is a cycle
It doesn't matter what the end is
Everything will return to the beginning
Everything is a cycle

It doesn't matter what the end is
Everything will return
It doesn't matter what the end is
Everything will return (I) to the beginning

More vengeance, ever rev the engines
Music got a message, I ain't stressin' the attendants
Takin' breaks between an album, leave 'em tested (One-two)
At the best I leave the least impressions

Complete discretion, I'm back to move the needle like increased compression
Beats colder than the freezer section
The hardest rappers out there need affection
Hardest lesson that I learned about is second-guessin'

I play cards as a profession
Hard to pin me down, got calls from all directions (What up?)
Any rap they throwin' at my armor is deflected
Karma is a bitch, I'm calmed and I'll collect it (I'll look it up)

I harness any current, that's electric
Currently the surgeon price is chargin' extras (Wow-wow-wow)
I don't know what's dope, I just know what isn't
I keep the loops flippin' with the code encrypted

Below the heavens, but I know my vision
People dead, were they alive?
I've been on for livin' (Uh)

L.A. to Medellín
Uh, Alcolirykoz
Those from Aranjuez with Evidence

Loops, everything is a cycle
It doesn't matter what the end is
Everything will return to the beginning